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These past few
weeks a "Christmas" poster appeared on the streets of London:
"On the first day
of Christmas", is says, "My true love gave to me a sexually transmitted
disease."
"On the second
day debt, on the third rape, the fourth teenage pregnancies and then there was
abortion, raves, claiming God has a son, blasphemy, exploitation, promiscuity,
night clubs, crime, pedophilia, paganism, domestic violence, homelessness,
vandalism, alcohol and drugs…"
According to Abdul
Rumaysah, spokesman for the poster, Christmas is responsible for all of these
things and is "evil."
"Christmas" he
says "is a lie and as Muslims it is our duty to attack it… our main [concern is
with] the fruits of Christmas…. We hope
that our campaign will make people realize that Islam is the only way to avoid [such
evils].' As the poster concludes - "In Islam we are protected from all of these
[things]. We have marriage, family,
honor, [and] dignity..."
Now how is it
possible that Mr. Rumaysah and other Muslims believe such propoganda? Why would they equate Christmas and
Christianity with debauchery and lasciviousness? Maybe its because they are see something -
Something in the outcomes - Something in the behaviors of those who claim to be
Christian?
As the age old
saying goes "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then it's a
duck". Maybe what we are hearing is that
if it walks like a pagan then it's a pagan.
If it talks like an infidel then it's an infidel. Is it
possible this "Christmas poster" is a commentary on Christians who fail to live
Christianly as much as it is an expose of the delusions and disaffections of Islam?
As the writer of
James tells us "we are showing people our faith by what we do."