Religious Right Mobilizes to Counter Muslim Prayer Rally's "Dark Spiritual Intent"

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/religious-right-mobilizes-counter-muslim-prayer-rallys-dark-spiritual-intent

Earlier today I wrote about the fact that Lou Engle, David Barton, and the Family Research Council were raising warning flags about the Muslim prayer rally in Washington, DC on Friday and urging their own activists to hold their own prayer rallies in an effort to convent Muslims to Christianity and fight the elevation of Islam in America.

Now, these forces are teaming up with the National Day of Prayer Task Force to mobilize their own Christian forces for a rival prayer rally/conference call: http://www.ndptf.org/story/Index.cfm?Entity=9&Department=9&Dept_Order=1&This_TopicOrder=29&This_SubtopicOrder=1#3

It is critical that the church in America understands the times and what needs to be done now. The natural things speak of the invisible. Natural happenings on the earth are revealing something that is going on in the spiritual realm. There is a great spiritual conflict with a rising tide of Islamic boldness being manifested.

Our President has recently honored the Muslim holy days of prayer and fasting called Ramadan. Interestingly at the same time a major Christian leader of the Emergent Church called for forty days of fasting and prayer in the same Ramadan period with the goal that the church will better understand our Muslim friends. We advocate for understanding, but we must have spiritual discernment as to the spiritual dark powers that are being invoked into our nation.

At the same time, on the 25th of September, Muslims are calling for a Muslim Day of Prayer in Washington DC ( http://www.islamoncapitolhill.com /). They are calling for 50,000 Muslims to gather and pray on the DC Mall. This is the exact word of one of the Sheikhs who is leading this historic gathering, "Muslims should march on the White House. We are going to the White House so that Islam will be victorious, Allah willing, and the White House will become into a Muslim house." These are not empty words. They speak of a dark spiritual intent and a coming day of great trouble to America.

Therefore we are calling Christians all over America to join Lou Engle, Shirley Dobson, Tony Perkins, David Barton, and many other major leaders in America to a national conference call to pray for America. Please join us on Thursday, September 24th from 7:30PM to 9:00PM Eastern Time for possibly one of the greatest moments in American history.

Call: 712-338-8100
Alternate Dial in Numbers: 218-486-1400, 507-726-3200
Participant Passcode: 637# (NDP#)

Religious Right Mobilizes To Fight Muslim Prayer Rally
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/religious-right-mobilizes-fight-muslim-prayer-rally

Interestingly, Barton attempts to defend his effort by claiming that he is not calling on Christians to compete with Muslims:

This call for Christians to pray this Friday is not a prayer "competition" between Christianity and Islam, nor is it a spiritual Christian "jihad" or "holy war" (what an oxymoronic term – a holy war!). After all, in I Kings 18, Elijah encouraged the prophets of the god Baal to take more time in their praying; he didn't object to their prayers, he just wanted to make sure that he was able to make his own prayers to the True God. This Friday offers a similar opportunity for those who fear God and believe His Scriptures to offer up their own prayers to Him.

You know, if Barton is going to claim that he is not calling for Christians to compete or wage holy war on Muslims, he should probably not be citing I Kings 18 ... or at least ought to cite it properly to note that Elijah did not merely "want to make sure that he was able to make his own prayers" but actually pitted his god against Baal in competition and then "taunted" Baal's prophets for their god's failure to win - and then killed them all:

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD -he is God! The LORD -he is God!"

40 Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Don't let anyone get away!" They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there.

[madrchsod]

1. my god is better than your god....

oops.....same god

[customerserviceguy]

2. Always fun to watch people fight

over their imaginary skyfriends, as long as it's only with words.

[Historic NY]

3. they're just scared that more Muslims will show up than the 9/12 crowd.

[xfundy]

4. My God's better than your god,

My god's better than yours.

My god's better cuz he eats Kennelration,

my god's better than yours.

the end. An' I hepped!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. This is funny

because God is God. Muslims and Christians pray to the same deity. "Allah" is merely Arabic for "God". I have a Roman Catholic friend who was born in Jerusalem and whose native language is Arabic. She showed me her Bible--written in Arabic. I asked her to turn to John 1:1, and there, lo and behold, was the Arabic script for "Allah" in the verse--"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God".

The ignorance shown by the right wing Christians is astounding.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. After the holocaust shooting in Washington D.C.

This could become worrisome...Lets hope these folks get to do what they came to do in peace... this could get ugly if some extreme Christian Right wingers decide to try and start their own little war..

[OswegoAtheist]

7. How much do you want to bet...

...that this so-called "national conference call to pray for America" is going to be nothing more than a sales pitch wrapped up in a bunch of fearmongering? I'm torn between laughing at the gullibility and willingness of the fundy racist idiots to part with their money, and disappointed that it's all going to stock the coffers of the Radical "Christian" Right.

Oswego "TRIP - Tax Religious Income and Property!" Atheist

[southernyankeebelle]

8. No wonder this country is experiencing a rise in atheism

[msongs]

9. if these religions could just get rid of each other and leave us a better planet.... nt