Do you think Paul is addressing everyone or Christians when he says we should humbly bear with each other? Are you saying Muslims share in the unity of the Spirit? I think they are due love as fellow human beings, deluded as they may be, but I don’t think Paul was speaking to everyone, believers and unbelievers, when he admonished the Christians in Ephesus to bear with each other.
I’ll say forthrightly that Islam is an abomination. What better way for Satan to pervert Christianity than to have one of his minions synthesize a new religion, Islam, out of Christianity and Judaism? Muslims think Christ was a nice guy, maybe even a prophet, but they deny He was the Son of God. What does scripture say about that?
Eph:4 can in a way, also be applied to people who aren’t in the body of Christ. Also, you have to remember, this is the WorldWideWeb. There is probably some fundamentalist out there who is copying and pasting each and every one of our posts and using it to rile up the fundamentalists in their country. I’m not crazy about Islam either and I think it’s a religion in a dire need of a reformation. I also think its leaders need to own up to the militant wing’s atrocities instead of tu quoqueing themselves to the west. But this is just outright disrespectful.
BTW, on a lighter note; Ramadan’s in the summer this year... Maybe if they realize how silly and anachronistic their religion is when they’re starving and they can’t pick up the fork and pita bread until around 8PM while their stomachs are growling during the long summer days, they’ll start questioning their religion.
And on the even less serious side, there’s a side benefit to a summer Ramadan. I can go to the local Middle Eastern restaurant and get good deals on falafel mix since they have to depend on infidel money to keep their businesses afloat.
God bless capitalism and free thought.