Christian leaders ask for Muslim forgiveness

Kaleej Times via Jihad Watch ^ | Nov 26 2007

[Robe]

Islam is not a religion,
It is a ideology based on world domination masquerading as a religion.
No other religion requires total submission or death.
Islam does.!

ISLAM IS TERRORISM BY IT’S VERY NATURE

[rockinqsranch]

Thank You.

[DManA]

What next? Apologize for the “fraud” of Jesus’ death on the cross?

[I see my hands]

To: SIGNATORIES

"excesses in the 'war on terror'"

Choose ye this day, punks. Just like American citizens had to choose between continuing to be incinerated alive or leaping a thousand feet in the air.

[LiteKeeper]

*Harold W. Attridge, Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School
*Joseph Cumming, Director of the Reconciliation Program, Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale Divinity School
*Emilie M. Townes, Andrew Mellon Professor of African American Religion and Theology, Yale Divinity School, and President-elect of the American Academy of Religion
*Miroslav Volf, Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture,
Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology, Yale Divinity School Martin Accad, Academic Dean, Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (Lebanon)
Scott C. Alexander, Director, Catholic-Muslim Studies, Catholic Theological Union
Roger Allen, Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania
Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals
Ray Bakke, Convening Chair, Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding
Camillo Ballin, Bishop, Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait (Roman Catholic)
Barry Beisner, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Northern California
Federico Bertuzzi, President, PM Internacional, Latin America
James A. Beverley, Tyndale Seminary, Canada
Jonathan Bonk, Executive Director, Overseas Ministries Study Center
Gerhard B?wering, Yale University
Joseph Britton, Dean, Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
John M. Buchanan, Editor/Publisher, The Christian Century
Joe Goodwin Burnett, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska
Samuel G. Candler, Dean, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta
Juan Carlos C?rdenas, Instituto Iberoamericano de Estudios Transculturales, Spain
Joseph Castleberry, President, Northwest University
Colin Chapman, Author David
Yonggi Cho, Founder and Senior Pastor, Yoido Full Gospel Church, Seoul, Korea
Richard Cizik, Vice President, National Association of Evangelicals
Corneliu Constantineanu, Dean, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Croatia
Robert E. Cooley, President Emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School
John D’Alton, President, Melbourne Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Australia
Andr? Delbecq, University of Santa Clara
Keith DeRose, Yale University
Andr?s Alonso Duncan, CEO, Latinoamerica Global, A.C.
Diana L. Eck, Harvard University
Bertil Ekstrom, Executive Director, Mission Commission, World Evangelical Alliance
Mark U. Edwards, Jr., Senior Advisor to the Dean, Harvard Divinity School
John Esposito, Director Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University
Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
Roberto S. Goizueta, Boston College
Bruce Gordon, University of St. Andrews
William A. Graham, Dean, Harvard Divinity School
Lynn Green, International Chairman, YWAM
Frank Griffel, Yale University
Edwin F. Gulick, Jr., Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky
David P. Gushee, President, Evangelicals for Human Rights
Kim B. Gustafson, President, Common Ground
Elie Haddad, Provost, Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Lebanon
L. Ann Hallisey, Hallisey Consulting and Counseling
Paul D. Hanson, Harvard Divinity School
Heidi Hadsell, President, Hartford Seminary
David Heim, Executive Editor, The Christian Century
Norman A. Hjelm, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, retired
Carl R. Holladay, Chandler School of Theology, Emory University
Joseph Hough, President, Union Theological Seminary, NY
Bill Hybels, Founder and Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
Nabeel T. Jabbour, Consultant, Professor, Colorado
Shannon Sherwood Johnston, Bishop Coadjutor, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
David Colin Jones, Bishop Suffragan, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
Stanton L. Jones, Provost, Wheaton College, IL
Tony Jones, National Coordinator, Emergent Village
Riad A. Kassis, Theologian, Author, Consultant
Paul Knitter, Union Theological Seminary, NY
Manfred W. Kohl, Vice President of Overseas Council International, USA
James A. Kowalski, Dean, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NY
Sharon Kugler, University Chaplain, Yale University
Peter Kuzmic, President, Evangelical Theological Faculty Osijek, Croatia
Peter J. Lee, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
Linda LeSourd Lader, President, Renaissance Institute
Tim Lewis, President, William Carey Int’l University
John B.Lindner, Yale Divinity School
Duane Litfin, President, Wheaton College
Greg Livingstone, Founder, Frontiers
Albert C. Lobe, Interim Executive Director, Mennonite Central Committee
Rick Love, International Director, Frontiers
Douglas Magnuson, Bethel University
Peter Maiden, International Coordinator, OM
Danut Manastireanu, World Vision International, Iasi, Romania
Harold Masback, III, Senior Minister, The Congregational Church of New Canaan, New Canaan, CT
Donald M. McCoid, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
C. Douglas McConnell, Dean, School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
Don McCurry, President, Ministries to Muslims
Brian D. McLaren, Author, Speaker, Activist
Kathleen E. McVey, Princeton Theological Seminary
Judith Mendelsohn Rood, Biola University
Steve Moore, President and CEO, The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA)
Douglas Morgan, Director, Adventist Peace Fellowship
Richard Mouw, President, Fuller Theological Seminary
Salim J. Munayer, Academic Dean, Bethlehem Bible College, Jerusalem
Rich Nathan, Senior Pastor, Vineyard Church of Columbus
David Neff, Editor in Chief and Vice-President, Christianity Today Media Group
Alexander Negrov, President, St. Petersburg Christian University, Russia
Richard R. Osmer, Princeton Theological Seminary
George E. Packard, Bishop Suffragan for Chaplaincies of the Episcopal Church
Greg H. Parsons, General Director, U.S. Center for World Mission
Doug Pennoyer, Dean, School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University
Douglas Petersen, Vanguard University of Southern California
Sally Promey, Yale Divinity School
Thomas P. Rausch, S.J., Loyola Marymount University
David A. Reed, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
Neil Rees, International Director, World Horizons
Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Fuller Theological Seminary
Leonard Rogers, Executive Director, Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding
William L. Sachs, Director, Center for Reconciliation and Mission, Richmond
Lamin Sanneh, Yale Divinity School
Andrew Saperstein, Yale Center for Faith and Culture
Robert Schuller, Founder, Crystal Cathedral and Hour of Power
Elizabeth Sch?ssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School
Francis Sch?ssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School
William Schweiker, University of Chicago
Donald Senior, C.P., President, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago
C. L. Seow, Princeton Theological Seminary
Imad Nicola Shehadeh, President, Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary
David W. and K. Grace Shenk, Eastern Mennonite Missions
Marguerite Shuster, Fuller Theological Seminary
John G. Stackhouse, Jr., Regent College, Vancouver
Glen Stassen, Fuller Theological Seminary
Andrea Zaki Stephanous, Vice President, Protestant Church in Egypt
Wilbur P. Stone, Bethel University, MN
John Stott, Rector Emeritus, All Souls Church, London
Frederick J. Streets, Yeshiva University
William Taylor, Global Ambassador, World Evangelical Alliance
John Thomas, President and General Minister, United Church of Christ
ain Torrance, President, Princeton Theological Seminary
Michael W. Treneer, International President, The Navigators, CO
Geoff Tunnicliffe, International Director, World Evangelical Alliance
George Verwer, Founder and former International Director, OM
Harold Vogelaar, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Berten A. Waggoner, National Director, Association of Vineyard Churches
Jim Wallis, President, Sojourners
Rick Warren, Founder and Senior Pastor, Saddleback Church, and The Purpose Driven Life, Lake Forest, CA
J. Dudley Woodberry, Dean Emeritus, Fuller School of International Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary Christopher J.H. Wright, International Director, Langham Partnership, London Robert R. Wilson, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Yale Divinity School Nicholas Wolterstorff, University of Virginia Godfrey Yogarajah, General Secretary, Evangelical Fellowship in Asia Community Council of the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, OH.

[givemELL]

Just another list of ‘Lemmings All’. The list has not a leader in it, much less an educated theologian.

[yarddog]

What next? Are the Jews going to ask the Nazis for forgivenss?

Are the victims of Stalin now the villains?

The world turned upside down.

[jimfree]

In essence, they are saying, “We apologize for the sins of others.”

This is not possible to do. These “Christians” are ignorant for being so “educated.”

This what Bill Clinton did and it's easy. He apologized for multiple sins that he could associate with others but disocciate from himself. It's a great gig. You can be "honorable" without being responsible.

[Peter Libra]

Feeding the crocodile, in the hope it may devour them last. If merciful they may be allowed to clean up it’s droppings.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yale Divinity School,Harvard Divinity School,United Church of Christ,Sojourners?

Atheist,Atheist,Atheist,Atheist.

[GOPPachyderm]

Doc, don’t know why you’d be surprised to see Rick Warren’s name on there - he did pretty much the same thing in Syria (although he claimed not to have said some things that were caught on tape and shown on YouTube.)

[ChristianDefender]

These so called "Christian Leaders" need to study Islam.

For me, they only represent dhimmitude!

Muslims are LOL now for what they've done.

[Rembrandt]

This is a role that Bubba could fulfill really well for Her Thighness.

With his experience apologizing for getting caught and his subsequent apologies for the U.S. having had slaves and on and on ad nauseum, Bubba could spend one or two Hitlery terms apologizing for America’s existence while hitting on bimboes all over the world.

[sarasmom]

Care to post an actual unredacted PDF copy of the letter, with signatures? (assuming it exists)

Just want to make sure the fonts line up properly ...LOL!

If such a document actually exists, I submit the signatory's are not exactly those whom true Christians would proclaim as “their leaders” largely because Christians consider Jesus Christ their “leader” and being Christian, need no further human intervention in the chain of command between themselves and the one true God.

But nice try!

[angelsonmyside]

“I am very surprised to see Rick Warren’s and Yonggi Cho’s names on the list.”

You won’t be after reading more about him. Some interesting reding on Rick Warren.

“Rick Warren, Evangelicals, Invite Muslims to Love God Together”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1929914/posts

“Hillary Clinton to speak at Rick Warren’s church”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926159/posts

[VOA]

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[PzLdr]

And when can we expect apologies from the Muslims for overrunning Christian North Africa, the Byzantine Empire, the Middle East, the Balkans, Greece, Hungary [and for a while] Spain and Portugal, and invading France, Austria, Sicily, Italy, etc.

Hint: Johnny Mathis song title that starts with “The 12th of...”.

[Shadowstrike]

Well, I’m one Christian who was not asked to sign, nor would I :(.

This is akin to asking Satan, “pretty please don’t take me to Hell.”

God forgive them, for they know not what they do...

[Tex Pete]

“in the present (e.g. in excesses of the “war on terror”) many Christians have been guilty of sinning against our Muslim neighbours.”

Don’t apologize on my behalf, douchebags. I’m not sorry for the war on terror. We didn’t start it, but we sure need to finish it.

I didn’t see a whole lot of Christians on that list...a lot of theologians, but not a lot of Christians. By the way, Jesus would not have apologized for being right.

[sheik yerbouty]

I’m going to hurl!