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To: johngrace
If it makes people think of Jesus from picture then while thinking say a pray with meaning. It is a good thing. I asked when I was young for God if he is really there could he show me where I will know that I know for sure he exists. The things that preceded after that were miraculous. Just amazing. The littlest pray with conviction can lead to Heaven . Amen. Praise be to Jesus.

I understand your thinking and agree with it.

When I lived in Saudi Arabia I saw that the Muslims DID know about Jesus, ISSA.
They showed their "respect" by having stores named after him--Issa's market. I saw "Issa cookies" too. There were no blasphemous use of His name but...c'mon.

I would be leery of that kind of cavalier use of Jesus' name and image: too casual.
The giant Cross? That IS inspiring because it is a THING, NOT a chalk drawing of God to be washed away, erased and/or misused. We have enough of that already from the Jesus-haters.

Am I picking just too many nits? If so, I apologize.

A blessed Easter to you and yours.

61 posted on 04/19/2014 10:31:17 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain
When Muslims talk of Jesus, they aren't talking of the same Jesus.

Oh...they might be "talking" of the same "person", but they don't see Jesus as the Messiah. As the savior of the world. As the very son of the one true God. As God himself.

If people miss any of those things about Jesus, they don't truly know Jesus.

Muslims try to paint Jesus as a prophet of Allah and as a good teacher.

Jesus wasn't a "good teacher".
And he wasn't a prophet.

Anything LESS than worshiping Jesus for who he truly is, is disrespect. No matter what others might try to say or do.

70 posted on 04/19/2014 12:27:27 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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