Civilization began when Abraham said ‘Yes’ and left the land of his forefathers; when Aristotle stepped out onto the portico and said ‘No’ to his teacher Plato; and when Julius Caesar, taking up the cross before Constantine, crossed the River Rubicon.
The French Revolution burst the Gates of Hell.
A totalitarian god is no God – such is neither compassionate nor merciful.
The Son of Man who sits at the right hand of Father is a Jew.
Nicene Creed Addition: “I believe that Salvation is from the Jews.”
Israel is hated because it is the object of God’s particular affection. Yet, it is that election which reveals God’s universal love.
Islam has three choices:
Demythologize and become a folk memory.
Tear itself asunder into the parts it snatched off the desert sands: Jewish, Christian and pagan bits and pieces. (Doing so, it would be admitting that Islam is nothing but variations of Jewish and Christian heresies.)
Or, return to its root: the violent, totalitarian words and deeds of Muhammad. (Islam unfolded from the life of that man.)
