National Day of Prayer Uproar
The National Day of Prayer is under fire. Whoever would have thought that thanking the God who gave us this great country would be politically incorrect?
It seems Jews on First and the Council on American Islamic Relations are accusing the National Day of Prayer of being an evangelical event that excludes their beliefs.
It gets worse. Now Dr. Ravi Zacharias, who is the honorary chairman of the National Day of Prayer, is under fire. He posted an offical prayer that concludes “in God’s holy name” instead of the traditional, “in Jesus’ name.” Some conservatives say that’s selling out — and others wonder if prayer organizers are “ashamed of Jesus.”
Good grief!
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It should come as no surprise that the jewish folks and muslim believers would object. They, naturally, can hold their own prayer services without any persecution or interference.
With regards to Mr. Zacharias, he is a long-time, highly respect christian apologist, so his true faith in Christ is without question. However, his very platform has been built on the exclusive divinity of Jesus Christ thus eliminating the possibility of any pluralistic conception of God. It really is quite simple. Christ’s claims were exclusive. Pick another religion if you disagree, but, to recite some milquetoast, ecumenical prayer AS a biblical scholar is a bit of a slap in the face for all who subscribe to his ministry’s teachings. He should have declined the invitation when asked not to say the name of Jesus so as to not offend others. I mean, what would the Apostle Paul have done?
I’m just saying…
Ok, how about the Muslim prays to Allah, the person of Jewish faith prays the their God according to their tradition, and the Christian prays according to Jesus name and let everyone be faithful to who they are and then let God sort them out. Why is it that it is always the Christian who needs to make his or her religious expression generic so as not to offend? Why not let everyone be who they are?
Hello, everyone! Dispite our differences, we should be joyous that we believe in God. The ones to feel sorry for are those who are under-exposed, or who have never been exposed to the idea of God. So, consider yourselves blessed!
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