posted at 11/06/10 - 12:00 PM

I am almost in shock at the wealth of reason that Samir is offering to this confused and uptight society. It is amazing to me to read the same thoughts that I have been grappling with posted from half the world away. I call myself a "devout atheist" and have personally found that televised Islamic teachers seem to have more of an understanding of Jesus than "Christian" church leaders. I have a dream of seeing the ground zero site used for a "peace monument" that would honor all those who have laid down weapons, sent relief, and ministered to the victims of war as a beginning of a global "peace effort". Faith house sounds like the perfect answer to religious hypocrisy, and Samir's name certainly belongs on that monument.

BFH

posted at 09/29/09 - 01:35 PM

I am about 2/3rds of the way through Samir's book . . . I find in challenging, insightful, critical, and frustrating all at the same time . . . this is all good however because it causes one to "think" about what it is we say we believe and why we believe it.

Samir's story demands that you listen and consider the "other", because it is his story . . .

The greatest testimony is always "I once was blind, but now I see" . . . this is one of those kind of stories.