Evangelical-Islamist Encounters on the Frontlines of Change, Part II: Dialogue with Islamists and Salafis | Capital Commentary

Evangelical-Islamist Encounters on the Frontlines of Change, Part II: Dialogue with Islamists and Salafis | Capital Commentary by Chris Sieple.  MGB: In the end, when dealing with traditionalists, one must address the question of the role of egotism in religious practice - a belief that you are doing something to meet the needs of God, which cannot be true.  Islam is actually better on this question because of its attitude of surrender to God - however to go the next step of imposing external order in God's name is an extreme act of egotism because it implies that God needs us to do his bidding - just as Satan thought that his worship was supreme to the worship of Jesus because Jesus took the form of a mortal.  All that God does for us is for our benefit, not for His.  That kind of humility is necessary to address why we have moved away from religiously insprired law to mandate conformity within the law, with police structures to enforce them rather than moral suasion.