Page 219 - Christians Must Heed Jesus

Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

he basis of all righteous religions is love. In time,
some people who appear in the name of God, and
strive to manipulate religion, sometimes promote ter-
ror, war, massacre and lovelessness in the name of religion. Albeit
they claim to advocate religion, these people are definitely ignorant
and imposters, because God does not desire any wrongdoing or
strife; rather He desires love, friendship, and peace for His servants.
The purpose of the information here is this: some Christians de-
pict their faith as a religion of love while they consider Judaism, and
especially Islam, as religions based on fear. However, this is a seri-
ous error. All true religions, especially Islam, preach love, friend-
ship, and call people to peace and brotherhood, for these are what
God demands from us. Those who propose any other conception are
lying in the name of true religion. The essence and basis of religion
is love. (You can find statements of ours on the subject of Islam be-

ing a religion of love in the pages that follow.)
Surely, our Christian brothers are right in believing in the pu-
rity of love. However, some of them interpret the concept of love in
a desperate and erroneous way. It is a great danger for these people
to eliminate fear of God from their lives on the basis of the idea that
fear has no place in love.

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