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John Quincy Adams on Islam

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John Quincy Adams on Islam:

“In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent genius, with the preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the fraudulent spirit of an impostor, proclaimed himself as a messenger from Heaven, and spread desolation and delusion over an extensive portion of the earth. Adopting from the sublime conception of the Mosaic law, the doctrine of one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with it, the audacious falsehood, that he was himself his prophet and apostle. Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust, by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the female sex, and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE.”

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  • The post shares an authentic 1830 quote from John Quincy Adams, published in the American Annual Register, critiquing Islam's founder as a "fanatic" and "impostor" who promoted violence and polygamy, rooted in 19th-century U.S. reflections on the Barbary Wars and Ottoman threats.
  • Accompanied by a portrait of Adams, the quote draws over 14,000 likes and 400 replies, including verifications of its source and discussions linking it to biblical narratives like Hagar's lineage in Genesis, underscoring historical Christian perspectives on Islam.
  • In current online discourse, the post revives Adams' contrast between Islam's "essence of violence and lust" and Christianity's spiritual focus, prompting debates on founding fathers' views amid ongoing global religious tensions.

 
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Christians do unto others as they would have other do unto them. They were persuaded to commit to Christ. Just how this was accomplished is up for debate, but all of us agree we are to spread the word through persuasion, not compulsion. The idea of conducting the ministry of Christ by compulsion is a relic of the dark ages.

I was taught, by one of my Sunday School teachers that a key difference is we try to make converts by persuasion, but Islam spreads its influence by the sword. Nothing in my next 70 some years has caused me to revise that early indoctrination.

Last point, already recognized by Ben 1445, is that the Mosaic Law does not promote the will to kill infidels. The demonic heresy takes the march to the promised land, and ignores "you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, or bear false witness. And of course that can be summarized by do unto others has you would have them do unto you.
 
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kyredneck said:
John Quincy Adams on Islam:

“In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent genius, with the preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the fraudulent spirit of an impostor, proclaimed himself as a messenger from Heaven, and spread desolation and delusion over an extensive portion of the earth. Adopting from the sublime conception of the Mosaic law, the doctrine of one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with it, the audacious falsehood, that he was himself his prophet and apostle. Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust, by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition of the female sex, and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE.”

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That was quite an insight at that time. He wouldn't be surprised at all with the worlds present situation with Islam.
 
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