In this short video Hussein Rashid and Joseph Cumming share their thoughts on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. I found Joseph’s comments to be very helpful in thinking about how Christians should respond. How does loving our neighbor as we love ourselves (Matthew 22:39) impact our view on this? How does Jesus’ command to do unto others as would have them do unto us (Matthew 7:12) impact our view on this?
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Well, for what it’s worth, I agree with Joseph’s final conclusion. Building a cultural center with a mosque inside is not a wise thing to do, especially if the ultimate goal is to create an atomosphere of reconcilliation and understanding. As Joseph said, the fact is that this has become a radicalizing and polarizing issue and to press forward would be very insensitive and unwise.