“He said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet; And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live; And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed; And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life.”

To what extent do those calling themselves Christians follow the teachings of Jesus? The answer is negative when we cast a glance at the decadent and depraved culture of the Christian world, especially of the West, and particularly the unprincipled behavior of politicians such US President George Bush, who despite his murderous behavior shamelessly calls himself an Evangelist Christian. Bush claims that he is a religious person and that he has a divine mission to perform by reading from the Gospel, but his deeds prove that he is anti-Christ. He has no connection whatsoever with the peaceful and justice-seeking teachings of the Messiah. In his first presidential term, he waged two bloody wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people and making many others homeless on the pretext of removing tyrannical regimes, which in fact were planted by the US and the CIA. According to a joint research by the American John Hopkins University of Columbia and Iraq’s Baghdad University, over one hundred thousand Iraqi civilians have been killed since the US attack on this country in March 2003. The figures for the injured and the homeless are even more shocking. Does it mean, Bush and his buddies who like to call themselves devout Christians, acting according to the teachings of the Bible?

It is obvious they are not. The American administration behaves more like the incarnation of the devil, and that was the reason that the sage of the age, the late Imam Khomeini (may his soul rest in peace) had called the US 'The Great Satan.'

All know Jesus (a.s.) strove for the cause of the oppressed and stood firmly against oppressors. During his blessed life, he did not harm even a single person so how come Bush and his buddies kill hundreds of thousands of people and still claim to be Christians?

The Messiah says that the one who can prevent oppression but refrain from doing is the same as the oppressors.

George Bush and predecessors in the White House thus stand naked in the dock of history because of their un-Christian policies. We all remember how the Christian US dropped atomic bombs on the unsuspecting Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the past half a century, in several wars, the Americans have victimized millions of people. In Vietnam the US forces several times used internationally banned chemicals and napalm bombs, massacring tens of thousands of people and making agricultural lands unusable. In addition to the US, the Christian countries of Europe have for several centuries engaged in occupying and looting third world countries, killing and imprisoning millions of people on the pretext of opposition to their policies and crushing the bids of freedom. Can the perpetrators of such crimes be considered the followers of Jesus (a.s.) the Prophet of mercy?

The racial discriminatory policies of the present day Christians and their support of the Zionists, who openly insult Jesus, are not in harmony with the Messiah’s teachings. The reckless policies of the US that is destroying the environment are in fact open violation of the message of Prophet Jesus (a.s.). The differences between blacks and the whites, Europeans and non-Europeans, are against what the blessed Son of Mary strove for. The scornful treatment of the poor and the deprived was not the way Jesus behaved. The West, especially the US, in contrast to the way and manner of Prophet Jesus (a.s.), brazenly supports the Zionist regime, which has usurped the land of the Palestinians, carries out a systematic genocide against them and has made millions of people homeless. Meanwhile, a new sect calling itself into Zionist Christians is actually insulting the Messiah by calling for Washington’s stronger and more decisive support for the crimes against humanity of the illegal entity called Israel. In other words, this sect considers the killing of thousands of innocent Palestinians necessary for making the Messiah reappear. Prophet Jesus (a.s.) never advised his followers to oppress and kill. Jesus (a.s.) in fact, as is evident from the Gospel of St. John prophesied about the coming of the last great divine Messenger, that is, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny). As Muslims believe, Prophet Jesus will surely reappear, and when he does he will disown Christians like Bush and the Evangelists for having distorted his teachings. Jesus will act as the lieutenant of the 12th Imam, Mahdi (may God hastens his reappearance) in order to cleanse the world of all vestiges of injustice, oppression, corruption and exploitation, and to establish the global government of peace, order and justice. Today, the West has become devoid of the teachings of the Messiah, but in Islam and among Muslims, Prophet Jesus is venerated and held in high esteem. The Holy Quran confirms his piety, and the chastity of his Virgin mother, Mary (a.s.). Ayah 47 of Surah 3 (Aal-e Imraan) says that when Mary was given the good news of having a blessed baby who would be a great prophet, she felt sudden embarrassment, and said:

“…My Lord! When shall there be a son (born) to me, and man has not touched me? He said: Even so, Allah creates what He pleases; when He has decreed a matter, He only says to it: Be; and it is.”

Compare this purity in Islam with the present illicit affairs relations between males and females of all ages and even married with each other despite the fact that Prophet Jesus (a.s.) explicitly said: “Adultery and fornication are grave sins.” Even worse, the Christian world is not only indulging in the sordid practice of sodomy but has legalized this capital sin under the label of Gay Rights. There are shocking figures from Europe and the US that say over one-third of the babies born are out of wedlock. So how could these illegitimate children grow into becoming good Christians? To worsen the situation, even Churches have turned into centers of sodomy with the supposedly celibate priests seducing children and still calling themselves Christians. Thus, it is obvious the Western society has deviated from the moral guidelines and teachings of Prophet Jesus (a.s.). Wars, violence, sexual perversion, corruption and all sorts of vices are not limited to the policies of the Western governments but are openly advocated through TV, cinema and the Internet. This is a firm proof of the absence of spirituality in the so-called Christian world, which is far removed from the message and mission of the Messiah.

We once again ask the question: Are these the teachings of the Messiah?

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