The Kite Runner

We just saw The Kite Runner. It was really good. It was powerful and troubling and touching. I am still processing what I saw, so I don't really have a big statement about it. I did notice that a poem that the young boy was reciting as well as a letter written by someone mentioned God's love, grace, etc. God being Allah in Islam. I have heard from a pretty reliable source (i.e. one who can read Arabic) that the word "love", and its meaning like we could compare to God's love in the Bible, does not appear in the text. If there is the concept of Godly love in the Quran, it seems to only apply to Muslim believers, and excludes all others, in fact going so far as to say that they (non-Muslims) must be killed. You can reach all sorts of conclusions about a religion based on the people that claim it as their faith (Christians doing terrible things just like non-Christians) but you have to go to its scripture to get the real picture, and the real picture from the Quran is not good. I have some notes from a class I attended at the missionary convention from a guy who has been a missionary in Indonesia (largest Muslim population in the world) for many years. He revealed some scary things from the Quran. Maybe I will post about it later.

In other news, check out the trailer for this Ben Stein documentary, EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed. Looks interesting. Its premise is that any mention of creationism in science and schools has become taboo and that people lose their jobs and reputation over suggesting that it is true. Pretty sad when we have free speech everywhere else.