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I keep getting Muslims in my replies trying to convert me, so let me save everybody some time. I am a Christian. I believe in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. He is not merely a prophet, not one messenger among many, and not someone whose identity needs to be reinterpreted for me through Islamic theology. Jesus said, “I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Moses never said that, David never said that, and Adam never said that. Christianity does not place Jesus in a lineup of prophets and call it a day. Islam may teach that about Him, but I REJECT that teaching. And please stop assuming that if you explain Islam to me one more time, some light bulb is suddenly going to turn on. I studied Islam at the university level for years. I know what Islam teaches about Jesus and Muhammad, and I know its history, theology and traditional jurisprudence. I have heard the arguments, read the texts and considered the claims. I REJECT IT. I reject religious and legal traditions that have historically permitted polygyny, treated men and women differently in marriage and family law, and allowed interpretations of marriage involving girls at ages I consider morally indefensible. I reject the control and subordination of women wherever religion is used to justify it. And before somebody shows up with another lecture about how peaceful everything associated with Islam is, save it. The world has watched Islamist extremist movements recruit young men with promises of martyrdom and paradise, murder civilians in the name of religion, persecute minorities and impose theology through violence. We have heard Islamist movements and regimes embrace chants of “Death to America.” That does not mean every Muslim supports terrorism, child marriage, oppression of women or religious violence, but acknowledging that does not require me to sanitize doctrines, historical practices, governments or extremist movements that I find abhorrent. Most importantly, none of this is an invitation to debate my salvation. You are free to believe Muhammad was a prophet. I do not. You are free to follow Islam. I will not. You are free to believe Jesus was merely a prophet. I believe He is the Son of God, God made flesh, crucified and risen, and my Lord and Savior. So to everyone who keeps showing up under my posts trying to convert me, I have heard you, I understand what you believe, and my answer is still NO, and it will remain NO. I belong to Jesus Christ, and I REJECT Islam. You are all barking up the wrong tree. At this point, go find another tree.