Who Said That?

Who Said That?

"Christianity was propagated by light, instruction and knowledge, reasoning and enquiry. These things were encouraged by the gospel. And by these means the gospel prevailed.  But Islam was not propagated by light and instruction, but by darkness, not by encouraging reasoning and search but by discouraging knowledge and learning, shutting out these things and forbidding inquiry and so, in short, by hoodwinking mankind and blinding their eyes."

You know the rules--no google searches or cheating.  I pick these quotes to make a point.  This one is no exception.  Place your answer in the comments section below. 

Update on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 09:29AM by Kim Riddlebarger

These words come from Jonathan Edwards.  They were written in 1756 in an essay entitled "Propagation of Mahometanism."  (Edwards, Works, Vol. 2).

Comments

[Tyler]

When do we get to hear what this quote was quoted for?

[Tyler]

Sweet!