I see. It’s important to you that I be labeled WRONG. Fine. Have at it. There’s certainly nothing about this conversation that is much different from any of our other ones.
The only difference would be that you have spent unusually LESS time trying to explain why I’m false.
By the normal definitions of the words, we all KNOW that Islam is not Christianity. But I made my statement to indicate that such a view is pretty superficial.
The POINT of my statement is not to change how we practice our Christianity - - but to teach Americans that we should be more alert to the real nature of Islam, and how it really isn’t very different from the unusual forms of Christianity America has already found within its borders.
Atheistic Evolution and Theistic Evolution are such subjective terms. I mean what makes evolution so atheistic or theistic? Evolution is evolution regardless on who believes in it so calling it Atheistic Evolution or Theistic Evolution seems down right silly. Just call it evolution and be done with it.
George, you put together a few facts and then draw from that a ridiculous generalization. You need to learn to think.
Christianity is about Jesus, the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God. Islam fervently denies the Trinity and the thought that Allah is not Absolutely Simple. Islam is not a form of Christianity.
Sadly both sides know for sure. One of the reasons behind Darwin’s idea was to get God out of the Creation business. Conservative Christians did not agree, and science became involved with Biblical interpretation and the understanding of Truth, and we have a mess with everyone trying to get their own way and no one listening to the concerns of others. Life is not simple.
You are correct, Roger. Islam is a false religion. It is made up of so-called false Christian writings. In other words, Moslems are heretics. Is it Christianity? No. However, the Koran is made up of heretical Christian sect books. Moslems shall not see the Kingdom of God if they do not deny Islam and accept Jesus Christ as it says in Romans 10. We must call upon the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. Mohammed is an Anti-Christ.
I like the chart. I must state again that 0+0=0. A mindless process can do nothing. A pencil on a table is mindless. I cannot create anything until a being with a mind uses it. The Intelligent Designer is God. He has the mind that knows all things. Again, intelligent design and BioLogos (Greek for Study of Life) good hand in hand.
Since I picked on George, I will also pick on you. The Logos in BioLogos refers to Jesus Christ as found in John 1:1 “In the Beginning was the Word (Greek: Logos)” Who is Jesus, the Messiah.
While this might not be that evident from its writings, because the Logos is capitalized that is what it refers to. In other words the name BioLogos is a strong statement about the divine design of life. If I am wrong I hope that I will be corrected.
I’m certainly not the candidate for belittling faith. That’s my line when I’m speaking with Atheists!
I made a thoughtful comparison between the Mormon wing of Christianity and Islam. Your criticism, centered on “Quran and the Sharia … separates Mormons from Muslims”, hardly seems like a thoughtful rejection. It seems pretty knee-jerk to me. If you know anything about the Mormons, they too have a fairly elaborate code of “social” and “spiritual” righteousness.
The Quran is a written document … so is the Mormon Book of Moroni. So, again, I don’t really see how your dismissal is based on anything other than your reflexive contempt for another faith/denomination.
When one examines the history of religion, there is plenty in 2,000 years of Christian history that can give people the shudders. Eddie’s reaction to my comparison is easy to understand. He is a very concrete-minded fact-driven individual, rather than one sensitive to ‘Truths’. I expected more from you, Roger.
So, are you saying that Mormons are NOT Christians?