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| Christianity and Islam We need a real debate, not more dialogue |
| 2007-11-18 |
| Last month, 138 Muslim scholars addressed an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders in which they call for a new dialogue between Christianity and Islam based on sacred texts. Entitled "A Common Word Between Us and You," the document claims that the shared Muslim and Christian principles of love of the One God and love of the neighbor provide the sort of common ground between the two faiths that is necessary for respect, tolerance and mutual understanding. The publication of this letter coincided with the anniversary of a previous open letter in response to the pope's controversial Regensburg address on Sept. 12, 2006, when he appeared to link violence in religion to the absolute transcendence of God in Islam. His point was that according to Muslim teaching, God's will is utterly inscrutable and therefore unknowable to human reason - with the implication that divine injunctions cannot be fully understood and must be blindly obeyed. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 *Correction* The most important being that in EVERY INSTANCE, ALL laws and statutes from God to man in the Bible were given to man from God Himself. |
| Posted by: Injun Flavise8457 2007-11-18 20:32 |
| #6 AGain, we have an article by an individual who refuses to acknowlege the texts of either the Koran or the Bible as a place to focus. Simply because he refuses to acknowledge the Bible as relevant or the Koran as relevant. IF there trully were a discussion DIRECTLY involving the texts of both the Islamist and the Christian, the Bible would body slam the Koran during round one. There is text in the Bible that would tear apart the Koran. The most important being that in EVERY INSTANCE, ALL laws and statutes from God to man in the Bible were given to God from God Himself. God never appeared to Mohammed, only an angel did. I would rather follow the laws of the one on the judgement throne, rather than from one who will not be seated on the judgement throne. |
| Posted by: Injun Flavise8457 2007-11-18 20:29 |
| #5 His Judgement is coming ... and that right soon." |
| Posted by: doc 2007-11-18 18:41 |
| #4 As soon as I say "Jesus Is Lord!" I have jabbed my thumb in the eye of the muzz. Makes me want to say it again... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-11-18 12:17 |
| #3 We indulge Muslim subversion, while they seek the eradication of both alien religions and politics from their backward cess pools. There is an alternative to debate and dialogue: dictate. And we should do it while we can. Which is why I continue to agitate for imposition of military dictatorship in all occupied Muslim majority nations that America is forced to subjugate. Not doing so has seen us rewarded with the installation of shari'a law in both Afghanistan and Iraq. This should have been an unmistakable signal that Islam will only greet Western leniency with the utmost of ingratitude and uncooperative obstruction. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-18 02:30 |
| #2 Christian mission work is either prohibited or frustrated in the Muslim countries. They attempt to justify their oppression, by claiming that Islam is the only legitimate belief system, and other faiths are unconscionable. Christians could make the same claims but don't, because doing so would threaten the handful of church members who live under Islamic persecution. And even questioning Muslim practises, is claimed to be a violation of their human rights. Muslims claim both a right to recruit in the West, while denying reciprocal rights. In practise, I have found that Muslims have no ability to understand the concept of fairness. They expect us to jump hoops for them. And many of our leaders do exactly that. Then there is the issue of both extremist preachings by Wahabist, Khomeinist and Ikhwanist vermin who infest the West, and the sharia privileges claimed by the angry immigrant class. Needless to say, even a hint of blasphemy uttered against Islam, ignites a death warrant in the Muslim world. We indulge Muslim subversion, while they seek the eradication of both alien religions and politics from their backward cess pools. There is an alternative to debate and dialogue: dictate. And we should do it while we can. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-11-18 02:14 |
| #1 How can "real debate" occur with an opponent whose creed exonerates lying? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-18 02:12 |