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Is Islam Truly Standing 'Shoulder to Shoulder' With Other Religions?
American Thinker ^ | June 23, 2013 | Janet Levy

Posted on 06/24/2013 4:18:31 AM PDT by rhema

Recently, Christian Bible translators considered changes that would make Christian scriptures more palatable to Muslim audiences. Instead of "in the name of the Father," they put forth the phrase "in the name of Allah." "Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit" was reformulated as "Cleanse them in the name of Allah, his Messiah, and his Holy Spirit." In addition, Isa a prophet of Allah in the Koran who is superseded by Mohammed, has been equated with Jesus in the Christian Bible. Of course, many Christians view this as blasphemy.

The push for biblical changes came in large part from Christian leaders of the "Insider Movement" who endeavor to reach Muslim communities by encouraging Muslims to embrace Christianity by "worshipping Jesus or Isa in the mosque." This is an accommodation to enable Muslims to follow Jesus, yet not explicitly express Christian faith. The "Insider Movement" has been gaining steam for the past decade and advances the idea of the blending of faith rather than complete conversion to Christianity.

It remains to be seen if these modifications or conscious accommodations to Islam, created by proselytizing Christians, threaten the integrity of Christian beliefs. However, a more significant threat to Christianity has existed for years in the form of ongoing, aggressive interfaith activities spearheaded by Muslims who use this religious context to shield their ulterior motive: spreading the supremacy of Islam.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bible; elca; islam
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1 posted on 06/24/2013 4:18:31 AM PDT by rhema
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To: lightman; SmithL; Honorary Serb
Not surprisingly, the ELCA is a member of Shoulder to Shoulder.
2 posted on 06/24/2013 4:19:48 AM PDT by rhema ("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
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To: rhema

I’m not the least bit religious but why would any Jewish or Christian group side with what both Testaments would clearly identify as the spawn of Satan?


3 posted on 06/24/2013 4:24:02 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: rhema

It’s not a religion. It’s a political system. They do not recognize other religions. Their motto is kill all the Christians and Jews. No different than Hitler.


4 posted on 06/24/2013 4:27:35 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: muir_redwoods

Because these groups are really only cultural, not true to the tenets of their religion. The “Christian” groups supporting Shoulder to Shoulder have long since abandoned any fidelity to Scripture, relegating the Bible to a kind of Heloise’s Helpful Hints from which they can pick and choose whatever suits their religious whimsies.


5 posted on 06/24/2013 4:28:47 AM PDT by rhema ("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
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To: rhema

For Muzzies, it’s more “Rocket to Socket”


6 posted on 06/24/2013 4:29:26 AM PDT by twister881
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To: rhema

>>”Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit” was reformulated as “Cleanse them in the name of Allah, his Messiah, and his Holy Spirit.”<<

And “do unto other as you would have them do unto you” has been replaced by “Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.”

“Let he who is without sin” will now be read as “The slave who accepts Islam and continues serving his Muslim master will receive a double reward in heaven.”


7 posted on 06/24/2013 4:30:08 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea)
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To: rhema

Sure! Just as long as the scimitar removes everything above the shoulder!


8 posted on 06/24/2013 4:32:47 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Sacajaweau
The minute you even consider going down this path, one of accommodating the Muslim, the game is all over. The key word here is “compromise” and it is not a word to be found anywhere in Islam. We are at a point in history now where other faiths must bend to try to NOT offend Islam and this is what PC hath wrought us.
Do you see Islam bending or showing any form of flexibility towards other faiths? Answer: NADA. Do you see Islam initiating change to their texts or prayers in order to bring the non-Muslim (Infidel) closer to them? Answer: No.

If we choose to alter OUR texts, faith, practice, observance, prayer or any other factor in order to ACCOMODATE Islam, well, then just take off your shoes, go to the nearest Mosque and say Allah HuAkbar and that's it, lights out for Western Civilization...

9 posted on 06/24/2013 4:33:51 AM PDT by Netz (Netz)
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To: Netz
The minute you even consider going down this path, one of accommodating the Muslim, the game is all over. The key word here is “compromise” and it is not a word to be found anywhere in Islam.

You notice the Islamofacists and the progressive left have this trait in common. It's almost like they're in an alliance right now, similar to Hitler and Stalin prior to 1941. We saw how that worked out. In the end, once capitalism and constitutional forms of government are wiped out, the Islamofacists and secular progressives will turn on each other. Then things will really heat up.

10 posted on 06/24/2013 4:40:27 AM PDT by YankeeReb
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To: rhema

Calling Father God “allah” is an insult and a heresy. Why call God by the neame of a devil?

Any so called ‘Christian’ Sect that does this has totally turned away from the gospel. Of course in order to do this in the first place they must have already turned from the Gospel.


11 posted on 06/24/2013 4:43:56 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: rhema; GiovannaNicoletta; F15Eagle; .45 Long Colt; Buddygirl; Former Fetus; Bockscar; ...

This should be satire but I don’t think it is ping.


12 posted on 06/24/2013 4:50:50 AM PDT by WKB
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To: YankeeReb

...not a pretty scenario. Once the West spents itslef on internal fighting over a myriad of issues, the Barbarian will take over...


13 posted on 06/24/2013 4:52:47 AM PDT by Netz (Netz)
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To: John O

The first time I hear Allah used as a replacement for God in my Church will be the last time I go there.


14 posted on 06/24/2013 4:56:13 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: rhema

15 posted on 06/24/2013 5:00:26 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: rhema; WKB; F15Eagle; GiovannaNicoletta

Islam will only be satisfied with the complete eradication of other religions. This kind of PC pandering to islam will finally accomplish what the Crusades did not.

Only this time, it will be done by the surrender of those calling themselves *Christian*, not by islam defeating them in a physical war.

Welcome to the one world religion.


16 posted on 06/24/2013 5:03:15 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: aberaussie; Aeronaut; aliquando; AlternateViewpoint; AnalogReigns; Archie Bunker on steroids; ...


Lutheran (EL C S*A) Ping!

* as of August 19, AD 2009, a liberal protestant SECT, not part of the holy, catholic and apostolic CHURCH.

Be rooted in Christ!

17 posted on 06/24/2013 5:06:19 AM PDT by lightman (Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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To: rhema; Honorary Serb; Kolokotronis

That posting confirms the necessity and propriety of my leaving shortly to join by Greek Orthodox friends for Orthros/DL for the feast of the Nativity of the Forerunner.


18 posted on 06/24/2013 5:08:04 AM PDT by lightman (Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
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To: rhema

Allah may be their name for “God,” but it is not the same God that true Christians worship—that God is the ONE true living God, the Creator of everything that exists, the God of ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. He has revealed Himself as a Triune God [Matthew 3:14-17; Matthew 28:19-20].

Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. (2 John 9)

Obviously, these so-called Christians are sons of destruction, bent on destroying the body of Christ. But they will not prevail, as God’s Word clearly states.

For whater is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. And who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. (1 John 5:4-5,7)


19 posted on 06/24/2013 5:21:25 AM PDT by TurkeyLurkey
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btr


20 posted on 06/24/2013 5:23:13 AM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (I will not comply.)
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