While I disagree with his religious beliefs, I admire the fact that he refuses to join the chorus that says "all religions are the same, so it really doesn't matter." Unfortunately the very nature of conservatism as it exists in a multi-religious society pushes it toward this position. Essentially theological positions (eg, no "gay marriage") have to be justified with non-Theistic arguments, which is to miss the entire point of having Divine commandments in the first place. This can lead to either a mushy ecumenism or a utilitarian civilizationism.
I myself may be the only member on this forum who doesn't condemn islam because it believes it is the only true religion and must conquer and vanquish all others. I don't understand how any religion can believe otherwise about itself. Yet we have post after post after post celebrating the accursed "enlightenment" and urging moslems to embrace Thomas Jefferson. Islam is wrong, but not because it isn't "liberal" enough.
Wish Walid would consider Noachism.
He might want to look into the Primitive Baptists if he can deal with no missionary activity and the belief that oodles and oodles of people who were never chrstians in their lives may be among the "elect."
“Wish Walid would consider Noachism.
He might want to look into the Primitive Baptists if he can deal with no missionary activity and the belief that oodles and oodles of people who were never chrstians in their lives may be among the “elect.”
He sounds like he takes the scripture seriously, so I doubt he’d ever find himself in either of those two camps.
Shoebat cannot escape being Ishmael (”And he will be a wild man...”) by becoming a Christian. Neither can Esau/Edom escape his fate without the transformation (tikun) of the Sheva Mitzvot B’nai Noach.
I take exception to this. I come from a Grandmother that is a direct descendant of Ulster-Scots of Appalachia. I spent my formative years between a Primative Baptist church and a typical protestant church (Presbyterian). I'll admit that, as a child, I went to the protestant church every chance I got over the PB one. They had fun stuff like Sunday school where you got to glue pictures of Jesus on popsicle sticks. When you came out of PB church after about three or so hours of brimstone, hellfire and damnation you were about scared to breath the air for fear of sinning. BUT, now as an adult, looking back, I understand a lot more about religion because of my Primitive Baptist experience than I do from my watered down protestant experience.