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To: adiaireton8; kawaii
I disagree, because your conclusion is a non sequitur. The Jews do not subscribe to the Apostles or Nicene creeds either, so do you say that they worship a false God?

No, but in failing to recognize the Deity that is described in the old testament and revealed in the new testament, they do not worship God. They pay homage to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, but in failing to recognize the third person of the trinity as the promised Messiah and as Jehovah himself, they do not worship God.

In their failure to recognize the one true God and to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I would have to say that they bow before idols. Any who reject Jesus as the Lord God Almighty and who claim to worship "God" are, in fact, worshiping idols.

I suspect that any Jew who rejects Jesus as God would say that by worshiping Jesus Christ, I am worshiping idols. At least one of us is wrong.

So it seems to me that kawaii would deny that Muslims worship the one true God.

Do you believe that Muslims worship "the one true God"? If so, please define "the one true God."

171 posted on 05/11/2007 10:59:00 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe
Do you believe that Muslims worship "the one true God"? If so, please define "the one true God."

I think Islam is the first ppularized heresy, and was inspired by Satan in an attempt to subvert worship of God for worship of himself, hence the vile selfish nature advocated by Islam.
174 posted on 05/11/2007 11:04:25 AM PDT by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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To: P-Marlowe
A8: The Jews do not subscribe to the Apostles or Nicene creeds either, so do you say that they worship a false God?

PM: No, but in failing to recognize the Deity that is described in the old testament and revealed in the new testament, they do not worship God.

If you deny that the worship "a false God" and affirm that "they do not worship God", then you must think they do not worship at all. Logic leaves you no other option.

They pay homage to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, but in failing to recognize the third person of the trinity as the promised Messiah and as Jehovah himself, they do not worship God.

Again, if you affirm that they "pay homage to the God of Abraham" and affirm that "they do not worship God", then you must think there is a difference between "paying homage" and "worshipping". What's that difference?

In their failure to recognize the one true God and to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I would have to say that they bow before idols. Any who reject Jesus as the Lord God Almighty and who claim to worship "God" are, in fact, worshiping idols.

Above you denied that they "worship a false God". Here you affirm that they are "worshipping idols". It seems to me that "worshipping idols" would count as worshipping "a false God".

Do you believe that Muslims worship "the one true God"? If so, please define "the one true God."

I do believe that Muslims worship the one true God. I cannot provide a definition of God because I do not believe that God can be defined. God is the only uncaused Being, and the Creator of all things besides Himself.

-A8

178 posted on 05/11/2007 11:14:49 AM PDT by adiaireton8 ("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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To: P-Marlowe

Personally, I think God hardened their hearts.


179 posted on 05/11/2007 11:15:09 AM PDT by GoLightly
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