Christian Clergy Welcomes Islam in Church, Then Bows to It [Chrislam]

For the first time in more than 700 years, Islamic songs resonated in Florence's Cathedral, the Church Santa Maria del Fiore. Under the famous Dome of Brunelleschi, Islamic melodies accompanied Christian ones. The "interfaith initiative" was promoted a week after the barbaric massacre by Islamist terrorists in Paris at the magazine Charlie Hebdo, and included "Koran is Justice" and other such "hymns".

A priest in the south of Italy then enraged parishioners by dressing the Virgin Mary in a Muslim burqa for his church's Christmas nativity scene. The pastor of the parish of Saints Joachim and Anne in Potenza, Father Franco Corbo, said that he had the special crèche constructed "in the name of dialogue among religions". These interfaith initiatives are based on the gradual elimination of the Western-Christian heritage in favor of Islam.

Another priest in Italy also eliminated the Christmas nativity scene at the local cemetery because "it could offend Muslims". Father Sante Braggiè said there would be no crib in the cemetery in the northern city of Cremona because it may anger people of others faiths or people whose relatives are not buried there:

"A small corner of the cemetery is reserved for Muslim graves. A crib positioned within sight of them could be seen as a lack of respect for followers of other faiths, hurt the sensibilities of Muslims, as well as Indians and even atheists".

In Rebbio, the Italian parish church of St. Martin was preparing the end of Mass. Suddenly a veiled woman, Nour Fayad, took the floor and read the verses of the Koran which announce the birth of Christ. The initiative was intended by the priest, Don Giusto della Valle, as "a gesture of dialogue"....

Islam, like an opportunistic virus, is entering the body-religio of Europe because it has abandoned its Christian faith. Under the guise of Chrislam, an attempt to syncretize Christianity with Islam, it is taking over Christendom in Europe where faithful congregations used to worship.

The essential concept of Chrislam is that Christianity and Islam are compatible; that one can be a Christian and a Muslim at the same time. Chrislam is not an actual religion of its own, but a blurring of the differences and distinctions between Christianity and Islam like the false prophets of ancient Israel blurred the distinction between Baal and the God of the Bible.

Advocates of Chrislam point to facts such as Jesus being mentioned 25 times in the Qur’an, or Christianity and Islam having similar teachings on morals and ethics, or the need for the two largest monotheistic religions to unite to fight against the rise of atheism and alternative spirituality (Peter Kreeft's, Ecumenical Jihad). Chrislam is viewed by many as the solution for the ongoing conflict between the Western world, which is predominantly Christian, and the Middle East, which is predominantly Muslim. Chrislam ultimately fails because Christianity and Islam are diametrically opposed on the most important issues. The Islamic Moon God, Allah, is a singular entity while the Christian God is triune (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). Muslims view Jesus Christ as a prophet while Christianity says He is God, the second member of the triune Godhead. True Christianity declares Jesus to be God incarnate while Islam says that Allah is unknowable. For Christians, the deity of Christ is a non-negotiable, for without His deity, Jesus’ death on the cross would not have been sufficient to be the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the entire world (1 John 2:2). Islam demands the death of the Infidel to atone for a Muslim's sins. Islam adamantly rejects the deity of Christ. The Qur’an declares the idea that Jesus is God to be blasphemy (5:17). Belief in the deity of Christ is considered shirk (“filth”) to Muslims. Further, Islam denies the death of Christ on the cross (4:157-158). The most crucial doctrine of the Christian faith is rejected in Islam. As a result, the two religions are absolutely incompatible, making Chrislam a concept both Christians and Muslims should reject.

Some current proponents of Chrislam are Rick Warren, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, late Robert Schuller, Glen Beck, Tony Campolo, Brian Maclaren, Joel Osteen, and Pope Francis. Chrislamic people themselves see no problem with the basic unity of the two religions, because they say that God loves all people and wants us to love all people. President Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright is quoted as saying, "I made it [Chrislam] comfortable for him [Obama] to accept Christianity without having to renounce his Islamic background."

Someone should point out that all that blather of Chrislam comes from the First Given Half of the koran and was mainly plagiarized from the Bible and the Torah by Mohammad - this plagiarism gained him only 150 followers and he was forced to flee.

Later, the received the Second Given Half which commanded him and his disciples to kill everyone who was not them and to enslave the remainder gaining him armies. Thus began the conquest and destruction of the known world, the destruction of Classical Western civilization, Classical Christianity, and the rise of slavery as the largest business in Europe.

Before he was assassinated in somewhere on the Arabian Peninsula (not in present day Jerusalem - a tourist-generating myth from the 7th century), Mohammad was asked by his Disciples which part of the koran they should follow. He replied the Second Given Half is the last word of allah and that the First was thereby null and void, abrogated.

Chistlam is based on the First Half and is therefor anathema, a lie, taqyyia. Its followers self-deluded, ignorant dhimmis.

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