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10 Things Every Christian Should Know About Islam
The Gospel Coalition ^ | 7/4/13 | Zane Pratt, Christian missionary in Muslim majority nation for 20 years

Posted on 04/28/2019 5:00:46 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

1. “Muslim” and “Arab” are not the same thing. “Muslim” is a religious term....

2. The word “Islam” means submission....

3. There are two major denominations of Muslims....Sunni and Shi’a. Sunnis are the vast majority, at 85 percent of all Muslims....

4. Islamic theology could be summarized as belief in one God, his prophets, his books, his angels, his decrees, and the final judgment....

5. Islam teaches that Jesus was a great prophet. Islam affirms that Jesus was born of a virgin, that he lived a sinless life, that he performed mighty miracles, and that he will come again at the end of history.... However, it explicitly denies the deity of Christ and repudiates the title “Son of God” as blasphemous. It also (according to the majority view) denies he died on the cross...

6. Islamic practice can be summarized by the Five Pillars of Islam....

7. The vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists. In fact, normal Islamic religious law forbids the intentional killing of non-combatants in battle. It also forbids suicide. It’s a small minority view that allows these things, and it’s a small minority who engage in terrorist activities...

8. Muslims can be some of the friendliest, most hospitable people on earth. They make great neighbors and great friends. No Christian should be afraid to build a relationship with a Muslim....

9. Muslims need salvation through Jesus Christ. They are lost exactly like any other non-Christian—neither more nor less than anyone else. Furthermore, Muslims do come to faith in Jesus Christ. It usually takes time, and extended exposure to the Word of God and the lives of Christians, but more Muslims are coming to faith today than at any other point in history...

10. God loves Muslims, and so should we—even those few who are our enemies.....

(Excerpt) Read more at thegospelcoalition.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christ; islam; jesus; religion
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To: SoFloFreeper
Muslims can be some of the friendliest, most hospitable people on earth. They make great neighbors and great friends.

Uh huh. Just ask the Armenians, the Indians, the Greeks and even Muslims who've suffered genocide at the hands of Muslims how friendly and hospitable Muslims are. Just ask the thousands of girls who were groomed and raped by Muslims in the UK what great neighbors and friends they are.

What utter nonsense.
21 posted on 04/28/2019 5:29:07 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SoFloFreeper
Mushhead muzzard collaborators such as Pratt are far too numerous in the evangelical community. A friend described a small meeting with a missionary who routinely spouted this drek and several Baptist deacons. This church was near a large USAF base and three of the deacons were career USAF officers and had all served in the Mid-East,one had been an Air Defense Attache in Pok-i-stan. They really pushed the reverend on his spiel. He admitted that yes, Islamic society was incredibly screwed up and very violent on an inter-personal level, and yes, women were treated as less important than livestock among the poor and only good for who they could be married to or to produce male heirs among the rich and yes , many mullahs stoked hatred for Jews, Christians and Hindus full time. But, but, the American people wouldn't give their dollars to support missionary efforts if the truth were told about muzzard society. Please, he begged these men, keep a lid on what you know. Our only hope is to bring enough muzzards to Christ and both they will be saved and they can maybe start to inject Christian values into their societies.
22 posted on 04/28/2019 5:30:13 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: slapshot

Islam is a terrorist ideology, the practice of which that should be excluded for First Amendment protection, just as with the ideology of cannibalism, Aztec human sacrifice, and crimes against humanity.

Referring to the terrorists as “radical Muslims” displays vast ignorance.

“Radical Muslims” are those who DO NOT slaughter Christians, Jews, and other non-Muslims who refuse to convert. Such radical (unfaithful) Muslims are subject to being murdered by true Muslims for their failure to practice or support Muslim terrorism.


23 posted on 04/28/2019 5:36:42 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: TaxPayer2000
5 I will only believe that not all muslims are terrorists when they ALL denounce terrorism.


24 posted on 04/28/2019 5:37:10 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: SoFloFreeper
8. Muslims can be some of the friendliest, most hospitable people on earth. They make great neighbors and great friends. No Christian should be afraid to build a relationship with a Muslim....

I would call Muslims like that heretics.
They are not doing what Allah wants done or following the examples of Muhammad.
There are several places in the Koran that tell Muslims not to make friends with non-believers. - Tom

25 posted on 04/28/2019 5:37:50 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Smellin Salt
“The muslim you meet today is going to be the nicest person you’ver ever met, until they are in the majority.”

Ding! Ding! Ding! Give that man a cigar!

26 posted on 04/28/2019 5:41:45 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: SoFloFreeper

This is just chocked full of propaganda. It completely leaves out the goals and methods of Islam. Such as the fact that Islam teaches that others must convert or die. Such as the fact that they are instructed to conquer.

I will add “thegospelcoalition” to my list of comped organizations.


27 posted on 04/28/2019 5:41:56 PM PDT by Revel
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To: slapshot
All muslims are not terrorists...

Yes, they are.

Their own quran tells them to be.

I reject all muslims and all of islam...period.

Vermin.

28 posted on 04/28/2019 5:43:33 PM PDT by Snake Skin Sonny
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To: caww
Zane Pratt, A Christian missionary in a Muslim majority nation for 20 years wrote this article.....

Meh.

Whatever.

But he's full of crap.

29 posted on 04/28/2019 5:45:09 PM PDT by Snake Skin Sonny
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To: SoFloFreeper

“Muslims can be some of the friendliest, most hospitable people on earth. They make great neighbors and great friends.”

Yea, as long as they are less than 5-10% of the population, then they start making demands that you change YOUR culture to suit them.

And though very few Muslims are terrorists, almost ALL terrorists are Muslims.


30 posted on 04/28/2019 5:52:05 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Being woke means you can be nasty, hateful and use racist slurs yet feel morally superior.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
10 Things Every Christian Should Know About Islam

1. Islam sucks.

2. Islam sucks.

3. Islam sucks.

4. Islam sucks.

5. Islam sucks.

6. Islam sucks.

7. Islam sucks.

8. Islam sucks.

9. Islam sucks.

10. Islam sucks.

There, now that that's settled, who wants some pork chops for dinner?

31 posted on 04/28/2019 5:53:25 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: jjotto

THAT makes sense.

So I guess they think he never said that he was the Son of God.

I have no problem with islam meaning submission.

We submit to God’s will as Christians.

But it’s kinda clear in some passages that mohommed meant that others should be forced to submit to islam.

that’s no good.


32 posted on 04/28/2019 6:05:47 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: dp0622
The Muslims work out the contradiction by saying that the Christians inserted a lot of blasphemous stuff into the Bible about Jesus being God, about Jesus dying for our sins, about the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and many other things.

Thus they do not regard the New Testament as a reliable source of information about Jesus. They would say the only reliable source about the 'real' Muslim Jesus, whom they call "Isa ibn Maryam" (Jesus son of Mary), is the Koran.

33 posted on 04/28/2019 6:06:31 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Let us commend ourselves, and one another, and our whole life, unto Christ Our God.")
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To: Mrs. Don-o

That solves the issue.

Clears up a lot of things now.


34 posted on 04/28/2019 6:07:57 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Viking2002

I was going to do 9/11 ten times, but that about does it. And we are having pork tonight, tyvm.


35 posted on 04/28/2019 6:11:58 PM PDT by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: Ouderkirk
Good post.

If a person decides to read the Koran they should know the chapters are out of order. The Mecca and Medina chapters are out of order.

There are the peaceful Mecca chapters where Muhammad preached for 13 years and was driven out by his own tribe, to flee 200 miles north to Medina.

The violent Medina chapters are where Muhammad continued preaching but started killing people who wouldn't convert to Islam.

You can find the correct order of the 114 chapters on the internet. - Tom

36 posted on 04/28/2019 6:15:45 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Ouderkirk

And all forms of lying and deceit are okay for muslims to do to non-muslims.

And that raping non muslim women is perfectly ok.


37 posted on 04/28/2019 6:16:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

11. The entire world must become muslim under a single muslim leader.

12. All non-muslims (infidels) have 3 choices when under muslim authority a. Covert to islam, b. Become the slave of islam and pay a yearly tax that can be varied from 0 to 100 percent. c. Be murdered.


38 posted on 04/28/2019 6:20:26 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: slapshot

One point the article fails to mention, and is a very important one in my book, is that Christianity predates islam by hundreds of years. (700) IIRC.
Another point is that islam has always been spread by the tip of the spear, not willingly or without being forced.


39 posted on 04/28/2019 6:23:20 PM PDT by sgt_lau (Being tolerant to the most intolerant people on the planet is a losing proposition. Reject islam.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
In fact, normal Islamic religious law forbids the intentional killing of non-combatants in battle.

I have rarely read such a load of nonsense and outright lies.

One would be forgiven for thinking it was written by a mohammedan.

Reality is that all mohammedans are taught that you personally must follow mohammedan law or be killed.

A simple fact.

And the power of God to save extends to even followers of Islam.

And many of them have to flee or are killed shortly after.

Anything that claims to be a religion but does not allow you to freely exit is not a religion but a murderous cult.

40 posted on 04/28/2019 6:26:38 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (If you are going to be baked by a witch you might as well go out with a mouth full of gingerbread!)
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