The truth is not as black or white as the Calvinist would wish it to be. We do not believe Original Sin is death, only disabling. Consequently, other cultures, including that of Islam, are operating at a great deficiency, but they are not dead or totally in the dark.
There can indeed be great "good" done by Muslims, as it can be done by Hindus or athiests.
I realize this conflicts with your Calvinism, but such is the way we view things. One can say the Koran and Islam are false paths to salvation. But one can not say that therefore the Koran contains nothing that is true, and that Muslims have accompished absoutely nothing good and decent in the attempt to follow their faith.
You will respond that all enelected men are entirely dead and that nothing that they do is pleasing to God.
I will note that the Samaritan's actions were pleasing to God, even if his attempts to follow and udnerstand God were less than perfect.
SD
OKie fine.
Listen to Jesus and Peter then.
John 14:6 [JESUS] Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Acts 4:12 [PETER] Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Do you believe these passages? This isn't a Calvinist issue, that's a red herring.
***There can indeed be great "good" done by Muslims, as it can be done by Hindus or athiests.***
That was not and is not the point. Atheism, Hinduism, and Islam are paths to eternal destruction.
***But one can not say that therefore the Koran contains nothing that is true, and that Muslims have accomplished absolutely nothing good and decent in the attempt to follow their faith.***
That again is not the point. The Satanist Bible has some true statements in it. In fact, the essence of deception is to include enough truth to make the error palatable.