Sir Francis Dashwood,
Blessings to you and your Household for a Merry Messiahmass and Merry Christmas!
Your statement on post # 20...(A "pagan" is anyone not Judaic, Christian or Muslim.)
The above statement is Not exactly correct Sir.
Muslims are...PAGANS, they Do Not Worship the Living GOD Of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - THE Holy One Of ISRAEL - EL Shaddai.
Muslims Do however, worship, bow down and pray to man made IDOLS:"allah" is a moon "god" small "g", and that black "stone" in Mecca is worshipped night and day.
A review of The Ten Commandments in Sh'mot/Exodus 20:1-26 will clearly point this out.
As you are fully aware...these are EL Shaddais Commands, Not Suggestions, we are to conduct ourselves rightly and Live by them.
As a Jewish Born Again Believer in Yeshua HaMoshiach - Jesus The Christ/The Anointed One, I can tell you that Islam no matter the Stripe or Clan has anything to do with Scriptural Judaism or Scriptural Christianity: Messianic Judaism.
The Islamic Pagan Heresy began around 632 A.D., after the death of Muhammad a false prophet with a long history of assorted Detestable practices including Opium addiction and Pedophilia, Rape and the Murder of Thousands of Innocent people, and the Death toll has risen dramatically to Millions over the Centuries.
And for these very reasons I could Never accept or call any PAGAN - Muslim or otherwise my Brother or Sister.
I would in my human frailty try to love them in the way Yeshua/Jesus has commanded me to...Love Unconditionally.
Thank You for your informative post, I will go over it again later.
GOD Bless You.
The above statement is Not exactly correct Sir.
I am referring to the primary secular dictionary definition. You do have a point that Thomas Hobbes and I both agree with here...
Muslims Do however, worship, bow down and pray to man made IDOLS:"allah" is a moon "god" small "g", and that black "stone" in Mecca is worshipped night and day.
Phantasms and phantastical images/idols.
There are erroneous definitions and contraventions to accepted etymologies. Is it purposeful?