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To: lupie

Muslims profess to worship the God of Abraham, I can’t tell what’s in their hearts. If and it’s a big if, they do worship the same God that we do, they have a highly defective understanding of His nature and His message of salvation. That said, I know of several Muslims who converted to Christianity, but no Buddhists that have so something in the Muslim religion must have an aspect of truth that allows them to see the truth of Christ more easily than other non-Christian and Jewish religions.


284 posted on 07/11/2007 2:09:17 PM PDT by conservonator (Pray for those suffering)
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I know of several Muslims who converted to Christianity, but no Buddhists that have so something in the Muslim religion must have an aspect of truth that allows them to see the truth of Christ more easily than other non-Christian and Jewish religions.

That's gnosticism.

All men are equally fallen. The length of the walk towards Christ and the quality of the pavement is not what matters; only the destination.

290 posted on 07/11/2007 2:31:01 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: conservonator
Muslims profess to worship the God of Abraham, I can’t tell what’s in their hearts. If and it’s a big if, they do worship the same God that we do, they have a highly defective understanding of His nature and His message of salvation. That said, I know of several Muslims who converted to Christianity, but no Buddhists that have so something in the Muslim religion must have an aspect of truth that allows them to see the truth of Christ more easily than other non-Christian and Jewish religions.

No, they absolutely do NOT worship the same God. They may call it the same, but if you have ever read much about Islam, then you would know that they do NOT worship the same God. His character is totally different. God made His character manifest in all of creation (Romans 1). The god of Islam is NOT the loving, just, merciful, omnipotent, holy, gracious, slow to anger and abouding in love God of the Scriptures.

If Buddists started calling Buddha God for a long enough period of time, most sheeple would begin to believe they loved the same God as we do.

Again, you have NO scriptural evidence that Muslims have an aspect of the truth. It is the God the Holy Spirit that opens anyone's eyes. It is not a false religion. To say that a false religion will lead someone to the Lord is unbiblical, to say the least.

306 posted on 07/11/2007 3:03:24 PM PDT by lupie
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