Posted on 12/17/2015 6:45:49 PM PST by delacoert
It is really interesting to see how the suspended Wheaton college professor's story has morphed so quickly to hide the underlying ignorance that gave it its legs. The original story was founded on lie that, “Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.” I think that the press believed the professor who got fooled by another round of this false story.
At risk of writing this so far down the thread it doesn't get read, nonetheless: The Jewish/Christian Bible is the result of holy men of old being moved upon by the Holy Spirit to write what they wrote. And, aside from the fact that Creation itself sends forth declarations of God's reality and existence, the Bible is the only way we have any certainty about WHO He is. The Bible defines Him for us, and, most wonderfully, He declares His desire to be with us and for us to be with Him.
Point being: either the Holy Spirit is behind the revelations in the Bible, or not. If He is, then it is a true depiction. If not, then we're all wasting our time talking sweet nothings and whistling Dixie.
If the God of the Bible has truly revealed Himself to mankind, then that is the best news anyone on earth ever heard. If the goddie of the koran is the one with whom we have to do, that is the worst news anyone on earth ever heard.
The author of this article uses a cute little canard: he writes that, since both Jews and Arabs claim descent from Abraham, they must be worshiping the same God. That is a complete non-sequitur, as most discerning readers should clearly see.
If Bergoglio said that he was merely affirming the official position of the Roman church.
I think it’s self-evident a man cannot worship a God he doesn’t know, so we don’t agree.
If man knows that there is a Supreme Being, infinite and perfect, who is the creator of the universe, is he incapable of worshiping that Supreme Being?
Absolutely. God determines how He is to be worshipped. Scripture makes it clear He will only accept that which He has ordained.
If a man never hears of Jesus Christ, etc., then that man is necessarily damned?
He didn't and it's not.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:
Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation. <><><>
Sorry. Christians know that Allah is Satan.
There has been a phony news article in circulation for at least six months that reports Bergoglio said that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. I'm guessing that the Wheaton College professor got snookered by a new version of this and used it as the basis of the statement in her Facebook post, "Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God."
We do NOT worship the same God.
Muslims worship a god that encourages hate, rape, slavery, war and murder.
Chirstians worship the GOD that encourages love, hope, joy, peace, etc
Allah is the antithesis of Jehovah
wrong on every level
NO!
But was not Ishmael illegitimate since he was born of Hagar and not Sarah, unlike Issac who was born of Sarah?
Abraham didn't start islam. He was just an ancient ancestor of the Arabs.
Islam is Satan's chimera designed to look like a faith of Abraham in the most superficial way. But underneath, at its heart, is it a ritualistic Satanic cult.
The use of the passive word "radicalized" by the media to describe terrorists is a feint. The word that should be used is the active word "religious"...because when one becomes a "religious" muslim, he becomes a monster.
A ridiculous article that relies on stories, stories......
My God doesn’t need to be defended by murdering human shills - He stands on His own...
CHRISLAM
Led by Rome
embraced by apostate Christianity
loved by muslims all over the world
undeniable it is happening...
the whore of revelation 17?
quite possible.
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