XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien
From: theswain@operamail.com
darylgene@aol.com wrote:
> On Apr 21, 7:53�pm, "John W. Kennedy" wrote:
>
>>darylg...@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>On Apr 16, 2:00?pm, Steve Hayes wrote:
>>
>>>>Allah IS the Christian God.
>>
>>>>Tash is not.
>>
>>>>--
>>>>Steve Hayes
>>
>>>Does Allah exist as three persons in one Godhead? �If not then I think
>>>it would be difficult to say they are the same. One would think at
>>>least the Apostle's Creed would be necessary to define a Christian,
>>>otherwise (as Dorothy Sayers noted) you just have chaos.
>>
>>It doesn't matter as long as Islam clearly insists that Abraham spoke to
>>Allah and that Jesus was sent by Allah. It is not necessary (or even
>>possible) for a Christian to maintain that Mohammed was wholly right,
>>but it cuts off all possibility of reasoned debate to say that Mohammed
>>did not mean what he said. I would excise the Mormons from the world of
>>(shall we say?) El Shaddai before Islam.
>>
>>--
>>John W. Kennedy
>
>
> Why does it not matter?
It doesn't matter because your definition of CHristianity is off.
You've chosen a rather late comparatively speaking definition of
ORTHODOX Christianity, i. e. right and true belief, but not of
Christianity as a whole. Further, Christianity recognizes and accepts
the revelation to the Hebrews to be absolutely true but incomplete;
Islam recognizes and accepts the revelation to the Hebrews to be
absolutely true but incomplete, and Christianity to be a heresy because
Christians misunderstand that role of Christ. Christianity recognizes
Islam as a heresy. But all three worship the same divine being, they
just see that divine being differently.
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