I have two serious and implicating questions to ask these two groups on both a national level and on an individual level. I will start with one on a national level:
National: WHY IS PREACHING CHRIST AND CHRISTIANITY A CRIME IN ARABIC COUNTRIES BUT NOT A CRIME PREACHING MOHAMED AND ISLAM IN CHRISTIAN ORIENTED COUNTRIES? I think it is very unfair and foolish and immature for Islamic states not to allow alternative views to be accessed by their people. To block alternative teachings implies two things at least:
First that the citizens of these countries are not volitional beings and therefore naturally incapacitated to make choices. And since they cannot choose, the government (specific individuals) choose for the majority and set what to believe and therefore individual preferences do not matter.
Secondly, to block other alternative worship and belief views signals not just the gullibility of the people (Ephesians 4:14) but demonstrates the weakness of the position advocated for (1John 4:1-2; Acts 17:11).
I think it is very unfair and foolish and immature for Islamic states not to allow alternative views to be accessed by their people. To block alternative teachings implies two things at least:
First that the citizens of these countries are not volitional beings and therefore naturally incapacitated to make choices. And since they cannot choose, the government (specific individuals) choose for the majority and set what to believe and therefore individual preferences do not matter.
Secondly, to block other alternative worship and belief views signals not just the gullibility of the people (Ephesians 4:14) but demonstrates the weakness of the position advocated for (1John 4:1-2; Acts 17:11).
If Islam is not ready to be openly challenged at its home, then we can tell how weak its foundations are. God co-exists with the devil in the world and this will continue until existing people freely choose between the two. God does not lock the devil outside in a preventive manner of his Christians but gives the truth to his followers and lets these freedom of choice human beings, make their own choice between his truth and the words of the evil one. Islam has built PREVENTIVE walls instead of PROTECTIVE walls and these are dangerous both to those inside and those outsides. I am not a prophet of doom, but soon these preventive walls will be attacked from inside and outside, and yes they will crumble.
Islam has built PREVENTIVE walls instead of PROTECTIVE walls and these are dangerous both to those inside and those outsides. I am not a prophet of doom, but soon these preventive walls will be attacked from inside and outside, and yes they will crumble.
This is not a problem exclusive to Islam alone but almost all religions. All religions argue as Islamic nations argue. And their argument goes the same: WE CAN PREACH OUR RELIGION TO YOU AND AT YOUR HOME, BUT YOU CANNOT PREACH YOUR RELIGION HERE AND TO US. This kind of argument begins from a fallacious preconceived idea that insists that a right religion (as approved by the owner and members) equals a right god and therefore, there are right religions and wrong religions.
I don’t know how to explain this but here is the thing. Religions do not present GOD AS THE WAY TO A BELIEF SYSTEM (John 14:1-7; 5:39) BUT RATHER PRESENT RELIGION AS THE WAY TO GOD (Exodus 12:48;Mathew 23:15).
In the New Testament Jesus always visits the Jewish synagogues, sometimes he is given a scroll to read (Luke 4:16-17) and other times he isn’t given an opportunity but whenever he attends, it is conflict with the religious establishments and authorities and this controversy between God and religion is reported throughout the New Testament writers.
This kind of argument begins from a fallacious preconceived idea that insists that a right religion (as approved by the owner and members) equals a right god and therefore, there are right religions and wrong religions.
I don’t know how to explain this but here is the thing. Religions do not present GOD AS THE WAY TO A BELIEF SYSTEM (John 14:1-7; 5:39) BUT RATHER PRESENT RELIGION AS THE WAY TO GOD (Exodus 12:48;Mathew 23:15).
In the New Testament Jesus always visits the Jewish synagogues, sometimes he is given a scroll to read (Luke 4:16-17) and other times he isn’t given an opportunity but whenever he attends, it is conflict with the religious establishments and authorities and this controversy between God and religion is reported throughout the New Testament writers.
The fighting styles are different based on the two fighters. Religious fighters are aggressive and eventually kill Jesus. However, Jesus as the fighter fights with the truth he boldly communicates in their presence and at their quarters. The Jesus of the New Testament doesn’t always wait to be given an opportunity but creates one for him to ensure he communicates his gospel. Now this is what I call fighting and to be honest I like his way of fighting. You can trace majority of these fights in Mark 2-3:1-6; John 8. All Religions (Islam inclusive) should humble themselves and stop considering themselves as a pure breed of human beings.
I appreciate the fact that the true God can and has his representatives in the world, but even these real representatives of God should not build an exclusive cult around the one true God that exercises initialisation rites on those who want to associate with God (Acts 15:1-10; Galatians 2:11-18). If Allah is the one true God, then it is not possible that he created only Arabs and Moslems especially if people still convert to the same. To believe so is to substitute Faith in God for Fatalism with God and this would be absurd occultism. BE AWARE IF YOUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS BLOCK ALTERNATIVE VIEWS, CASTIGATE THEM INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO THEM.
If Allah is the one true God, then it is not possible that he created only Arabs and Moslems especially if people still convert to the same. To believe so is to substitute Faith in God for Fatalism with God and this would be absurd occultism. BE AWARE IF YOUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS BLOCK ALTERNATIVE VIEWS, CASTIGATE THEM INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO THEM.
INDIVIDUAL: If you are a religious and your country and religion blocks alternative views that challenge the status quo, how sure are you that Islam is right if it hasn’t been put into the laboratories of faith to prove its authenticity? Shouldn’t the God we worship be a God we choose, how do I, in my sober state worship a God I have never chosen myself. Many people are born Muslims and others are born Christians, can we really say that these individuals (adults now) ever chose the gods they fight and kill for? My God shouldn’t be one I inherited and neither should he be one legalised. Stop worshipping a legal God and worship a love-God.
Many people are born Muslims and others are born Christians, can we really say that these individuals (adults now) ever chose the gods they fight and kill for? My God shouldn’t be one I inherited and neither should he be one legalised. Stop worshipping a legal God and worship a love-God.
The major individual question each of us should ask is: DOES BEING BORN A CHRISTIAN OR A MUSLIM REALLY MAKE ME ONE? Am I a Christian or Muslim because my parents are or otherwise? If your answer is YES, then you should give a response to another question: Is FAITH IN GOD a BIOLOGY or a BELIEF? In a world where human beings are naturally volitional beings placed between real alternatives (evil and good) courtesy of absolute powers (God and Satan), is it possible for one’s either choice to be genetically passed on? The honest answer should be NO. NO GOD is not a Christian, NO God is not a Muslim. GOD IS GOD and the rest is our worldview of the absolute reality known as GOD.
Let us, therefore, give these worldviews unlimited space and audience and let us be ready to analyse, evaluate and question these positions. That is the only way we will grow, learn and unlearn.
In a world where human beings are naturally volitional beings placed between real alternatives (evil and good) courtesy of absolute powers (God and Satan), is it possible for one’s either choice to be genetically passed on? The honest answer should be NO. NO GOD is not a Christian, NO God is not a Muslim. GOD IS GOD and the rest is our worldview of the absolute reality known as GOD.
Let us, therefore, give these worldviews unlimited space and audience and let us be ready to analyse, evaluate and question these positions. That is the only way we will grow, learn and unlearn.
God bless you I invoke TRUTH, WISDOM and FAITH (2Tim 2:7)
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