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Recent content by OttomanScribe

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    Permissability of lying in proselytising?

    I am concerned primarily with the consensus of scholars in your religion. Failing that the consensus of your co-religionists. Quite simply, how acceptable are the actions of the man I mentioned?
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    Permissability of lying in proselytising?

    What is the Christian understanding of deception in the path of proselytising? I am asking because of the recent exposure of Ergun Caner as a fraud (something I have known ever since I heard one of his speeches). Is it okay for a Christian to make up falsities about themselves or their...
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    War?

    I cannot say I have as yet. Though it sounds interesting! I love his 'Traditional Islam in the Modern World'. If you enjoy his writing, you should read my Sheikh. Specifically 'Jesus and Mohammed, Brothers in faith'. I will read the article after I do a presentation on Christianity and Nature...
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    War?

    This is indeed one Christian understanding. Similarly in Islam, the 'Ummah' (rather than the church as such) is considered a sacrament. However in regards to transmission it is not so much about trusting the Saint's, but about all those that surround them. As a student of history I am well aware...
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    War?

    [URL="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/"] All of which are reportedly written after the time of their occurrence, some up to 200 years afterward, and the majority at least 100. Something like this cannot constitute God's speech, for God's speech is only truly safe in the hands of a Prophet...
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    War?

    The Asad translation of which being: The Muslim understanding of earlier revelation has always been that the Christians and the Jews both corrupted the message brought by their Prophets (as). The Jews by making the religion exclusive and the Christians by deifying their Messenger (as) and...
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    War?

    All crimes are punished in the end, be it in this life or the next. 'Any who do an atom's weight of good, will feel it, any who do an atom's weight of bad, will be punished for it'. I personally would rather my own destruction and the destruction of my works in this life than in the afterlife...
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    War?

    While we share many similarities with the theology of the Jews, and therefore with that in the Old Testament, some things we do not share. Our God does not rest, and He certainly does not take a form and then almost lose a wrestling match with a Prophet (as). God is incapable of being a...
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    War?

    God is incapable of contradiction. Being thus incapable does not negate His status as all-powerful. To be all-powerful is by definition to be incapable of loss. While all understandings of God are limited, we know that some are more wrong than others. Confining God to creation is one of these...
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    War?

    In regards to suffering, one of the primary reasons we do not see our beloved Prophet Jesus (as) as 100% man and 100% God is because God is incapable of suffering. A God that is the source of all things, all powerful and magnificent is incapable of loss, therefore the idea of suffering (which...
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    War?

    If this is your will. God guide us both to certainty and rightness. I pray that God reveals to both of us whom is correct in this.
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    Clothing oneself?

    All above ground mammals save pigs and humans have some form of coat. Pigs cover themselves in dirt and humans make clothes for themselves. With an understanding of proper aqidah, one understands that Allah does not change His mind, any more than He was surprised by the Fall. If we take God as...
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    Salvation of those without contact?

    It seems like the Eastern position is essentially the same to a large extent as that held by Asha'ri aqidah (a school of Muslim theology). To Aiki, that seems to make sense. According to what I see, according to the Bible, Jesus (as) claimed divinity. I do not accept the Bible as either the...
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    War?

    I posted a reply before this one, yet it came up as 'moderated', possibly due to the number of sources I cited. Could anyone tell me if this is the case? Thanks :D
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    War?

    Neither myself nor the Christian faith ( as with any other religion) can be held accountable for something some person did a 1000 years ago. And I am certainly not aware of some tele-evangelist who makes rediculous statements somewhere in the backwaters of the USA. That is something for...
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