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Thanks CryptoLuthern good to know. I usually dont go through the drawers of every online preacher before I give him a listen, so I really couldnt say one way or the other. I am especially ignorant on what muslims teach (to a large extent) and wanted to catch the cross points between the two and what persuaded him on the basis of the doctrines. Someone posted the video and I watched, and whether the guy is or isnt what he claims, wouldnt much affect me personally, I sure wasnt interested in following the man personally. However he did share some interesting things, and these were "outside" of himself. Doctrine related, between muslims and how he was reading and seeing his error as it related to the scriptures.
Though to be honest I would not be considered to be of his denominational thought (for lack of a better way to put it). And I was perceiving (for myself) more then just one division (muslim doctrine and christian doctrine) and his understanding between the two. However, I was trying to keep any differences I might have with him (on the other end of it) quiet because these wouldnt be useful (here). I wanted to focus more on his presentation of the muslim thought (by doctrine) as it correlated to his own conversion (by doctrine). Or simply how he come from the former into the later. I can separate that way, but good to know either way, thank you.
God bless you
I'm a big believer that if you want to know what a group believes, go to the horse's mouth. Ex-converts from a specific religious background often have an axe to grind, not always, but often. For example, if I wanted to better understand the beliefs and practices of, say, the Assemblies of God denomination I would go look at their source material, talk to well-informed members of an AoG church. What I wouldn't do is talk to someone who is no longer AoG and who has an obvious bias or axe to grind.
I think we can avoid at least 90% of the misunderstanding if we allow ourselves to hear the "official story" as it were. I would even go so far to say that if someone wanted to know about the church I went to for the first eight years of my life, they really shouldn't talk to me about it. Things happened there that wrought a massive scar on my whole family and for what some of the people in leadership at the time did to my mom still leaves, after all these years, a very bitter taste in my mouth as I am still learning to forgive them. So I'd be a terrible person to talk to, because obviously my stories and experiences are tainted. I wouldn't be an objective source.
-CryptoLutheran
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