I asked you why Christians would disapprove of calling God by the name of Allah and you replied,
Most don't, some do. Some, like you, are very "patriotic" to the religion/nationality of their culture and so are happy to find any issue at all.
Now I have a Christian library and not one single Christian author ever expressed the revelation that they were even kin, in fact nearly all say it's quite the contrary. The reason of course being that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, something of which Muslims stedfastly refute . In fact some are so set against the concept of the trinity they quote daily that there is only one god and he has no son and his prophet's name is Mohammed. Well now I would agree that if Muslims want to say that their god has no son then so be it. But God, the Christian God as revealed throughout scripture is actually God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Doesn't it sound like two distinct entities?
Now as for me being patriotic to my religion, nationality, culture I don't quite follow you. I wasn't raised in a Christian home and had no religious heritage to fall back on before I accepted Christ. My best friends were Mormons, Jews, agnostics, etc and we never even brought up the subject of religion. The Christian heritage I admire and follow started in Jerusalem which is much closer to the Muslim countries than where I am from. As for culture I don't put much stock in that, after all which one should I choose?.... Philipino, Chinese, French, Swedish, English, American, Irish, I'm all these and more.
I do believe that if you are a citizen of a country you have an obligation of service to render but trying to serve God must come first so it doesn't make any difference of what part of the world you are from.
You talk about God making a covenant with Ishmael and Isaac but I have studied the Bible closely and found only one, and that being made with Isaac. I engage in religious discussion not as a novice but as someone who has been at it for over 20 years now.
Chris |
