Christianity And Islam

[CatherineM]

Equating all Muslims with the violence that a small group of Islamic Fundamentalists are responsible for is the same as condemning all Catholics for the violence of the Crusades. Knowledge is power. It also lets light into dark corners that we are afraid to go into. Last year in RCIA, I taught the section on Mary. I quoted the Qu'ran. I did so partially to shake things up a bit, but also because she is mentioned more times in the Qu'ran that she is in the New Testament. The writings about Mary in the Qu'ran are also very symbolic and majestic. No, I'm not advocating that we all become Muslims, but frankly, I spend more of my evangelization energy on the prostitutes on the street corner, and their customers, than on my peaceful, devout Muslim neighbors.

[beatty07]

[quote name='adt6247' post='1399822' date='Oct 9 2007, 10:10 AM']It doesn't matter what works -- what matters what is true.[/quote]

What do you mean by this? How can it not matter what works when we're talking about bringing souls to Christ?

[quote name='Apotheoun' post='1399818' date='Oct 9 2007, 09:56 AM']Moreover, any religious discussion that ignores the theological differences between Christianity and Islam (or any other religion for that matter) is ultimately pointless, because dialogue of that kind is not founded upon the truth about God that is revealed only in the person of Jesus Christ, the sole savior of mankind.[/quote]

True... but other-than-religious discussion is far from pointless if it might lead to fewer people being killed.

Edited October 9, 2007 by beatty07