Pope urged to admit common ground

[sisterinchrist]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7706977.stm


When 138 senior Muslim scholars and clergy tried to establish the common ground between Islam and Christianity last year, they said the very peace of the world hung on the outcome.
On Tuesday, a high-ranking delegation is beginning a rare visit to Rome in an effort to persuade the Pope to endorse what they say are the shared origins and values of the world's two biggest religions.
Their letter, A Common Word, cited passages from the Koran which the scholars said showed that Christianity and Islam worship the same God, and require their respective followers to show each other particular friendship.
The document examined fundamental doctrine and stressed what it said were key similarities - such as the belief in one God and the requirement for believers to "love their neighbours as themselves".
Significantly the letter acknowledged that the Prophet Muhammad was told only the same truths that had already been revealed to Jewish and Christian prophets, including Jesus himself.

[J4E]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7706977.stm
Their letter, A Common Word, cited passages from the Koran which the scholars said showed that Christianity and Islam [I]worship the same God

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[icebear]

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oooohh... i'm so stealing that smiley.... :lol2

and i totally agree!

[J4E]

Steal away. We need that smiley here.

[lyngraphics]

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AWESOME Smiley!!!!

There has been renewed urgency among Muslim leaders to forge new bonds with Christians since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.

This is from the article... they are trying to get back in the fold!

[Robert]

We are all in despair about it from our end. But if we were to look at it in God's "War Room", we would see that his plan is coming together just as he said it would!

[Beagler]

I have nothing in common with a moon worshiping muslim.

Correction. I do have one thing in common. We are both sinners, and without saving faith in Jesus Christ we are both destined for hell.

[kcofohio]

Amazing, we have 66 books, God breathed, written so long ago, giving us so many of todays headlines. Can anyone hear the contractions.

(Rev 18:24) And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

[josh1313]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7706977.stm


When 138 senior Muslim scholars and clergy tried to establish the common ground between Islam and Christianity last year, they said the very peace of the world hung on the outcome.
On Tuesday, a high-ranking delegation is beginning a rare visit to Rome in an effort to persuade the Pope to endorse what they say are the shared origins and values of the world's two biggest religions.
Their letter, A Common Word, cited passages from the Koran which the scholars said showed that Christianity and Islam worship the same God, and require their respective followers to show each other particular friendship.
The document examined fundamental doctrine and stressed what it said were key similarities - such as the belief in one God and the requirement for believers to "love their neighbours as themselves".
Significantly the letter acknowledged that the Prophet Muhammad was told only the same truths that had already been revealed to Jewish and Christian prophets, including Jesus himself.

Jesus is not a prophet. He is the Messiah. It is impossible for the God of the Christians and the Muslims to be the same. Given the RCCs past and the history of Islam's violence, I could see the world religion being some mixture of Catholicism and Islam. That would encompass most of the world population after the rapture of the Church. Before I get flamed, I'm not saying that if you are Catholic, then you aren't a true Christian, just that when you put your faith in anything or anyone other than Christ (like Mary or the Pope), then you cannot be a true Christian.

[KBKMNN]

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EXACTLY what I was thinking as I read the title!