how dare they get along!
The logic in this piece is somewhat crazy. For years and years, Jews and Muslims have been at odds with one another, shedding countless amounts of blood over religious differences. There is now a small contingent from both parties that are looking to make peace with one another, in an effort to show the world that there is no need for violence between the two groups. Of course, the world is not right with the ODMs if someone is not killing someone else over religious differences. Ken Silva, the general editor of this piece, truly believes that people with different beliefs cannot co-exist without, at minimum, a website dedicated to bashing your opposition. The short piece opens with this
*singing* “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony…” The emerging church of the coming Global Family slithers on.
I am trying to figure out how two religious groups trying to end long-term violence is connected with the emerging church– or even how that is a bad thing. If the grand finale of age-old blood shed is linked to the emerging church, then count me in! Of course, Ken had to generally edit this ending to the piece…
Somewhere we know B-Mac is smiling.
and of course, they added the music video video from McLaren’s new album. Nevermind that McLaren had nothing to do with this piece at all. Oh well… such is the logic of the ODMs
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True believers should never have been involved with bloodshed anyway, and we should have been reaching out in gospel love to the Muslims also. I am wary of peace projects with religions that are false and lead to eternal destruction. They are anti-christ and we should be peaceful and loving, but such pacts give them and the rest of the world the wrong impression.
These inter-religious pacts fly in the face of all the martyrs who went to their death rather than proclaim “peace” with even aberrant Christian religions. Peace with error is compromise. Paul says, “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.” Rom.16:20
The God of Peace is also a God of War.
I misread the piece, it didn’t include Christians. So my view about Jews and Muslims having peace – why not.
Ken makes connections that are not there all the time… why not blame the Jews and Muslims getting along on the emerging church… hmmm in fact that makes us MORE Christ like as we are then to blame for being the blessed Peacemakers…
Really, Ken needs to get on some meds and I fear he has lost it completely and is just a petty vengeful person who has lost touch with reality. Simply hate has consumed him and he is under a great delusion… and needs our prayers.
iggy
Aside from pretending that the emerging church is somehow a part of a slithering global world order, which is stupid enough already, the editor of this farce has obviously lost touch with reality, and perhaps sanity.
But it’s a good thing, in a way, for such articles to be written — they hasten the day when even the most ridiculous of the ODM’s will finally say, “uh, ‘pastor’, we can no longer endorse your foolishness…”
Ken thinks like this (as made apparent in many other articles):
Peace in the world = the antichrist will come, tribulation, yada yada.
So when the muslims and jews start working together and stop killing, this is obviously tied to a great apostasy of sorts in the CHRISTIAN Church, and the antichrist is going to be appearing soon. Because peace got mentioned…
Yipiee! Blessed hope! Peace on earth! Good will towards all men…..???
His thinking is derranged on this one.
Joe
I am a Baptist of sorts. The Lord’s Supper is a sacred memorial of the Passover Lamb, Jesus. It is symbolic but still meaningful. The new birth is of the Spirit where by faith a sinner is tranferred from death to life by the blood of Jesus Christ. No one can enter heaven without it.
Rick I think you posted this in the wrong comment forum, LOL.
But truth none the less!!
Joe
Wow Rick. You are all over the map here.
What is wrong with making an interreligious pact to agree NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER? I can see a problem with making a pact to compromise on belief, but a peace treaty is to agree to disagree and agree to co-exist side by side without KILLING.
But we ought to stay away from such things because martyrs went to death? They went to death not because of their refusal to live in peace with other religions, but because of their refusal to renounce Christ.
You are confusing me.
Why would an agreement not to kill each other lead to eternal destruction? I think keeping Muslims alive longer would allow for time to hear the gospel, no?
You are confusing me.
The church should make no pacts with anyone or any organization. It gives the impression that Christianity and Islam are two credible religions. We should not as the church ever kill Muslims so no pact should be necessary.
A pact wouldn’t lead to eternal destruction, it would give credibility to a religion that leads people to destruction. When preachers are preaching non-violence and communicating that to the Muslim community there should be no pact. The Jews and Muslims making a pact? Sure, but that doesn’t concern the church. I read the original post innacurately.
Fine.
Hopefully you are in disagreement with the pact Evangelicals have made with the Republican party.
I do not vote or get involved with the carnal politics of America. I am a non-nationalist.