Christian/Muslim ThreadsMr Kenneth L. JenkinsPeace Uzebek, No.. I can't admit that more Muslims have converted to Christianity or vice versa. You see, statistics are only about people putting their hand up and saying they are one or the other. Why they say it, or what they mean by it we don't know. In the Sudan today, millions are being killed because they won't revert to Islam. I refuse to call any that do Muslim converts. for only God knows who are His own. Likewise, all those so called converts during the crusades, the spanish inquistion? Were they genuine? Under the pressure of the sword anyone will call themselves anything and it would be totally inappropriate for you or I to say for certain how many genuine conversions there are. The same is true of the pressures to remain in religion because national law determines that death should be the result of leaving one religion for another. Statistics are all over the internet, but God alone knows who are those who are actively seeking Him and have genuinely found Him amongst those statistics. I hope my first reply answers this question. It would be the same Uzebek, I don't doubt his conversion to another religion is not genuine. I am sure in his mind he believes he is following truth. But the key question you should be asking.. is not whether his decision to swap from Christianity to Islam is genuine, but whether His faith in God and His relationship with God is genuinely restored and present. I agree with you here Uzebek, We do have many possible paths and looking around does help aid us to find the truth. We may even think we HAVE the truth. We both agree that idolatry is blasphemy, so both you and I would not look deeper into some of the religions available out there. Now, we probably also agree that not every path of religion leads to the right way, so by looking at the lives of those who founded the remaining three monotheistic religious paths, we can see a bit clearer to the truth. Judaism is the foundation for both Christianity and Islam, but we both agree that the Jews missed the truth in front of their eyes. Christianity claims Jesus is the truth they missed and the one who makes sense of the OT. Islam claims Christianity is corrupted and makes a God out of a man. Christianity's founder says "I am the way, truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me." Christianity's founder claims to be God Himself come in the flesh and to promise salvation to all those who follow Him. Islam's founder claims to be the final prophet. He is dead, whereas the jesus of the Qur'an is still alive. It is the Jesus of the Qur'an who will come to judge all people and usher in a time of peace on the earth. Logic tells me that I need to look very closely at the claims of Christ. Christianity is a religion if you look at it on a world perspective and if you look at all the different denominations around, there are many who try to use religion to reach God. But, Jesus said some pretty special things. He invited me to come and eat with Him, to see my spiritual needs satisfied in Him, to find in Him, the Way to God, The Truth about life, and to find life itself. For me, I call myself a disciple or follower of God through Jesus, not so much a Christian. My faith is a dynamic daily experience of having God alive and living in Me, sharing my life and helping me.. teaching me and promising me eternity with Him. Why would I want to swap that for a religious system that can't offer me any of it? My response to God for all He has done for me, is to live a life of holiness, worthy of Him who I claim as being my Lord. My life must reflect what I see in the NT of Christs life. So I do religion, not to be saved, but to show my relationship to God.. just like my last post said. Looking forward to your reply peace to you always in your search Carol |
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