Author Topic: Christians, Muslims, Jєωs to share pulpits later this month (Read 765 times)

stevusmagnus · « **on:** June 03, 2011, 03:41:12 PM »

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Christians, Muslims, Jєωs to share pulpits later this month

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It will happen for just one Sunday in June, but on that day, dozens of houses of worship across the United States will open their pulpits to clergy from the other two Abrahamic faiths to read from their scriptures. The project, called Faith Shared, is set for June 26. A few ѕуηαgσgυєs and mosques are among those that have signed up for the initiative, as well as Christian communities across the denominational spectrum, including one Catholic church in North Carolina. "Just having something public is not going to be a big, big deal here, but to have someone come in and read from the Quran and to recognize publicly the existence of Islam and to reverence and respect is a good thing for the church to do," said Jesuit Father Pat Earl, pastor of St. Peter Parish in Charlotte, N.C. The project is co-sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First. "The United States is the most religiously diverse nation in the world," said the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, a Southern Baptist minister who is president of the Interfaith Alliance, during a May 18 conference call with reporters. "Crucial to peaceful relationships across this land, as well as to our democratic form of government. are pluralism and religious freedom." Rev. Gaddy said, "We're calling upon congregations to say by means of their actions, 'We come from different traditions, hold different beliefs and engage in different rituals in our churches, mosques and ѕуηαgσgυєs. have different beliefs yet emphasize religious freedom and search for answers to life's questions through our respective faiths.'

DecemRationis · « **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:20:22 AM »

So a Muslim is going to get up in a Catholic Church and read from the Koran? And nothing will be done to the Jesuit Father Pat Earl as a result of this public display. Nothing.

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2 Thessalonians 2:3-5

Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, Who opposeth, and is lifted up above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself as if he were God. Remember you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

DecemRationis · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:30:05 AM »

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1 John 2:22-3

Who is the liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. (1Jn. 2:22-23)

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:54:07 AM »

Besides the excellent points Decem makes, one of the comments on the blog post wrote something worth considering:

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Christian Churches are being burned in Egypt; Christians are being persecuted in Sudan, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and many other Islamic Countries. Why would we invite Muslims into our churches or go to read at a mosque? Why don’t we hear a loud and vocal condemnation from all Muslims against the injustices that our brother Christians are enduring? Why is an end to Christian persecution not shouted from the top of all mosques?

There was a time when the Mohammedans were the enemy against whom all of Christendom, the secular powers and the Church, united in a sacred war of prayer and the sword (there is a very beautiful rite of blessing of armor for the Christian Crusaders in the Roman Pontifical). The Sacred Order of Friars Preachers had a Votive Mass against Turks and heretics in the Dominican Missal, and even secular poetry (such as the Song of Roland) was inspired by the sacred war against these heathen, who were threatening Europe.

But now... in a few decades' time the Muslims will outnumber the Europeans and travesties such as this will be occurring more frequently and under state mandate (if things are not done to prevent this now).

Why has this happened?

Answer: Europe has abandoned the faith, and American Catholics have given themselves over to a heretical notion of "tolerance" that will accept even those who blaspheme Our Lord and God Jesus Christ and the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, which He vouchsafed to reveal unto us despite our utter unworthiness.

And this is how we thank Him...?

DecemRationis · « **Reply #4 on:** June 04, 2011, 12:57:31 AM »

Very good, Hobble.