tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post5739627321287336499..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Proof that Rome is a Sect of IslamTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-56856769554977855982011-05-12T14:46:53.769+01:002011-05-12T14:46:53.769+01:00Dozie:
You may want to re-read the post. The poi...Dozie:<br /><br />You may want to re-read the post. The point of the post seems to have gone over your head.<br /><br />-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-34003427146780552902011-05-12T04:08:32.514+01:002011-05-12T04:08:32.514+01:00"If (a la Vatican II) Muslims worship the sam..."If (a la Vatican II) Muslims worship the same God as Catholics, then, by converse logic, Catholics worship the same God as Muslims. Hence, Catholics are Muslims."<br /><br />Interesting logic. Do Catholics and Protestants worship the same God? Did Luther switch God when he broke away from the Catholic Church? If no and yes respectively, how many Gods are there actually and how many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-18915348766247222312011-05-10T08:43:27.318+01:002011-05-10T08:43:27.318+01:00Doesn't Rome make parallel moves toward Judais...Doesn't Rome make parallel moves toward Judaism as it does toward Islam? From a few grafs above what Steve quotes:<br /><br />"And when one considers the future, God's People of the Old Covenant and the new People of God tend towards similar goals: expectation of the coming (or the return) of the Messiah. But one awaits the return of the Messiah who died and rose from the dead and isRandall van der Sterrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618509337299843429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-63195757990748059992011-05-06T22:16:27.848+01:002011-05-06T22:16:27.848+01:00John B,
That was brilliant - those two sections (o...John B,<br />That was brilliant - those two sections (one on the Muslims and one one on those "through no fault of their own" in 847) in the RCC Catechism are two of the clearest expressions of real change from pre-Vatican 2 to post Vatican 2.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824685809003307918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-4673065332892839492011-05-06T14:45:11.628+01:002011-05-06T14:45:11.628+01:00I got the above notion from a book on the names of...I got the above notion from a book on the names of God. I recognize there are problems re salvation with such a view. Havn't really thought it through. Like for instance, why would God show Himself as El Elyon to a people when that wouldn't translation into salvation for any of them? I don't know what I'm talking about, but there might be something there to think about...c.t.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02287685119108815245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-50940908257916598212011-05-06T14:41:36.747+01:002011-05-06T14:41:36.747+01:00I've sometimes thought that the average Muslim...I've sometimes thought that the average Muslim worships God as He presents Himself to the nations, as El Elyon, God Most High, whereas the Jihadist, the true believer in the Koran, worships that 7th century moon god false idol known as Allah, which is, in effect, Satan by another name. <br /><br />Not saying recognizing God as El Elyon can bring salvation.c.t.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02287685119108815245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-40724963818116384042011-05-06T09:32:25.400+01:002011-05-06T09:32:25.400+01:00In such a case might we expect Mother Rome to beat...<i>In such a case might we expect Mother Rome to beatify bin Laden?</i><br /><br />They might do an investigation, and if they find that he "sought God with a sincere heart," and "tried in his action to do God's will as he knew it through the dictates of his conscience..."<br /><br />As the CCC (847) says, "Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-81836394527106048832011-05-06T04:18:31.703+01:002011-05-06T04:18:31.703+01:00In such a case might we expect Mother Rome to beat...In such a case might we expect Mother Rome to beatify bin Laden?<br /><br />CDCoram Deohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504564435400500996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-9652220533905122432011-05-06T01:14:57.802+01:002011-05-06T01:14:57.802+01:00If (a la Vatican II) Muslims worship the same God ...If (a la Vatican II) Muslims worship the same God as Catholics, then, by converse logic, Catholics worship the same God as Muslims. Hence, Catholics are Muslims.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-18035284441669513672011-05-06T00:50:43.370+01:002011-05-06T00:50:43.370+01:00Because people had difficulty with the link, I rep...Because people had difficulty with the link, I reproduced Bnonn's entire argument verbatim. So he gets all the credit.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.com