tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post6312891614368982094..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Evangelism - Islam StyleTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-74831763367977225142007-09-12T16:35:00.000+01:002007-09-12T16:35:00.000+01:00Josh,For your information, in sacrificial systems ...Josh,<BR/><BR/>For your information, in sacrificial systems the person who "accepts" (or not) the sacrifice is the one <B>to whom</B> the sacrifice is offered, not the one <B>for whom</B> the sacrifice is offered.<BR/><BR/>Same with forgiveness - it is the person who is granting forgiveness that has to accept the person to be forgiven, not the other way 'round.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, the Bible Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-60958858067305588562007-09-10T23:13:00.000+01:002007-09-10T23:13:00.000+01:00"I understand from other things I have read on Mus...<I>"I understand from other things I have read on Muslim theology that they would actually similarly assert that one's obedience does not erase the past sins, but that God forgives those sins apparently on account of the later obedience."</I><BR/><BR/>Although Islam and modern Judaism both teach this, the question of why God would forgive past sins based on future obedience is left unanswered in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-79589710810744593702007-09-10T21:36:00.000+01:002007-09-10T21:36:00.000+01:00Josh,Thanks for your comments.The similiarity that...Josh,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments.<BR/><BR/>The similiarity that I was pointing out was the notion that "only those who refuse" will perish.<BR/><BR/>You raise an interesting further similarity:<BR/>Bin Ladin's explanation regarding the relationship between obedience and salvation is not clear, though it is stated in a way that is quite similar (in effect) to Arminian and Pelagian Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-68081892276735281752007-09-10T21:30:00.000+01:002007-09-10T21:30:00.000+01:00Bin Ladin writes (well, the transcript of his spee...<I>Bin Ladin writes (well, the transcript of his speech reads): "And all praise is due to Allah, who awakened His slaves' desire for the Garden, and all of them will enter it except those who refuse. And whoever obeys Him alone in all his affairs will enter the Garden, and whoever disobeys Him will have refused."<BR/><BR/>This is not so different from an Arminian or Pelagian soteriology.</I><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com