Posted on 08/03/2008 10:15:46 PM PDT by forkinsocket
During lunch 18 months ago, Dr. Ben Johnson had an epiphany as Dr. Aisha Jumaan, a Muslim, spoke to him about her faith and her experience of God.
"It came to me that this woman loves and worships the same God I do," says Johnson, a Christian. "I had this sharpened awareness that in that moment she was in touch with God, just as I was. It was a dawning and an awakening, and it was liberating because it liberates you from standing on a pedestal and looking down on someone else."
It also inspired Johnson to take on a life-changing mission.
At a time when many Christians, including some in his own church, were openly hostile towards a religion they believed advocated terrorism and was at war with the United States, Johnson initiated a dialog aimed at bringing Christians and Muslims together.
He has conducted a series of lectures and small-group gatherings at which more than 500 Muslims and Christians have shared their faith with each other. Not, Johnson hastens to point out, to convert anyone: "Just to understand each other."
Sunday Johnson will present another lecture, "Beyond 9/11: Christians and Muslims Together — A New World Vision" at Shallowford Presbyterian Church in Atlanta with a vision clear in his mind.
"The dream," he says, "is that we can find a way to bridge the chasm between Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists and make Atlanta a model city. That over the next year or two, we can develop an interfaith immersion program."
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Think again,Dr Johnson.In his "holy" book,her "god",when speaking of infidels (that's you and me,Doctor),instructs his followers to:
Smite them above their necks, and smite off all finger-tips.
And for the record,Doctor,"smite" means to cut or sever.
Wrong from he jump.
I must have missed the part in the Koran where they worship the triune God. The Trinity is the basis of Christianity, not Islam. Or, maybe Dr. Johnson doesn't worship the triune God either.
“”It came to me that this woman loves and worships the same God I do,” says Johnson, a Christian. “
Where did that idea come from? The dark or light? It didn’t come from the light. The pastor has been deceived.
I have one like that in family. But as a (Christian?) pastor, I would think it would be obviously anti-Christian. My sis, is into “New Age” and we are just starting to get back into a friendly relationship after our Mother passed away in 2000. I posted an vanity article on the subject. You may find some interest or add a comment.
Ideas on dealing with “New Age” family members. (Vanity)
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