[rzman21]

Calvinism and Islam both have a similar legalistic streak and reject the role of reason.

[svcw]

That statement is just silly. There is no reason in islam.

[freedomfiter2]

Yeah, what kind of legalistic god would expect people to obey his commands?

[LetMarch]

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)

[LetMarch]

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)

[HossB86]

Calvinism and Islam both have a similar legalistic streak and reject the role of reason.

Aside from the sheer laughability of this, the one thing that DOES stand out to me is that the Roman Catholic Church tends to identify with Muslims and Islam FAR more than Protestants:

"The Church’s relationship with Muslims. The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place among whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day (Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 841, quoting Lumen Gentium 16, November 21, 1964)." The quote taken from justforcatholics.org. Emphasis mine.

Any plain reading of the Koran shows that the Muslims do NOT worship the Triune God. In fact, they worship Satan, no? Yet, the above quoted text would indicate something pretty terrible if you're a Roman Catholic... something terrible like Roman Catholics worship the same god they do.

Pretty sad if you ask me.

The "plan of salvation" is God's plan through His only begotten son Jesus Christ... someone the Muslims deny as being God. I think the Roman Catholic Church needs to rethink their friends.

Hoss

[22cal]

I have Catholics in my family and among my friends would never post such an article about their faith and Islam.

Nor would I imply in other posts on this thread that I knew the true God and other Christians did not. Starting this type of infighting (and during Advent) reeks ... like smoke coming from the darkest regions.

It might interest you to know that Calvinists in large part formed this country along with its reasonable Constitution.

Calvinists in the American Revolution