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Why a Dallas UM pastor is observing the Muslim fast of Ramadan
examiner ^ | 7.29.2012 | Dina Malki

Posted on 07/29/2012 6:19:54 PM PDT by Morgana

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To: aruanan

Skipping lunch is not a fast.


21 posted on 07/29/2012 6:50:06 PM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Fast & Furious: Proof the Government should not have access to guns)
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To: workerbee

>>(yeah, tell me it’s not more than THAT!)

Sadly, its a lot more than that. This pathetic little dhimmi clown believes in the One World Religion: the one that denies Christ and dooms humanity. He claims to be a Christian, but can’t even bring himself to pray to Jesus before his newfound “friends” who have to be laughing their butts off at this fool’s weakness.


22 posted on 07/29/2012 6:51:25 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Morgana

I have heard that — back in the ~1930s, there was no more evangelistic denomination in the US than the old-line Methodists.

However, since becoming the “United Methodists,” and allowing libs to take over their seminaries, the Methodists have for the most part been a drag on the American Christian scene.

Here in Texas, they seem to thrive and grow — for reasons I cannot quite comprehend. (I suspect that some of the UM pastors in these parts are either less liberal than their northern colleagues — or else they learn to keep their liberal views to themselves while wearing cowboy boots and going deer hunting.)

However, this pastor’s no doubt well-intentioned Ramadan gambit is a glowing example of the shallow level of Christian theology that dominates United Methodist circles.

To with, he is to his Muslim “friends,” at best a dhimmi, and at worst, nothing more than a filthy kafir ape worthy of death.

His goodwill ‘gesture’ will elicit no goodwill in the implacable hearts of the Muslims in his neighborhood — the caliphate must be established!


23 posted on 07/29/2012 6:52:55 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
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To: al_c

Or study the Battle of Lepanto.


24 posted on 07/29/2012 6:58:27 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Morgana

Was it breakfast? “I`ll have the ham and eggs, please.”


25 posted on 07/29/2012 7:01:50 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Morgana

Big deal,I fast 365 days a year from 8pm to 8am


26 posted on 07/29/2012 7:05:54 PM PDT by Craftmore
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To: Morgana

Thanks! Another name to add to my “They serve Satan” List.


28 posted on 07/29/2012 7:10:57 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Bryanw92
how he was yearning to the old Christian fast

The only Christian fast this guy could be referring to, is the Catholic "no meat on Friday" fast, or potentially the even older, more universally Christian fasts of Wednesdays & Fridays.

Though likely he'd rather die than admit any connection to Catholicism (yet not, of course, to Islam).

29 posted on 07/29/2012 7:16:47 PM PDT by workerbee (June 28, 2012 -- 9/11 From Within)
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To: Morgana

Must have converted when he was in Muslim West Africa.

“Rev. Wes Magruder, D.Min. is Associate Pastor at FUMC Rowlett. Most recently, he served as a commissioned missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries, assigned to serve in Yaounde, Cameroon, West Africa as the Director of the United Methodist Mission in Cameroon.”

The Senior pastor at that church is female. as are 3 of the 6 associates.

You’d think the female associate pastor from Kenya would know the difference between Christians and Muzzies.


30 posted on 07/29/2012 7:19:07 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: man_in_tx

I might add that the pastor is probably woefully ignorant of the true nature of Islam, as are most Americans.

I suggest he begin reading AtlasShrugs, CreepingSharia, and BareNakedIslam to get a quick immersion course!


31 posted on 07/29/2012 7:24:45 PM PDT by man_in_tx (Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
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To: Morgana
the pastor appreciated God's grace in this communal meal

Does this stupid schmuck realize that the Koran says that Christ will return...and RENOUNCE THE GOSPEL?

32 posted on 07/29/2012 7:25:05 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Morgana
Methodists. What an absolute joke of a religion.

No surprise here.

33 posted on 07/29/2012 7:25:43 PM PDT by LouAvul
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To: Morgana
feeling spiritually stale lately

So he's trying out other religions?

34 posted on 07/29/2012 7:26:40 PM PDT by Gamecock (We don't come to Christ to be born again; rather, we are born again in order to come to Christ. RCS)
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To: Morgana

Because he is a fool....


35 posted on 07/29/2012 8:07:34 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: Bryan24
If you are ever in a Methodist Church read the hymn book

Stamp inside the book says approved by the National Council of Churches

Communist

36 posted on 07/29/2012 8:13:43 PM PDT by scooby321 (h tones)
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To: al_c
Are you referring to Hanukkah and the defiling of the temple by the heathen? We need to find a way to differentiate the diverse group of Christians from the deverse group of heretical false Christians. Who cares what the phony does? He is dust on our feet.
37 posted on 07/29/2012 9:14:28 PM PDT by Judge Kovitzky (Eat more chicken.)
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To: Morgana; xzins

well, in one way — he is trying to re-learn the blessings of fasting, which is what we in the West have neglected. I don’t agree with where he’s learning it from, but he is looking for something that we have lost.


38 posted on 07/29/2012 9:26:04 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Nervous Tick
I was in California. I tried another congregation and it was the same. I haven't gone to church since moving to Arizona. I know I will go again sometime but my work here is so stressful, I need the time on the weekends to just prepare for another awful week of work.
39 posted on 07/29/2012 9:30:33 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: originalbuckeye
"The Methodist Church left me over a decade ago."

I'm not sure when they left me. I grew up in the Methodist Church before it was the "United" Methodist Church. I spent twenty years in the military and my wife and I were often back and forth between a base chapel and local Methodist Churches. I'm not sure when the "United" thing happened, but it was probably in the early to mid sixties, but when it did happen, I immediately noticed that the church literature took a leftward turn. I was much younger at that time and was less sensitive to things "politically left" and simply tolerated it for a while. Don't recall when I called it quits with the UMC.

40 posted on 07/29/2012 9:46:13 PM PDT by davisfh
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