Posted on 09/07/2012 7:30:31 AM PDT by Cronos
The First Presbyterian Church Adult Education Program, partnering with the Peace Islands Institute (formerly the Interfaith Dialog Center of New Jersey), will once again hold its popular series on the Qur'an and its teachings beginning Sept. 16.
The eight-week program will cover Muslim culture, history and traditions and will present a unique educational opportunity to read the Qur'an in an environment designed to promote respect and mutual understanding of all faiths and cultures. All faiths are invited to participate and the program is free.
The First Presbyterian Church in Rutherford, in an effort to bring people of different faiths together, is expanding its Adult Education Program to include an interfaith series beginning in 2012 with a program on Sikhism on Oct. 14. The interfaith endeavor will continue in 2013 with programs on Buddhism and Judaism, as well as Christianity and with trips to museums showing faith-based exhibits. The programs will be open to people of all faiths and will give a cultural as well as a spiritual overview of each faith and culture.
...In the Qur'an program, participants will read portions of the Qur'an over a period of eight weeks and are invited and encouraged to attend weekly one-hour discussions led by Peace Island Institute experts on the assigned surahs (or chapters). The sessions are designed to review the week's readings, explore similarities and differences with the Bible and foster meaningful discussion on culture and faith.
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I like the bit where they say "as well as Christianity".. :)
Christians are being killed by Muslims all over the World. Once again, the Presbyterian Church misses the problem.
I wonder if this effort to “promote respect and mutual understanding of all faiths and cultures” means that thwere will be Moslems who will read the Bible and study it’s passages? Somehow I just don’t think that the the respect flows the other way at all.
Which Presbyterian Church is this, PCUSA or PCA ( being in the South, I’m pretty sure it must be PCUSA). A lot of people don’t know the diifference.
Which Presbyterian Church is this, PCUSA or PCA ( being in the South, I’m pretty sure it must be PCUSA). A lot of people don’t know the diifference.
When you complete the program they cut your head off.
Christianity and Islam are mutually exclusive. One faith that states Jesus Christ is the Son of God and another faith states is only one prophet of many, not the Son of God and did not die on the cross cannot be reconciled.
The two cannot both be true. Anyone who states the two faiths can somehow both be true would have to believe in a god who ultimately is evil, one who plays different people together like chess pieces.
dhimmi land
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as part of the course you bow down to an Imam and pay him $100 jiyza tax
They did this kind of crap at our now FORMER Presbyterian church.
In France, during World War II, these folks would’ve been called Nazi “collaborators”.
PCUSA, as expected.
PCUSA
WWW.fpcrutherford.org
Gary North’s book Crossed Fingers explains how the liberals evicted the old school Presbyterians from their own institutions via misrepresentation at the seminary level in the early 20th century. PCUSA has been lost to unbelievers for a very long time. This universalism they are now parading has been the endgame all along, so it is not at all surprising, unfortunately.
There are some Christians in the PC(USA)
Why they stay in that apostate body is beyond me.
More evidence of the dangers of large organizations claiming to represent the Gospel.
No doubt you are right. Note to self: Beware the sweeping generalization. I was thinking more in terms of leadership.
Oh the leadership and many lay are on board with this nonsense.
I’m worried about those who stay under the delusion of changing things from within. I fear for them.
Oh the leadership and many lay are on board with this nonsense.
I’m worried about those who stay under the delusion of changing things from within. I fear for them.
Since this program is being done by the north Jersey Presbyterian Session, I have to think this may be a program designed by the national church, meaning it will be undertaken throughout the Church. Does anyone know if this is the case?
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