Comments on: Well, isn’t that special…. http://thelightheartedcalvinist.com/2010/02/05/well-isnt-that-special/ One of the few Reformed resources left in the cosmos not reviewed and endorsed by J.I. Packer. Drat. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: churchmouse http://thelightheartedcalvinist.com/2010/02/05/well-isnt-that-special/#comment-1055 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:17:42 +0000 http://thelightheartedcalvinist.com/?p=3273#comment-1055 When one examines Islam more closely, it really isn’t an Abrahamic religion. Although it includes people from the Bible, such as Abraham, Mary and Jesus, Islam rejects the Bible message. It borrows from but does not preach the same message in the Koran.

It would seem that the inclusion of Islam as an ‘Abrahamic religion’ is a modern one for our age and has no basis in reality.

Also, consider that although Muslims consider Jews and Christians to be ‘people of the Book’, in countries where Islam predominates, they levy special taxes against non-Muslims (‘jizya’) and forbid repair of churches without express written permission. The possibilities of building a new church are practically nil. You cannot even take a Bible into Saudi Arabia.

]]> By: Bob http://thelightheartedcalvinist.com/2010/02/05/well-isnt-that-special/#comment-1046 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:08:40 +0000 http://thelightheartedcalvinist.com/?p=3273#comment-1046 Where’s Dana Carvey today? Chuckle-chuckle. I don’t know – maybe I wouldn’t find him so funny today. Nevertheless, an interesting and somewhat disturbing post. As one who for a while attended a Jesuit high school and was active in a college Catholic fellowship group, I don’t recall ever delving into this topic. I may be way off base and I’m clearly out of my element. However, I think the term is, “Abrahamic religions” – wherein Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe in the God of Abraham. As such, doesn’t Allah = Yahweh = Jehovah? If that’s true, then it seems a curious thought that we’d be the same religion if followers of Abraham hadn’t gone off in three distinct and different directions.

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