On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:51:30 -0600, Mark A. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gilberto,
>
> At 02:44 AM 1/14/2005, you wrote:
> >>The fact that you have to add any kind of caveat ("most conservative")
> >>underlines the fact that there is a difference. For the overwhelming
> >>majority of Muslims, not believing in the finality of Muhammad's
> >>prophethood excludes one from Islam. The analagous claim is not true for
> >>Christianity.<<
> I almost always qualify my statements. However, I am not aware of any
> self-defined conservative evangelical or fundamentalist Christian group,
> denomination, or sect which does not believe in the finality of Christ. To
> most of these Christians, Paul's epistles are not regarded as apart from
> Christ's authority.
And
> Of course there are differences in particulars between many of the religions
> in the Christian network and many of those in the Islamic network. However,
> the concept of finality is commonly found in both (almost universally among
> self-defined fundamentalists and neo-evangelicals). NT references to
> prophets, pastors, etc. do not detract from the centricity of Christ in these
> conservative Christian denominations and sects.
>
> >>At this point, I really don't care. The fact that they even have continuing
> >>prophecy and prophets is a significant difference from Islam. That's all
> >>I've been saying.<<
>
> There are certainly many differences. However, I don't think that is one of
> them. The Isna Ashariyya Imams also made many prophecies.
>
> As I said before, aside from their common English translations, I see no
> connection between the a NT "prophetes" and a qur'anic "nabii."
>
> With regards, Mark A. Foster â 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net
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