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What Is The Litmus Test For Being A Muslim?
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David Amicus
Jan 9, 2016, 5:20:03 PM1/9/16
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I think the bottom line for us Christians it would be the Trinity. There ar=
e groups who call themselves Christians like the Mormons, the JWs, Oneness =
Pentecostals, Christian Science etc. that deny the Trinity and thus put the=
mselves outside the Faith. So not everyone who calls themselves a Christian=
is actually one. Another example I think is the KKK. I don't see how anyon=
e who burns a cross could be considered a Christian.
So what is it with Muslims? I'm an outsider. But I'd think is the finality =
of the prophethood of Muhammad. =20
Shirk would be also but the problem there is how to define it. Some think t=
hat praying at the grave of a holy person is shirk.=20
So what do others think?
e groups who call themselves Christians like the Mormons, the JWs, Oneness =
Pentecostals, Christian Science etc. that deny the Trinity and thus put the=
mselves outside the Faith. So not everyone who calls themselves a Christian=
is actually one. Another example I think is the KKK. I don't see how anyon=
e who burns a cross could be considered a Christian.
So what is it with Muslims? I'm an outsider. But I'd think is the finality =
of the prophethood of Muhammad. =20
Shirk would be also but the problem there is how to define it. Some think t=
hat praying at the grave of a holy person is shirk.=20
So what do others think?
Yusuf B Gursey
Jan 10, 2016, 7:10:03 AM1/10/16
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On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 12:20:03 AM UTC+2, David Amicus wrote:
> I think the bottom line for us Christians it would be the Trinity. There ar=
> e groups who call themselves Christians like the Mormons, the JWs, Oneness =
> Pentecostals, Christian Science etc. that deny the Trinity and thus put the=
> mselves outside the Faith. So not everyone who calls themselves a Christian=
> is actually one. Another example I think is the KKK. I don't see how anyon=
> e who burns a cross could be considered a Christian.
>
> So what is it with Muslims? I'm an outsider. But I'd think is the finality =
> of the prophethood of Muhammad. =20
The mainstream view is that if you recite the Shahadah "There is no God
> I think the bottom line for us Christians it would be the Trinity. There ar=
> e groups who call themselves Christians like the Mormons, the JWs, Oneness =
> Pentecostals, Christian Science etc. that deny the Trinity and thus put the=
> mselves outside the Faith. So not everyone who calls themselves a Christian=
> is actually one. Another example I think is the KKK. I don't see how anyon=
> e who burns a cross could be considered a Christian.
>
> So what is it with Muslims? I'm an outsider. But I'd think is the finality =
> of the prophethood of Muhammad. =20
and Muhammad is his Messenger" you are legally a Muslim and God
is supposed to sort out the rest in the afterlife.
A corollary to the above is that the Qur'an is divine and Muhammad is the
last prophet, but the Ahmedis fudge this last point.
>
> Shirk would be also but the problem there is how to define it. Some think t=
innate but may be corrupted later in life. So if an infant dies, he or she
is a Muslim in God's eyes and so were the prophets and monotheists before
Muhammad.
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