tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post1122476449330050146..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: Same God?Matthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-32365123319204939172016-01-02T13:10:40.021-06:002016-01-02T13:10:40.021-06:00Hi Jerome! Thanks for the comment! (And always hap...Hi Jerome! Thanks for the comment! (And always happy to meet a fellow fan of Miyazaki-<i>sensei</i> and the Inklings. You have excellent taste, sir!)<br /><br />I agree with you completely that right actions have to accompany right beliefs, though that strikes me as a different argument than the one you're getting at later. Islam is not a 'right belief', of course. But like Judaism and Christian heresies of a similar nature, it has certain elements in place that need to inform our attitudes and approach to evangelisation, elements that I think the Evangelical Protestants overlook.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-71871520414406921102015-12-29T13:14:03.854-06:002015-12-29T13:14:03.854-06:00If multiple religions (Christians, Jews, Muslims) ...If multiple religions (Christians, Jews, Muslims) have some similar abstract ideas about their God, does that really mean they are all worshiping the same God? Claiming one's God is the God of Abraham, but then not living according to that revelation, in my opinion, is useless. The Pharisees claimed the God of the Hebrew scriptures, but our Lord told them their father was the devil. <br /><br />In a similar manner, St. Gregory of Nyssa taught that if anyone prays the Lord's Prayer and addresses God as their Father but they are not actively pursuing a life of purification and illumination, then they are fooling themselves because Satan is their father.<br /><br />It is good that Muslims claim the God of Abraham, but if they reject God's revelation (as Christ being the divine Son of God) then it brings no benefit to them.Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805672758618734371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-53209727822763382722015-12-23T14:36:16.297-06:002015-12-23T14:36:16.297-06:00Indeed, Matthew! On either side.Indeed, Matthew! On either side.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-14232100405261271772015-12-22T13:38:55.201-06:002015-12-22T13:38:55.201-06:00I like the fact that you sppreciate this is not as...I like the fact that you sppreciate this is not as straightforward question as is often made out to be.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.com