tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1399071709470694673..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: True Christians, Muslims, and ScotsmenRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-5546730830735345122015-11-21T14:02:52.466-05:002015-11-21T14:02:52.466-05:00Yes, I think that's a useful way to categorize...Yes, I think that's a useful way to categorize Westboro. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-60616163432752227682015-11-21T13:47:01.420-05:002015-11-21T13:47:01.420-05:00Isn't Westboro a clear case of heteropraxy rat...Isn't Westboro a clear case of heteropraxy rather than heterodoxy? There are a few heterodox beliefs in there as the foundation of it, but it's the heretopraxy that would lead me to think that we shouldn't treat them as brothers and sisters.<br /><br />I've always found it strange that Christian apologists say Islam is a religion of works. It completely isn't, but you hear that all the time. There's nothing you can do in Islam to earn salvation, as if just doing enough is going to get you to heaven. It's entirely up to God's mercy, but God has no criteria upon which to base his mercy. With Christians there's the cross and Jesus' payment for sin, which we by faith have standing in our place. With Islam it's just God's arbitrary will. But it's not earned works salvation. It's closer to the gospel than Catholicism in the time of Luther, but it's far from it nonetheless. It's more like the caricature of Calvinism that I've seen some Arminians present that has no one knowing if they're chosen by God even though they know they're Christians. (That's not to say that Muslims all have an exhaustive view of God's providence. All the debates within Christianity on those issues are present within Islam, going all the way back to the earliest days after they began to interact with Greek philosophers and Christian theologians.)Jeremy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441308872350317672noreply@blogger.com