tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5881797416656041660..comments2024-03-14T14:41:17.663-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The False Prophet MuhammadRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-53976509723267067142015-01-16T19:24:53.202-05:002015-01-16T19:24:53.202-05:00Managed to cover some overlapping thoughts today i...Managed to cover some overlapping thoughts today in my first instalment of Friday Fundamentals over at my blog humbledonkey.com. Christians should certainly be keen to not offend. But we have greater commitments. Like truth and the Lordship of Christ. On a BBC news programme this week two talking heads from the Islamic community here in the UK referred to Jesus as the prophet Jesus. What an inadequate and ultimately offensive descriptor. It would be like me saying to a Muslim friend that I think Muhammad had a very fine beard and nothing more. Such an inadequate descriptor again. I now say this to Muslims as they so often think we should be somehow impressed and pleased that they call Jesus a prophet, even an elite prophet. <br /><br />Some offence should be avoided but some offense simply cannot be avoided. I now frequently tell my Muslim counterparts in dialogue, at an appropriate time I assure you, that I believe Muhammad was a false prophet. 'If I believe otherwise I would become a Muslim.' After the initial shock they seem to get the reasonableness of a non-Muslim not believing standard and distinctive Islamic beliefs. <br /><br />The desire to avoid offense is a controlling value here in the UK amongst Christians. I am regrettably exaggerating only slightly. I am polite and inoffensive but not at all costs. humbledonkey.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com