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Post by David D.G. on May 28, 2009 10:19:37 GMT -5
Chrislam? Well, this is not exactly new, but it's new to me. Perhaps some others here also have not heard of this. Full article here.Some excerpts: Of hundreds of small churches in Lagos, this likely is the only one that has both a Bible and a Qur’an on the lectern. The invocations come loudly from both. Practitioners of what the preacher calls ‘Chrislam’, fifteen hundred on some Sundays, see no religious fault line.
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It begins each Sunday morning with Qur’anic prayer. The prayer is intense, a trance-like frenzy similar to a Pentecostal Christian service. It climaxes with a sermon hitting repeatedly on the themes of prayerfulness and on the commonality between Islam and Christianity.Sounds rather disturbing to me, actually --- especially the Pentecostalish aspects. But at least it seems to be a (relatively) benign sect --- so far. ~David D.G.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on May 28, 2009 11:26:29 GMT -5
..........
ummm..... welll....
I guess the two religions aren't incompatible...
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..wtf....
I'm strangely more disturbed by the pentecostalist aspects.
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Post by antichrist on May 28, 2009 11:49:43 GMT -5
I've been afraid of this
I really don't want them to realize they have more in common than not, they're hard enough to deal with when they hate each other.
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Post by peanutfan on May 28, 2009 12:13:28 GMT -5
It can't be any stranger or harder to reconcile than Sikhism, which (if I remember correctly) arose from the reconciliation of Islam and Hinduism.
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Post by antichrist on May 28, 2009 12:20:59 GMT -5
Really?
I thought Sikhism was like Buddhism and came out of one mans enlightenment. Not that modern Sikhism has much to do with the first prophets revelations.
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Post by Sigmaleph on May 28, 2009 13:24:27 GMT -5
So, is Jesus the son of God or not?
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Post by Vene on May 28, 2009 14:14:46 GMT -5
So, is Jesus the son of God or not? The answer to this is a firm "maybe."
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Post by devilschaplain2 on May 28, 2009 14:16:44 GMT -5
Hmm, I thought Chrislam worshipped a man named Chris. Oh well.
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Post by starbrewer on May 28, 2009 14:21:02 GMT -5
Islamianity scares me. Two already powerful religions merging
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Post by malicious_bloke on May 28, 2009 14:25:19 GMT -5
Ah get real, different flavours of jesusite and the various branches of pseudo-jesusing can't even get along within the confines of their respective faiths. This is doomed to burn in a massive conflagration of pointless scriptural infighting sometime soon
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Post by Old Viking on May 28, 2009 15:11:29 GMT -5
Do they have Bingo night?
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Post by Dragon Zachski on May 28, 2009 16:12:05 GMT -5
I imagine that Chrislams believe that Mohammed was a prophet, but that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.
...Really, that's the only thing I can think of that would be incompatible between Christianity and Islam, and it's a relatively weak area.
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Post by Sandafluffoid on May 28, 2009 17:17:27 GMT -5
Really? I thought Sikhism was like Buddhism and came out of one mans enlightenment. Not that modern Sikhism has much to do with the first prophets revelations. I was under the impression that Sikhism was a highly reformed version of Hinduism, much like Protestantism is a reformed form of Catholicism
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Post by CtraK on May 28, 2009 18:41:32 GMT -5
Hmm, I thought Chrislam worshipped a man named Chris. Oh well. This gives me an idea for going all Current and setting up a new religion: Isn'tlam. Origins and theology may, at times, be a bit patchy, but one thing is certain...it's not Islam.
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Post by Art Vandelay on May 28, 2009 18:55:32 GMT -5
Huh, I've always wondered if that would work.
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