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Comment on Nidal Hasan and Secular America by joelmartin

joelmartin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:04:39 +0000

That’s a good point and one I hadn’t thought of. I think that both Sunni and Shia Muslims see each other as infidels, heretics and worthy of death. They probably feel it’s legitimate to kill such heretics. Most AQ bombings in Pakistan and Iraq are directed at Shiites I think. I’ve also heard them say that if they kill Muslims in terrorist attacks on the West that they go to heaven anyway, so it’s not a big impediment, but why doesn’t that apply to war on other Muslims?

Comment on Nidal Hasan and Secular America by TW

TW — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:14:44 +0000

Good post. I often wonder about a Muslim’s resistance to go to a war against fellow Muslims while at the same time having no problem sanctioning acts of terror against a sect of Muslims with differing views.

Comment on The Islamic trajectory by Nidal Hasan and Secular America « Endued

Nidal Hasan and Secular America « Endued — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:06:55 +0000

[...] on November 10, 2009 I have written in the past about the coexistence of Islam and Secularism; (here and here for example). According to the Washington Post, Islamic murderer Nidal Hasan gave a [...]

Comment on Relics – still for sale after all these years by Scott Kistler

Scott Kistler — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:48:02 +0000

Joel, I came across an excerpt from Jerome’s “Against Vigilantius,” where he defends the veneration of relics and prayer to saints and hope to read the whole thing soon. I thought that you might be interested too. Here’s a link: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf206.vi.vii.html.

Comment on The Best of Jack Vance by joelmartin

joelmartin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:03:14 +0000

Yes, that was a really good story too! I thought a couple of these stories would be great movies, I’m surprised his books haven’t been gobbled up by Hollywood like Philip Dick’s have.

Comment on The Best of Jack Vance by Angie

Angie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:55:03 +0000

I read (and thoroughly enjoyed) that collection this summer. Loved The Moon Moth!

Comment on Against Evangelical Hipsters by Jim

Jim — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:56:07 +0000

Good one! The Inner Ring by CS Lewis should be required reading.

Comment on our mad world by “Emerging Adults” and Religion « Endued

“Emerging Adults” and Religion « Endued — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:48:46 +0000

[...] crude descriptions of a crude young male culture), Joel’s post dissecting the attitudes of “Our Mad World,” and Christianity Today’s recent article “The Case for Early Marriage.” Here is [...]

Comment on Catholic Idolatry by Mark Horne » Blog Archive » Joel clarified one of my points

Mark Horne » Blog Archive » Joel clarified one of my points — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:20:51 +0000

[...] up reasons for not, a lack of sufficiency in reasons to, etc), I need to thank a blogger for bringing to the front an important issue. While Mark’s honesty will offend many who justify idolatry by appealing to [...]

Comment on Catholic Idolatry by TW

TW — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:11 +0000

Idolatry is a core issue, but I still hold the main issue is justification.

“In this epistle, therefore, Paul is concerned to instruct, comfort, and sustain us diligently in a perfect knowledge of this most excellent and Christian righteousness. For if the doctrine of justification is lost, the whole of Christian doctrine is lost. And those in the world who do not teach it are either Jews or Turks or papists or sectarians. For between these two kinds of righteousness, the active righteousness of the Law and the passive righteousness of Christ, there is no middle ground. Therefore he who has strayed away from this Christian righteousness will necessarily relapse into the active righteousness; that is, when he has lost Christ, he must fall into a trust in his own works. (Martin Luther, Luther’s Works – Volume 26: Lectures On Galatians 1535, trans. Jaroslav Pelikan, p. 9.)”