nebula Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Churches Loan Buildings to Muslims for Worship By Heather Sells CBN News Reporter Monday, January 24, 2011 Some American churches have taken a controversial step to reach out to their Muslim neighbors. At least two congregations received national attention recently after they opened their doors to local Muslims, letting them use their church buildings to hold Muslim worship services. Read here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 539 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,785 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 23,464 Days Won: 223 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted January 24, 2011 One giant step on a very slippery slope .... although the building is NOT Gods church it is a place that should be " safe " ... wonder how "safe " it will feel after this and just where do you stop?? allow witches to dance naked ?? allow witchdoctors to hold animal sacrifices there ?? allow human sacrifices ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted January 24, 2011 This is a form of the Emergent Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted January 24, 2011 I am totally against this. Why defile a house of God with satanic rituals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amor Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,194 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 34 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/18/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted January 24, 2011 The early Quakers made a big point of calling their places of worship "Meeting Houses" rejecting the terms church or chapel because they felt that seeing a mere building as being more holy than any other place was idolatrous. They were built because worshipping in other locations was inconvenient. As a contemporary Quaker I share this view, although perhaps illogically I am at the same time very fond of some of our older meeting houses. I know of meetings that rent their facilities to Bhuddist , Bahais, Seventh Day Adventists and a variety of Christian congregations. I'm sure that there are also Muslim and other religious groups using our facilites in diffrent places, and I don't have a problem with this. This discussion also brings to mind a famous, well famousish, East London building, built in1743 as a church "La Eglise neuve"for Protestant refugees from France, it has since been a since been a Methodist church, a synagogue "Spitalfields Great Synagogue" and is now a Mosque. These changes reflect the fact that this part of London has traditionally been fairly poor and has always had a substantial immigrant population. Communities which as they get richer tend to move away making way for the next group of migrants. It's a handsome building and I'm glad to see that after 250 years it's still maintained and used. I'm glad that it hasn't been demolished and turned into a supermarket. Another building I'm familiar with is the Scuolanova synagogue in Trani in the Puglia region of Italy. This building was built in 1247 as a synagogue but in 1380 it was confiscated by the state and turned into a church and the substantial local Jewish population were forced to covert or flee. In the early 90's in nearby Bari and remember Trani and seeing this rather neglected building which was locked and hadn't been used for worship since the 1950's. I was very pleased to learn that in 2006 it was formally deconsecrated and given back to the local Jewish community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD2 Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 10 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/21/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/24/1986 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm not sure how wise this is. Would they [Muslims] do the same for Christian congregants? Furthermore, there are more ways of showing love to the Muslims than to desecrate the building where the living and true God's presence dwells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amor Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,194 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 34 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/18/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted January 24, 2011 I'm not sure how wise this is. Would they [Muslims] do the same for Christian congregants? Furthermore, there are more ways of showing love to the Muslims than to desecrate the building where the living and true God's presence dwells. What makes one pile of bricks more holy or sacred than any other? Do you believe that God is only present in certain special buildings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 539 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,785 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 23,464 Days Won: 223 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I dont think it is because the building is " holy" it is the implications ..would you invite satanists to use your home to worship in ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amor Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,194 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 34 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/18/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted January 24, 2011 I dont think it is because the building is " holy" it is the implications ..would you invite satanists to use your home to worship in ??? As I share a flat with four others two of whom are fairly devout Chinese Muslims (who I don't class as Satanists) I'm sure that there is the occasional Meccaward prayer made here. However we all manage to live together in a friendly loving manner, for which i give thanks to God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted January 24, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted January 24, 2011 This train of thought is as I said ... ↓ This is a form of the Emergent Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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