Transcript Christianity and Islamic Worldview

Christianity and Islamic Worldview
Winter 2016 – Summit Bible College
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
Osama Bin Laden
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
Osama Bin Laden
Jihad
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
Osama Bin Laden
Jihad
Taliban
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
Saudi Arabia
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
Saudi Arabia
IRAN
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
Saudi Arabia
IRAN
Mosque
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
The Koran
Questions
What comes into your mind when you hear these
words?
The Koran
Allah
Questions
What similarities or differences do you understand
to exist between Islam and Christianity?
Questions
What do you think Islamic radicals “despise” the
West so much?
Questions
What do you think should be the role between
religion and politics? Between faith beliefs and
governing a country?
Questions
“Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam
counsels against war. Those who say this are witless.
Islam says, ‘Kill all the unbelievers’ just as they would kill
you. Islam says, ‘Kill them, put them to the sword, and
scatter their armies.’ Islam says, ‘Kill in the service of
Allah.’ Whatever good there exists is thanks to the sword,
and the shadow of the sword. People cannot be made
obedient except by the sword. The sword is the key of
Paradise, which can only be opened for Holy Warriors.”
Questions
Engage these quotes:
Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity?
Muslims believe:
Adam and Eve
People are good
Abraham is Father
Moses gave law
Gnostic Christians believe:
Adam and Eve
Some believe this
Abraham is Father
Moses gave law
Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity?
Muslims believe:
OT is book of scripture
One God
Jewish Messiah
Virgin Birth
Gnostic Christians believe:
OT is scripture
One God
Jewish Messiah
Virgin Birth
Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity?
Muslims believe:
Gnostic Christians believe:
Jesus as Messiah
Jesus as Messiah
Jesus’ miracles
Jesus’miracles
Jesus not eternal
Jesus not eternal
Jesus taken before cross Jesus taken before cross
Is Islam actually Gnostic Christianity?
Muslims believe:
Jesus as prophet
Jesus’ ascension
Jesus’ return
Jesus as judge
Gnostic Christians believe:
Jesus as Prophet
Jesus’ ascension
Jesus’ return
Jesus as judge
So what are the key differences
Muslims believe:
Gnostic Christians believe:
So what are the key differences
1. There is no inherent sinful nature within the
human being – thus no need for salvation.
So what are the key differences
1. There is no inherent sinful nature within the
human being – thus no need for salvation.
2. Jesus was not God.
So what are the key differences
1. There is no inherent sinful nature within the
human being – thus no need for salvation.
2. Jesus was not God.
3. The bible is not the most trustworthy Word of
God – It has been corrupted.
So what are the key differences?
1. There is no inherent sinful nature within the
human being – thus no need for salvation.
2. Jesus was not God. God cannot be human.
3. The bible is not the most trustworthy Word of
God – It has been corrupted.
4. God is transcendent, not close.
Highlights from Chapter 1
What happened on September 11th, 2001?
September 11th is often described a the 21st
century shot heard around the world. It has redefined the relationship between Western
Civilization and the Islamic world. September 11th,
however, is the culmination of an Islamic
awakening that began in the 20th century.
Highlights from Chapter 1
What is the goal of Islam?
Goal of Islam – Set up a global “ummah,” or global
worldwide Islamic community. In short, there exists
the Dar-al-Kufr, the world of Infidels, and the Khalifah,
the Islamic State. Khalifah implies one unified Islamic
state, not affected by national boundaries, and ruled
by a single leader called a Caliph.
Timeline to understand 9/11
621 A.D. – Islam founded by Muhammad.
621 – 1450 – Golden Age of Islam. Huge military
conquests. Scientific leadership. Cultural
superiorities in education, mathematics, literacy,
medical care, libraries, birth rates, internal peace,
art, architecture, and trade
Timeline to understand 9/11
1450-1925 – Islamic Dark Ages. Largely influenced
by Turkish Ottoman Empire and its political power
over all matters; including religion. Cultural
decline, economic decline, scientific stagnation,
and colonial oppression from the West.
Timeline to understand 9/11
1920’s – Islamic Renaissance – a religious renaissance
seeking to recreate the vision and advancement of the
worldwide “ummah.”
1925 – Muslim Brotherhood is developed in Egypt and is
patterned after the fascist movements taking place in
Europe at the time. The combination of weak economies,
oppressive colonial governments, and emotional frustration
drove many in the Islamic world to turn to a revival of their
faith to cope with these circumstances.
Timeline to understand 9/11
1930’s – Wahhabism – Emerging from the disunity of both
the political and Islamic sphere of the Arabian tribes, the AlSaud family united the Arabian clans under Wahhabism,
which is a conservative, orthodox, puritanistic sect of Islam,
which revived the idea of military jihad and the active goal
of Islam creating a worldwide ummah. While not
necessarily demanding a caliphate or Islamic state, in terms
of political entities, Wahhabism, and Saudi Arabian
promoters, have been the largest donors to spreading
conservative Islam over the last 80 years.
Timeline to understand 9/11
1940’s and 1950’s – Muslim Brotherhood grows
under leadership of Sayyid Qutb and becomes
officially and fiercely anti-Western, after the fall of
Western fascism coming out of World War II.
Timeline to understand 9/11
1945-1970 – The “twenty-five unbelievable years.“
99.5 percent of the non-Western world is under
Western domination at the conclusion of World War
II. By 1970, 99.5% of the non-Western world is now
independent and wounded by Western colonial
exploitation. While economic imperialism is still
maintained, indigenous governments replace cultural
imperialism and further the Islamic religious
renaissance revivals begun in the early 20th century.
Timeline to understand 9/11
1975 – The rise of “two” kinds of global Muslim. (1)
the “offensive-activist” Muslim who often come from
traditional Islamic countries and seek to persuade the
world to abandon their current beliefs and convert to
Islam. (2) the “defensive-passive” Muslim may come
from any number of countries form the entire world
with the goal to preserve the Islamic culture from
dilution within non-Muslim countries.
Timeline to understand 9/11
1979 – Distributed hundreds of thousands of tapes
throughout Iran in the 1970’s. Advocated for
overthrow of the US backed Shah of Iran, and the
establishment of Iran as an Islamic Republic.
Encouraged creation of Islamic Republics through
internal revolution, war, or negotiation. The military
defeat of Israel. The immigration conquest of Europe.
The fall of the United States. Culminating in a new
world order known as the worldwide Islamic ummah.
Timeline to understand 9/11
2000 – Osama bin Laden forms the World Islamic
Front – calls for Jihad against Jews and
“Crusaders,” or Christians. With the call to Jihad,
Bin Laden issued a fatwa condoning the general
Islamic duty to kill all U.S. citizens and their allies.
Timeline to understand 9/11
2001 – With the attack on the US mainland on
September 11th, the U.S. proclaims a “war on
terror,” and once again re-asserts Western military
and economic might against the West.
Timeline to understand 9/11
2015 – Islam, however, whether organized or not,
is making great strides in achieving a worldwide
“ummah.” Perhaps the greatest influence upon
the West will not be a military strike, but a cultural
strike.
How Islam is advancing…
Western nations grow primarily through
immigration and not through reproduction. In
short, without immigration, population in Western
countries would be in overall decline. The average
Muslim family is three to four times the size of the
average Western family. By 2055, more than 50%
of all births will be Muslim babies.
How Islam is advancing…
Western nations are currently engaged in an
internal cultural civil war. The clash is often called
the battle between the West and the post-West,
but is more accurately described as a battle
between secularism and monotheism.
How Islam is advancing…
Placed together, Islam may overcome the West
simply through patience. With secularism
promoting the “good life” and ever growing
prosperity, as well as state funded abortions and
the lack of cultural support for large families, the
actual number of Western people are in a state of
decline and will soon be overtaken by the middle
of this century.
How Islam is advancing…
Placed together, Islam may overcome the West
simply through patience. With secularism
promoting the “good life” and ever growing
prosperity, as well as state funded abortions and
the lack of cultural support for large families, the
actual number of Western people are in a state of
decline and will soon be overtaken by the middle
of this century.