@SenTuberville 1,400 years of Muslim history shows a range of relationships with Christians, including:
coexistence in places like Ottoman lands and medieval Spain
Christian communities living for centuries under Muslim rule
The Qur’an has not been understood to command to kill Christians.
@megbasham@AlexNowrasteh Slavery and Manifest Destiny were important components. Question: Are you counting these as "Christian" or extrinsic to Christianity?
@megbasham Reno argues that societies require strong binding loyalties—nation, borders, shared identity—to maintain cohesion.
But the biblical tradition repeatedly warns that when political communities become sacred objects of loyalty, they easily become like the monsters in Revelation.
Ive made a determined decision to quit MSNBC. The fact that so many others are dropping it after the election puzzles me. I'd love for someone to shed some light on what's going on.. https://t.co/tjknc9UWM3
@newvangelicals This may sound like an overstatement, but isn't the afterthought, the reassessment; the change of heart, the pathway into the Kingdom? I'm watching the Democratic Convention amazed at its power to lift my spirits.
Just walk outside and feel the eerily unnatural heat and remember that CO2 concentrations are 50% higher than 100 years ago and then read how disoriented these two influential men think. https://t.co/vmcz9BJuLB
@JerryLeeBowyer@megbasham What you've described has been the consensus of Christianity for over a thousand years. Unfortunately, it is based on a fast and loose reading of Genesis that has only in recent decades been corrected. See my https://t.co/n0rbMG30zR
@JerryLeeBowyer@megbasham My reading of Genesis' first two creation stories sees humanity as God's partner in continuing creation. The human creational vocation is derived entirely from God's shaping, love for, and intended destiny for all things. What you've described is the misuse of the human calling