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The Protestant Similarities to Islam Error: In Islam it is the Koran only. In Protestantism it is the Bible only. In Islam there is the extreme right which teaches that the Koran does not espouse violence, while the extreme left say just the opposite that the Koran does espouse Jihad, or Holy war. In Protestantism, there are striking similarities between right and left just as in Islam. While one side interprets Scripture to read one way, the other side will invariably interpret Scripture to read just the opposite. Every doctrine taught by one Protestant sect is denied by another as stated earlier. For example: Hell exists. Hell does not exist. Baptize infants. Do not baptize infants. Jesus Christ is GOD. Jesus Christ is not GOD. Once saved, always saved, no works are needed. Work out your salvation, works are needed. Etc, etc, etc, throughout every Christian doctrine except for the basic one, the existence of GOD. What is the root of the problem here? Jesus Christ taught only one truth did he not? If you would take a Protestant shotgun and an Islamic shotgun and fire one shell each at a wall, and examined the two patterns of shots, what would you see? You would see a scattering of personal opinions, right, left, conservative, liberal, etc. However, who would be at the center, or hub of each pattern? Name the person? You cannot, as neither Protestantism nor Islam has any central authority to make the final definitive decision regarding the truth of any of their perceived doctrines. The only authority that Protestantism thinks it has is registered in all of the shot marks in their pattern, since every Protestant acts as if they were their own pope. Now take a Catholic shotgun and perform the same test. Who is at the center now? The answer to what is the root of the problem here, is that neither Protestantism nor Islam has any central authority. They are both anchored to a book which can be interpreted in as many ways as there are books, or as there are heads, as Martin Luther had once lamented, as described earlier. Consequently, both end up with never ending squabbling, strife, infighting, factioning, and chaos, over which head has the correct interpretation of their respective books. For Protestantism, it is the Tower of Babel all over again.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:39:54 +0000

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