Is God and Allah the same person?

Bad wording on my part. The statement comes from the Catholic doctrine that the Pope is infallible. The little bit of hedging and wordplay that this site does seems to solve that objection. Gotta love semantics.

 

Interesting link. Thanks for posting it.

 

I agree that being Christ-like is not the primary means of salvation. A Christ-like life is the natural result of one submitting to God's will and actively pursuing a growing relationship with Him.

At the same time, I strongly disagree that living a Christ-like life wasn't a significant part of Jesus' message and ministry. I think that's exactly what He meant when He told the apostles, "Follow me."

 

Interesting. But that would suggest to me that the Catholics believe that in this day and age, only the Pope is endowed with the Holy Spirit. If so, that doctrine is unbiblical. According to Jesus' exchange with Nicodemus, all believers are/will be indwelt by the Spirit. That's what being 'born again' means.

Another problem I have with the above statement is that "the Holy Spirit will not allow him to err". This, too, is unbiblical. The Spirit does not override the will of the individual. It guides, but it does not control.

 

I don't think so. Christ's identity is a lot bigger than just being sinless.

 

it's only a matter of time before catholics and protestants don't recognize each other as true believers.

 

Names and labels do not matter. The gospel has not changed for two thousand years. If a group believes in it then they are true believers.

 

sure, but the issue is determining whether they really believe in it. i'm talking long term future here, not a few years.

 

A matter of time? Catholics and Protestants have been ripping each other apart in Ireland for decades -- maybe centuries -- over this very issue.

 

sure. that'll come and go. i mean, the religious freedom that people sought in america wasn't freedom from budhism or islam, it was freedom from other christian religions.