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Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Iman3(m): 11:24pm On Jun 19, 2007 |
It might be a case of schizophrenia.The Episcopalian Church,4 years after the first appointment of an "openly gay" Bishop has retained as priest,a woman who claims to be both a Muslim and a Christian.Political correction gone mad http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003751274_redding17m.html Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill. On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest. She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim. Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she's ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she's also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved. Her announcement has provoked surprise and bewilderment in many, raising an obvious question: How can someone be both a Christian and a Muslim? ChristianMuslimPriest |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Nobody: 11:45pm On Jun 19, 2007 |
no doubt our muslim brothers would be very pleased. Political correctness is clouding our ability to reason clearly. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by barikade: 12:08am On Jun 20, 2007 |
I saw that report some days ago; and like many others, I pondered about this question: Is it possible to be a Christian and Muslim at the same time? Not only does political correctness allow just about anything under the sun these days, it simply allows the rational to be as beclouded as can possibly be. Does it surprise anyone that the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding doesn't even know why she became a Muslim? For those Muslims who would be very quick to applaud this crack on the pavement, let me even ask: what does Islam say about people confessing to being Muslim but at the same time being Christian or adherents of any other religion at the same time? Just incase you're wondering about how far this political correctness stretches itself, there are people who are making all sorts of claims today. Believe it or not, the following link where I first read about the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding also carries another claim of someone loudly proclaiming: I'm a Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Taoist. . . and atheist! http://mysticsaint..com/2005/06/im-muslim-hindu-christian-jew-buddhist.html And I have no hesitation to say to all other religion that I belong to them as well. They are all my beloved brother and sisters as One God's creation. . . And all the atheist are my brothers and sisters as well. They also have a different path to seek the Knowledge. (Rev. Ann Holmes Redding: http://mysticsaint..com/) People, the message today is just this: you don't have to THINK anymore! |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by bluesky4(f): 12:12am On Jun 20, 2007 |
How can you be a muslim and christian A fundemntal belief of xtians is Jesus Christ is the SON of God. Muslims do not believe this and cannot understand the Trinity Wat is the world comin to? |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Nobody: 12:21am On Jun 20, 2007 |
(Rev. Ann Holmes Redding: http://mysticsaint..com/) I took a cursory look at the above website and came to one conclusion: another muslim struggling desperately to make his religion built on blood and fraud fit into rationale society by trying to put it on the same level with christianity. While the blogger pretends to praise all the other religions like hinduism, it is clear that christianity is the religion he most wants to model islam on. He says Rev Ann Holmes is a "beacon of hope in our troubled time", one wonders what he means by that. The bible is clear on the fact that you cannot serve 2 masters, you either serve the one and hate the other. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Iman3(m): 12:39am On Jun 20, 2007 |
There were a few of her comments I found quite laughable.She says,"I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I'm both an American of African descent and a woman. I'm 100 percent both." The analogy doesn't work since there is no apparent incompatibility between being African American and being a woman. She also says "It wasn't about intellect . "All I know is the calling of my heart to Islam was very much something about my identity and who I am supposed to be".Obviously,it was not about intellect,an attribute which cannot be reconciled with this decision.I dare say Islam is the antithesis of intellectual thinking. Another laughable comment."Islam doesn't say if you're a Christian, you're not a Muslim,Islam doesn't lay it out like that." So how does Islam lay it out? I thought this was the main reason she got "involved" with Islam,can't say she "converted" because she is also a "Christian".- [i]"To walk into Al-Islam and be reminded that there are more people of color in the world than white people, that in itself is a relief." [/i]This is the main reason Blacks in the diaspora convert.They view Christianity as the "slavemaster's religion",hence the need to find a religion where whites are the minority. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by ogogoro: 12:50am On Jun 20, 2007 |
"In the last days. . . " This "priest" is clearly confused because Christianity is not compatible with any other religion. Jesus said " I am the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to The Father, except through me". Other religions may brand this as an arrogant claim but sorry, true Christians do not believe that mixing and matching is possible here. Me included. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Nobody: 12:52am On Jun 20, 2007 |
I-man: The same islam that refers to the people of the book as infidels, apes and pigs? the same islam that advocates the death penalty for muslims who choose to become christians? She's lucky; she lives in a liberal society where even when she pretends in political correctness to convert to islam she still has a license to drive, vote, swim in public and travel without a male escort. She doesnt have to suffer the ignominy of being told she has half the brain of a man or can be arrested on charges of crimes against chastity. It is easy to claim to be a moslem when u are safely ensconced in the comfort of England. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Nobody: 1:16am On Jun 20, 2007 |
The Nigerian Muslims that are already being christianized,saying praise God,glory to God and holding crusades would fit right into this faith of IslamoChristianity |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Nobody: 1:37am On Jun 20, 2007 |
They now have camp grounds, say amen, they now call the quran the "sword of the spirit", they listen to the "little voice", they have a heaven too and have even gone as far as fabricated a messiah who will also come on their own specially arranged resurrection day. Maybe we should bend over backwards and start calling them christlamists! |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by TayoD(m): 2:39am On Jun 20, 2007 |
They now have camp grounds, say amen, they now call the quran the "sword of the spirit", they listen to the "little voice", they have a heaven too and have even gone as far as fabricated a messiah who will also come on their own specially arranged resurrection day. Maybe we should bend over backwards and start calling them christlamists!The illegitimate will always attempt legitimacy by closely associating itself with the legitimate. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by olutomiwa(m): 6:36pm On Jun 20, 2007 |
TayoD:wot else can i say,you,ve sed it all man. davidylan:allah akbar |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by barikade: 6:52pm On Jun 20, 2007 |
I've observed that a Muslim usually quotes three cliches in debates: (a) at the beginning of a debate: "show the proof if you're truthful!" (b) at the middle of a debate: "truth has come; falsehood is bound to perish!" (c) when he's unable to prove his grounds on (a) and (b), he says: "your religion to you; and mine to me!" Now, if we work these cliches backwards from (c) to (a), where are the muslims who are willing to ask the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding these questions: (c) which of the religions between Christianity and Islam do you practise? (b) where is the 'truth' in the perishing al-Taqiyya that merges both religions on being African American or on the basis of being feminine? (a) what proof does she hold out for the deception of wearing a cloak on Sunday and wearing a black headscarf on Friday? More importantly, does any Muslim have anything to show as to where Islam teaches that one could be both a Muslim and Christian at the same time? |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by batu: 7:12pm On Jun 20, 2007 |
@all, personally, I think the priest or vicar or whatever she is simply might be in the early phases of a multiple personality disorder. Needs to go and see some doctors to 'lay hands on her' |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by simmy(m): 4:03pm On Aug 01, 2007 |
1ce again the western society has taken the concept of 'liberality' to new heights of lunacy. Bc u hav a right to do wht u want does not mean u should. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Iman3(m): 8:38pm On Aug 21, 2007 |
Good News!The disoriented "Priest" has been suspended - [b]SEATTLE, July 6 (UPI) — A Seattle Episcopal priest has been banned from her church for a year after revealing that she considers herself to be both a Muslim and a Christian. The Rev. Ann Holmes Redding will take the 12-month timeout on the order of a church bishop who said in a statement she would "reflect on the doctrines of the Christian faith, her vocation as a priest, and what I see as the conflicts inherent in professing both Christianity and Islam." The Seattle Times said Friday Redding was not willing to leave the church after 23 years. "The church is going to have to divorce me if it comes to that," she told the Times. "I'm not going to go willingly." The Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf, bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island, has disciplinary authority over Redding. She ordered Redding "not exercise any of the responsibilities and privileges of an Episcopal priest or deacon." Redding says she was drawn to Islam after an introduction to Muslim prayers that left her "profoundly moved."[/b] http://imedinews.ge/en/news_read/50228/ |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by noproblem: 10:04pm On Aug 21, 2007 |
Eh Guys she is not worth talking about. She's sick. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by pilgrim1(f): 10:07pm On Aug 21, 2007 |
The Seattle Times said Friday Redding was not willing to leave the church after 23 years. Abeg make una help me ask her why! The answer? Simple: na "privileges" wey she dey enjoy - She ordered Redding "not exercise any of the responsibilities and privileges of an Episcopal priest or deacon." |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by cgift(m): 10:39am On Aug 22, 2007 |
Definatly, she never had Christ dwelling in her not to talk of having an exprienc of his annointing in all her 23 yrs in the chucrh. What a pity really! Those who have tasted the power of God for real will never contemplate such. I pray that God will reveal himslf to her in his mercy and redeem her soul. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by pilgrim1(f): 10:58am On Aug 22, 2007 |
cgift, I'll have to agree with you there. Cheers. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by dreamnaira(m): 12:58pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
I'm not supprise by that story because whoever knew the origin of Islam wll know that the same hand that initiated islam is still at work to unite it for final war. Muslims re not exception in ECUMENISM, in which its objective is to eliminate anything PROTESTANTISM. It was in this reason that islamic religion was established by the PAPACY, using a wealthy Arabian woman by name khadijah who through the young muhammad accomplished his[PAPACY] mission. For those of you out there who are confused should read Rev17 more especially verse 5. you wll knw it was a mystery the invention of that religion. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by pilgrim1(f): 1:05pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
dreamnaira: Lol. . . I've heard that one many times before (frist from the popular Jack Chick Publications). The theory seems to sell so quickly; but one may not be able to confirm what is difficult to establish. dreamnaira: Aha! Perhaps, it might help if you could share with us so that we become the wiser on that passage. Cheers. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by Iman3(m): 1:13pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
dreamnaira: So the Catholic Church created Islam to eliminate Protestantism Strangely,Protestantism didn't even exist at the time Islam came into existence. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by pilgrim1(f): 1:32pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
I-man: Okay, I bow!! You beat me to it! That's what I was aiming at by this statement: pilgrim.1: |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by dreamnaira(m): 7:49pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
1-man and Pilgrem.1 PROTESTANTISM in the context of my post denotes any opposition to Catholic Church. Well, i souldn't blame you for saying that, 'as at the time islamic religion was founded there wasn't anything like protestant sect' but that is not true. Any one wth sense of history wll acknowledge the fact that as at the time islam was invented that catholic church had Judaism as opposition and a sect of christians in north Africa. if you say there was nothing like protestant is because you don't know history. make your reseach well even about a sect of christians called WALDENSIAN founded by Peter Waldo. Even before peter Waldo organised that group there are many christians that refused to accept that paganism encorporated into christianity by Catholic church. If you when to know about those believers them make reseach about why catholic church power distroyed HERULI, VANDALS and ASTROGOTHS. These 3 kingdons were opposing the authority of the papacy that was the reason they re no more today. well, as time permits me, |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by pilgrim1(f): 9:34pm On Aug 23, 2007 |
Hi dreamnaira, dreamnaira: Okay, I hear. The only problem here is that it does not make good sense in context to use "PROTESTANTISM" is a different light than what that term commonly connotes. dreamnaira: Judaism, to my knowledge, has never been referred to (even among Catholics) as "Protestants" or under the unbrella term of "Protestantism". dreamnaira: Islam came before the "Protestants". dreamnaira: The Catholic Church did NOT organize the Islamic religion in order to combat Protestantism - and definitely not the WALDESIANS. Of the WALDESIANS, this is a small excerpt from Wikipedia: Origins in the Middle Ages According to the Waldense Church and the Waldense Scholarship, the Waldensians started with Peter Waldo, who began to preach on the streets of Lyon in 1177 Islam came much earlier in the 7th century than the date of emergence of the WALDESIANS. How is it then possible that the Catholic Church tried to engineer Islam in order to combat what was not yet in existence at that time? dreamnaira: That is not the reason why anyone should suppose that the Catholic Church midwifed Islam. |
Re: Cognitive Dissonance!church "apoints" First Openly Muslim Priest! by dreamnaira(m): 9:37am On Aug 24, 2007 |
Pilgrem.1 As i said it before that you don't know history, you would ve knwn that before 7th century that islam was invented, there ve been oppositions such as Arianism b/w 3th and 4th till 8th century that ve been opposing the teaching of catholic church that lead to the destruction of the 3 kingdoms i mentioned early. All these opposition which the church declear as heresy and was been martyr by the church. If your current your knw about John Paul's apology first January 2000 about more than 50m killed by the church b/w 538AD to 1798 which is refers as dark ages in history today. Go to your history book and Bible. |
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