After reviewing their site a little more I added a page to the BrotherPete site:
Best viewed at page link.
http://www.petewaldo.com/religious_pluralism.htmIs the "International Interfaith Council" of God? Let's take a look at this exercise in
religious pluralism, as advanced on their website at
http://www.iicouncil.org. Page links will be embedded in the text from here on out. Their list of members
includes several Christians whom it is hard to imagine have ever visited the website. When we click on the link to the webpage "
Three Holy Books" we find listed are "Qur'an" "Torah" "Bible", which is peculiar enough, since the Torah is included in the Christian Bible. Jews and Christians share our Old Testament Scriptures, and understand them to be the inspired Word of God, while Muslims proclaim them to have been "corrupted". When we click on the "
Bible" link we find a page that begins like this:
"
Opening- True Gospel of Jesus, called Christ, a new prophet sent by God to the world: according to the description of Barnabas his apostle."
Now that certainly looks peculiar to a Scripture-literate Christian, particularly when announced as the "opening" of the "Bible". When we copy and paste the above verse
into a search engine we find "
The Gospel of Barnabas". The International Interfaith Council
"Bible" page was deceptively titled "Bible", rather than "Gospel of Barnabas", an apparent subtly of
dissimulation. Of course not only does this Gospel of Barnabas not constitute the "Bible", but there is no Gospel of Barnabas to be found anywhere in the bible, because it is a
16th century obviously Muhammadan, fictional forgery. It is nothing more than an exercise in
religious dissimulation, or
taqiyyah, that embarrasses anyone that has been foolish enough to tout it prior to actually reading it or
learning about it.
So why would the "International Interfaith Council" provide that false gospel rather than link to an actual Bible, such as the most widely recognized and respected King James Version, as presented on many websites such as at
Blue Letter Bible? Could it be that folks browsing the website would then have access to truth? If they had chosen the Gospel of Mark to represent the "Bible", rather than the phony gospel of Barnabas, this is how their page might have started:
Opening-
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;Of course that would have spoiled the party, because followers of Muhammad suggest that to believe and confess that
Jesus is the Son of God, is to commit the most egregious and
only unforgivable sin, of "shirk".
According to many, even to pray in Jesus' name would constitute a sin worse than, for example, child rape or cold-blooded mass murder since those may be forgiven. This is further explored
on that page of this site. Yet the Gospel proclaims:
1John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Thus it would seem that according to Muhammad's followers, each and every Christian throughout a period of nearly 2,000 years has lived, and died, in a state of committing Muhammad's only unforgivable sin. Would Muhammad's seem to be a just God, when raping a little girl or cold-blooded mass-murder may constitute forgivable sins, while praying in Jesus' name is unforgivable?
Yet not only does the website of the International Interfaith Council select a preposterous 16th century, conspicuous demonstrable fraud to represent the "Bible", here is what that abomination
teaches in chapter 97:
"Then said the priest: `How shall the Messiah be called, and what sign shall reveal his coming?'
Jesus answered: `The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said: "Wait Mohammed; for thy sake I will to create paradise, the world, and a great multitude of creatures, whereof I make thee a present, insomuch that whoso bless thee shall be blessed, and whoso shall curse thee shall be accursed. When I shall send thee into the world I shall send thee as my messenger of salvation, and thy word shall be true, insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail, but thy faith shall never fail." Mohammed is his blessed name.'
Then the crowd lifted up their voices, saying: `O God, send us thy messenger: O Mohammed, come quickly for the salvation of the world!'"
Pure raw unadulterated blasphemy! Indeed that abomination should be recognized as pure blasphemy even to a follower of Muhammad!
To those who believe themselves to be Christians that are listed in the
member page of the "International Interfaith Council" website, which suggests a presumption of support for the abominations advanced therein through association, you desperately need to repent before it is too late. Do you not even understand that the Quran prohibits Muhammad's followers from
taking Jews and Christians for friends?
Sura 5:51 ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.
"In other words, any Muslim who becomes a Christian or even befriends a Christian leaves the leadership and control of Allah.
So, all Islamic leaders who come to British and American Church leaders for inter-faith co-operation are either defying the instructions of Allah or they have a hidden agenda." -
G.J.O. Moshay "Who is This Allah?"Thus while engaging in religious dissimulation they put on a facade of friendship, which has always been their way,
when setting out to conquer the ignorant and unwary. In other words you've been duped. As much as Christians might wish to,
it is impossible to reconcile the Gospel to the exact opposite of it's whole subject. Perhaps a very public retraction of support for the International Interfaith Council is in order for those Christians, as well as an apology to Jesus Christ, and denouncement of and divorce from this abomination.
If Christian members disagree, simply explain before Jesus Christ and your Christian brethren, just how it is you lend your support to an organization that represents the "Bible", as being the Gospel of Barnabas. Please feel free to contact us in the Islam-Christian Forum to explain your position if you believe it to be defensible.
Romans 3:8 And not [rather], (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Would it even be slanderous for someone to report that is what Christian members of the International Interfaith Council are doing, while likely remaining silent in regard to the whole subject of the Gospel, which would be an obvious deal breaker? That verse does, however, describe what we find typical of Islamic religious dissimulation, found throughout the Internet and youtube communities, as exampled by their
"Baca" is "Bakkah" nonsense. Has it been so long since Christian members of this council have picked up a bible, that they've forgotten what's at stake? You could stand in judgment this very day.
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Islam is the Opposite of Christianity (URL)
Many evangelical Christians consider Jews to be our brethren even though we understand why some of them may not feel the same way, as some may remain
blind to the Gospel (verse by verse of Romans 11) through an act of God, to preclude them from sinning against it. Along with Romans 11 the two groups would seem to be suggested here:
1Corinthians 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Yet Muhammad curses Jews and Christians while commanding his followers to fight against us and subjugate us:
Surah 9.29 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. 30 The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!
Worse than all, Muhammad proclaimed the exact opposite of the whole subject of the Gospel.
Surah 4:157 That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
Here's the whole subject of the Gospel:Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
In Jesus' own prophecy:
Matthew 20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise again.
Not a stretch that the prophesied Messiah and His shed blood is the subject of the whole bible:
Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.
As pointed out
on the home page Muhammad's proclamation of the exact opposite of the whole subject of the Gospel - that Jesus wasn't crucified and didn't die - is all that a Christian needs to know about Islam. Islam 101, a complete course, in one verse. Additionally, according to the scriptures to deny the Son of God is
antichrist.
1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:
The spirit of antichrist fills followers with complete resolve to DISbelieve the crucifixion, to DENY the Son of God, and REJECT His shed blood. Yet among the
International Interfaith Council member list we find Christians may be involved in supporting that exercise in dissimulation.
More Taqiyyah or Subterfuge of Dissimulation (URL)
Taqiyyah and the subterfuge of
religious dissimilation is advanced in the very opening of the home page of the website through a partial quote followed by a false proclamation:
"The world has been divided into religious groups. However, the order of God is clear: 'Do not divide into groups!'"
Putting that quote
into a web search we find it may come from the "
Worldwide English" translation. But what does the rest of
1Corinthians 1:10 say?
"My Christian brothers, I beg you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, agree in what you say. Do not divide into groups. You should all think in the same way and decide to do the same things."
It has absolutely nothing to do with Muhammad's followers, but has to do with Christians "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ", to avoid making divisions amongst ourselves. Paul was addressing the church in Corinth. He also taught that Christians should all "think in the same way and decide to do the same things", which at a minimum, is to believe in and preach Christ crucified:
1Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
The most obvious reason it has nothing to do with the followers of the false prophet Muhammad is because Muhammad proclaimed the exact opposite of
the whole subject of the Gospel.
God manifest Himself in His Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, to reconcile the whole world unto Himself.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Yet if a follower of Muhammad were to make that simple confession he would be committing the most egregious - and
only unforgivable sin - according to Muhammad alone.
Indeed the Gospel teaches that Christians are to expect the very opposite of that proclaimed in the opening of the International Interfaith Council website:
Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
We find those verses perfectly fulfilled in Muhammad's follower's "honor killing" of family members that begin a life in Jesus Christ and even parents murdering their own children for coming to Christ. Satan's forces have aligned against Christ the Messiah and his followers ever since He was made manifest to the world.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
The 7th century Islamic Fiction of "Hanaf" or "faith of Abraham" (URL)
Contrary to what is indicated on the website, Christians follow the religion of Jesus Christ through the Gospel, not a fictional religion called "Hanaf" that sprang from the imagination of a 7th century SW Arabian desert dwelling illiterate. The suggestion of "Hanaf" or a "religion of Abraham" comes from Islamic books penned in the 7th to 10th centuries AD without reference to any actual historical record that preceded the 6th century AD. In fact there is not a shred of historical or archaeological evidence that suggests that Mecca ever existed before the 4th century AD. Abraham did not practice a "religion", but rather had a direct relationship with YHWH Himself, even while manifest in the flesh. Indeed the ten commandments were given to Moses, not Abraham. Let alone that the only promise given to the seed of Ishmael is that they would be numerous and were prophesied to be against all mankind.
Genesis 16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou [art] with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Just as we find the self-proclaimed seed of Ishmael are revealed today. Fighting and murdering not only non-Muslims but each other as well. Nor did God ever have a covenant with the seed of Ishmael, but specifically proclaimed His covenant to be with the seed of Isaac.
Romans 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.
More on the "children of the flesh" and the Arabian pagan rituals Muhammad adopted, adapted and thinly veneered. The seed of Ishmael are specifically not included in God's Abrahamic covenants:
Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
What Did Jesus Teach? (URL)
On the page "What did Jesus teach?", as with all dissimulation, once you establish the goal of the effort it's best to start at the bottom and conclusions reached, before wasting time with the process in getting there. Again, for any self-proclaimed Christians that are a part of this:
Rather than recognize Jesus' words as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy the author which was unnamed on the website of proclaims:
"If Jesus had indeed been God, the words, "My God, my God," would have been a mockery most extreme. God could not have deemed himself forsaken by himself. The dying Jesus, in that despair, confessed himself either the dupe of some other teaching, a self- deluded enthusiast, or an arch-impostor, who in that bitter cry, with the wide-opening of the flood-gates through which life's stream ran out, confessed aloud that he, at least, was no deity, and deemed himself a God-forsaken man. The garden scene of agony is fitting prelude to this most terrible act. Jesus, who is God, prays to himself; in "agony he prayed most earnestly." [Luke xxii. 44.] He refuses to hear his own prayers, and he, the omnipotent, is forearmed against his coming trial by an angel from heaven, who "strengthened " the great Creator.
Was Jesus the Son of God? Praying, he said, Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee." [Jolan xvii. 2.] And was he glorified? His death and resurrection most strongly disbelieved in the very city where they are alleged to have happened. His doctrines rejected by the only people to whom he preached them. His miracles denied by the only nation amongst whom they are alleged to have been performed; and he himself thus on the cross crying out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Nor is it true that the teachings of Jesus are generally received. Jesus taught: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." How many of those who profess to believe in Jesus would be content to be tested by these signs? Any person claiming that each sign was to be found manifested in her or his case would be regarded as mad. Illustrations of faith-healing occasionally arise, but are not always reliable, nor are such cures limited to those who profess faith in Jesus. The gift of speaking with new tongues has been the claim of a very small sect. Serpent- charming is more practised among Hindus than among Christians.
Peace and love are alleged to be the special characteristics of Christianity. Yet the whole history of Christian nations has been blurred by war and hate. Now and for the past thirty years the most civilized amongst Christian nations have been devoting enorihous sums and huge masses of men to the preparation for war. Torpedoes and explosive shells, one hundred ton guns and melinite, are by Christian rulers accounted better aids than faith in Jesus."
So it should come as no surprise that when we put "God could not have deemed himself forsaken by himself. The dying Jesus, in that despair, confessed himself either the dupe of some other teaching" into a search engine we find this is the blasphemy of Charles Bradlaugh presented on "The Secular Web". From Wikipedia:
"Charles Bradlaugh (26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was a political activist and one of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866.[1]"
We Christians that have been in the trenches of Internet forums are well experienced in Islamic dissimulation, and often find that in their desperation to run from the truth of the whole subject of the Gospel, it isn't unusual for Muhammad's followers to turn to atheists and agnostics for quotes in order to advance their blasphemy against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Nor should we be surprised to find Muslims covertly engaged in the same, while pretending to be friends of Christians, in their efforts to subjugate God's people to the followers of Muhammad alone. Are we to expect that the Christians listed on the member page have been informed regarding the content of the site? May the Good Lord show enough mercy to at least one of the self-described Christians, that are engaged in this blasphemous exercise in dissimulation of the "International Interfaith Council", to give him the strength and resolve to very publically and continually renounce any association with it and its antichrist blasphemy.
2Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Whether an atheist, or a follower of the false prophet Muhammad who reject the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus, they can't expect to understand:
1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
Their goals are obvious. No amount of website change will alter their intent or plan. Nor can the Gospel be reconciled with its exact opposite. Nor will wishful hopes and dreams, change a dangerous cult with a 1400 year history of imperialistic conquest and slaughter of God's people, that is commanded to the followers of the false prophet Muhammad. For those that have deluded themselves into believing they are Christian, that are participating in this sacrilegious abomination, again the risk:
Matthew 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Revelation 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
This page is a result of just the first little bit of time I spent exploring the website of the International Interfaith Council, that I felt the need to rush to upload. There should be more to come.
