Featured From a RELIGIOUS Point of View: CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?

It would be easy for someone to work up a similar list regarding Christians.

The whole thing is wrongheaded.

 

I would just say that I believe Muslims can be good Americans for one basic reason, there is no one "True American." Just like there is no one true Christian. We can't say one is not a Christian because they embraced the wrong Eschatology, for example.

I think there is an error in trying to cast America as a Christian Nation, primarily that the faith expressed by some of the founding fathers I reject as a Christian. If I had to adopt the religious views of those I feel were Rational Theists, then I would not be labeled a "good American." The policy of freedom allows the Muslim to worship as he chooses, which the Americanized version might be compared to the Americanized version of Catholicism. If American Muslims had any real clue as to their origins, they wouldn't even want to be considered American, lol. Those who embrace Islam and do commit crimes against this nation are truer to Islam than those who have embraced the policy of freedom, and dwell in this country in peace. We don't see them flocking back to their countries, as we have witnessed Israel so doing, do we?

I look at it like this: those who associate themselves with Islam, who live peaceably in our country, are likely similar to nominal Christians, who though they associate themselves with Christianity, could not actually give you an adequate summary of the Gospel. This is why we have so many "Christians" endorsing homosexuality, abortion, and any number of practices that stand in contradiction with the regenerate heart.

Sure, they can be good Americans. Let's just hope they are, and that they are not Good Muslims.


God bless.

 

Talk is cheap. I would like to see you make that list. I don't believe you can do it.

 

The answer is NO a muslim cannot be a good American if they practice the Islam of the Koran. If they do not practice it they are not muslims regardless what they claim.

 

I'll take a crack at it:


Can a good Christian be a good American?


Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Christ. Not a temporal nation.

Religiously - no. Because Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship.

Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.

Geographically - no. Because Scripture makes it clear our citizenship is in Heaven.

Socially - no. Because Christianity is always distinguished from our social interaction with the world, no matter what country we live in.

Politically - no. Because we generally recognize the secular nature of politics and distinguish it from the Church. It is only when the two are viewed as one that the one who thinks themselves as Christians fall into a more secular worldview, rather than a Christian worldview. This is why we have "Christians" advocating homosexuality and abortion. They are American Christians, rather than Christian Americans.

Domestically - no. Because he rejects the view that two men or two women can be married in God's sight.

Intellectually - no. Because he would violate the principles mentioned above.

Philosophically - no. Because Christianity is not philosophy. It is built upon decisive statements from God Himself.

Spiritually - no. Because being an American is not a spiritual endeavor, and if one makes it one...they depart from a Scriptural view of what spirituality is.


God bless.

 

Oops, missed that one. Cannot edit it now. If you can, please insert: Scripturally- no. Because America is not a religious institution nor does it offer "holy writings." Replacing the Word of God with writings distinct to America would be Political Religion, not Christianity.

Thanks for pointing that out.


God bless.

 

Here is the revised list:


Can a good Christian be a good American?


Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Christ. Not a temporal nation.

Religiously - no. Because Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship.

Scripturally- no. Because America is not a religious institution nor does it offer "holy writings." Replacing the Word of God with writings distinct to America would be Political Religion, not Christianity.

Geographically - no. Because Scripture makes it clear our citizenship is in Heaven.

Socially - no. Because Christianity is always distinguished from our social interaction with the world, no matter what country we live in.

Politically - no. Because we generally recognize the secular nature of politics and distinguish it from the Church. It is only when the two are viewed as one that the one who thinks themselves as Christians fall into a more secular worldview, rather than a Christian worldview. This is why we have "Christians" advocating homosexuality and abortion. They are American Christians, rather than Christian Americans.

Domestically - no. Because he rejects the view that two men or two women can be married in God's sight.

Intellectually - no. Because he would violate the principles mentioned above.

Philosophically - no. Because Christianity is not philosophy. It is built upon decisive statements from God Himself.

Spiritually - no. Because being an American is not a spiritual endeavor, and if one makes it one...they depart from a Scriptural view of what spirituality is.


God bless.

 

God bless.