Joseph de Maistre
So I’ve been thinking a lot about political issues lately. After all, I’m a big fan of Joseph de Maistre. In the last couple of years we’ve had people on the alt-right say that the West needs to be saved from Islam and other non-white populations coming here. What do I think about the West? What would be considered saving the West? It has nothing to do with skin colour but returning it to Christendom. Anything else would ultimately be detrimental to the West.
The Hagia Sophia
A Christian Church turned into a Mosque by Muslims, turned into a Museum by Masons.
In the wake of the horrible events in New Zealand, Turkish President Recep Erdogan has dabbled in the idea of reopening the historic Cathedral/Mosque/Museum known as the Hagia Sophia as a mosque. This has recently been blocked by Turkish courts so it appears that Erdogan is just rattling his sabre here.
On March 13, 2019 the Catholic Church reached six years with Pope Francis. I just want to say that it’s been a long six years. The man is the most liberal Pope in the history of the church. I’ve seen friends of mine leave the church under his leadership.
I’m currently reading the book Byzantine Theology by John Meyendorff. I’m doing this because I’m really trying to put myself in the mindset of the Christian world that the early Muslims invaded. One thing that stands out in the Byzantine world at the time was the huge heresy of monophysitism. By the 7th century this heresy was nothing new. It had been an issue in Christendom for centuries and remained an important issue for centuries after.
The supposed Islamic Jesus and Mary
According to Islam, Jesus Christ, the virgin Mary and all of the apostles were Muslims. Jesus Christ was given something called the Injeel. Either his followers forgot to memorize it, write it down or they simply died without passing on the knowledge. These people were Muslims who believed in Tawheed. They believed that Jesus Christ was the Messiah and was born of the Virgin Mary. They also don’t believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. A crucifixion took place but it only appeared to be Jesus crucified.
Jesus Christ
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
– Matthew 7:5
A Shia let me look at her book
What do I think of Isnad chains? Well, to be honest I don’t know. In the late ninth century scholars like Bukhari were finally coming into an Islamic age of literacy. It was now time to put the traditions of Muhammad to paper(or vellum). Bukhari and others then went around the Muslim world collecting sayings of Muhammad and his companions.
About a month ago I discovered who Mike Winger was. Shortly after that Vocab Malone had him on his livestream. I’ve watched quite a few of his videos. Like most people who attend Calvary Chapel, he’s very anti-Catholic. However, he seems like a nice guy so I think he’s worth watching.
I just finished reading a book called The Mass of the Early Christians by Mike Aquilina. I read the book in two sittings and I’m not a fast reader. It’s a book that documents the history of the Christian practice of the Eucharist. As someone who values history, it is important to look at the history of such a sacred Christian practice. Every group that calls themselves Christian takes part in this ritual in one manner or another.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FAsuQmnMNM
Pastor Steven Anderson is an American Baptist Pastor who is part of the King James Only movement. He has absolute faith in the King James Bible; a translation that I’m not too fond of. But he believes in the perfection of this 17th century document.