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ProudAmericanJesusFreak on Saturday, November 08, 2008 10:13:38 PM
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 11/7/2008 9:30:00 AM
A leader of a Christian discernment ministry is voicing
concern about an interfaith gathering at the United Nations next week
in New York that President Bush plans to attend with several other
heads of state.
The
kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and presidents of the Philippines,
Pakistan, Bahrain, Israel, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates are
among those expected to attend the meeting in the U.N. General Assembly
next Wednesday and Thursday. Israeli president Shimon Peres says he and
Saudi King Abdullah "will take part in a special assembly that will be
entirely dedicated to the bringing together of religions and will make
remarks from the same stage."
Christian broadcaster and author T.A. McMahon is executive director of The Berean Call. He says King Abdullah needs to start his interreligious goodwill overtures by making serious corrections on his own turf.
"Religious freedom is nonexistent in Saudi Arabia," McMahon points out.
"Since the time of Mohammed, no Jew has been allowed to set foot there,
no religion other than Islam can be practiced, and Christians have been
arrested for carrying a Bible on the street. And worst of all, Muslims
who convert from their faith are publicly beheaded in Riyadh at a
place...they call 'Chop-Chop Square.'"
McMahon says biblical Christians need to be wary of such interfaith dialogues.
"They always press for agreement that all religions must be accepted as
legitimate and authentic," says the ministry leader. "In other words, a
biblical Christian can't say that his faith is the only true faith or
he can't agree with Peter, who said that Jesus is the only one by whom
we must saved." (Acts 4:12)
McMahon contends that although everyone should have a right to their
religious beliefs, interfaith dialogues often push for all parties to
agree with each other's beliefs.