Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
Go back to the OP:
Christians think Jews and Muslims are wrong. Muslims think Christians and Jews are wrong. Jews think Christians and Muslims are wrong. They are all correct!
Actually the point of controversy is whether or not Christians think Jews and Muslims are wrong.
This applies to the salvation issue as well.
Actually the point of controversy is whether or not Christians think Jews and Muslims are wrong.
I have not denied that Christians think Jews and Muslims are wrong
in some respects. What I have tried to point out, however, is that Christians do not necessarily think that Jews and Muslims are wrong in all respects. Now if 667Joe simply wanted to point out that there is disagreement to some extent, then fine. That's not particularly interesting. Even within churches there is disagreement. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI disagreed with one another too.
What I wanted to refute here was the argument in 667Joe's original post that the three Abrahamic faiths have 'no confidence' in one another and the implication that each believes the other to be seriously in error. I don't believe that is justified at all. Clearly some Christians do agree with Jews and Muslims on significant points of doctrine and do accept that Jews and Muslims can be saved. As I said before, 667Joe's original post simply lacks nuance.
This applies to the salvation issue as well.
The issue, raised later, was whether a Christian believes Jews and Muslims are
ultimately wrong. In fact, that was the very word you used. The critical factor was whether a Christian believed that a Jew or Muslim can be saved, not whether a Christian believes that a Jew or Muslim is correct in their understanding of the standards for salvation. That last point is so obvious.