tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post4305777777144994891..comments2024-03-01T05:45:05.750+07:00Comments on Gene Netto: How I Became A Muslim And Why I Wrote This BookGene Nettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838188306685196535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-42314425661593019732010-12-18T17:03:35.704+07:002010-12-18T17:03:35.704+07:00I think Catholics are christans only. i read some...I think Catholics are christans only. i read somewhere. I dont remember the name of that book.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sampleletters.in/" rel="nofollow">Letters</a>syedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12555667882791359184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-70725244059364739892009-09-11T01:50:55.869+07:002009-09-11T01:50:55.869+07:00Dear Anonymous,
The history of Christianity was a...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />The history of Christianity was actually determined by the Catholic Church. The majority of the world’s Christians are actually Catholic, not Protestant. There are more than 1 billion Catholics now. When the Protestant reform movement began in Europe a few hundred years ago, they were mostly concerned with removing the power from the Church (meaning the Catholic Church, and the Pope) and promoting alternative ideas, such as having the Bible translated into languages other than Latin. But the Protestant movement only changed a few things in the traditional Christian religion, and maintained the majority of the teachings that had been part of Christianity for more than one thousand years, such as the belief in the Trinity. <br /><br />So, the Protestant movement broke away from some Catholic teachings, but many teachings remained the same, and still had little to do with the life and teachings of Jesus. In Indonesia, it seems that most Christians are Protestant (from the Dutch) and so many Christians here seem to strongly dislike or even hate Catholics. I think many people here do not understand that in the rest of the world, the word “Christian” refers to people who follow Jesus, and so there are two main branches of Christianity: Catholics (the majority) and Protestants. (Then there are also the Orthodox Churches from Eastern Europe and Russia, which are also different in many ways). <br /><br />But the point is that the word “Christian” means Catholics and Protestants. But for some reason, in Indonesia, Protestants seem to protest a lot and say that Catholics are “not Christians”, even though Catholics are the majority in the world. <br />Yes, I have studied the Bible quite a lot. I study it more now than when I was younger. If you would like to see some of the problems with the Bible, you can see this site:<br /><br />http://www.innvista.com/culture/religion/bible/iindex.htmGene Nettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838188306685196535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-82639777014534346222009-09-10T10:53:45.245+07:002009-09-10T10:53:45.245+07:00gene,
I believe God had called you specially to b...gene,<br /><br />I believe God had called you specially to be a Muslim. I am happy for you that you found Allah (God).<br /><br />I just want to do a little correction that perhaps you need to search deeper later on. Some people might hate my comment also. But, CATHOLICS is not the same with CHRISTIANITY. Bunch of the Catholic teachings are so much afar than the Bible itself. <br /><br />Do you search your bible diligently when you were looking for GOD in your youth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25429998.post-16949879957335306562007-07-22T21:18:00.000+07:002007-07-22T21:18:00.000+07:00My family most certainly thought that I was “crazy...My family most certainly thought that I was “crazy”, but the same thing was also said about the Prophet Muhammad (SAW.) by the Quraish tribe of Mecca, so in that context, being called “crazy” would be more like a compliment.<BR/><BR/>Assalamu alaikum ww<BR/>Dear Gene,<BR/>Saya suka sekali dengan tulisan yang saya copy dari artikel anda tsb. Bahkan saya sampai terharu. Terharu karena anda sudah memahami inti ajaran Islam, become "similar" to Rasulullah SAW. As I read ur writing , I understood that your understanding by Logic thinking, it is correct. Thats only one of many ways in Knowing Allah. May I suggest you that Knowing Allah (Ma'rifatullah) are not only by logic thinking but there is another way, that is by "visioning" or "experiencing" bil qolbi. By purity of your heart, you can reach "wonderful experiences" in your ibadah. So your logic thinking will be strengthen by "a deep understanding by hearts eyes, so your faith will reach haqqul yaqin level. As you knew, there are three level of faith in Islam, Ilmul Yaqin by Logic Thinking, Ainul Yaqin by your real "seeing" and Haqqul Yaqin by experiencing in it. If you are intersteing, please do ningth praying and dzikir after 12pm. Or you can adopt song of Tombo Ati as your reference. <BR/>Wassalamu alaikum ww<BR/>Nurahman.<BR/>nur.ds.5601@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com