Merging of religions is a frightening idea

In response to a July 3 guest column by Rev. William Lovin and Shams Ghoneim titled “Faith in Iowa: Finding our commonalities”:

Christians and Muslims in Iowa have lived and worked together peacefully for decades without the necessity of “worshipping together, praying together and looking to our collective faith teachings and principles for healing.”

Does “collective faith” exist between these so-called divergent religions of Christianity and Islam? They are diametrically opposed to one another in their core beliefs.

Christians believe in the trinity consisting of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, which is foolishness to unbelievers. Jesus Christ is not simply a great prophet but is the only begotten Son of God.

For Christians, any attempt to blend the worship of God with the worship of other gods is an abomination bordering on apostasy.

The real threat to “our unity and national stability”: a theology that promotes a one-world religion such as “Chrislam.” It dovetails nicely with a one-world government under the auspices of an organization like the United Nations.

Under this frightening scenario, the right to practice Christianity openly and worship God exclusively could be in jeopardy for American Christians. Furthermore, they could lose their God-given rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as defined in our founding documents.

Gene R. Brodrecht

Marion