Islamic Calvinism

It’s clear that we are not good representatives
of the Western Culture.
Most of the rights and the sentiments that color the Western
World today are not in our agenda.
We are in this world, but not of it. John 17:14-16
It’s no secret that for many uneducated, but well informed,
people in the Muslim world to be a Christian means that you
are an immoral and selfish hedonist who disrespects his parents
and acts independently of his family disregard of his age or sex.
The tourism industry doesn’t really help to correct this picture.
How should we then live?
In the nutshell the whole world shares the same problem,
separation from God. Sin is tangled in man’s soul in all languages
and with many skills and talents.
The similarities in all cultures around the world point to the
same direction, the catastrophe in Eden.
Politicians in Turkey today speak about Islamic Calvinism.
It’s referring to a new form of Turkish Islam that has been
compared with the development of the Calvinist values in Europe.
Honesty, piety and hard work are the trademarks of this
modernized Islam.
The message is,” You can be religious, rich and European in the same
time.”
My interpretation of the message is,” It doesn’t really matter what
you believe , just continue building your superficial world.
Don’t step on a wrong person’s toes.
Just learn to avoid the real issues, such as eternity.
Forget about heaven. Continue dressing up your leprous body.
Turn your eyes away from problems.”
This is the weakness of all nominal religion.
It works only when you are not caught.
Jesus came to the same kind of world of religious hypocrisy.
Nothing has changed in man’s behavior.
The same arguments encourage people just to keep on moving
in the corridors of the Titanic world.
Jesus said: Be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.Mt.9:2
That is the truth that makes a real difference.