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After a decade of Muslim mayors and city council, how is Hamtramck doing? Any signs of religious intolerance? Any churches shut down? Any no go zones where non- Muslims are excluded? Sharia law? Honor killings? Has any part of the city charter been changed to favor the practice of Islam? These were...

barnhart

I'm not sure about this. My church is full of broken people waiting looking forward to the renewal of all things, but I understand there can be aspects of the new already in place.

barnhart

barnhart wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2026 7:07 am How have we responded to Islam in the past, what direction do we get from our theology, and what are the dangers of integrating theology from the outside to suit this occasion?

barnhart

If I were passing nearby, I would likely stop in to check out the food scene.

barnhart

Historical: By numbers, about 2/3 (depending on how one estimates, of course) of Hutterites ended up enslaved by Muslims during the Ottoman raids on present-day Austria and over time gradually their families all converted to Islam. There is no trace of Christianity, let alone Anabaptist Christianit...

barnhart

After a decade of Muslim mayors and city council, how is Hamtramck doing? Any signs of religious intolerance? Any churches shut down? Any no go zones where non- Muslims are excluded? Sharia law? Honor killings? Has any part of the city charter been changed to favor the practice of Islam? These were ...

barnhart

This thread is illustrating Chester Weaver's observation that "we don't know our own history" and also we don't know our historical doctrine either.

barnhart

Nomad wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2026 8:21 am
barnhart wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2026 7:12 am
ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 5:05 pm
Let the one who is without sin carry out the punishment.
Very good answer.
Punishment and love aren't necessarily contrary to one another.

I agree.

barnhart

ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 5:05 pm
Nomad wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 4:08 pm
ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 4:00 pm
I think Jesus would say - let him that is without sin be the first to punish.
So no punishment? Government shouldn't do anything is your opinion? Murders just can walk?
Let the one who is without sin carry out the punishment.

Very good answer.

barnhart

By “give no quarter”, I mean I have no room at all for leftist liberal-progressivism in the circles I am part of and have control over, such as church. It is not welcome here and I will do everything I can to keep it out. You don't get to unilaterally decide what's welcome here and what is kept out...

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