Just penny for my thoughts..

[apocalypse77]

those form Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements..

Right now Im horribly disgusted by how some churches esp from the Charismatic Movements have come to the point where they try to evangelise their religion to consumerise and capitalise their religion.This has caught my attention esp since I heard the news from a fellow ex classmate that he converted to Christianity.Apparently hes not the only one.Since i live in a secular state i dont find its not surprising that some of these Muslims are just Muslims by name but I find it extremely shocking to know when asked about why they convert they can be very direct as to say "they can have more freedom unlike Islam"

Adding to that theres an increasing evangelism of church cults esp from the Pentecostal/Charismatic churches in its aggressive nature has caught me on alarming rate recently .Thier evangelism is the usual sugarcoated like "Jesus loves you and all u have to do is accept him because he made the supreme sacrifice to die for ur sins so u can go to heaven and meet him" etc etc

These megachurch cults (or i shld say Disney churches) opened with an extensive rock concert, aka Praise and Worship. This was very smart, for a variety of reasons. By offering musical entertainment in the form of prayer (or prayer in the form of musical entertainment), it caught and focused the audience's attention, especially the younger crowd, by situating religious worship in the context of popular culture, entertainment and coolness.


I just pray that Allah will guide us to the right path.Anybody who used to be in the Pentecostal/Charismatic movements share my sentiments?

 

[American Muslim]

Yep, born and raised in the pentecostal faith. What can I say? Very fundamentalist christians. And yes, they see spreading their religion to be the best thing that they can do.

An interesting thing about pentecostals is that they stress memorization of their scriptures, unlike most christians. They disregard the contradictions as a mystery of God, that will eventually be revealed.

Further, what we see as their greatest weakness, they see as their greatest strength. That is the constant translation and re-interpretation of their scriptures. None of it is directly attributed to Hazrat Eesa, instead to those who knew him. Grrrrrrrr....Allah guides whom He wills.

When I was a small boy, pentecostals were still on the fire and brimstone kick. This younger generation of preachers have figured out that they needed to be more "hip" to attract more members. What I hate the most is the philosophy of "Well, it's not what you do, but what you believe. Jesus loves us and wants us to be happy. La, la, la, la."

They live in a faerie tale.