http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/09/01/from-catholic-to-muslim/ A First Things Blog Tue, 21 May 2013 15:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/09/01/from-catholic-to-muslim/comment-page-1/#comment-48515 Peter S. Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:21:01 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=33862#comment-48515 Wow, if “dogma and ritual” was why Ellison left Catholicism, Islam was the wrong choice!

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/09/01/from-catholic-to-muslim/comment-page-1/#comment-48514 David Marcoe Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:05:02 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=33862#comment-48514 Whether or not something “works” may itself be one test used to weigh truth–Chesterton employed it to great effect–but Ellison’s definition of “works” has little to do with weighing truth and more with personal convenience. And this is a very postmodern approach to religion, wanting the warm fuzzies associated with “spirituality,” but none of the duties or doctrines of actual religion, whether that’s Christianity or something else.

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/09/01/from-catholic-to-muslim/comment-page-1/#comment-48512 Steve Billingsley Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:47:20 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=33862#comment-48512 Wow, the “Dr. Phil” approach to Islam. Only in America.

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2011/09/01/from-catholic-to-muslim/comment-page-1/#comment-48501 andrew Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:13:16 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=33862#comment-48501 methinks propositions are either true or false. whether or not they “work” is irrelevant. true or false?

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