Interesting Worldview
I need to work on my research paper but I wanted to post this while it was still fresh in my mind.
A few days ago I got into a 15 – 20 minute conversation with a Muslim, 41 year-old (both of which facts I didn’t find out until half through the conversation – for a while I thought he was a Christian of sorts) man on the issues of worldview and faith…
And while you’re all dialing my dad to ask him if he knows what his daughter is doing I’ll take the time to say that:
~I had his permission to be where I was.
~I was with friends – one of whom was in the conversation with me.
and
~I told him all about it when I got home.
Anyway, his worldview is made up of the following (all of which are pretty much word for word statements that he said throughout the conversation):
~There is one Creator.
~Right and wrong are determined by common sense.
~This common sense comes from life experience.
~If you believe in God, you’re okay and will go to heaven (I asked him about atheists then but unfortunately I can’t say what he said because it was a little confusing and I didn’t fully understand it).
~In addition to that I think he said something along the lines of “Excuses are made for those who grow up in a bad environment.”
~Anyone that has a belief that includes God goes to heaven (or, in other words, all paths lead to God). Unless it’s Scientology which is “a whole ‘nother thing”.
Side note: From all that, it’s easy to see that he’s not a good Muslim. At all. If he was, the Muslim faith would be the only way to God, and I’d be a heretic going to hell.
However, according to his view, I’m saved and he’s saved and everyone else is saved (except maybe atheists and Scientologists).
There are some obvious inconsistencies with what he believes – but, since then I’ve been wondering what is the best way to answer someone who believes that everyone is saved, because obviously *I* have a problem with that statement but he doesn’t have a problem with me.
Galena