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5B RELIGION/![ie C^arlutte $at Thursday, June 30, 2005 An unpopular tenet ponders: Is Christ the savior of the world? Continued from page 6B and in its essential nature” has embraced Peter’s biblical proclamation about Jesus: “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved” (Acts 4:12). Edwards acknowledges the traditional teachii^ is unpop- ulai* and that many would ‘hreathe more easily” if Jesus were simply “a savior” instead of “the savior of the world” and claiming unique ness "seems to many people, Christians or otherwise, fool ish and perhaps even blas phemous.” But he aigues in detail that the New Tbsta- ment requires one savior, then addi'esses questions this raises: • Isn’t this behef outdated in today’s complex “global vil lage”? Edwards says early (Chris tianity faced a similaiiy com plex “collage of mysteiy cults, personahty cults, vestigial forms of classical Greek phi losophy polytheism, imperial cults and nascent forms of Gnosticism and Neo-Platon- ism.” • Doesn’t an exclusive sav ior threaten world peace? He beheves that, properly understood, the bibhcal teaching about the one (Cod pioviding the only savior for everyone is a means of unit ing hmnanity and brii^ing peace. • How should (Christians view other religions? Edwai*ds contends that the sentimental idea that all reh- gions are similai’ paths is simply wiong. The great reH- gions agree on many moral duties, he says, but disagi'ee about God, salvation, eternal life, the pioblems of existence and how to overcome them. “The statement that all reh- gions are basically the same is usually heal’d fi’om people who are not adherents of any religion.” • What about Judaism? Edwards rejects both the idea that Christianity has supplanted its sister faith and the concept, often heard at interfaith dialogues, that the two faiths are equal covenants of salvation. Instead, he believes that “Judaism continues to play a role in God’s abiding puipose” but ultimately Jesus is the savior for Jews as well as (Centiles, • How can people believe in a savior fi’om sin in a “post modern” era when people no longer have a fii’m sense of truth, or right and wix)ng, or sin? This is Edwards’ chief worry He insists on bibhcal grounds that all people are sinners guilty of I’eal infi’ac- tions against (Cod, facing the peril of eternal sepai’ation firom God who is absolutely true and good, and thus in need of a savior. For that reason, he asserts that worldwide evangehsm remains (Christianity’s unal tered task. On the Net: Edwards publicity: w\vw.eerdmans.comJshop/prod- uct .asp ?p_key( equals)08028()981 2 WCC interfaith meeting: www.oikowttene.org/interreli- gious.html Muslim women sue for religion Continued from page 6B agement Group. “My reaction at that time and still continues to be shock,” said Hammond, 27, who is now self-employed as a clothing designer. “It’s so uitfeii’ that such things can happen in this day and age.” A human resom’ces manag er at Housir^ liiist Manage ment Group’s Miami office said Wednesday that the company’s owner and chief operating officer were travel ing and couldn’t comment immediately on the lawsuit. A woman who answered the telephone at Chapel Trace Apartments wouldn’t comment and said Olga Sier-' ra wasn’t there. Hammond sued under the Florida Civil Ei^ts Act seek ing all pay and benefits she lost, compensatory and puni tive damages and an injunc tion against the company pro hibiting future disaTminato- I'y practices. The Florida Commission on Human Relations has issued a finding of cause in the case that rehgious discrimination took place. Hammond’s case is part of a larger pattern of disci’imina- tion against Muslims foUow- ing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said Ahmed Bedier, director of the Coimcdl on American Islamic Relations in central Florida. “This is a more subtle back lash that doesn’t necessarily make the headlines,” Bedier said. Several lawsuits and com plaints have been filed recently by Muslim women alleging discrimination over their head scarfe, including: • A woman sued Walt Dis ney World last year, saying she was fired fix)m both of her jobs at the resort because she wore a head scarf • A University of South Florida basketball player said she left the team and lost her athletic scholarship last year after her head coach told her that she could not wear rehgiously mandated cloth ing during practices or games. A convert to Islam, she wanted to wear long pants, a top with long sleeves and a head scai*f She later left school and returned to Christianity • A Louisiana teenager sued a subm’ban New Orleans school system and a former high school teacher eai’her this year, contending the teacher yanked oflf her head scarf and used religious Sim’S. • A W^consin woman sued that state’s govei’nment last month after she said she was required to remove her head scarf when she visited her estranged husband in prison and could be seen by other male inmates. • An Oklhoma girl sued her school district after she was suspended for wearing a scarf, which school officials said violated the distiict’s dress code. With the growing popularity of The Charlotte Post How could you go wrong? Advertise in The Post Information that is always on line, 24 hours a day www.thecharlottepost.com Charlotte’s weekly link to community news and the world around you. 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