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I 6B RELIGIONACIe C)MiTlitte $ot Thursday, January 5, 2006 Muslims’ differences fester with growing liquor sales 1 ViK ASSf)CIAlTD PRKSS OAKLAND—Tliey weren't your average thugs. Dressed in bow ties and dark suits, the group of near ly a dozen men entered a cor ner store and smashed bottles of liquor, wine and beer with metal pipes, shattering refrigerator cases and leaving behind a terrified clezic along with piles of broken g^ass. No one was held up. Noth ing was stolen Ihe vandals just wanted to leave a mes sage: Stop selling booze to fel low Muslims. In urban America, fiiction between poor residents and the immigrant merchants who sell cigarettes, bread and alcoholic beverages from neighborhood markets is nothing new But the recent attack at San Pablo liquor has ii\jected religion into the old d^ate over whether a g^ut of such stores contributes to violent crime, vagrancy and other social ills. Followed by an identical attack at another West Oak land store the same evening, the episode highlighted ten sions —and different interpre tations of doctrine— between black Muslims hoping to reclaim troubled parts of the Rease see MUSLIMS’/SB Credit to Christianity for freedom Continued from page 8B that was invented by 18th-century intellectu als who hated religion and especially Rcanan Catholicism. In reality, he says, the centuries before Protestantism and modem secularism saw huge pn^^ess in technolc^, education and human bett«Tnent His story of inventions that transfomied farming, wind and water power, and global sea travel is fascinating indeed. All this, of course, treats Christianity as use- fiil and says nothing about whether it is true. Nor is this any fully rounded history, since Stark’s thesis sidesteps Christians’ embarrass ing past deeds of oppression. In addition, Stark’s praise for Christian accomplishments includes the controversial claim that non-Christian religions help explain why the West transcended other lands. "Chris tianity was oriented to the future while the other mf\jor religions asserted the superiority of the past," he contends. In most religions, he explains, the material universe is regarded as eternal, without begin ning or purpose and without a creator, and the cosmos is "a supreme mystery, inconsistent, unpredictable and arbitrary .. The path to wisdom is through meditation and mystical insights" that do not produce empirical knowl edge. Here, Stark ignores the impact of the Jews’ biblical view of the world that was later adopt ed by Christians. He also impugns Islam, argu ing that a m^or segment of Muslim thought "condemns all efforts to formulate natural laws as blasphemy in that they deny Allah’s fi:eedom to act. Thus, Islam did not fiilly embrace the notion that the universe ran along on fundamental principles laid down by God at the creation." Whether in ancient or modem times, Staric writes, centralized (ximmand economies, slave labor and tyranny always prevent progress, and Christianity helped defeat all three scouiges. On the Net: Stark page: \vwwhaylor£du/Sociology/indexphp?i(^equais)2l715 Students encouraged to be leaders Continued from page 7B work with others fium across the country. “We needed a time for staff and students to gather and hear what others are doing eiround the country,” said the Rev Boris Collins, a confer- aice director who has his own interdenominational church in Paramin^am, Mass. Melissa Metcalfe, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, attended the con ference for the first time this year and she said it was worth the trip. In the opening days, she learned different BiUe studying methods and ways to praise in different languages. ‘We sang songs in so many different languages, like in Spanish,” Metcalfe said. “The conference tries to make everyone feel comfortable and they do just that.” OUie, who is now associate regional director for the InterVarsity Christian Fel lowship, the par«it organiza tion of Black Campus ^fin- istries, said he looks forward to giving back to a conference that helped shape his life. He wants to challenge the stu dents’ beliefs and emphasize their roles in the future. OUie, who has been work ing with the group’s clubs in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nel:H*aska, said he is once again considering going to law school. “One author said, ‘A leaders job is to define reality and say thank you,*” OUie said “I feel that the InterVarsity has given me a chance to define reality and a chance to say thank you to those who have been influential in my life.” On the Net: Black Campus Ministries: http://WWW.intervarsityjorg^bctn/ Take care o business Expand your customer base by advertising in The Post (704) 376-0496 ADVERTISEMENT The Prophet’s Column, Inc. 9626 Feldbank Drive Charlotte, NC 28216-2131 January, 2006 Newsletter - Part I J.M. Little, Teacher My Dear Friends: I praise the Lord for saving me by His grace, revealing Christ to my heart, as my Lord and Saviour. The greatest thing in all this world is just to know Christ as your Lord and your Saviour. Do you know Christ? Another year has come and gone, and the multitudes of you are not saved. You are religious and in a church, but you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and your Saviour. It is a mystery to every unsaved religionist how the believer knows that those around him are not saved. You just don’t see how we know that. As a religious fool spoke up one day: “I don't see how anyone can say a man is not called to preach.” Well, the reason he can’t see it is because he sees through the eyes of the devil and he is not saved. He is a church leader that does not know anymore about Christ than a doodlebug knows when Sunday comes. An awakened sinner called me last night, crying their heart out wanting to know Christ. Before I go further, let me say: “The outstanding mark of a false teacher is that he does not understand an awakened sinner.” This awakened sinner is struggling with a heart of unbelief. I understand what the sinner is going through because I’ve been there. They are under “another gospel”, which is being taught and preached all over the whole world: “Now, sinner, you are awakened. It is up to you now to believe or accept Christ. Just trust Jesus as your Saviour and you are saved.” Let me tell you something, friends: That is not salvation! And God never calls a man to misrepresent Him! When I was under conviction, those around me here in North Carolina said: “Bro. Little won’t go ahead and tojst the Lord.” Hold your seats now because I am going to jump a creek down here, as my old late pastor used to say. And if you don’t hold on, you may drown. And if you drown, you may just go on to Hell. To Advertise Your Church Please Call 704.376.0496 jfirfit Mt. Boil paptist Cljurclj 1515 Remount Rd. • (Tel.)332-8335 (Fax)372-7548 28208 Sunday Morning Worship Services... 8:30 - 9:30 -11:00am Sunday School 9:45 - I0:45am Singles Ministries (Mon.) 6:30-7:30pm SeniOT Citizens (Mon.) 10:30-4:00pm Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00am - 4:00pm Dr. C.V. 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