Question: [You] said that Catholicism was attempting to sweep the difference between...God...and Allah "under and ecumenical rug." Can you document that? | thebereancall.org

Hunt, Dave

Question: In your July [1992] newsletter you said that Catholicism was attempting to sweep the difference between the God of Christianity and the Muslim's Allah "under an ecumenical rug." Can you document that?

Response: In Global Peace and the Rise of Antichrist I provide much evidence that John Paul II is the greatest ecumenist of all time. For example, on page 156 I relate his gathering together in Assisi, Italy, in 1986, the leading figures of 12 world religions to pray "for peace" to whatever "god" each believed in. There were snake worshipers, fire worshipers, witch doctors, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims praying together. The Pope declared that they were all praying to the same "God" and their prayers were creating a spiritual energy which was bringing about a new climate for peace—that "the challenge of peace . . . transcends religious differences."

Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, 21 November 1964, 16, is very specific: "But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Moslems: these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day." That Allah is not the God of the Bible is clear. For an excellent treatment of Islam, I highly recommend Islamic Invasion by Robert A. Morey.