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Expert: - 2/18/2010


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I was having a discussion with some people in the workplace (yes I know religion and work don't usually mix) and the subject of Muslims and terrorist came up.  Over all the conversation led into a health debate of can a Muslim be a terrorist.  What are your thoughts on the subject?

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    Good question. Many of the terrorist you heare about on tv are Muslim and they follow the false religion call Islam. The terriorst do follow Islam but they are fanatics and sometimes even cultic in nature. Your regular everyday Muslim that follows Islam is not violent in they do not carry out violent acts, but Islam teaches them about carrying out violence against infidels. But remember Islam is a false religion.
    In mosques in the United States, they are teaching children about killing the infidels. This the FBI and CIA already know and you can read about on the internet. This is nothing new.
    Having false prophets, false teachers, and false religions is not something new. False religion has been around before God created the Earth and it was present in the Garden of Eden.
   2 Peter 2:1 states "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." The people in this verse is addresses Isreal, but the "you" is the church. So we are going to have false religion. With apostasy you are going to have sexual immorality. This is found in found false religions and cults. For example, the Fundamental Lateral Day Saints (FLDS) has mulitple wives. and in Islam if you kill the fidels then you will go to Heaven and have nurmerous virgins. So false belief and lust drives thses terrorsts.
  Jacob, do not argue with people about what they believe unless you back up what you say by the Bible. If you not biblical then you are just false in what you say as the one who believes in false religon.

I hope this helps.

Dr Don Howe, RN, PhD, ThD

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I welcome questions that deal with theological issues, relationship issues, church history, world religions, current events from a Christian worldview, "gray areas" that are present today, church growth movements, false prophets, spiritual abuse issues, end time events, prophecy, medical ethical issues, hermeneutical questions, and how Israel fits into God's economy today. I will answer all questions in a grammatical/historical normative interpretation of God's Word. If I can not answer a question, I will do the research and find the answer if available. If you are looking for a liberal theological answer or agrument, do not ask. I am not an expert on church planting or evangelism.

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I have over 27 years of experience doing ministry as a bivocational minster/professional nurse. I do ministry as a volunteer with ministries that are nonprofit and not able to pay for ministers. I have experience working with youth, children, elderly in different placement settings, mentally ill and mentally challenged in different settings, felons in state prison and county jails, hospital chaplancy, choir ministry, and deacon ministry. I am an ordained SBC minister. I am a Professional Chaplain. I am currently doing hospital minstry, ministry to shut-ins, and a chaplain with Victim Relief Ministry working with victims of diasters and domestic violence. I work as psychiatric nurse in large county jail system.

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American Association of Christian Counselors, Baptist Nursing Fellowship, Nurses Christian Fellowship, Therpon Institute, Victim Chaplain & Counselor Association of America, International Board of Christian Counselors, American Society of Christian Therapists.

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Education/Credentials
PhD, Therapon University, USVI, 12/07 in Biblical Counseling, DCC, Southwest Bible College & Seminary, Jenning, LA 04/05 in Christian Psychology and Counseling. ThD, Slidell Baptist Seminary, Slidell, LA 02/04 D.D., Slidell Baptist Seminary, Slidell, LA 07/03 Tyndale Seminary, Fort Worth, TX 2001-2003 BSN, Univ. of Texas in Arlington, Tx 05/93 ADN, Midwestern State Univ., Wichitia Falls, TX 5/77 Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, Externship 08/04-12/05, 4 units of CPE earned.

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Board Certified Christian Counselor by International Board of Christian Counselors. Issued 01/24/06.

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