Reza Aslan Quotes
I wouldn't call myself a Christian because I do not believe that Jesus is God, nor do I believe that he ever thought that he was God, or that he ever said that he was God.
Aslan, Reza. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Random House, 2013.
Early Christianity had a wide diversity of sect and opinion.
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus. Though first coined by Theophilus of Antioch in A.D. 180, Tertullian was the first to clearly explain what is now considered a fundamental Christian doctrine by most Christian Sects. The word itself or its concept never appears in the New Testament. It was not a part of early Christianity or of early CHristian theology.
Some Muslims believe that since God prohibits the worship of symbols and idols, no Christian who believes in the Trinity could be a believer. For those Muslims who not only determine Islamic theology but Christian theology as well, this becomes another reason for disrespect if not hatred of Christians.
A century later, it would be very difficult if not impossible for anyone with these religious beliefs to obtain the Republican Presidential Nomination, as the Republican Party was controlled by conservatives and fundamentalist and evangelical Christians. However, in 1899, the fundamentalist Christians were aligned with the Democratic Party, and they referred to the Republicans as “Godless Republicans”. Taft belonged to the Unitarian Church and did attend church unlike the later President Eisenhower. See {626401}.
Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American scholar of religious studies, writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity. He has written four books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth and God: A Human History.
