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The good Bishop is quite correct. Islamic theology negates the very core of Christianity and Christian dogma. One small example, is that the vast majority of Muslims see the Muslim version of Jesus as being 2nd to Muhammad, as Muhammad is viewed as the perfect example for mankind. Likewise, the differences between the two views of Jesus couldn't be much more complete. It's as if two entirely different people are being referenced. Aside from this, why would anyone, in their right mind, want to "consider a comprehensive integration of Islam as (being) possible."
Christianity and Islam cannot reconcile. Why Christians and Muslims cannot reconcile is unclear. They simply have to stop being aggressive to each other and live peacefully.
Why they cannot be reconciled is pretty far from unclear. The main problem is that Islam is a supremacist religion and all too many Muslims perceive it as being the only "true" religion. There is no happy coexistence with an ideology that seeks to replace your own.
Astronomy and astrology are irreconcilable and supremacist about the correct way to view stars and planets. astronomers are not bombing astrologers and astrologers are not assassinating astronomers. There has to be an additional directive of "go and violently subjugate all who disagree" for this to happen.
You could say the same about Catholicism, as demonstrated by the quotes in this thread. There’s some missing context around the quote around the very different words used like “reconciliation” and “integration” but if peaceful co-existence between faiths with significant ideological differences wasn’t possible, the Catholics and Protestants couldn’t have (eventually) stopped hating and killing each other.
On purely aesthetic grounds, I find Arabic script to be quite beautiful.
I agree with you, we don't have to agree to get along. But the fact remains that the aggression is overwhelmingly one-sided.
It depends on the lifestyles used to define Islam and Christianity. Those who have been referred to as "illegitimate sons of God" and not Jews, for example, can be given the label "Jews" elsewhere.
Post-death rewards, strict adherence to dogma, strong sense of honor, and fear of a cosmic power/deity are typically a "base" for the recipe. After that, things such as propaganda, economic repression, and many local factors, but without three of those four "bases," I don't think you're very likely to find violent dogmatic adherents. But, I bring that up because so often what people typically think of as the dirt poor and uneducated very likely probably isn't the case, with organization leaders especially being very wealthy and even often university educated.
That its doctrine does not really allow for eye-to-eye dialog with other doctrines?
That is a fair question. In practice, it seems to me that there is a whole spectrum of answers, depending on which Christian group one is looking at.
With very significant exceptions. And also with the major complication that most Muslims seem to prefer to expect people to perceive those groups as somehow "obviously" not being Muslims...
No, I don't think that is at all an accurate depiction of the current situation.
Debate is always there all over the history with People of the Books. Prophet Mohamed saaws did it several times. Some of these debates are already in Quran.
Again, you're mixing between belief conflict and followers conflict.
Then you agree, noneed for theological reconciliation.
Islamic entities are remarkable but there are these religion motivated entities in many religions.
At least you agree that it's condemned by majority.
I was challenging these thoughts that promote as it's a global conflict between all Muslims and Christians .
Simply. no force on earth can even think to succeed to wipe Quran or Islam. No force on earth can wipe Muslims. You can't distinguish between Muslims and Quran. You might find some Muslims that are not really Muslims saying good words to make you happy.
