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Miigwech gda-igom n’mishomissinaanig miinwa n’ookomisinaanig jiinaago gaa-iyaajig, noongom e-iyaajig miinwaa waabang ge-iyaajig.
(Thank you for the Grandfathers and Grandmothers of yesterday, today and tomorrow.)
Miigwech manidoog iyaajig noodinong, iyaajig nibiing, iyaajig shkodeng miinwa iyaajig akiing.
(Thank you spirits of the winds, water, fire and earth.)
Miigwech manidoog iyaajig giiwedinong, waabanong, zhaawanong miinwa epangishimok.
Thank you spirits of the north, east, south and west.
Daga bi-wiidokawishinaang wii mino bimaadiziyaang.
Please help us to live a good life.
I can't speak for Islam, but Christianity doesn't teach that one is immoral simply for not being Christian.
Some Christian churches do teach exactly that.
Here is the argument given to me by a Missouri Synod Lutheran minister.
Everyone is inherently sinful because of the sin of Adam. Only those who believe in Jesus are able to be moral. Everyone else is inherently immoral regardless of how they act. Only the actions of those who believe in Jesus count. He said that Romans 1 proved that everyone had an inherent knowledge of Jesus (not just God) and are “without excuse”. By not accepting Jesus (despite never having heard of Jesus) and seeking to be baptized they were doomed to hellfire.
Only Christians can be moral. Everyone else is inherently immoral because they are not elected by God from the beginning of time. And anyone who has heard of the Bible must accept it as literally inerrant. Otherwise they do not really have faith inspired by the Holy Spirit. And this includes six day creationism among other things. (That is official doctrine of the LCMS.)
In fact (according to this minister) it is not likely that many outside of the LCMS will be saved. LCMS is the only church truly following the tradition of Luther, who was inspired by God to show what true Christianity really is, rejecting the perversions of the Catholic Church. Most other Protestants are really heretics. Tha is what he said.
I had this in mind when I made my statement.
From another source: Here is why all Catholics are sinners and are going to hell because Catholicism is inherently sinful.
"Billions of lost sinners are dying in their sins and plunging into Hell because of the lying Popes and priests who deceive them."
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