What I said is true is it not? No Lola, not exactly true. Torah and Injil are His words. However, not every thing in the OT or the NT is HIS words. That is where we differ. I believe that many things in what the OT and NT contain are not from God. In fact as in the case of the Father/Son issue i believe
There is only one creation story...not diff stories. I looked at what you put down...Genesis 6:1-4. Why couldn't God be guiding the pen of Moses as he wrote this? Why not? Moses wrote this so what's the problem? We know that God spoke to Moses face to face. He was the only one that God really did this with.
The truth is the four versions while different blend together quite well. It's four eyewittness accounts being written to a diff audience. By taking all four accounts it gives us one splendend glorious picture of the life of Christ. No collusion...no contradictions <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align
But to suggest that there is a creator controling it is anthropomorphizing natural laws. No it is not. The controller is God not the laws. HE created them, can (and sometimes does)overrides them and at some point will make them vanish and start the process of new laws for the Hereafter. I understand that you chose to ignore that. If that is what makes you feel your inner peace i wish you well.
Earth is perfectly positioned to allow us to map the structure of our galaxy even though we are inside it. From this standpoint, we are at the center of the cosmos after all!! Sodaiho and Lola. Just as any point on the surface of a sphere could be considered its center, this 3-D universe containing Earth is the surface of the 4-D space-time sphere. So the Earth, a point on that 3-D surface could be considered its center. and so is any other po
No screaming at all. Just emphasizing. We are a result of the conditions and processes of chemistry and physics and other natural laws. And i am the mechanistic and materialistic one? These natural laws just existed by themselves? and "control is fantasy"? the universe in front of our eyes runs as clockwork with amazing accuracy and precision and that is not control? I guess if we close our eyes long enough we wont see much, c
Another point I might add is we are not so much to be sweetened with the similiarities, but we are to be wary of the vast differences. Mohammad was a man of war and Islam was/is made by the sword. What you are saying is very much similar to what those who dont believe in Any of these books are saying.
DG, I dont know if you really read the answers i gave to your questions. If you did, then you are not discussing my answers to you. What is the main question? After saying many times what that is you still dont know? I think i said many times it is The existence of GOD. I said "First things
This working together of God and man in the writing of Sacred Scripture is called inspiration and it covers everything that is in the whole Bible i disagree on that. Inspiration to scholars and spiritual individuals are not REVELATIONS to Messengers of God. I dont argue about them being Sa
Christ never wrote anything (other than something with His finger in the sand) and neither did Mohammed. On the other hand, you may already be aware of this as later on you post, “the same for religion. Go to the texts which represent the record of what these three men say is what God told them. THEN judge for yourself.” So, I ap
Of the Qur’an we know that Mohammed didn’t write it since Muslims report he that was illiterate. It was written down or memorized by others and then collected after Mohammed’s death. That is true. It was written on different materials by his aids at the time of revelations. He instructed them to keep
Muslim terminology for scripture are the Tawrat was given to Moses and is identified with the Torah (first 5 books of Moses: Genesis-Deuteronomy). The Zabur was given to David and is identified with the Psalms. The Injil was given to Christ and is identified with the four Gospels.The Qur’an is the Muslim holy book which they hold
Sodaiho ...... Deeeeeear Sodiaho .... You are closing your eyes intentionally to many many things. Unfortunately, that won't make them go away nor lead anyone to anywhere. There is no pragmatic reason to examine this question in our lives. A careful examination of life itself offers us a clue: this is beca
Sodaiho, There are many things you are avoiding in your discussion the most obvious of which is EXISTENCE itself. Where did all what you see come from? Avoiding that central question doesnt make it disappear. Unless you know the origin and the rules of going forward you cant reach the end safely no matter how much or how long meditation you do. There is no soul to suicide. Show me a soul. Its a figment of our imagination and a delusion</div
What he said about himself, but God has never come to visit us, he has always spoken through one man or another, be it, Jesus, Moses, David Koresh, George W Bush, or the pope. Who do you trust? You equating Jesus and Moses with these people? where is your judgement? In all what you hear or
I've really enjoyed reading the give and take in this discussion.Gen.1:26, When God created man, "He said, 'Let us make man to Our Image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea...." Thanks lola. sometimes it gets frustrating though. This quote is from the first p
A. Show me where this is written.B. If it is written, does it in fact not just contradict what stated statement?C. If it contradicts the statement does is it not in fact, not a fact? <TD class="mb-Body-Quote-
Not a topic covered in any religious text I've read. I guess God never thought we'd make it off this rock? you dont keep track of the answers do you? i quoted you a verse saying the exact opposite of your assumption. He actually expects us to discover Him through our science and logic. in ourselves a
You say God is gender neutral. Why?I would like to hear ThinkAloud's response as well. However, I have a feeling that it is somewhere along the same lines as the amoeba No Contego, not amoeba..... my goodness. God and amoeba? that is funny ...... from the Most High to the most low. <img src="../im
You say God is Gender neutral, my very good friend states God is a man You say God is gender neutral. Why? Again, the nature of what God is and is n
See where I'm going? No DG, i dont see where you are going, i dont think you see that either . Before i try answering, some of your questions let me remind you that you forgot completely what i said in my last comment t
He influences things in away to make it possible for us to use our own free will.I would like to hear more. I think this is a great entry waiting to happen. I'm very interested it in Yes it is a great topic, but one that needs more space and patience than what is possible here. I hope to get to it som
I've also witnessed people, once they came to their belief, just accepting a bulk of the related teachings regardless of their ethical meaning or validation, and just accepting it. First things First. The existence of a God is the first thing to be established in your mind. From there then st
To me it makes much more sense and much more likely that a man wrote these things, and since everything a man does is imperfect in some way, I am curious as to how and why people take these words to be God's. Of course men wrote the words they received from God. The question is do you trust these men
First if your assertion that God is a "he", thus a sexual identity, would that mean that God reproduces? Would it mean there are male and female parts to God or that there are more then one, a male or a female? You are funny, you now that? I used He because He used that in His revelations to His proph
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