I find the logic of this discussion odd. If, as Christians, Muslims
and Jews believe, there is but one God, then they are all worshiping
that one God no matter what they call it. If many Gods exist, as
Hindus believe then we have a problem. In any case, does anyone think
that God would care if this puny, ignorant life form we call human
happens to worship in the "wrong" way or misspells the name. Surely a
God of the universe has a bigger awareness than humans imagine. Ask
your self, what is the purpose of religion from God's point of view.
Surely God does not need adulation, so a belief system must be for our
benefit. This benefit only occurs when we use this instruction to
live a better life, no matter what the instruction is called. So, why
do we humans keep doing the opposite? Why do we keep insisting that
our instruction is the only one that counts? Why would any rational
person think they have all the answers about the nature of God?
Ed
On Nov 6, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Horace Heffner wrote:
On Nov 5, 2008, at 8:49 PM, thomas malloy wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote:
On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:19 AM, Harry Veeder wrote:
Pope urged to admit common ground
Their letter, A Common Word, cited passages from the Koran which
the scholars said showed that Christianity and Islam worship the
same God, and require their respective followers to show each
other particular friendship...
If it is the same Abraham it is the same God.
It takes a graduate school education in order to believe something
that stupid.
On the contrary, I don't even have a bachelor's degree. I merely
state the obvious, and not from some book or faith. Christians,
Jews, and Muslims worship the one God of Abraham. Since it is the
same Abraham it is logically necessarily that it is the same God.
We worship different gods,
Repeating yourself is not a demonstration of rational thought.
we have different holy books, which have produced different legal
systems, which have resulted to two different civilizations.
A difference in holy books, legal systems and civilizations merely
demonstrates the degree to which religion is a product of man and
interpreted in differing ways by different people. These things have
nothing to do with whether the God of Abraham, which Christians,
Jews and Muslims worship, is necessarily the same God.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
