Edmund Storms wrote:
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.
You're making the assumption that there is only one super human entity
desiring to be worshiped as God, Ed, and you know what happens when you
assume.
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.
He cares because this is a purification process.
. 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?
Sin
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?
It isn't from me, it's a literal interpretation of what the Bible says.
The only path for a fallen human to reconcile himself to a holy G-d is
through the system laid on in the Bible.
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/
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