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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grandk who wrote (19385)	3/12/2005 10:57:20 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 28931

Again, Amen.

To: Grandk who wrote (19385)	3/12/2005 12:57:19 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

<As Christians, we do poorly when it comes to judging others. We are full of justice.> Judge not lest ye be judged. Sounds like good advice. Turn the other cheek. Again, conflict avoidance - very Buddhist. There are certainly elements of Buddhism in Christianity if we let them peek through. Perhaps when he said "I am the way!" he was speaking metaphorically. The "I" in each of us could be "the way", meaning we are personally responsible for our spiritual development and we should live an exemplary life of forgiveness and tolerance! Historically, these have not been the elements that were emphasized. Let's say you find yourself divinely inspired as a teen in 15 AD Jerusalem. Where would a young man go to get enlightenment? Well, 5 years in a synagogue would be the most likely start. Then what? Well, a 10 year journey to India and Tibet might also be on the plate.

To: Grandk who wrote (19385)	3/12/2005 4:20:56 PM
From: Greg or e	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

"As Christians, we do poorly when it comes to judging others. We are full of justice. But we lack the mercy. Islam, Judaism, Christianity all have an essential starting point: A God of love. That is all that matters." The Hebrew method of exclamation is to repeat a word. Jesus said "Truly truly" or "verily verily" The attribute of God that is accentuated in the bible is Holiness. Not just once or twice but three times "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty" Love love love was a somewhat mediocre song by the Beatles. God is Love, don't get me wrong, but Holiness is His main attribute. Holiness is why Jesus came and satisfied the holy demands of the Law and then having done that He offered His own life as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of those who place their trust in Him and Him alone. Islam knows no such God. Islam's god is not the God of the bible. <<<they cannot all be correct!>>> "Yes, they can." Not if you want to Logically coherent. Two mutually exclusive statements cannot both be true. To say that they can is nonsense.