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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)
The best thing Forbes magazine has done so far is to recognize that sins are being committed and sins should be categorised as sins and should not be considered as tradition or legacy. Once, sins are recognized as crime, people would wonder whether sinful acys are destroying their lives.
Religion should come back to Americans and specially in the declared sinful cities. We would not hate sinners and would help eradicate sins. We may not achieve our target but expedition to eradicate sins from our lives shall be continual.
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aritonang
I had thought that you are not a good Christian and you confirmed it by using indecent language against me and in this religious forum. In this forum we exchange our convictions and do not spray dirt on others. No matter how much you hate Islam and Muslims; it is customary for Muslims to revere Jesus Christ as Unique Messenger Prophet Of Almighty The-God. On the day of Judgement, you would remember that I conveyed the truth and Islam / Shalom has been the religion of all Prophets.
Since you have morally lost my confidence in exchanging knowledge and values what Jesus Christ taught, I would advise you to read Gospel for the guidance. Until then you do not deserve an answer to your post from me. I wish you had kept the devil out of you and stuck to the guidance of Jesus Christ.
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aritonang
It only says fight back when persecuted. That is why Vietnamese fought back and defeated persecuters.
The verses should be taken within context. It refers to infidels who persecuted Muslims and evicted them from Mecca.
But you want to give a different meaning by bracketing your thoughts. Be honest and trust Almighty The-God (Alloh / Elohim).
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All of you could be good human but ignorance about Almighty The-God and His Almighty's only religion Islam (Peace/submission to The-God) keeps you away from the truth. Islam recognizes all the biblical prophets and Jesus Christ stands as one of them.
You guys use harsh words against Islam and The Last Messenger Prophet Muhammad, is this what your pastors teach you?
Jesus Christ (PBUH) never used such wordings as you guys use against the religion of Almighty The-God: ISLAM. Because Jesus Christ believed in the same message and worshipped the same God. "There is no deity but The-God and Jesus is The-Messenger of that God".
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"Influential Evangelicals Withdraw from Christian-Muslim Statement"
I would consider this immaturity and indecisivenes on their part who cannot take a consistent and persistent stand for the sake of peace among the nations of the world.
It is saddening to note that people like Duane Litfin to whom I respected, even he is ignorant of the fact that Alloh in englisg means The-God and no matter who refers to God, there is only One-God in the universe who created Adam from soil.
Wheaton College president Duane Litfin, provost Stanton Jones and chaplain Stephen Kellough decided to back away from the letter only because they lacked thorough knowledge and understanding of Islam.
I can offer only regrets to them.
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aritonang
You have just lost the dignity of being a debater by using abusive and confrontational language against The Last Messenger Prophet of Almighty The-God. That will be sufficient to take your sleep of the night and peace of your mind. Certainly you would get enraged and you will reach to your extremes because your devil would take you there.
The only way out for you is to repent in the court of Almighty The-God and become the worshipper of The-God of Jesus Christ if you may understand.
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The doctrine of the Trinity is the conservative Christian belief inherited from Greek pagan religions that there is one God who has revealed Himself in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons make up their belief in god. These three persons are alleged to be of the same substance, equal in power and glory. This is the sacrilegious conservative Christian belief categorically opposed by Almighty The-God in the religion of Islam / Shalom.
The Old Testament clearly states that there is only one God.
Deuteronomy 6:4 states, "Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one".
Isaiah 44:6 states, "I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides me".
Clearly, these biblical verses reveal that there is only one God. Yet, zealots in Christianity have fabricated three separate persons in the New Testament who are allegedly called and share the attributes of The-God. They give the characteristics only God can have that are a shameful blasphemous belief.
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aritonang
You are not the Christian by convictional reasons but you are the Christian with economic reasons. For Muslims, human life is sacred and it shall be preserved. Unfortunately, Christians carry on peaceful Muslims in Philippine, Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, Chechnya and Balkan. Unfortunately, not many Christians came to show their love of humanity.
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It is true that all of the radical Muslims would abide by their tenets of religion and would not indulge into loose talks but they would talk only what they know about their religion. But I do not agree that secularists and Islamists are against Christians. It is the work of Secularists that millions of Muslims are thronging to west and millions of Christians moving to East to pread their ideologies. Otherwise, they would have been confined to their own "No-Go" regions.
Every human born in this world must follow a line of personal actions to live in tranquility in this world and the world hereafter. The basic concept of human life in this world is to maintain a life style which is in conformity with the compliance of Almighty The-God. Whole universe what we know and what we do not foresee, all belong to The-God. Those humans who are making their choices to recognize their Lord The-God must find educational resources to enrich their knowledge about His Almighty so that every moment of human life is passed with goodness.
Goodness is the perception and dream of every human in this life. That dream could only be achieved when human is not in conflict within self. The self shall be maintained pure by abidance of life principles recommended by Almighty The-God. When human abides by such principles of life, conscious becomes clear, self confidence evolves, futuristic events become understandable and human life is fully consoled.
Consolation in human life starts through following an example by which Almighty The-God has practically shown to the humankind. That example must be perfect otherwise very talk of human consolation would end up in trial and error. Human life is such a short span that trial and error policy is not worthy of any practice with relation to Almighty The-God. Human needs a perfect example by which it is possible to live this life with perfection and life in the hereafter is beneficially guaranteed. Otherwise, no one is sure of his life span in this world, it revolves around ones devised plan by The-God and its consequential fate (Qadar and Qada).
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'The concept of Trinity is not the teaching of Jesus Christ'. 'If the Trinity is not a Biblical teaching, how did it become a doctrine of Christendom'? Many think that it was formulated at the Council of Nicaea in 325 C.E. That is not totally correct, however. The Council of Nicaea did assert that Christ was of the same substance as God, which laid the groundwork for later Trinitarian theology. But it did not establish the Trinity, for at that council there was no mention of the Holy Spirit as the third person of a triune Godhead.
Why, for thousands of years, did none of God's prophets teach his people about the Trinity? At the latest, would Jesus not use his ability as the Great Teacher to make the Trinity clear to his followers? Would God inspire hundreds of pages of Scripture and yet not use any of this instruction to teach the Trinity if it were the "central doctrine" of faith?
Are Christians to believe that centuries after Christ and after having inspired the writing of the Bible, God would back the formulation of a doctrine that was unknown to his servants for thousands of years, one that is an "inscrutable mystery" "beyond the grasp of human reason," one that admittedly had a pagan background and was "largely a matter of church politics"?
The testimony of history is clear: The Trinity teaching is a deviation from the truth, an apostatizing from it.
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pilgrim.1
I have not aasumed that Bible is wrong but factually some portions of bible with relation to basic faith have been adulterated with Greek Pagan mythology for which zelaots mainly converted Greeks in 65 A.D. have been responsible. Many parts of Bible which relates to Jesus Gospels are nice literature which would help you to behave humanly.
The doctrine of the Trinity is the conservative Christian belief inherited from Greek pagan religions that there is one God who has revealed Himself in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons make up their God. These three persons are alleged to be of the same substance, equal in power and glory. This is the sacrilegious conservative Christian belief categorically opposed by Almighty The-God in the religion of Islam / Shalom.
The Old Testament clearly states that there is only one God.
Deuteronomy 6:4 states, "Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one".
Isaiah 44:6 states, "I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides me".
Clearly, these biblical verses reveal that there is only one God. Yet, zealots in Christianity have fabricated three separate persons in the New Testament who are allegedly called god and give the characteristics only God can have that is a shameful blasphemous belief.
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jesus4me.....Cont
'The concept of Trinity is not the teaching of Jesus Christ'. 'If the Trinity is not a Biblical teaching, how did it become a doctrine of Christendom'? Many think that it was formulated at the Council of Nicaea in 325 C.E. That is not totally correct, however. The Council of Nicaea did assert that Christ was of the same substance as God, which laid the groundwork for later Trinitarian theology. But it did not establish the Trinity, for at that council there was no mention of the Holy Spirit as the third person of a triune Godhead.
Why, for thousands of years, did none of God's prophets teach his people about the Trinity? At the latest, would Jesus not use his ability as the Great Teacher to make the Trinity clear to his followers? Would God inspire hundreds of pages of Scripture and yet not use any of this instruction to teach the Trinity if it were the "central doctrine" of faith?
Are Christians to believe that centuries after Christ and after having inspired the writing of the Bible, God would back the formulation of a doctrine that was unknown to his servants for thousands of years, one that is an "inscrutable mystery" "beyond the grasp of human reason," one that admittedly had a pagan background and was "largely a matter of church politics"?
The testimony of history is clear: The Trinity teaching is a deviation from the truth, an apostatizing from it.
But you are so much entrenched in your belief, you cannot see the truth beyond your perception. I am glad that a minority of Christians (30 Millions) believe that The-God is one and Trinity is based on Greek mythology which Paul (Saul) invented. My job is to convey you the truth in worshipping ONE-GOD. By worshipping One-God; you go to heavens, I will be happy to let you land in heavens. I do not need anything from you but I am serving the Honour of Almighty The-God.
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jesus4me
The doctrine of the Trinity is the conservative Christian belief inherited from Greek pagan religions that there is one God who has revealed Himself in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three persons make up their God. These three persons are alleged to be of the same substance, equal in power and glory. This is the sacrilegious conservative Christian belief categorically opposed by Almighty The-God in the religion of Islam / Shalom.
The Old Testament clearly states that there is only one God.
Deuteronomy 6:4 states, "Hear Oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one".
Isaiah 44:6 states, "I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God besides me".
Clearly, these biblical verses reveal that there is only one God. Yet, zealots in Christianity have fabricated three separate persons in the New Testament who are allegedly called god and give the characteristics only God can have that is a shameful blasphemous belief.
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jesus4me
I love Jews, Christians and Muslims alike but certainly not discriminate against anyone who may not be of my category. You being a conservative christian, do not need to subjugate, harass and terrorise Muslims because they believe in One-God.
Today, more christians are returning to the religion of God because Islam / Shalom is what Almighty The-God seeks from humankind and Jinnkind. Among the thousands of American Christians who embrace Islam, they become closer to Almighty The-God by keeping their conviction about all the Messengers including Jesus Christ (Peace Be Upon Him).
Brian Morrow, a former Christian, converted to Islam in late August 2007. He said that in Islam there is no governing body except God, meaning no one can condemn, judge or punish another for actions if they do not infringe on the rights of others-08.
"All throughout high school I had plenty of good friends that were followers of Islam," said Brian Morrow, a freshman open preference major. "I truly believe that it is the correct way of life and it makes the most sense to me"-08.
"It turns out that Islam had always agreed with what I believed as a Christian," Morrow said. "I always believed that Jesus was God's messenger rather than God in the flesh and that none other should be placed equal to God. Also, in July of last year I stopped eating pork. I figured God didn't want the Hebrews to consume this for some reason. Then I stopped getting sick, lost weight and felt way livelier" -08.
"Islam truly is a beautiful way of life despite the slandering on television," Morrow said. "After I (converted), I found out that there were more followers of Islam in the world than Catholics and our numbers are rapidly growing. Islam is the world's second largest religion, and I'm proud to say that I am a part of it"-08.
"The number one difficulty that I have is the Islam-phobia that has been pumped through the media for almost half a decade," Morrow said. "Myself, along with nearly everybody else in this country, was completely narrow minded with what Muslims believe and just went along with the news network's hate speech" -08.
You will find sporadic Muslim's conversion to Christianity or atheism, they do so to get attraction and benefits from the glitter of western society. But Christians converting to Islam get trust of Almighty The-God and heaven in the Day of Judgement.
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jesus4me
I am always smily but serious when talking about Lord The-God. If you like a smiling icon, I would fulfil your wish. You did not respond to my comments "Wake Up John, use some common sense from my last postings of Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:40 pm".
You be conservative but do not use the Goggles of radical conservatism when dealing with matter of Almighty The-God. I as a monotheist believer recognise all the Messengers and Prophets of Almighty The-God. Do not mistreat me because I worship One-God; The-God of Adam and Abraham.
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jesus4me
Elohim refers to single deity of Almighty The-God. Ask any of my fellow Jewish brother Rabbi, he will answer you politely but categorically.
Yahweh is the name of Almighty The-God, categorically not of Messiah The Jesus.
Wake Up John, use some common sense from my last postings of Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:40 pm
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jesus4me
Thou shall reform yourself and do not be repeatedly apologetic.
There are three major types of erroneous statements in the New Testament which are considered here as theological blunders.
The first and most erroneous statements in the New Testament are those which blaspheme Almighty The-God in His Almightys authority as The-Deity by affiliating Him with man made deities (Shirk). Christians make the statue of Jesus Christ and worship the Statue instead of Almighty The-God. Christians ignore the commands of Old Testament that
"Do not have any other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth" [The Bible: Old Testament (Exodus 20: 2 3)].
"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God
" [The Bible: Old Testament (Deuteronomy 5: 729)].
The Christians who do not follow such biblical commands from the Old Testament are not Christians but polytheist destined to become the fuel of Hellfire.
Shirk is the Islamic concept of the sin of polytheism specifically, but in a more general way refers to serving anything other than one God. It is the vice which is opposed to the virtue of Monotheism (Tauheed).
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john14-6
There are three major types of erroneous statements in the New Testament which are considered here as theological blunders.
The first and most erroneous statements in the New Testament are those which blaspheme Almighty The-God in His Almightys authority as The-Deity by affiliating Him with man made deities (Shirk). Christians make the statue of Jesus Christ and worship the Statue instead of Almighty The-God. Christians ignore the commands of Old Testament that
"Do not have any other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth" [The Bible: Old Testament (Exodus 20: 2 3)].
"You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God
" [The Bible: Old Testament (Deuteronomy 5: 729)].
The Christians who do not follow such biblical commands from the Old Testament are not Christians but polytheist destined to become the fuel of Hellfire.
Shirk is the Islamic concept of the sin of polytheism specifically, but in a more general way refers to serving anything other than one God. It is the vice which is opposed to the virtue of Monotheism (Tauheed).
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The law in a nation shall be one for all its citizens. However, if any religious minority or even majority wants its own religious law for the community then option could be provided in constitution. We should not force any section of the community against their "WILL". Ofcourse, national integration is based on single constitution agreed by all.
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jesus4me
Every human born has been already planned and created by The-God. The time frame of each human creation is not known to humans except what mentioned in divine text.
On our own we are little more than bits of stone and glass. Together we are the Body of Christ. Holy Bible: Mosaic is an invitation to experience Christ in His Word and in the responses of his people. Each week, as you reflect on guided Scripture readings aligned with the church seasons, you will receive a wealth of insight from historical and contemporary writings.