Seeking Unity

HafizHanif wrote: Peace be with you who read this and to you who respond. I am in search of an answer as to 'why people of the same faith differ in their views?'

Dogma in books that their ancestors cling on. That is just my view, not a dogma. But I am sure I am right.

And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.

- Sulat Al Imram 3:103 ( Sahih Int. )

It speaks similarly to this passage:

Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.  Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

- Philippians 2:2-4 ( NIV )

Also here:

How good and pleasant it is when God�s people live together in unity!

- Psalm 133:1 ( NIV )

We see difference of opinions among those who follow the Torah, those who follow the Gospel and those who follow the Quran ( and the obvious disagreements between the three views ) although these three sources carry with it a single overriding message.

What could be the cause of so many factions and ways of seeing God in the three Abrahamic religions? 

thuwn wrote: HafizHanif wrote: Peace be with you who read this and to you who respond. I am in search of an answer as to 'why people of the same faith differ in their views?' Dogma in books that their ancestors cling on. That is just my view, not a dogma. But I am sure I am right.

Peace be with you, thuwn.

Dogma: a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

Incontrovertible : not able to be denied or disputed.

I acknowledge your point of view thuwn, for I must agree at some level of what you are pointing out. 

Also, I didn't see your response until this morning when I saw the notice that NABA responded... although your response was posted time-wise prior to theirs, perhaps it was passed through moderation until later it seems or maybe there's  a glitch in the matrix.

Surely our existence as humans cannot be denied.  Surely looking at how the planet happens to be suspended at just the right distance from the sun to support life.. and science has demonstrated that any closer or further from the sun and we wouldn't have life as we know it... perhaps no life at all... this is another incontrovertible reality.  Yet the question could be posed: is it by happenstance / chance or is it by design? 

We have the capacity to agree or disagree, believe or disbelieve and accept or deny a plethora of things... but our own existence, the reality of a hot sun in the sky, of rain being wet and so forth cannot be rationally denied or disbelieved... yet the things of faith are not so easily deduced nor logically defined. 






Edited by HafizHanif - 04 August 2014 at 8:39am

HafizHanif wrote: Peace be with you who read this and to you who respond. I am in search of an answer as to 'why people of the same faith differ in their views?' I see this phenomenon within each of the three Abrahamic faiths and more obviously between the three and find this quite divisive and not edifying to the Holy One.  My viewpoint is that God created us all, we are all one big family ( albeit dysfunctional ) and we are all related in some form and fashion ( scientifically and faithfully )... and it seems our upbringing, our religions and our schooling separate us as real relatives and as a people seeking the same God.

Greetings HafizHanif,

I agree with you... if we would all consider one another as brother's and sister's, of those of us who are seeking God, then we might find the way to peace through unity against the real enemy... the one who wants to see us divided and fighting one another... the one who wants to see creation destroyed... to see it destroy itself. 

We should be joined together as those who seek to be pleasing to the Creator,
in seeking to bring to the light those that do not seek God,
or who are deceived into thinking they serve Him through hatred and killing.

This is what I believe it means, that when Yshwe(Isa, Jesus) returns it is He who will lead us to peace... when we learn to let the Word of Yshwe live in our hearts...
seek those things that join us in peace, not those things that divide...
It is the devil's purpose to divide... to cause strife and killing amongst the Creator's creation... It is the devil that wants to see the creation destroy itself... it is he that is the enemy of all... the enemy of the Creator and us whom He created.

The answer to why people differ in their views...?
It is the devil's work.

asalaam and blessings to you,
Caringheart



Edited by Caringheart - 04 August 2014 at 10:10am