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    Posted: 01 October 2009 at 7:56am
Asalaamu aliakum:
Does anyone here speak or can translate ancient aramaic or Greek? if not, then arguing these points are futile. you need to go to the untranslated source of these to get the intended meaning, if you can find a manuscript. Most of them were destroyed by the roman emperor Constantine in the century 3 CE so we really do not know what it said, we have only Constantine and the nicene councils interpretation. I would check the nag hammadi manuscripts if I were you. You may be surprised.
Best wishes to all of you. My first dead husband was an archeologist and an authority on ancient scripts (written languages) and linguistics. This does not qualify me, but he told me what he learned from Archeology and the study of history caused him to convert to Islam. But if the Bible and your beliefs are a comfort to you, then so be it. May Allah wa ta'ala giude all on the path He intends for each individual and may you find comfort in your travels. I found the following interesting:
 
Can you tell me why God commanded you to take no other god before Him?
And verse 4
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image9 or any likeness10 of anything11 that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.12 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them,13 for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous14 God, "
 
Can you tell me where Constantine got the idea it was ok to deify a man when it is clear it was forbidden by your own book?
Actually i found the following link to be non denominational, rather unusual:
 
 
 
 
 
 


Edited by mariyah - 01 October 2009 at 8:29am
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That's your opinion. In my opinion the problem is not with Christianity or Islam, but with people who belong to that religions, and even with the people who are not part of them. We have to make difference between prayers and God, because there is a very big difference.

I believe we are connected to the same BEING or the Same God that created us and the whole of the universe. Because we were born to seek Him. Your connection and my connection with God is real. However the concept of God taught in the Bible is so much different from Islam. Because the Bible - whether you like it or not - is corrupted.

And in my opinion, basically, it is not the people, but the Scripture that leads the people astray.


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SALAM PATI
YOU R WRONG,IAM SORRY TO SAY IT AS HARD AS THIS,
 
SON OF MAN IS USED IN THE BIBLE=NEWTESTAMENT TO POINT TO JESUS IN PARTICUAR
SEE THIS
Mt 12:40 -
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth
Mt 13:41 - The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
Mt 16:13 - When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
Mt 16:27 -  
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

ALSO,REGARDING SPLITTING GOD INTO 3 ACCRDING TO HIS RULES,LET'S BE LOGIC;

WHAT WOULD U SAY WHEN I TELL U THAT   YOUR MOTHER CAME TO YOUR FAMILY HOUSE AND SHE WAS SITTING DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR FATHER'S WIFE  AND THEY SPOKE TOGETER FOR SOME TIME,THEN YOUR FATHER'S WIFE ORDERED YOUR MOTHER TO BRING SOME GOODS FROM THE MARKET, AND SHE SENT  YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S DAUGHTER WITH HER  TO MAKE  HER MISSION EASIER

ISN'T THIS THE TRINITY STORYConfused,GIVING A NAME FOR EACH ROLE OF THE SAME PERSON,AND MAKE THIS ROLE ACT INDEPENDENTLYWacko
 
DO YOU MEAN THAT FATHER ALONE REPRESENTS
 A GOD WITH SENSE BUT WITOUT HEART OR FAITHDisapprove
 
 DOES THE SON HAS NO SENSE NOR FAITH,AND ONLY HAS A HEART
DOES TRINTY MAKE ANY SENSE
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Originally posted by Hayfa Hayfa wrote:


Mother (1) + Wife (1) + Daughter (1) + Friend (1) + Neighbour (1) + Colleague (1) =....

Can you give me the answer, please? For me, the answer is 1, because it's the same person everytime, developing different roles.


Yes, but not to the same person...  my mother is my mother. She is never my wife or my daughter. So what you are saying is that God is the spirit to some but to others the 'heart.'

And no matter.. one must dominate. We have one biological mother. She may or may not become my friend. But she will always be my mother. One takes precedence.


Hi Hayfa,

Sure, and the most important is God Himself, be sure of that. But I believe one thing and another are not a contradiction.

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The weapons are carried by people, not by religions.
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Originally posted by Nur_Ilahi Nur_Ilahi wrote:

That's the same with God, we don't mean God is Three in number or in physical way (I am sure I already said all that, but I am not tired of repeating). God is Father (Sense), Son (Heart) and Holy Spirit (Faith), so we don't mean that God is made by three components, we just make difference with each of His roles. Do you understand?

In that case Son of God is metaphorical right? However many Christians take it literally.

I know, and that's a problem. Also, lot of Christians are talking wrong things about our own religion, and giving wrong ideas about it. That's the real nightmare. By my side, when I don't know anything, I accept it and just try to find the right answer. But I have to accept that I don't have all the answers (I wish).

Regarding Matthew's Quote... well, in my Bible it's different: -

This is the crux of the problem in Christianity. There are so many different versions that instead of uniting, it is dividing people. There is no 1 Bible that is the same. Some belief in God and Jesus as Prophet, some belief in Jesus as God or Son of God.  God is One. Therefore His Choice of His Holy Scripture should be One too.

I completely agree with you. But at the same time, the some of the wisest people in Vatican are Spanish, and they are controlling every Bible printed here. Spain is one of the countries where the Catholicism is really a tradition and we keep in our mind most of the traditional ideas (actually, my parents still remember when the Ceremony was said in Latin, just 30 years back). I think that the controls we have in Spain are quite important as to prefer the Spanish version of the Bible (printed) than any other Bible we may find through internet.

God can save anyone who makes a mistake, but He cannot forgive the worst mistake, which is to reject Him or to talk in bad way about Him.

There is a similarity in Islam. The reason why we say the Shahadah - LAILAHA ILALLAH - THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH - is that we are acknowledging that there is no other God worthy of being worshipped but Allah. To reject Him and to accept other than Allah - The Creator of the Whole Universe, is the worst kind of sin. It is like equating Him - The Creator of the Whole Universe with His Absolute Power with another Creation of Him.


I know, that's why I believe our religions are more similar than what we really realize.


When it says "The Son of Man", it's talking about the people, humanity, not about Jesus. God understand that people are fighting against each other, because we are equal at the end, but He cannot understand it when we don't respect Him and we insult Him, no matter how we do.

That is what Christianity is doing to Allah - God of the Whole universe. Not giving due respect to The Being that created the air for us to breathe, the water for us to drink, the food for us to eat and so on. Instead, believing in a Creation of the Creator - Jesus - is showing disrespect to the utmost.

That's your opinion. In my opinion the problem is not with Christianity or Islam, but with people who belong to that religions, and even with the people who are not part of them. We have to make difference between prayers and God, because there is a very big difference.


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Mother (1) + Wife (1) + Daughter (1) + Friend (1) + Neighbour (1) + Colleague (1) =....

Can you give me the answer, please? For me, the answer is 1, because it's the same person everytime, developing different roles.


Yes, but not to the same person...  my mother is my mother. She is never my wife or my daughter. So what you are saying is that God is the spirit to some but to others the 'heart.'

And no matter.. one must dominate. We have one biological mother. She may or may not become my friend. But she will always be my mother. One takes precedence.
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi
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That's the same with God, we don't mean God is Three in number or in physical way (I am sure I already said all that, but I am not tired of repeating). God is Father (Sense), Son (Heart) and Holy Spirit (Faith), so we don't mean that God is made by three components, we just make difference with each of His roles. Do you understand?

In that case Son of God is metaphorical right? However many Christians take it literally.

Regarding Matthew's Quote... well, in my Bible it's different: -

This is the crux of the problem in Christianity. There are so many different versions that instead of uniting, it is dividing people. There is no 1 Bible that is the same. Some belief in God and Jesus as Prophet, some belief in Jesus as God or Son of God.  God is One. Therefore His Choice of His Holy Scripture should be One too.


God can save anyone who makes a mistake, but He cannot forgive the worst mistake, which is to reject Him or to talk in bad way about Him.

There is a similarity in Islam. The reason why we say the Shahadah - LAILAHA ILALLAH - THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH - is that we are acknowledging that there is no other God worthy of being worshipped but Allah. To reject Him and to accept other than Allah - The Creator of the Whole Universe, is the worst kind of sin. It is like equating Him - The Creator of the Whole Universe with His Absolute Power with another Creation of Him.

When it says "The Son of Man", it's talking about the people, humanity, not about Jesus. God understand that people are fighting against each other, because we are equal at the end, but He cannot understand it when we don't respect Him and we insult Him, no matter how we do.

That is what Christianity is doing to Allah - God of the Whole universe. Not giving due respect to The Being that created the air for us to breathe, the water for us to drink, the food for us to eat and so on. Instead, believing in a Creation of the Creator - Jesus - is showing disrespect to the utmost.



Edited by Nur_Ilahi - 29 September 2009 at 7:00am
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SALAM PATI
YOU R WRONG,IAM SORRY TO SAY IT AS HARD AS THIS,
 
SON OF MAN IS USED IN THE BIBLE=NEWTESTAMENT TO POINT TO JESUS IN PARTICUAR
SEE THIS
Mt 12:40 -
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth
Mt 13:41 - The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
Mt 16:13 - When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
Mt 16:27 -  
For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

ALSO,REGARDING SPLITTING GOD INTO 3 ACCRDING TO HIS RULES,LET'S BE LOGIC;

WHAT WOULD U SAY WHEN I TELL U THAT   YOUR MOTHER CAME TO YOUR FAMILY HOUSE AND SHE WAS SITTING DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR FATHER'S WIFE  AND THEY SPOKE TOGETER FOR SOME TIME,THEN YOUR FATHER'S WIFE ORDERED YOUR MOTHER TO BRING SOME GOODS FROM THE MARKET, AND SHE SENT  YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S DAUGHTER WITH HER  TO MAKE  HER MISSION EASIER

ISN'T THIS THE TRINITY STORYConfused,GIVING A NAME FOR EACH ROLE OF THE SAME PERSON,AND MAKE THIS ROLE ACT INDEPENDENTLYWacko
 
DO YOU MEAN THAT FATHER ALONE REPRESENTS
 A GOD WITH SENSE BUT WITOUT HEART OR FAITHDisapprove
 
 DOES THE SON HAS NO SENSE NOR FAITH,AND ONLY HAS A HEART
DOES TRINTY MAKE ANY SENSE
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