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"James" |
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16 Jan 2008 01:44:07 PM |
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Re: WHICH GOD IS REAL |
"Pmb" <someone@somewhere.net>
Re: WHICH GOD IS REAL
"Pastor Frank" <PF@christfirst.edu> wrote in message
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"bob young" <alaspectrum@netvigator.com> wrote in message
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Bill M wrote:
There are hundreds of different Gods and different religious beliefs.
Which
one is real and which are fakes???
I know the answer to that one.
How does any religionist know he is following the correct religion and a
real God?
The answer depends on the particular person's beliefs and how they came to
their beliefs.
Pete
Pete,
True, at least in the beginning. From what I can see, a person usually
starts out with their birth religion which forms the basis of their
religious beliefs. But when they become of age and are exposed to
other religions, they may change that.
From my perspective, what makes a religion credible, is if it is a
religion of truth, and everyone who practices it can become a better
person as well as do good to others around them.
For example, the Muslim terrorists brand of religion in the news
frequently, certainly does not make that person better by being an
assassin, or does good to those he kills.
Another example is many of the churches of Christendom. They may be a
better person for a while, but when some political leader tells them
to kill people from an 'enemy' nation, then their previous history
shows that they do that. Yet their professed leader Jesus clearly said
at Mt 5:44,
"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute
you," (NASB)
Or when some educator tells them to believe in evolution, and not
creation, then many choose to ignore Jesus' words at Mt 19:4, and
instead listen to the words of men.
Thus if there really is a God out there, and He really did give us a
religion to go by, then it should be evidence in those who practice
it. And it is.
Sincerely, James
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| User: "Pastor Frank" |
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| Title: Re: WHICH GOD IS REAL |
18 Jan 2008 07:15:10 PM |
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"James" <bireda@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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"Pmb" <someone@somewhere.net>
Re: WHICH GOD IS REAL
"Pastor Frank" <PF@christfirst.edu> wrote in message
news:475800ea$0$26000$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
"bob young" <alaspectrum@netvigator.com> wrote in message
news:47578DC4.41467809@netvigator.com...
Bill M wrote:
There are hundreds of different Gods and different religious beliefs.
Which
one is real and which are fakes???
I know the answer to that one.
How does any religionist know he is following the correct religion and
a
real God?
The answer depends on the particular person's beliefs and how they came to
their beliefs.
For example, the Muslim terrorists brand of religion in the news
frequently, certainly does not make that person better by being an
assassin, or does good to those he kills.
What about a "Christian" soldier invading other countries and killing
their citizens? Is that being better person? Or is it even the intent of
Christ when he commanded us to live by His Royal Commandment and Golden Rule
below?
Pastor Frank
The most important, yet most ignored commandments of Christ, which would
make war, if not ALL of man's inhumanity to man extinct, nay totally
unthinkable:
THE ROYAL LAW OF CHRIST
**Jesus in Mk 12:30: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength: this is the first commandment.
**31: And the second is alike, namely this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
**Jesus in Mat 22:40 "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments."
THE GOLDEN RULE OF CHRIST, or Ethic of Reciprocity
Jesus in Matt. 7:12: "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them...."
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