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Checkmate Inactive Member |
quote: These comments are strictly about the Christian and Muslim concepts of God. Jerusalem has always been a focal point of all Israelites prophets, but Jesus avoided Jerusalem as any other city because it was a city of Pharisees (who have repeatedly debunked Jesus), disputers, scribes, unbelievers, and shallow believers. Socialism preached by Jesus does not address villagers, but inhabitants of large cities. Contrary to that Muhammad — goes to the cave of Hira but each time retunes to the godless city of Makkah to carry out his mission. Jesus never preached and Christianity has never reached the full conscientiousness of one true God. In fact, Christianity has only a vivid concept of the divine and not a clear idea of God. The mission of Muhammad — was to make the gospels’ image of God clearer and closer to the human mind and taught that Jesus failed to accomplish. In the gospels’ God is so-called father; in the Glorious Qur’aan, God is master. In the gospels God is vaguely loved; in the Glorious Qur’aan, God is loved clearly and respected. Jesus taught that the Christian God is the lord of the individual world (people and souls) only, while Lucifer holds the reins of the material world. That is why the Christian belief in God preconditions inward freedom, while Muhammad — taught that the Islaamic belief in Allaah implies a demand for the outward freedom as well. The two essential dogmas of Islaam (Allaahu Akbar God is the Greatest) and the aqeedah (la ilaha illallah There is no deity but Allaah) are at the same time two most revolutionary devices in Islaam. In the gospels we find the frequent rhetoric based on certain words like blessed, holy, angel, eternal, life, heaven, Pharisee, sin, love, repentance, forgiveness, mystery, body (as the bearer of sin), soul, purification, salvation and so on. In the Glorious Qur’aan, the same terms are based on an image of the world, the foreground of which is now occupied by entirely definite and realistic terms such as: reason, justice, health, weapons, battle position, strength, buying, contract, pledge, writing, cleanliness, force, struggle, trade, fruit, decisiveness, caution, punishment, profit, revenge, hunt, medicine, and so on. We can draw similar conclusions by comparing Mosque and Church. A Mosque is a place for people, while a church is God’s temple. In the Mosque, an atmosphere of rationality prevails; in a church it is an atmosphere of mystery and mysticism. A Mosque is always the focus of activity, close to the market and at the heart of the settlement, while the church seems too elevated for a similar position. The architecture of the church tends to stress ceremonious silence, darkness, height, and a hint of the other world. Contrary to that in a Mosque, people are supposed to discus certain very earthly issues after the prayers. The New Testament turn to the man, the Glorious Qur’aan turns to the people, emerging the principle of the whole community. Christianity and materialism cannot produce a system of law. Law as seen by Christians, is an illusory attempt to bring this world into order, an attempt that has always failed as it is inevitably bound to fail in the end. Jesus came to restore (hollow) love and not justice. Nonetheless, love does not belong to this world; it is a heavenly virtue according to St. Thomas Aquinas. Jesus did not recognize the need for judges (Luke 12:13-15). Law is objective, involved in politics and society while totally facing the world. But at the same time, it includes norms, ethics, and tries to bring into this world the principle of justice, which is a moral principle. As such law is a bipolar unity: like man and Islaam. That is why Christianity does not have a clear concept of God.
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Checkmate Inactive Member |
quote: Muslims believe that both the proof and/or existance of One and Only God {Allah/Allaah} are all around us. The God of Islaam repeatedly ask the man to ponder and see the signs of His existance around him, and believe in Him (God). One who even reads the English transaltion (transaltion has its limitations) of Qur'aan can find this himself, since nothing is preconditioned such as: 'you have to believe it' or "it cannot be explained" or 'man can't understand this' etcetera. To read the English translation of Qur'aan click here and with subject index here. This message has been edited by Checkmate, 05-18-2005 05:42 AM "An uninformed person cannot conceptualize the essence of knowledge nor its sublimity. One who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."
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Checkmate Inactive Member |
quote: Islaam is not even close to Christianity. Neither Islaam gives any status to Christianity. Remote similarities does not count, which can be found between a number of unequals. This message has been edited by Checkmate, 05-19-2005 01:02 AM "An uninformed person cannot conceptualize the essence of knowledge nor its sublimity. One who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."
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Checkmate Inactive Member |
quote: No, I am not joking and I don't have to. Let us look at your source where few Morons are fishing for converts, they are as follows. James Abdul Rahim Gaudet, Rabia Mills and Syed Mumtaz Ali The first two are obviously converts and clueless of Islaam (yes, I mean clueless) and the 3rd and last one is a Muslim and I doubt 85% that he has NO Islaamic upbringing, Islaamic education and understanding, whatsoever. So if I sit down with these people and ask few basic questions about Islaam and Qur'aan, they will flunk badly. If you rely on sources like that, I doubt you would ever know the facts.
These fools don't even know that Glorious Qur'aan gives no status to Christianity and if any Muslim or Christian can prove by quoting a single verse from Qur'aan to this effect , I will reward him or her with $ 500.00 cash instantly. quote: Hogwash, this is a boldface lie and/or distortion of truth. Let us briefly examine few facts: Jerusalem has always been a focal point of all Israelites prophets, but Jesus avoided Jerusalem as any other city because it was a city of Pharisees (who have repeatedly debunked Jesus), disputers, scribes, unbelievers, and shallow believers. Socialism preached by Jesus does not address villagers, but inhabitants of large cities. Contrary to that Muhammad — goes to the cave of Hira but each time retunes to the godless city of Makkah to carry out his mission.
[size=16][B]Jesus never preached and Christianity has never reached the full conscientiousness of one true God. In fact, Christianity has only a vivid concept of the divine and not a clear idea of God.[/size][/b] The mission of Muhammad — was to make the gospels’ image of God clearer and closer to the human mind and taught what Jesus failed to accomplish. In the gospels’ God is so-called father; in the Glorious Qur’aan, God is master. In the gospels God is vaguely loved; in the Glorious Qur’aan, God is loved clearly and respected. Jesus taught that the Christian God is the lord of the individual world (people and souls) only, while Lucifer holds the reins of the material world. That is why the Christian belief in God preconditions inward freedom, while Muhammad — taught that the Islaamic belief in Allaah implies a demand for the outward freedom as well. The two essential dogmas of Islaam (Allaahu Akbar God is the Greatest) and the aqeedah (la ilaha illallah There is no deity but Allaah) are at the same time two most revolutionary devices in Islaam. While Jesus preached and practiced turning the family against each other, not letting people say farewell to their families and preventing people from burying their dead father; Muhammad — taught (notice the six commands in a single verse), Surah An-Nahl 90— ’ Verily, Allh enjoins Al-‘Adl (i.e. justice and worshipping none but Allh Alone - Islmic Monotheism) and Al-Ihsn (i.e. to be patient in performing your duties to Allh, totally for Allh’s sake and in accordance with the Sunnah (legal ways) of the Prophet — in a perfect manner), and giving (help) to kith and kin {1} (i.e. all that Allh has ordered you to give them e.g., wealth, visiting, looking after them, or any other kind of help), and forbids Al-Fahsh’ (i.e. all evil deeds, e.g. illegal sexual acts, disobedience of parents, polytheism, to tell lies, to give false witness, to kill a life without right), and Al-Munkar (i.e. all that is prohibited by Islmic law: polytheism of every kind, disbelief and every kind of evil deeds), and Al-Baghy (i.e. all kinds of oppression). He admonishes you, that you may take heed. {1} (V.16: 90) Degree of kinship: First of all, your parents, then your offspring, then your brothers and sisters, then your paternal uncles and aunts (from your father’s side), then your maternal uncles and aunts (from your mother’s side), and then other relatives. In the gospels we find the frequent rhetoric based on certain words like blessed, holy, angel, eternal, life, heaven, Pharisee, sin, love, repentance, forgiveness, mystery, body (as the bearer of sin), soul, purification, salvation and so on. In the Glorious Qur’aan, the same terms are based on an image of the world, the foreground of which is now occupied by entirely definite and realistic terms such as: reason, justice, health, weapons, battle position, strength, buying, contract, pledge, writing, cleanliness, force, struggle, trade, fruit, decisiveness, caution, punishment, profit, revenge, hunt, medicine, and so on. We can draw similar conclusions by comparing Mosque and Church. A Mosque is a place for people, while a church is God’s temple. In the Mosque, an atmosphere of rationality prevails; in a church it is an atmosphere of mystery and mysticism. A Mosque is always the focus of activity, close to the market and at the heart of the settlement, while the church seems too elevated for a similar position. The architecture of the church tends to stress ceremonious silence, darkness, height, and a hint of the other world. Contrary to that in a Mosque, people are supposed to discus certain very earthly issues after the prayers. That website is a classic example of blind leading blind. P.S.I am not here to convert people, frankly I don't concern myself about that. But, what you should know that there is a considerable number of Muslims out there, absolutely ignorant of Islaam and especially Qur'aan. This message has been edited by Checkmate, 05-19-2005 01:59 PM "An uninformed person cannot conceptualize the essence of knowledge nor its sublimity. One who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."
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Checkmate Inactive Member |
quote: I am not aware of any particular claims like that. Because among Christians everyone has his own interpretation. However, since a religion is judged by its scripture, therefore, the $ 64 question is that can Christians can prove their claims using the NT? The answer is no. The second question is, can they prove this by using the Bible, the answer again is no. That is why Jews and Christians produce 100% atheists or evolutionists and/or dogma rejecters or least converts to other religions. I cannot accept your assertion, since it is contrary to all known facts.
quote: Yes, one can do that? But again, can they prove it using their scripture?
quote: Please quote explicitly verses from the New Testament in support of your claims. Here is the Checkmate to you:
Mind you that the parts of NT that you would quote and/or interpret must be construed with reference to the significance of the whole. Your claims and/or interpretation must be consistent with the rest of New Testament and/or the Bible. This simply means that no parts of the New Testament, for example, can contradict Moses, the Prophets, the Writings, or Jesus and be correct! Let me see what you got, my friend?quote: For answer please carefully read this. This link briefly talks about transaltion, which should suffice to get my point across. "An uninformed person cannot conceptualize the essence of knowledge nor its sublimity. One who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."
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Checkmate Inactive Member |
Checkmate writes:
No, I am not joking and I don't have to. Let us look at your source where few Morons are fishing for converts, they are as follows. quote: This does not proves anything to me as a Muslim, neither it means anyting to me. That website may belong to anyone and they may be Muslims or pseudo-Muslims or Christian missionaries (yes they have this kind of websites to dupe the world). Bottom line if that Muslims' belief is based on Qur'aan and Sunnah teachings and not on Internet. Muslims don't go to learn Islaam on websites, especially me.
quote: You are operating with ZERO knowledge of Islaam, and this was the reason you posted a link of a website that matched your fancy.
quote: That is off the topic, what second coming has to do with the issue we are discussing. So, when you don't have a reasoned response, you like to change the topic.
quote: This is called "projection" which is often a Christian thing to weasel out. Anyway, feeling are mutual, perhaps we can do after you augment your studies about Islaam. Right now you can't even talk to a 2nd grader on this subject.
quote: Says who? And who are those world class scholars and how many you know and have read their work? Can you name them all please with their publications? Or your version of scholar is any "John Doe" with a PC with Internet connection and ability to type "gobbledygook?"
quote: I have no desire for that.
quote: Had you read my post carefully, you would have know that I wrote "moron" and not mormon. Using your logice we can prove that a mule is a man or vice versa, since the similarities between a mule and man are:Both have penis Both have two ears Both have two eys Both have ass Both have stomach Both have back Both have nose Both have teeth Both have tongue... But this is not way of eploring the similarities and I cannot accept your assertions, which are contrary to know facts. In fact, you are trying to teach me my faith, it is like trying to teach chicken how to lay eggs.
quote: I think it is you who is off topic and frustrated as well.
quote: We will see that. "An uninformed person cannot conceptualize the essence of knowledge nor its sublimity. One who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."
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Checkmate Inactive Member |
quote: Am I suppose to take your copy and paste of Roman as a valid response? I don't think so. Because it does not even come close to what you are trying to prove. Just the presence of mere word "heavens" proves nothing, which you cannot elaborate what heaven is, conclusively and how it convince Christians about the god's existance without parroting?
quote: Projection and desperation again. I did not say anyting about "nature" you said it andI reject it outright to be off target.
quote: No comments
quote: First of all I didn't know your belief until now and I mentioned a fact. But you are also in denial like many other Christians. The only way you can save the face is to accuse me for attacking your faith, falsely.
quote: Doesn't proves anything and does not make sense as usual.
quote: Am I obligated to know that you are Catholic? I don't think so. However, since you have told me that and brought up something else as well, so why don't you present the alleged "Sacred Tradition" with unbroken chain of narrations and/or transmissions all the way to Jesus?You think you can do that, as a Catholic? I don't think so!!!
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quote: I tried to edcuate you, but obviously you have closed the door of knowledge for yourself. How come you can post a link with non-sense and try to teach me Islaam is fair and when I post a link to get my point accorss and to edcuate you, becomes a foul? What is that is my website and that is my article? Nevertheless, you were presented the informaiton that you didn't know and you can verify anywhere, unlike your link with fallacious information about Islaam. Final word: I don't think you can engage is a rational, reasoned and intellectual dialogue with me, while operating with ZERO knowledge of Islaam and relying of Internet websites. This will be the end of our dialogue! "An uninformed person cannot conceptualize the essence of knowledge nor its sublimity. One who fails to conceptualize something, its significance will never become rooted in the heart."
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