left us to it ......Absolutely!!
Your conclusion is completely incorrect imo
I prefer to use the hebrew original ( more or less) as well version for obvious reasons
5 But your blood, of your souls, I will demand [an account]; from the hand of every beast I will demand it, and from the hand of...
A great answer............to a different issue. I am not forcing any change. Re-read what I posted above.
If that religion believes that murdering the followers of another religion is acceptable in some way, or encourages their State to do so , then that is not acceptable and my proposal may...
Christianity is the hardest Abrahamic religion to reject, because of its peaceful loving nature, in the main, but is has one major issue, the idea of Jesus as the Messiah
This idea alienates Jews and Muslims and for that reason it is divisive and cannot be the true path to God
Once Christianity...
Redemption
God made provision for the rebellion of man. Even though man's sins and corruption were contrary to the standard and nature of God, He provided a Way of escape from the coming reckoning. He became a man, Himself, and took the penalty for all of man's sins, if they will receive it. God...
No, I am a theist. I am far from totalitarian. You say you are a theist. Are you happy that God has to witness such acts of murder, violence in God's name. You OK with that, theist?
There are verses in the Koran, in Deuteronomy and the new testament that can be taught to radicalize. Its...
Genesis 9:6 reads to me as Whoever sheds the blood of man through man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God He made man.
Remember this is the voice of God, not a prophet, not a messiah, this is God. In the beginning of all the Abrahamic holy books God makes a statement . For me it...
What Facebook has just done with Nick Clegg is interesting.,an independent court to help Facebook and other social media platforms make decisions as to which content should be included/excluded. The courts rulings are binding...
Perhaps there should be an International court of moderate...
So what exactly, if your religion is so perfect and non-divisive and is beloved by the other abrahamic faiths AND venerated as the only true path is your objection to my proposal
What FB has just done with Nick Clegg is interesting An independent court to help Fb and other social media...
But the "who" keeps changing. A moderate Imam or worshipper may turn at any time and they have the words of God right there to allow them to do so. A moderate may become radicalized because a fundamentalist christian attacked their mosque and vice-versa. the poison remains in the holy books IMO
we have both rational and emotional brains so we can never be 100% rational. Now can we go back to my big idea please..(emotional plea)
perhaps we could set up a trial-run type of court on these forums?
Anyway i was wrong, probably not practical to ban them It is a bad idea to ban them so see post revising the Abrahamic religions. The conclusion I have reached to date is as follows
Just repeating an idea i had earlier What FB has just done with Nick Clegg is interesting An independent court...
Here is where i have arrived, sorry to repeat it over and over but it could be missed
Just repeating an idea i had earlier What FB has just done with Nick Clegg is interesting An independent court to help Fb and other social media platforms make decisions as to which content should be...
On a point about eco-terrorism. When they start blowing themselves up en masse and killing many others, men, women and children I might start to get worried. lets hope recent religious suicide bombers and gunmen, don't start setting an example.
Of course it is the who that is important, but you cannot vet the who and the who can change their minds at any time. Teachers and preachers can become radicalized at any time and spread that radicalization quickly, especially in response to what they view as blasphemy, measured by various texts...
There are several ways to discredit the old thinking. A new faith like bahai.....but that further divides and rains persecution down on the new religion's believers. Cosy inter-faith chat which the moderates like but so what. The moderates are not really the issue.
My approach in my book is to...
the Gnostic gospels were left out, the balance was lost.
Actually 13 year olds have their own minds. They just are not to closed-minded at that age.
Texts do not tell people what to think unless the reader believes that the text comes from God anever mind the "and the Lord said" parts. You fail...
But consider the damage and harm done to non-hebrews when the hebrews claimed that God was/is on their God and that they were chosen. It does not matter whether chosen means "favoured" or chosen to be "scapegoats", the fact is that hebrews/jews are seen by others to think themselves special in...