rheff78
I'm your huckleberry.
I'm confused. How can you not be religious and tell us the "truth about god"?
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I'm confused. How can you not be religious and tell us the "truth about god"?
TruthaboutGod
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How can God ignore or think about an object that does not exist?(There is only One God)
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
A salesman sells something, what am I selling?
There is only One God, you cannot ignore or dismiss something that does not exist.
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
Actually the 1st commandment admits there are other gods, but that the jewish people were not supposed to worship any of them before Him. YHVH came first, He is their chief God.
Hope that helps sort it out.
WOW it admits there are other gods, you are REALLY stretching it don't ya think? Go back and read it again, this is a directive that no man, object, idea, etc... is to come before God.
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
God did not create religion, mankind did. Do you not find it strange that there is only One God, yet there are a plethora of "religions"? Do you not see that mankind seperates himself from his neighbor because of religion? Jews, Christians, and Muslims all worship God, yet they will cause conflict amongst themselves because of religion. It says your religion is "Catholic" so I would ask why did you seperate yourself from being a Christian? The only goal of satan is to seperate man from God, do you not see that man is seperating himself?
I do not join a religion because I refuse to be asked to look at my neighbor with different eyes. I will not become a Jew and look down upon Christians, I will not become a Chrisitian and look down on Muslims, and I will not become a Muslim and look down on Jews. I also do not attend a "church", as I do not find it logically possible that man can teach me about God, better then God can teach me about Himself.(He gave us Three Books, honestly, what more do we need?)
Do not misunderstand me, there is nothing wrong with religion, it is only when man follows his own instruction, rather then the instruction of God, that causes problems. I see no difference between a Jew, Christian, Muslim, Catholic, etc... You are all children of God, you will be Judged with fairness. You follow God's Plan, you are then with God, you do not follow God's Plan you are then without God. The Choice and the Freedom is yours, and yours alone.
McBell
Unbound
You seem to be doing a fine job of ignoring the other Gods.
You just put your fingers in your ears and start singing:
"There is only One God,
you cannot ignore or dismiss
something that does not exist."
As for what you are trying to sell... your version of God.you cannot ignore or dismiss
something that does not exist."
Sadly for you, there do not seem to be many buyers.
Are you doing any better on the other forums your selling on?
You sure ain't doing any better on your Home Page.
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
If I am selling you my version, how much have I charged you? My homepage of what, the website of the book? The website is not advertised, it is simply a place to go if anyone has any questions about the book. The book has sold copies every month, I hope that the low traffic is due to the fact that everything is well explained. While writing the book, I did everything I could to leave no room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation. I see this as a good thing, you see this as bad? I feel the website is doing well
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McBell
Unbound
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.If I am selling you my version, how much have I charged you? My homepage of what, the website of the book? The website is not advertised, it is simply a place to go if anyone has any questions about the book. The book has sold copies every month, I hope that the low traffic is due to the fact that everything is well explained. While writing the book, I did everything I could to leave no room for misunderstanding or misinterpretation. I see this as a good thing, you see this as bad? I feel the website is doing well
Not that this is any surprise.
Seeing as you ignore/dismiss/etc. every God but the one you sell...
.lava
Veteran Member
[3:83]Do they seek for other than the religion of Allah?
God did create religion. but it is men who divided it into different paths as if there were many kinds of religion.
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
The religion of Allah is the Truth:
SURAH 48 – 28:
It is He who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a Witness.
Mankind has created a plethora of religions, there is only One God, there need be only one religion. This is why I will not join a religion.
Is God Perfect?
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
While I will thank you for the question, it seems to be a bit invalid. The definition of "perfect" is:
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a ...
"Imperfection" cannot be attributed to God, as it can be attributed to man. So in order to provide an answer to your question, yes.
There are arguments to this such as:
Objection 1. It seems that perfection does not belong to God. For we say a thing is perfect if it is completely made. But it does not befit God to be made. Therefore He is not perfect.
Objection 2. Further, God is the first beginning of things. But the beginnings of things seem to be imperfect, as seed is the beginning of animal and vegetable life. Therefore God is imperfect.
Objection 3. Further, as shown above, God's essence is existence. But existence seems most imperfect, since it is most universal and receptive of all modification. Therefore God is imperfect.
However you will notice that in all three examples the word "seems" applies, which is an assumption. It would not be wise to "assume" something about God. The Bible does state however that God is perfect:
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
McBell
Unbound
Scratch one "omni" from God....
Troublemane
Well-Known Member
Heres what it says in Exodus (20:2-3)
It's telling the Israelites they are not allowed to worship other gods before YHVH, so when they go to worship they pray to Him first. I know our understanding of God has evolved since that time, now we see God as a divine unity, but the Israelites did not. It's folly to project back on the anceint people a modern held belief, though I understand the desire to re-interpret the Bible according to modern ideas of deity in order to keep it "current", but the fact is this is not a historically accurate view. Hope that clears it up. :angel2:
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
This greatly depends on how you interpret it. This is a directive that there is no other before God, includings kings, men of wealth, etc... Remember in the Biblical days, the pharoah was considered a god to the people.
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
Azakel
Liebe ist für alle da
Because the Pharaoh was seen as the child of the Gods themselves.
McBell
Unbound
No surprise.
Truthaboutgod, thank for your response, but I will propose to you a different angle, from your bible quote I see it different.
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Perfect means lacking in absolutely nothing, needing no improvement or modification, that it cannot be made better, it says you shall be perfect, that is we will be changed, improved, that we are work in progress, on the other hand God cannot be made better, He lacks nothing in Goodness, He is goodness itself, He lacks nothing in love, He is love, he lacks nothing in justice, love, etc. He is perfect/incorruptible and thus eternal
Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Perfect means lacking in absolutely nothing, needing no improvement or modification, that it cannot be made better, it says you shall be perfect, that is we will be changed, improved, that we are work in progress, on the other hand God cannot be made better, He lacks nothing in Goodness, He is goodness itself, He lacks nothing in love, He is love, he lacks nothing in justice, love, etc. He is perfect/incorruptible and thus eternal
TruthaboutGod
Active Member
I understand what you are saying, just keep in mind that the perfection mentioned is not "us" as we are here today. This is a reference to our Soul, as in itself is a part of God.