No, it is not me to determines or describes my nature; I do not have access to that kind of knowledge. Rather, it is revealed in the Bible and other scriptures that man has two natures. The whole point of having free will os so we can choose to follow one or the other nature. Atheists do not believe in God so they do not believe humans have a spiritual nature, they believe that all we are is our body.
I see. You mean whatever you believe now is not what you know/perceive in yourself and life but what some holy books tell you how you are supposed to see your reality.
On my side, it is exactly the inverse. I knew that Jesus only (no matter if he is real or not) is not a mere mortal human because He (unlike anyone else) knew in advance what I perceive in myself and what I was able to also discover in the real world before and after I knew Him.
So all references about life, said holy or else, other than of Jesus (in person) are
NOT for me; including the rest of the Bible that still interests believers in Judaism, formal Christianity and Islam.
If someone didn’t have any chance to be good towards others in this earthly life then he would be recompensed by God in the next life, in the spiritual world.
Now, I guess all selfish persons should feel very well when they know that they will be also recompensed by God in the next life, in the spiritual world
Defending one's life is not good for the soul but it is permissible in certain cases. What would you do if your life was threatened?
I reacted like Jesus did when I faced this situation twice (about 4 decades ago); I was accused of a serious crime which I had no idea of and when I was suspected being a terrorist; besides other cases in which I was supposed to go to prison. But, all these cases were closed on the same day they started.
About the crime for which I had to be hanged and before I reached the police station in which the accusation was made (because it took me about 2 hours to know which policemen in the city were searching me), the chief officer told me that the case was closed. He told me that a few persons whom I never met came to the police station and proved my innocence! This is a brief of a rather long story.
In the remaining cases, I saw myself talking much like Jesus says:
“But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.”
So you believe that sacrifice is necessary in order to 'get to heaven?' Why?
My soul can be fed to survive for eternity whenever I have the chance to live the unconditional love towards all others; otherwise my soul would simply die as it didn’t exist in the first place.
So you believe that Jesus your Father is not like God (Allah)?
Sorry, you know better than I do that Allah created you to worship Him. This is natural for you because what we could expect from a One-Being Supreme Supernatural King other than acting like a selfish powerful worldly king looking for followers and slaves?
So as long you have to believe (as billions of humans have to do) in such limited image of God, you can forget all about the image of God as revealed by Jesus himself (by Jesus himself not by any other man on the Bible or else).
Should I repeat that SON of DESERT doesn’t mean that DESERT has to be a FATHER?!
Should I repeat that SON of EVIL doesn’t mean that EVIL has to be a FATHER?!
Alas, this doesn’t prevent those who have no idea of God, as revealed by Jesus, to insist that SON of GOD should mean that GOD is a FATHER.
After all, nothing can be done about this discrepancy because every human has the right to understand a word (SON here) differently so that every meaning, he chooses, can suit better his priorities in life.