The Messiah

[YmirGF]

and explained how such teachings converged into the one true Islam.

Pity that Sunni and Shia have not exactly embraced the thinking of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.

 

[cablescavenger]

It's something active, not passive-- not just what there is not, but what there is. Yes, I would want no wars. Yes, I would want no one to be poor. No one to be homeless. No one to be downtrodden in any way.

But I would want more than just tolerance. I would want people to respect one another, and take delight in one another-- including each other's differences-- as beings made in the image of God. And I would want to see spiritual development, a move by people to try every day to elevate themselves in holiness.

I would want to see the muting of materialism and aimless secularism and the rise of people-oriented values and dedication to positive religious practice or otherwise enriching philosophy and introspective discipline.

If everyplace on earth were more like Denmark in respect to social political philosophy, it might be a notable step in the right direction, but it wouldn't be tikkun olam.

It will never happen.

 

[Pegg]

It will never happen.

i believe it will most certainly happen in the way Levite described...just not by the means he described.

the sort of change he describes can only come at Gods hand...not mans.

 

[Levite]

It will never happen.

We can hopefully agree to disagree on that point.

 

[cablescavenger]

We can hopefully agree to disagree on that point.

You can live in hope, that is your right. I just can't imagine countries ever disarming.

 

[cablescavenger]

i believe it will most certainly happen in the way Levite described...just not by the means he described.

the sort of change he describes can only come at Gods hand...not mans.

I don't want to poop on your dreams, I just don't believe we will ever get rid of war.

 

[Pastek]

1. What religion are you? Islam
2. Does the Messiah exist in your faith? Yes
3. Who or what is the Messiah to you? It's Jesus
4. Has the Messiah visited earth, if so when? Yes he came
5. If the Messiah has visited, will the Messiah return, if so when? Yes, he will come back
6. What is the purpose of the Messiah's visit, or visits? It's a God's messenger, so he came to guide us and will establish peace
7. What relation is the Messiah to your God? It's a messenger

 

[Pegg]

I don't want to poop on your dreams, I just don't believe we will ever get rid of war.

no, we will never achieve that, absolutely agree.

however, God can and promises to do so. How? By forcefully removing all those who wish continue in war with their neighbor.

Has he done so in the past? Yes he has. The nation of Isreal in the promised land was a fore-gleam of what he would do on a earthwide scale. Its only a matter of when.

 

[kerravon]

I don't want to poop on your dreams, I just don't believe we will ever get rid of war.

I think that is achievable in our lifetimes. Democracies rarely make war on other democracies. If the only two countries in the world were Denmark and Taiwan, there would be no thought of war at all. Denmark and Taiwan are not magical unrepeatable countries. They are commonplace. We can make them universal in our lifetimes. All Obama needs to do is nod his head and most of it can be achieved with the US military. A once-off cost of war and then there will be peace. Tantalizingly close. And by the way, various countries have disarmed already, e.g. Haiti and Iceland (the world's oldest democracy by the way - more than 1000 years).