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remove the book... my religion and all first Nations religions are book free.
religion doesn't need words on paper.
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Getting there, still about a thousand to goah, you've examined them all have you?
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my religion doesn't use money either. You never have to pay to pray and if anyone asks for money for a religious reason, go the other way.
No paid clergy, no buildings, no sacred knick-knacks for sale.... and so on.
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Did you ever notice how there are so many religions that agree with the Bible, but the diety of Christ is always what gets attacked, Mormons, JWs, Islam it's alway the diety of Christ that people can't handle. Is it so hard to believe that a God that can do anything can become a man. I guess it really hit a nerve with the founders of these religions, because hardely anyone will say that Jesus Christ was unrighteous, but many people will have the same attitude as the Pharisees when they said "for good works we stone thee not but because thou being a man makest thyself God."[ Islam is not a new religion; it is not a different religion. It is in essence the same religion that Allah (or God) sent to all mankind through all His prophets at different times in history - the religion that had unfortunately been changed through human adulterations, theology and philosophy. That is why the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon Him- came as the last and final prophet and messenger of Allah. He needed to come to remove all the riddles and confusion in the lives of people. He corrected matters of diversion in belief that were introduced by confusing human philosophy and theology. He restored the pure monotheistic belief of our Creator and brought the most perfect and most noble understanding of Allah (or God).
The purpose of life is to know Allah, to believe in Him and to worship Him according to how He wants to be worshipped, this includes that we live our lives according to His commands. In the Quran, Allah tells us that since the messages of all prophets before the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon Him- have been distorted, none of these objectives could be achieved correctly except through His last and final message, and therefore He will judge people on the Day of Judgment based on whether they believed and followed Islam. Allah says:
{ Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. } (Quran, 3:19)
In the same chapter Allah declares:
{ And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers (in the Hellfire). } (Quran, 3:85)
Muslims believe that the present life is a trial in preparation for the next realm of existence. Muslims know that man was not created merely for this worldly life; rather this world was created for man.
So, if a fool lives to eat and a wise man eats to live, then a believer lives to worship Allah . ]
[. What will really happen to, e.g., a Christian, who never heard about Islam, and they died, like billions of people have; will they go to hell just because they didn't believe in Muhammad? If Yes, how is that fair?
Allah tells us in the Quran that He never punishes a nation until after He has sent a messenger with the clear message of "Worship your Creator and Sustainer alone without partners."
The Quran does not tell us that everyone who didn't believe in Muhammad, peace be upon him, is going to Hell. The Quran tells us that Allah created us in a test, here on earth. The test is to see (for us to see) who is the best in worship of Allah. The translation more or less, says, "Allah has onlycreated you to worship Him." [Quran 51:56]
He also tells us that, He does not forgive anyone to set up partners with Him in worship, but anything less than that He can forgive.
Notice too, in the Quran that Allah gives many examples of people who lived before Muhammad, peace be upon him, that did go to Paradise, because they believed in the current prophet that had been sent to them and obeyed God and their prophet. That is the meaning of "Islam." A person who never heard of any prophet, yet they believed in God as the Creator, Sustainer of them and the universe and tried to worship Him according to whatever Allah let them know, it would be up to Allah to know what is in their hearts and what is in their minds and He is their ultimate Judge, and this is one of His Attributes or beautiful names, "Al Hakeem" (The Judge).
He also says that He does not punish for what people do not know or what is beyond their control or ability. In other words, He is most Fair. And that also happens to be one of His beautiful Names and Characteristics, "Al-Adil" The Just. ]
Gospel of John makes Yeshua Anti-Messiah and is to put most Jews off...Did you ever notice how there are so many religions that agree with the Bible, but the diety of Christ is always what gets attacked, Mormons, JWs, Islam it's alway the diety of Christ that people can't handle. Is it so hard to believe that a God that can do anything can become a man. I guess it really hit a nerve with the founders of these religions, because hardely anyone will say that Jesus Christ was unrighteous, but many people will have the same attitude as the Pharisees when they said "for good works we stone thee not but because thou being a man makest thyself God."