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Comment on Sin can block the way to God by paarsurrey

paarsurrey — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:10:41 +0000

Quote from the Topic: “There on that cross Jesus the sinless Son of God was representing the sinful humanity. Until the sin problem was dealt with, Heaven was silent. But thanks be to God. On the third day He rose again victorious. And the sin problem was once and for all dealt with. To day heaven is open to any repenting sinner!”

We Ahmadi peaceful Muslims believe that Jesus, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Socrates and Muhammad etc were all Messengers of GodAllahYHWH and hence were sinless or innocent persons. It is a sin to believe in god-head of Jesus; that is why we Muslims don’t believe that Jesus was god or son of God or that he died a cursed death on Cross. He survived a cursed death on Cross;but he died a respectful and natural death in India, where he migrated after the event of Crucifixion.

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Comment on Logic of Prayer by paarsurrey

paarsurrey — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:53:57 +0000

If you find time do visit my blog.
GodAllahYHWH our Creator does exist and take care for us and provides for us. When man did not believe in his existence;man became unnatural/deviated from the right path, either he became superstitous and started believing in many deities or frustrated man denied His existence altogether.
Man naturally believes in GodAllahYHWH and naturally prays to Him for thanksgiving.

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I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim

Comment on My Friend Is Going Through Some Pretty Rough Trials… by empyrean

empyrean — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:45:53 +0000

Thank you so very much for coming in to comment. Thanks indeed for the link. Things are in a clearer perscpetive now.

Comment on My Friend Is Going Through Some Pretty Rough Trials… by Robert Sutherland

Robert Sutherland — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:45:54 +0000

Your friend might be interested in this online commentary “Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job” (http://www.bookofjob.org) as supplementary or background material for constructively working through her anger. It’s not a sin to question God, to demand answers of God. There is a time and a place for such things. It is written by a Canadian criminal defense lawyer, now a Crown prosecutor, and it explores the legal and moral dynamics of the Book of Job with particular emphasis on the distinction between causal responsibility and moral blameworthiness embedded in Job’s Oath of Innocence. It is highly praised by Job scholars (Clines, Janzen, Habel) and the Review of Biblical Literature, all of whose reviews are on the website. The author is an evangelical Christian, denominationally Anglican. He is also the Canadian Director for the Mortimer J. Adler Centre for the Study of the Great Ideas, a Chicago-based think tank.
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Comment on Immutable Laws of Life by empyrean

empyrean — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:40:24 +0000

When it comes to what is known as general revelation, I think, all religions have an equal share there. For instance, almost all religions talk about a life after death. Is that not commn to all? All talk about good deeds and evil actions which have a bearing on man’s future here and hereafter. I think every religion converges on the basic issues. But in specifics each has some thing different, therefore unique to offer. Otherwise why another religion at all?

Irrespective of what people think about the results of their actions, The Bible is very clear when it says what a man sows, he will surely reap. Frull retribution is not carried out here on earth is obvious to all. Hence the need for a life after death.

Comment on Bible and Science do not contradict by empyrean

empyrean — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:26:12 +0000

Your first para says that the Bible says much more than about morality. How true! All I wanted to bring to attention is that the Bible and science deal with two areas of our existence: physical and metaphysical. If we take it that way we can easily avoid a lot of unncessary tension which at present exist between these two.

Natural selection, nature of reality for uncaused events to happen may be clearly observed now. I believe this is the way God designed the universe. It is a part of His act which is invisible to human eyes.

Faith in the Bible is assurance and evidence. The Bible does not recomend faith without evidence. ‘Know and believe’ is the Bible axiom. That is why God had to become a man in Christ Jesus. Now we have tangible evidence, I think, and truly believe knowing the truth about God.

Comment on Suffering For Christ-A Higher Calling by empyrean

empyrean — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:03:49 +0000

Your comment, “Can we not receive glory other ways, like trying to battle for a better world, or just being a moral person”.

I am in agreement with you one hundred percent. All that I am saying is that ‘in trying to BATTLE for a better world’ and ‘in trying to be MORAL’ obviously suffering is involved without a question. Do you ever doubt it at all?

My understanding of suffering is that God is the greatest sufferer in this human tragedy. The Bible is very clear when it says, “in all their suffering, He suffered”. When God became man in Christ Jesus, He came as a man of sorrows. All who follow God in Christ is offered only a parth of suffering in this world. Any thing other than that is another gospel.

In trying to remove poverty and suffering from the world, those who follow Christ should forsake all their easy life and uplift human life. To remove the sufferings of humanity in general, we must choose to suffer. There is no other way.

Bye.

Comment on Logic of Prayer by empyrean

empyrean — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:47:17 +0000

Brad,

Thank you for stepping in to comment.

You quoted me “Why is it like this? The simple reason is that this is the order that God has set.” and said,

Good non-explanation! The simple reason it is like this is because God says so. This won’t satisfy anyone’s curiosity. Why is it like this, not just how.

Then you said,

“Of course, you did logically lay a foundation for prayer (the Bible as a huge premise)”.

Re: My caption is ‘Logic of Prayer’ and you yourself agree that I did lay a logical foundation for prayer from ma biblical angle as is made clear in the post itself. What more do you need here? To put it in other words, relevance of prayer fromm a Bible point of view could only be understood in the context of an on going spiritual warfare. This is clearly the Biblical answer as to why any one should pray at all. I think it clarifies the issue.

Bye.

Comment on Immutable Laws of Life by Brad

Brad — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:50:32 +0000

“Every religion has discovered some of these in some form or the other.” There is no theological method for people of many different faiths to openly and universally converge on a set of moral laws, to figure out exactly what we know to be true or untrue, so I would be skeptical of saying all religions mutually share some inspiration in a single source.

“The very basic principle is that every cause has an effect.” Well, unfortunately, that is not so basic that we all take it for granted. When people doubt this, thinking that their actions won’t matter in the long run or to a large group of people, they will be less inhibited to act immorally.

Comment on Suffering For Christ-A Higher Calling by Brad

Brad — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:36:13 +0000

“Suffering is the only path to glory.” This passage sounds awfully masochistic, as well as depressing.

Suffering necessitates a cause - like in our own childhood experiences and psychology, our urge to hate and conflict, or our severe and appalling failure to understand each other and the world. If our honor or measure is by how much the world’s flaws have kicked us in the shins, then it makes the causes of suffering out to be a necessary part of society because otherwise we would be without the potential for this separate distinction. (This is pessimistic, but I suppose it is realistic.) Can we not receive glory other ways, like trying to battle for a better world, or just being a moral person?