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Using this simple criteria... please inform me which logically would be the truth.
See... if the devil is real and has great influence over society(eg. Bush professing to be christian while being a freemason at the same time etc) then the devil must use a lot of energy to try and dissuade people from the truth right?

And which then of these three religions is suppressed, hated, feared and despised?

What factual basis do you have to feel those feeling about it? (Don't give me that globalists media crap...heard it all before.... I'm talking about you! and what you have read(books) and the knowledge that you! possess that you haven't gleamed from others and media).

2006-07-07 12:33:27 · 9 answers · asked by raze 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Now I hate to confuse your search for truth (or Truth with a capital T) any further but neither George W. nor George H. W. Bush are Freemasons. They both were Skull and Bones men but NOT Freemasons.

The last President of the US to be a Freemason was Gerald Ford, before that Harry S Truman (note the S has no period since Harry had no middle name). Both FDR and Teddy Roosevelt were Freemasons.

Bill Clinton was a Demolay, a Masonic youth group, but never put in for Freemasons as an adult. Lydon Johnson supposedly did the first degree but never progressed.

So, hope this helps you a bit. Personally, I try to stay away from religions and just love people. Safer that way.

"Fighting over religion is like two kids beating each up over who has the best imaginary playmate." -- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs

2006-07-11 03:38:38 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 0 0

First of all, you have to establish what Monotheism is. Monotheism is the belief in the oneness of God. God is one, single, indivisible, unique, one of a kind, never changing, all powerful, all knowing, and he is without a beginning or an end. That is the core belief. Secondly, you have to establish which of the three still has the scriptures intact and secured because without the “documentation”, i.e., the scriptures, you don’t have a leg to stand on.

Is Judaism truly a monotheistic faith? Yes, it is, just consider the verses “1 Chronicles 17:20”, “Deuteronomy 6:4”, “Isaiah 44:6”. Jews are strictly monotheistic in their religious affairs. Their core belief is that God is one, does not have a beginning or an end, he is all knowing, and all powerful and no one competes with him.

Is Christianity truly a monotheistic faith? Not really. Well, they say it is, but they also believe in the “Doctrine of Trinity”. Trinity is not in agreement with Monotheism, please read at the very top what monotheism is. Trinity designates a three-in-one composition of God. It states that The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are the same one being that is our God. In essence, Jesus and the Father is the same thing. Hence Jesus is God. If this is true then when the Father sacrificed His Son, did He kill Himself? After all, Jesus is the same God, right. Or did he kill a third of himself (trinity, get it)? But then the Christians say that Jesus is the Son of God actually. Now does that mean he is half a god, or is he a god in addition to the Father? After all how can one kill the other unless the one is separate from the other? We will also hear that when Jesus died he simply went back and, in a sense, merged back into the Father. If this is true then why Jesus would say “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which has sent me." (John 5:30)”. This shows that Jesus is subordinate to the Father and he was sent by the Father, like a Prophet. And what about John 14:28: "My Father is greater than I”. Isn’t Jesus clearly saying he and the Father are not the same being? In a nutshell, when you try to defend Trinity, you cannot defend monotheism and when you try to defend monotheism you have to let go of the Doctrine of Trinity. Since Trinity and modern Christianity are inseparable, you cannot define Christianity as truly monotheistic.

Is Islam truly a monotheistic faith? Yes, it is. Just consider the following:
Quran 112 “Say, He is God the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone." And again it says in the verse in Quran 2:225 "There is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not, neither sleep; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is after them, and they comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His throne comprises the heavens and earth; the preserving of them oppresses Him not; He is the All-High, the All-Glorious."

Just as Judaism, Islam is very clear on monotheism. Question is who’s got the original text still intact. The Christian and the Jewish Bibles are translations of the original. And not just that, the translations have been translated and then further translations are made from those translations. The original text is lost. Where is the actual Aramaic text of the words that Jesus spoke? Where is the original Torah that was handed to Moses or the immediate copy of the original text?

Islam is the only religion that still has the original text (in the old Arabic) that was revealed to Mohammad and then transmitted to his companions. Even God says in the Quran: We have, without doubt, sent down the Message (Quran); and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption) (Quran 15:9). How has this been possible. First of all, the Quran was revealed to the prophet Mohammed over 23 years by arch angel Gabriel. It was memorized by the Prophet, dictated to scribes, and memorized by several memorizers. Every year, during the month of Ramadan, the entire Quran (whatever had been reveal by that time) was reviewed by the Prophet, verified by the scribes and the memorizers. Additionally, every year new memorizers were added to the group who had memorized the entire Quran during the year. Once the Quran was complete, the practice of reading the entire Quran in the month of Ramadan continued. Also, the practice of memorizing the entire Quran also continued. After the death of the Prophet, the Quran was compiled into a single book by a committee of the original scribes and memorizers. From that copy other copies were made with the help of the original scribes and memorizers and distributed among world capitals of that time. A few copies have survived to this day. There is one in Turkey and one in Tashkent. And by the way, the practice of reading the entire Quran in the month of Ramadan and also memorizing the entire Quran by memorizers still continues. Millions have memorized the entire Quran. Every year, during the month of Ramadan, during prayers all over the world, the Quran is recited in its entirety by memorizers and heard and read by millions. So, even if you burn every copy of the Quran in the world, we can recreate it very quickly. In essence, God has kept his word; he is protecting his Quran (Quran 15:9).

And that is why Islam is the only real monotheist religion. All others may have been true in the beginning, but now have lost their “originality”. People can misinterpret the meaning of the Quran but since we have the original we can always return to the original.

2006-07-12 13:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by Whatever 3 · 0 0

Judaism claims no copyright on, or exclusivity to, truth. It does not denounce different faiths as faulty or heretical. that is adamant that there are a selection of paths to the only God. Judaism is a direction, not the direction. there is not any one way. there is not any one large truth, yet really a chain of truths possessed by using each and every u . s . a . that, even as presented together, creates the reality. And that is what makes each and every u . s . a . crucial. Jews, Christians, and Muslims ought to study a lot from one yet another in the journey that they could in ordinary words merely end and pay interest. as long as any faith finally ends up in humility and worship of the only God, to passionate non secular rituals and compassion and loving-kindness, then it has created a valid route to the source of the universe.

2016-11-01 10:02:05 · answer #3 · answered by basinger 4 · 0 0

Out of all religions, Christianity has the only founder who is not in His grave.

Every religion has a prescribed set of rules on how to attain some type of eternal life--how to reach up to God.

Christianity has a God who reached down to us.

2006-07-07 12:55:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Well, Jesus came back from the dead, so I would assume that he knows something that no one else does. Muhammad died and is still dead. Buddha died and remained dead. And as far as I know, no rabbi ever came back from the dead.

So, Jesus is right.

2006-07-07 12:40:29 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0 0

I dont think there is a right religion. After all it is all the same GOD.

2006-07-07 12:39:13 · answer #6 · answered by hankipankifranki 1 · 0 0

Slavery in the Bible

Except for murder, slavery has got to be one of the most immoral things a person can do. Yet slavery is rampant throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. The Bible clearly approves of slavery in many passages, and it goes so far as to tell how to obtain slaves, how hard you can beat them, and when you can have sex with the female slaves.

Many Jews and Christians will try to ignore the moral problems of slavery by saying that these slaves were actually servants or indentured servants. Many translations of the Bible use the word "servant", "bondservant", or "manservant" instead of "slave" to make the Bible seem less immoral than it really is. While many slaves may have worked as household servants, that doesn't mean that they were not slaves who were bought, sold, and treated worse than livestock.

The following passage shows that slaves are clearly property to be bought and sold like livestock.

However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT)

The following passage describes how the Hebrew slaves are to be treated.

If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.' If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever. (Exodus 21:2-6 NLT)

Notice how they can get a male Hebrew slave to become a permanent slave by keeping his wife and children hostage until he says he wants to become a permanent slave. What kind of family values are these?

The following passage describes the sickening practice of sex slavery. How can anyone think it is moral to sell your own daughter as a sex slave?

When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)

So these are the Bible family values! A man can buy as many sex slaves as he wants as long as he feeds them, clothes them, and screws them!

What does the Bible say about beating slaves? It says you can beat both male and female slaves with a rod so hard that as long as they don't die right away you are cleared of any wrong doing.

When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)

You would think that Jesus and the New Testament would have a different view of slavery, but slavery is still approved of in the New Testament, as the following passages show.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT)

Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them. (1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)

In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong.

The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it. "But people who are not aware that they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly. Much is required from those to whom much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given." (Luke 12:47-48 NLT)

2006-07-07 12:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by Biomimetik 4 · 0 0

THEY ARE ALL RIGHT, BUT CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM HAVE CHANGED AND ERODED OVER TIME. THAT IS WHY ISLAM CAME IN. TO RENEW.

2006-07-07 12:39:15 · answer #8 · answered by blah 2 · 0 0

Jesus

2006-07-07 12:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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