2006-10-22 18:10:10 · 15 answers · asked by pacificwaves8 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well, I can give you the answer for Judaism, and I'd bet its relatively similar in that respect.
in Judaism, the blood of a sacrifice wasn't EVER the point. the blood was symbolic. a representation of the repentance,
try looking at Sin as wrongdoing. mistakes. not evil. with this viewpoint, you can see sin as a learning experience, for sins against Man, you make it right with Man, and repent to god for the harm done to him indirectly by harming other people, for sins against God, you repent honestly to him, and he forgives you.
I've heard this idea of all sin having to be "paid for" or it not being just... or some such nonsensical logic.
who is this bookkeeper overseeing God to force him to not forgive without payment?
at least some christians see God as forgiving whatever sins through grace... just by beliving in a man who was killed then didn't even stay dead.
why is it such a reach that God could simply forgive by grace, without a payment more than honest repentance.
I know if I were in charge I'd be alot more inclined to forgive someone who was honestly remorseful for their wrongdoing, taking personal responsibility for their personal wrong, and asking forgiveness, than I would for someone who trusted their friend to pay me off...
Original sin? a uniquely christian idea. it sounds quite absurd to Jewish people, (and apparently, muslims as well)
how would it be remotely just for God to punish us for being as he made us?
2006-10-22 18:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Islam, sins are not something that can be paid for. We must stand to account for our sins before God Almight and quite frankly, our own conscience. However, God accepts and understands (as God is our Creator) that we are sinful by nature. Therefore God created repentance and gives humans the opportunity to repent for their sins up until their very last breath. God also gave us the knowledge of right and wrong and the opportunity to adhere to and promote what is good and forbid what is evil.
The gravest sin in Islam is to worship more than one God. In believing Jesus is God or the Son of God is a major sin in that this act divides God into more than one. Trinity is abhored by God and rejected totally. There are only two "numbers" that can be attributed to God: God is One and God is Infinite. But accepting God's Oneness and peace, one begins a one on one relationship with the Creator and can ask God for forgiveness directly. If one commits a sin, one needs only to stop the sin, repent and never repeat it. Then God erases the sin as if the person never commited it.
Of coarse, some sins are against other people... these sins God does not forgive as one must go to that individual or group and ask for forgiveness. For example, if one dies in debt to another, God can not forgive that debt. The family of the deceased must pay back the debt, otherwise, it will taken out of the good deeds of the person who held the debt on the Day of Judgement. Hope this helps give you an Islamic perspective.
peace
2006-10-23 03:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no gods. People who believe in gods all have their own idea of what it means for their god to be just. Since gods are imaginary, people can ascribe any type of character to that god.
In the case of Islam, they just feel that their god is all knowing and all seeing and leave it to him to figure out how to judge people.
Christians think there has to be some sort of scapegoat. I'm not really sure how that's supposed to work, because two wrongs really don't make anything right. Torturing an animal or another person, even a "perfect" person (whatever that is), does nothing to correct any injustice we may have done.
2006-10-23 01:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is just. Jesus is not thier redeemer. Just as christians do not require other redeemers muslims do not require jesus.
2006-10-23 01:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by Raja Krsnan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are Redeemer of your own sins, everybody is responsible for his/her own action. Jesus is a prophet and a human being just like you and me
2006-10-23 01:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by cutlus 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God is the greatest
Jesus and Mohamed is prophet and mesengers from the GOD to teach us how do we live and demand us to leave the sin and do good things in life cuz we all gona asked by GOD in the reckoning about wat we did in life and our bodies is gona talk for us and it will be witness about wat we did in life,how much sins you did you will get puniched fordoing it by throwing u in the HELL.
PLz christin ppl and other religious ppl plz read about islam beacuse GOD will never accept any religion except Islam this words not from me it's writen in the HOly Qura'an, plz :( read alittle about islam plz :( ,i'm afraid on u ppl,i'm really sad i swear from a day no 1 can save from GOD except himself:((.
2006-10-23 01:42:42 · answer #6 · answered by suhaibnabeel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are responsible of ur own sins no body die for u , and you will came at the judgment day and the god will judge at u .
the god only can forgive ur sins if u ask him .. Jesus (pbuh) is only a prophet "human" and forgiving the sins is not from his properties ..
2006-10-23 01:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by Alone 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We pay for our sins after all we are the ones that commited them and should be the one held responsible, but to be forgiving we ask Allah (GOD) after all he is the creator and most merciful.
2006-10-23 01:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There IS no concept of original sin in Islam so there is no sin to be redeemed.
you answer for your individual deeds.
2006-10-23 01:11:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In islam, there is no redemption. On the day of Qayamat
( Reckoning ) each one has to answer for his sins.
2006-10-23 01:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋