Islamic, Reincarnation, And whoever isn't a Christian please answer?

Question

Consider this quesiton very carefully:

Is Christianity the only religion where God Incarnate came down to raise humans up as adopted Sons and Daughters of God, and every other religion YOU are expected to REACH UP to God? Is this a true statement or a false statement?

Answer 1

Great question. I don't think people want to answer truthfully. I think they are scared.

Answer 2

Technically in Buddhism there is no god, although most will say Buddha is the god of Buddhism. In that religion it is up to the individual to follow the eight-fold path to enlightenment, Buddha whas only the first to do so.

Zoroastrianism had a god that walked among men. Ancient Greek and Roman religions had gods walking among men, as well as Persian and Egyptian religion. Even in Judaism God walked among man and they believe the incarnation is coming.

This sounds like someone is feeding you a line of doctrine that makes Christianity sounds better than it is, and they expect you to believe what they say.

P.S. some will say all these religions are "ancient" and no longer followed. While that might be true of a few, a lot of them still are. Just check out some magazines and websites to find out.

Answer 3

It seems many people claim to believe in God without knowing who God is really is? Sons and daughters of God was a metaphorical descriptive term, commonly used among the jews. Every righteous person who followed the Will and Plan of God was a SON OF GOD.

" For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the SONS OF GOD"........Romans 8:14

God incarnate to man? This is the most absurd thing that i ever heard of.
How can we attribute such a lowly capacity to God? God does not any re-incarnation to do whatever HE wills

WHEN HE HATH DECREED A PALN,
HE BUT SAID TO IT,
'BE' AND IT IS........Quran 3:48

Answer 4

It is false. Hindus believe that God incarnates all the time in order to restore balance to our world and to help guide us when we have started to get lost in the illusions of the world (too distracted by the world). Krishna, Rama, Buddha, Jesus, and many others (even some living today like Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi) are all incarnations of God who has come down to lead us back towards union with God.

The Baha'i have a somewhat similar belief as Hindus and Christians. Many ancient Pagan traditions also held that God (gods/goddesses) incarnated to earth to help lift up humanity towards their divine self. A current Pagan tradition that is a recreation of an ancient tradition is the Ecclesia Antinoi....the followers of Antinous. Antinous was real....he was Emperor Hadrians lover. Antinous died while Hadrian and he were visiting Egypt (Hadrian visited the entire Roman empire during his reign). Antinous drowned in the river. Hadrian had him deified, although this had already begun in Egypt. The religion of Antinous was very, very popular until Constatine came to power and made Christianity the official religion. Christianity and Antinous share the theology that God had come down (Antinous was God incarnate) and out of the love of God had sacrificed himself for humanity to cleanse them of their wrong doings and injustices and to help draw them back into the grace of God and ultimately back to God. Some historians speculate that had Constatine not came to power and declared Christianity the official state religion that today the worship of Antinous might still be more popular than that of Jesus (since the theologies are somewhat similar and Antinous's devotion was widespread and very popular throughout most of the Roman Empire up until the change to Christianity).

Answer 5

God sent Islam and the Qur'an to correct the inaccuracies that crept into Christianity, Judaism and all religions about God and our purpose in this world. Islam teaches us that the Christian belief that God became incarnate is wrong and it is a grave sin to believe this... this sin is called "shirk" in Arabic. It is also a grave sin in Islam to believe that God begets children or was begotten by parents. God is eternal, independent and unlike one one or anything else. God is totally unique and is the source of all things in the universe. God is all-wise and all-knowing so to become a man in order to understand humanity or to "die" for their sins severely undermines who God is and puts serious limitations on God. Therefore, it's best to abandon the Christian and non-Muslim faiths and embrace Islam.

Answer 6

This is a false statement. Odinn, the AlVater, is a frequent visitor to Midgard in human form. He is most commonly depicted as a male wanderer or a beggar (tho he has come down to us in female form as well). Hospitality is one of the Nine Noble Virtues of Asatru simply because you never know exactly who you're dealing with, do you?

Odinn teaches us by example, as any parental figure would teach a young one. We all know what happens to anyone who breaks an oath, don't we? They are punished. Well, it applies to the Gods and Goddesses as well. This makes the Gods of the North VERY good teachers as they live by their own rules! Loki broke one rule too many, and he definitely paid for it.

~Morg~

Answer 7

Jesus was a prophet Not God
The Holy Qur'an says
{{Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!}}

Answer 8

Only in Buddhism, a Kabbalistic interpretation of Judaism, and Hinduism does this occur. I am not certain about Jainism or Zoroastrianism but the numbers are so small, I don't worry about it.

Answer 9

in judaism, G-d has never and will never incarnate and become a physical being on earth. and both G-d and man reach out to each other - its not one-sided. the love is mutual.

Answer 10

Given that there are hundreds if not thousands of religions on this planet I'm not sure anyone could give you a definitive answer.

Answer 11

Why would God come down on earth to teach humans. He would simply appoint other humans as his messengers.