my friend is in the phase of religious exploration what should she do?

Answer 1

the following sites will help her a lot
http://introductiontogod.blogspot.com
http://gospelbyjesus.blogspot.com
http://megafacts.wordpress.com
I'm also sending you a few articles from these books, you can show them to her and for detailed study she can read the above mentioned books, now available on-line.

THE EVOLUTION

“I know that the word of “Evolution” has become an obsolete and worthless word in some circles of the people___ and they do frown even on it’s simple reference.

You will however surprise to know that I, not only, respect these friends and their feelings, rather, I agree to their viewpoint, to some extent, in the light of the current knowledge. Because they apprehend “Evolution” in terms of material or mechanical evolution whereas material or mechanical evolution is far different from that of the creative evolution.

An important source of Evolution is the Nature’s process of selection. Which is originally one of the laws of nature and a secondary cause, like the other laws of nature, as it’s Creator is again God.

All the species generated by this process are again the indirect creation of God as the Nature’s process of selection, itself, is not capable to create any specie. It simply admits some species to be nourished, leaving aside the others, to be withered and this process works under some hereditary variations. So___ the survival or removal of a specific specie, is never accidental as it is presumed by the believers of material or mechanical evolution”.

This very statement of Edward Luther Castle positively removes that superstition. Which has captured, not only, the materialists but the religious leaders as well. Who are still in it’s captivity even after the lapse of so many years. Dr. George Erl Devis, the physicist, writes:

“As much as the knowledge is flourishing and the superstitions are being unveiled___ importance & inevitability of the critical study of religion & ethics___ is increasing day by day in the same scale.”

The physicist is hinting upon the urge of the “quest for truth and the specific process” which may bring forth, a suitable solution for the problems of life. Of course, we can not lead the life in a particular way unless we come to know the origin of life. What is the actual and factual truth? Only after positive cognition of the same, we can learn to lead the real life. And__ the same learning may, in turn, lead us to the aim of life.

George Erl Devis writes further:

“The surprising scientific discoveries have produced certain indispensable questions. Though not so new, but their nature has become more changed, on account of___ the receipt of detailed information about cosmic system. And___ in any case____ man can not be held as excluded thereform. Among these questions, is the most important question___ upon whose answer is depending___ our aim of life and the system of our moral values. And___ that is the same old question that:

Is there any Supreme and Sublime Source who is the Creator of whole cosmos and who could be surnamed as God?

And___ thereby arises the other question, that if God has created us then who has created God? This question is usually raised by the children, in a highly logical air.

We can not deny the fact, that science has no convincing reply of the question that God is existing or not? Rather, science can never bring forth a scientific proof thereof.

We are breathing in such a physical universe which is running smoothly in terms of the pre-ordained laws of it’s complexed system. But, it does not mean that we can ever derive some information, through this very universe, about a thing, which is existing outside to this universe. Our universe is just like a room without any doors and windows. And even if it is having the same, then, such glasses are fixed therein that to see & understand the outside thereform is totally impossible. Whereas to see inside from the outside__ is almost possible.”

As we can not prove the existence or non-existence of God on the basis of science. So it is the all-alone way for us, that whatsoever stock of information we have, about this universe. We should derive a reasonable result therefrom. Such a reasonable result___ which could never be objected on logical grounds. And such a result, duly derived from the stock of scientific information, is this:


“No material thing is capable to create it by itself”

and___ that is such a reasonable result, which is free from all sorts of logical objections. And___ through this very result we come to know about the Creator Who is Creator of all the material and immaterial things, and who is the Omnipotent.

If we presume that the universe is created accidentally or automatically. Then we will have to presume too, that the universe, itself has the power of creation. Such a presumption is, however, not maintainable on account of the scientific informations, collected so far, about the universe. So___ accidental or automatic creation of universe___ is the result___ which is totally irrational.

And where, God is being believed as the Alone Creator of universe, scientific informations are now becoming a foundation there. And science___ which is the fountain-head of the pure observational, analytical and experimental knowledge___ has reached at such a stage. That the next step whereof is not else___ but to believe in God and God’s Almighty Omnipotence. And___ that is on account of this very consensus of the universal scientific informations that:

“No material thing is capable to create it by itself”.

It is a Verse-like ray of Holy light and a great information. Proper apprehension whereof leads us, directly, to the realm of Faith.

“Universe was created accidentally or automatically” is a notion, which is not confirmed by the scientific information. So, to think like that is an irrational & illogical gesture. Which leads nowhere but to the ignorance.

Which God we should believe?

It is an important question and it is more important for the person who is desirous to know his God.

Can we consider this accidentally or automatically created universe as God? Does it create and remove everything by itself? But the scientific consensus that:

“No material thing is capable to create it by itself”

clarifies that universe was not created accidentally or automatically. Nor it is capable to create anything by itself. Nor it is given any knowledge of creation. And___ if the universe does not own any knowledge of creation___ then the knowledge of creation is definitely related to Mr. Albert Einstein’s that very Infinite & Supreme Power or Cause. Whose creative manifestations are being seen everywhere in this inapprehensible universe.

The act of knowledge, which is the process of creation in this universe___ is a magnificent sign ___ which is leading us, directly, to the Creator.

Power of knowledge and act of knowledge in terms of the process of creation___ bespeak of such a Creator who is Unique___ Who is free from the creaturely traits__ Who is far above the Nature and our state of knowledge___ Who is Supreme, Supernatural and Omnipotent. About whom we can speak in the following rational terms.

“The Creator of things is not a thing or like the created things. And as the intellect itself is a thing, so it is not considerable more than a thing of superior kind. Therefore its capability of making some image or imagination of the Creator will result to such a step, which may diminish the supreme sublimity of the Creator”.

In this way a man of intellect may believe in God on logical basis. Whereafter he will always consider his God as the Sole Creator and the Sole Guardian of universe. He will never consider his God as a part of universe or a thing in universe or the universe.

It means that God is Super-natural and Super-physical. Who is not perceivable through our senses at all.

The commonplace concept that God is a kind of matter as well as God is the Creator of matter or___ God is the universe as well as God is Super-natural & Super-physical___ is a self-contradictory and an irrational concept.

We must refrain from such concepts and resort to reality that existence of creatures is separate from the Creator and the creatures are not like the Creator at all. Because creatures live and die and they are under God’s control. It is recorded in the Scripture in the words of the Creator:

“I__ and I alone___ am God
No other god is real”
(Duet 32:39)

Worship no god but Me!
Do not make for yourselves images of anything
In heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth
Do not bow down to any idol or worship it
For I am the Lord your God and
I tolerate no rivals.
(Duet 5:7 to 9)

Hence, we must believe our God as the Supernatural and Super-physical. God is not perceivable by our senses. Nor___ God is point-able like point-able things. Nor___ the names of God’s created things should be used for God. Nor ___ we should consider God in terms of things and worship God as a thing. Of course___ we should believe God, the same way, as God has commanded us to believe. And___ God’s Commandments 9Duet 32:39 and Duet 5:7 to 9) are very much reasonable and quiet corresponding to our intellect.
COSMIC FILM

Cosmic film was released with the beginning of universe. God Almighty produced it and kept on showing the trailers of God’s might in all ages. Its script was always revealed in the form of holy words and the message of GOD was given to masses.

Holy words of the revealed books tell everything about this film right from the beginning to end and also let us know about another beginning and another endless times. The Stories in the holy words allegorically show good and bad characters in accordance with their deeds telling us about the fate of good and bad. All dialogues of the day of judgment which is fatal and will happen to us is revealed in detail and we even before its happening can know it and can hear all the dialogues of the characters of the day. The Holy words tell us that good will rejoice in heavens and bad will face the hardest time in hell. The Ponderable fact is that GOD knows everything of all ages because GOD is time free and is above all and as a creator of time GOD knows all which the audience have not yet seen. All about past and all about present and all about future.

Messengers of GOD tried their best to let the people know the details of all kind of happenings of this cosmic film and taught their followers how to place themselves on the place of good characters and provided them all necessary details.

What people need to do is to put their characters positively in the proper place according to the knowledge given to them, to become heroes of this film. It is been told that every one stands an equal chance. Good people will be placed in the good places due to the performance of their roles according to the demands of the commandments, and bad people are bad because of the selection of their evil ways. Everything and every end is already ordained in this movie as the will of the Producer and according to the will of the Producer every one is free to be on one’s chosen way.

As well as the Producer is concerned! Producer has shown the right ways for the future and has given enough threats to the wrongdoers so that they may pay heed to avoid evil ways and bad deeds. On the way of faith, on this earth under heaven everyone is on one’s own.


REAL, REALITY OR FACT

Knowledge is a gain of intellect


Five Senses are windows which open in unlimited apparent and hidden universe and through which the universe enters in creatures and prepares a state of mind which can easily be molded in to language.This mind made state is a sort of transferable map prepared in the light of our experience and status of understanding.And whatsoever we communicate is a news and every news becomes knowledge.To explain knowledge, it is enough a statement when we say that our knowledge is a treasure of information based upon the experience and intellect.Therefore,whatsoever our senses can capture is our real,reality or fact.

It clearly means that the senses are the source to know, realize and capture the apparent and hidden things.

Normally, in the light of these information, the question arises that how can we believe GOD who is beyond senses? In the light of above information, the answer is very simple that GOD is the creator of senses and all the things which senses can capture and as nothing is like GOD, GOD can not be captured through senses but can only be realized as a creator of all realities, Therefore, realities belong to GOD the most real in reality.When we say “The Real GOD” it clearly means real of realities, creator of creations and all things and senses of the creatures.

GOD is holy above all ideas and cannot be molded in to an explanation of language, appearance of an image or in to the range of fabrication of thoughts (ideas or imagination)

Real God means a real above the reality, beyond imagination, as being the creator of senses.

Every mortal is actually a brain and mind while the rest of the body is just like a ring in the tail and senses are the sources which link the mortal only with the universe and shows not even a glimpse of its creator who is unseen and can only be realized through realization which is an act of heart and mind. Heart is a brain of unseen universe and the brain is a heart of seen universe. Since Holy GOD is unseen, GOD can be realized only with the heart and virtually GOD is heart-seen, Holier than all explanations and accepted by the believers as a real GOD.

Since all the concepts exist in the head, therefore, prostration before unseen real GOD is an act of acceptance of the state of belief. So, whosoever believes real GOD, prostrates to express the humbleness.

Holy GOD means that GOD is beyond of everything and real GOD means that through faith only, GOD can be realized as a real GOD and False god means unreal god and whosoever is unreal, is nothing. No one in creation is GOD and no one can be GOD or like GOD or equal to GOD or creator of the creations. One alone GOD means the GOD who created the process of creation and birth and through creation and birth, created all things and blessed the mortals with senses, conscious and intellect to realize the holiness of GOD only, Keeping in view that senses are types of hardware of brain which result software of realization which is an output of mind confirmed as a fact by heart. On an ordinary level GOD is realized only by the attributes of GOD and GOD is believed by the acts which GOD performs.


FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

Principally, if someone does not answer you, it means that such a one does not care about you and if someone deceives or lies with you it means that such a one does not respect you and if someone does not obey you it means that such a one is your enemy and that is what GOD ordained and nothing goes against it.


A GREAT RESEARCH


When After almost two thousand years of ignorance IBN-E-ADAM announced “the word “Trinity” never appears in the holy Bible and from Adam to up till now, Messengers of GOD never believed in “Trinity” and as a well mentioned Mega fact of the bible, Abraham (BRHM peace be upon him) was a true believer of One and Alone Almighty GOD”. All the servants of GOD called it a great research “cheers”.


BEST RELIGION

All religions, which preach that “Salvation” on the day of judgement is based upon four things, are true in spirit:

1-To believe in One Alone Almighty GOD.

2-To do good deeds according to the commandments of GOD.


3-NOT to believe in anyone as a “Saviour” other than Allable GOD.Avoid the men-gods or dummy-gods made by the people to worship for benefits and believing them as a protector from loss besides or along with the Almighty Real GOD, as a partner or a beloved or a descendant or a family member of GOD.

4-Believe in the fairness of the day of judgement.



PRAISE BE TO GOD OUR LORD ONLY


All Messengers of GOD were the message communicators and nothing more than that and were teachers of obedience. They were model servants of GOD for the mankind. All messengers were equally mortals. GOD tells us that on the day of judgement, a messenger can not claim any rank and significance on the following basis:

1-A messenger can not claim his significance by saying that he was a messenger of GOD, because he himself did not achieved the authority to be a messenger on the basis of his personal qualification but it was entirely GOD’ s will and blessing who chose and made him God’s messenger.(Praise be to GOD only)

2-A messenger can not claim any higher rank on the basis of miracles by saying that through him GOD showed more miracles than other messengers, Since GOD showed God’s miracles and GOD chose the messenger for the performance of God’s miracles, therefor, any claim of a messenger as a miracle worker stands not any significance and higher rank among all the messengers of GOD.The miracles take place according to the will of GOD even without messengers and even today, GOD can perform God’s might and can let the creatures know that even God’s Law and Power of nature oppose not God’s will and might and nothing goes against GOD when GOD commands a commandment. GOD is above all. (Praise be to GOD only.)

3-He also can not claim a higher rank or his significance by saying that he had a book and others had only few verses. Since GOD determined and chose the messengers for the book and for the few verses. According to God’s will and the message of GOD was not a personal effort of the messenger and his intellect because each word was revealed to him by the GOD.(Praise be to GOD only)

4-He also cannot claim any rank or significance on the basis of the number of followers. Since GOD blessed the people with belief through God’s message and messengers and it was not their personal effort which raised the number of followers. (Praise be to GOD only.)


5-He can not claim any significance on the basis of his turn of arrival, time of arrival, the nation in which he arrived and the region in which he messaged. Since GOD chose him and ordained his time of arrival, turn of arrival, his nation and his place. He had no power to come in to this world with his own will. (Praise be to GOD only.)

6-He can not claim any rank or significance on the basis of his time period for which his preaching existed in this world. There were messengers who’s preaching remained UN-polluted by the Satan in this world for centuries and there were messengers who’s preaching existed and lasted only for years or for months or for days. Since GOD extended the period of religion. Or due to the deeds of the nations let them destroyed or let the dark ages extended. Then GOD sent a new messenger to revive the message whenever GOD wanted and messengers had no power over the duration of the life of their preached religion. (Praise be to GOD only.)

GOD commands not to differentiate among messengers of GOD on the basis of these six factors. All were messengers and mortals. GOD commands to pay heed to the message and follow the GOD shown right path like messengers of GOD according to the holy teachings.

Honor GOD
Praise GOD
Serve GOD
Worship GOD
(Praise be to GOD only.)

All those sects, which appreciate their messengers by differentiating them on the basis of these six factors, are Satan-led because as a matter of Mega fact, GOD permits not any differentiation.
So, making the difference among messengers is clearly the denial of the commandment of GOD, though GOD tells us about these six factors in the God’s revealed message and tells us that GOD blessed Jesus and Moses with different miracles but permits not any differentiation on the basis of miracles among the messengers.
For example, Jesus was born without a father because GOD let the Jesus born without a father, therefore, praise be to GOD only. Jesus is not praise-worthy for his miraculous birth because Jesus was not born by himself and achieved not God’s miracles by himself.
(Praise be to GOD only.)
Messengers do deserve respect, as they were lowly, humble and righteous guides. GOD
tell us that in the presence of GOD, respectable is one who is righteous in deeds according to the commandment of GOD. (Praise be to GOD only.)

So all those who live on this planet must pay attention to the message of GOD only.
(Praise be to GOD only)
GOD OUR LORD IS THE CREATOR OF WISDOM
AND NEEDS NOT TO BE A CLEVER GOD.



EVIL SENSES AND EVIL


Devil is the one who prepares evil sense for others with one’s cleverness in innocently uttered words and derives negative senses even from the most positive and perfect holy sayings. And a God’s servant always remains positive and positivity of the servant is the innocence of heart. And in the gardens of paradise only innocents will enter and the holy words tell us that clever who are negative-hearted will be the dust of the feet of the innocents on the Day of Judgment.


FIVE SENSES


1-BIRTH
2-SPACE
3-TIME
4-EVOLUTION
5-DEATH


The person who has achieved these universal and cosmic senses has achieved life and who has lost these senses has died.

Answer 2

I did this once. Long story short, I was born into a Lutheran family, but am now a very devoted and loyal Druid. Anyways... I researched as many religions I could, read their holy books if I felt it was needed. I talked to different people from different religions, and "tested the water" with some by spending time in different events and groups. Your friend may be different, and find another way to spiritual fullfilment for herself. If you wish, I'll be willing to talk to her about Druidry or Druidism. But the main thing she needs to know about finding herself a religion, is she needs to keep her mind, spirit and heart open to all possibilities. Sometimes the best religion out there for one person, isn't the same for another. And try to keep the "over-eager hellfire and damnation shouting" people away from her... for someone going out to test the waters of religious faith, those types can be very intimidating.

Basically:
1: Pick and Choose: She may want to list the most interesting, or just make a list of all the religions she can think of, starting with the one she wants to know the most about and ending with the one she's not really interested in.

2: Investigate: Read texts, find articles, find information on the different religions.

3. Learn: Talk to religious leaders. Talk to worshipers in different religions. Learn about their religions from their perspectives. Don't get into a "Right or Wrong" conversation, but have a informative discussion with different people from different faiths.

4: Decide: It's my personal belief that there is no right or wrong way to spiritual enlightenment. The only thing that matters is that we find our spiritual peak, not the manner in which we make it there. When your friend finds the religion that is right for her, she'll know.

Answer 3

I found http://www.beliefnet.com to be very helpful. I used it to get an overview of world religions. The descriptions are succinct and cover the major beliefs and practices without going into minute detail. It's religious beliefs in a nutshell. It allows you to identify what religions suit your soul if any. I also studied the early pagan religions and it is fascinating to see how they are mirrored in the major religions of the world. I also took a look at eastern religions and found that rewarding. I wish your friend good luck on her journey.

Answer 4

Continue to read and explore different religions.

Answer 5

Explore...if you want a better answer give a more detailed question.

Answer 6

She should explore. I hope she sees the light that religion isn't the answer. Good luck!

Answer 7

Keep exploring, it's interesting where it can lead

Answer 8

read history books on the subject. Know the origin of the different sects.

Answer 9

Seeking God with her whole heart will open herself to blessings.