For a religion assignment, i need to find the views people have in society regarding the religions of the west view on monotheism.
2007-01-04 15:20:34 · 8 answers · asked by Amy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a Muslim, and my view of God is that he is ONE and has absolutely no partners or helpers. He has no parents or children, and he has no beginning or end. He is not a material being like you and I.
God is refered to in the Quran as "The most benevolent and the most merciful" at least 114 times. His mercy is his most over riding characteristic. He created us and the entire Universe. He knows, hears, and sees everything and everyone.
Nothing is hard for him, and he does not get tired looking after his creation. We cannot encompass anything from his knowledge, except for what he reveals to us. He is powerful to do anything, and not a leaf falls from a tree without his knowledge or will.
We muslims pray to him only, and we ask him alone for help. We ask for his guidance and his forgiveness, for he loves those who humble themselves before him and ask for his forgiveness.
He sent countless human messengers to people over the ages. The messengers of God include Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, John the Baptist, Jesus, and Muhammad (may peace be upon them all) among others. All the messengers of God brought the same message: Believe in ONE God, his angels, his revealed books, his prophets, believe in the last day (the day of judgement when all of us will stand before him), God's power to do anything, and life after death.
God commands us to establish justice on this earth. To enjoin people to do good and forbid people from commiting evil. He commands us to worship him and help the needy by giving charity. He commands us to treat all human beings, their properties and their lives as sacred, regardless of race, skin color, or language.
We will enter paradise only through God's grace. Non of us could ever repay him for any of his numerous blessings to earn heaven. We cannot earn heaven by our deeds, but we can have faith and do good works and then rely on his grace to forgive our sins enter us into paradise.
2007-01-04 16:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He, and He alone is G-d. There can be no other. Sounds simplistic, no? Well, consider what we know about G-d: He is a spirit. Can we define the length, width or heighth of a spirit? Could a non-carnal entity occupy as much space as the universe, or how about just the size of an ocean. Why would there need to be more then one spirit, yet we have recorded in the scriptures and in real life, the workings of 1)G-d the father, 2)G-d the Son, and 3)G-d the Holy Spirit. There are a multitude of Hebrew names for G-d, and yet, the Jews believe in only one G-d. Therefore they ascribe to the one G-d, many outworkings of Him. The Romans, and especially the Greeks worshipped many gods, which I'm sure they borrowed the concept from the different names the Jews had for the one G-d.
2007-01-07 09:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by Peace W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My "singular" view is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam represent the struggle of humanity for millenia to understand the divine. The base religion originated in Ur of Mesopatamia and became dynamic under Abraham in Gen. 12.
Even in the early chapters of Gen., humanity struggled w/ lesser deities like cherubim etc. This is similar to the Greek Titans. Later, the OT speaks of each nation having its own god tied to the land of that nation. When Jesus came, the church endured centuries of debate over the relationship/nature of His and the Father's relationship. Gradually, monotheism has lodged in humanity's heart. Confuscious and Buddha don't have gods per se. Hinduism supports multiple gods through its wretched caste system.
2007-01-04 15:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
One God, many parts from different cultures all over the world. I think of god a a diamond with many, many, many facets. One of those facets is the Christian God/Jesus, one is Allah, and there are Jupiter, Venus (God in the Goddess aspect...one and the same, with different qualities), Minerva, Odin, etc.
Why can't people accept a theory like this one? Why must people go on and on about how their god is the ONE god, etc, etc? Even the Christians have a version of a many-faceted God...
2007-01-04 15:27:45 · answer #4 · answered by Shelby 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
One God, three parts.
2007-01-04 15:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its about as useful as polytheism.....which is not at all
2007-01-04 15:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus rules!
Allah is not in the Bible.
2007-01-04 15:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by Bob L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its one god too many.
2007-01-04 15:30:29 · answer #8 · answered by Goodly Devil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋