I am talking about Abraham in the bible
2007-07-25 08:57:49 · 10 answers · asked by sophie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
mainly the God of abraham wasnt an idolistic action figure ... God found abraham personally ...
2007-07-25 09:01:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Upon what did Abraham base his faith? The surroundings in which he grew up in Ur of the Chaldeans were idolatrous and materialistic. But other influences shaped Abraham’s outlook. No doubt he could associate with Noah’s son Shem, whose life overlapped his by 150 years. Abraham became convinced that Jehovah is “the Most High God, Producer of heaven and earth.”—Genesis 14:22.
Something else had a profound influence on Abraham. Jehovah “appeared to . . . Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia, before he took up residence in Haran, and he said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your relatives and come on into the land I shall show you.’” (Acts 7:2, 3) In what way did Jehovah ‘appear’ to Abraham? Abraham did not see God directly. (Exodus 33:20) However, it is possible that Jehovah appeared to Abraham in a dream, with a supernatural display of glory, or by means of an angelic messenger, or representative. (Compare Genesis 18:1-3; 28:10-15; Leviticus 9:4, 6, 23, 24.) Whatever the means by which Jehovah appeared to Abraham, that faithful man had confidence that God was setting a precious privilege before him. Abraham responded in faith.
2007-07-28 02:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by Jadore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean how *does* the God of Abraham differ.
The God of Abraham is the creator of the universe.
He is the one true God.
All other 'deities' are invented by man.
How do I know God is not just another invented deity?
Well for a start he has given us the Bible which, if you study it, you will find is clearly written by an intelligence outside of space-time. It is full of fulfilled prophecies which no an could have known in advance.
He also sent his son Jesus, and we can all have a relationship with the living God.
2007-07-25 11:15:53 · answer #3 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He told Abraham that there was no other God than Him...Abraham thought that both he and the voice of this "God" were nuts, but he listened.
Imagine..you're a successful merchant, and you hear a voice saying "pack up the kids and go to the desert". Everyone else is worshiping a whole litany of harvest gods and other stuff....
One scholar also said that this was the beginning of real recorded history based on events.
2007-07-25 09:04:42 · answer #4 · answered by Divadarya: trans n' proud 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was and is the ONLY true God. End of Story. ALL the other gods could NOT walk or Talk.
Isa 2:7-9.
2007-07-25 09:05:11 · answer #5 · answered by conundrum 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No difference. They're all Mythological creatures. It's a cross-cultural influence among ancient religions.
Early civilizations provided the source of much or all of man's religious heritage, and each gave rise to a remarkable body of stories, beliefs, and traditions that have had wide-ranging and sometimes surprising influences.
2007-07-25 09:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by Ardent Atheist 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He revealed himself as One God....not many gods like the peoples were used to. He also entered into a relationship with his people -- by way of covenant. No other gods had ever done that.
2007-07-25 09:02:10 · answer #7 · answered by The Carmelite 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
W-a-r and T-o-r-t-u-r-e
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." -- Anne Coulter, Christian Peace Activist
Conquer,Convert or kill them.
"The three-in-one/one-in-three mystery of Father, Son and Holy Ghost made tritheism official. The subsequent almost-deification of the Virgin Mary made it quatrotheism . . . Finally, cart-loads of saints raised to quarter-deification turned Christianity into plain old-fashioned polytheism. By the time of the Crusades, it was the most polytheistic religion to ever have existed, with the possible exception of Hinduism.
This untenable contradiction between the assertion of monotheism and the reality of polytheism was dealt with by accusing other religions of the Christian fault.
The Church - Catholic and later Protestant - turned aggressively on the two most clearly monotheistic religions in view - Judaism and Islam - and persecuted them as heathen or pagan.
The external history of Christianity consists largely of accusations that other religions rely on the worship of more than one god and therefore not the true God.
These “pagans” (Islam and Judaism) must therefore be converted, conquered and/or killed for their own good in order that they benefit from the singularity of the Holy Trinity, plus appendages." -- The Doubter's Companion (John Ralston Saul)
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2007-07-25 09:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The others were man-made idols.
2007-07-25 09:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by alan h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh the would be child murdering scumbag
Compared to aphroite and venus godesses of love
2007-07-25 09:47:25 · answer #10 · answered by Joey 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋