John 3
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
3In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.[a]"
4"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"
5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You[c] must be born again.' 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
9"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.
10"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? 11I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.[d] 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.[e]
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[g] 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."[h
2007-12-01 20:31:21
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answered by SunnyBeaches 3
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There are two really good websites that talk about religions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion
http://www.religioustolerance.org
I really enjoy both of these websites....especially the BBC site because not only does it give a lot of great information, but it also has nice photos and the layout of the information is really good. It also has links to other sites with related information about the religion as well as sites for people who practice the religion. And it also has a link to news stories related to that religion.
2007-12-02 04:18:39
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answered by gabriel_zachary 5
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Perhaps a class in Comparative Religions at the local community college would help better than us.
2007-12-02 04:10:04
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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Well there are Mono theist religions which believe in one God( Christianity , Judaism, and Islam)
and there are Polytheistic religions which believe in more then one God ( paganism,Hinduism,)
and then there are Atheistic religions that believe in no God (Buddhism, some paganism, Animistic )
Also most Religions are either Orthodoxy or Orthopraxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxy
p/s Not all Religions are True one has to be true and the rest false your job is to study and seek the truth .
The bible says if you seek God you will find him.
good luck
2007-12-02 04:10:10
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answered by Neweyes777 4
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Even J.W's have a small booklet that sets out what other religions believe. It helps in knowing what the other person thinks...and believes.
2007-12-02 05:25:13
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answered by pugjw9896 7
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"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
(Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, 5 BC - 65 AD)
2007-12-02 04:10:22
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answered by Anonymous
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I listing few web sites for you to read and see if Islam interest you:
http://www.islam101.com
http://www.islambasics.com/
http://www.islamreligion.com/
If you have any questions or want to know about more web sites on Islam, you are welcome to send me e-mail on my profie. Please write on subject of yur e-mail "
"To Learn Islam".
When I will see that subject is to learn Islam, I will open e-mail to read it.
I get spam mail from unknown people and I delete w/o reading.
Have a nice day. Peace to you.
2007-12-02 04:35:21
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answered by majeed3245 7
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type religion in wikipedia.
2007-12-02 04:19:31
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answered by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3
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Islam.
It means 'submission to God the Creator'
The one and only omnipotent Creator, and Allah is His name though He is also known in 99 other name such as
Ar-Rahman-th Merciful
Ar-Rahim-the Entirely Merciful
Al-Hayy-the Ever-living
Al-Qayyum-the Sustainer of all existence
2007-12-02 04:19:25
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answered by Anonymous
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www.novus.org
changed my life, seriously.
2007-12-02 04:16:15
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answered by **[Witty_Name]** 6
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