Originally posted by rdevito
Yeah, it's reasonable....
So, no hell or heaven? :(
Too bad, life is not funny anymore :sadgreen:
Believing that should make life more fun for you, not less.
Silky Johnson
Nrg2Nfinit
is that young renzo, spreading the lord's good word?
:p
chlola
How does the Muslim God differ from other gods?
Moral Hazard
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Originally posted by chlola
How does the Muslim God differ from other gods?
The god of Islam, Judism, and Christianity are one and the same (Allah in Islam, Yahweh in the other two but the same entity). The gods of Hinduism (and it's many off-shoots and sects) are manifestations of Brahman (the ultimate reality... of note; it would be intellectually honest for Hindus to consider any god of any faith to also be a manifestation of Brahman although I cannot say many do). That covers the "great faiths" I could go on with some others but most (roughly 85%) of the world's religious people believe in one of the above gods.
Moongoose
Fledz
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Are you speaking of the variety of pantheons that encompassed the world, or just the sheer number of Gods each one had?
Reason being, monotheism brought about a rather militaristic, authoritative cohesion to swaths of mankind; As the technology between travel and communication evolved, so did the transmission of likewise belief which merely galvanized unity to an unheard-of scale, what with the Persian and Roman empires becoming the new standard for nation-states, Proselytization through force, as well as the evolution of mankind's standard for "survival".
Religion, itself, has only ever been a primarily social institution fixated on tribal cohesion - reducing things down to one God, one portfolio of tenets, is more of a consolidation dynamic than it is a phasing out of mystical thought.
Yes but none of those civilisations had the understanding of the world that we do in modern times. Generally though as we got smarter, we stopped believing in something as ridiculous as the god of fire, but we created beings with even greater powers.
There must come a point where the majority of the population is so well educated that science, mathematics and rational thinking will overcome beliefs in something that has no proof whatsoever. A more agnostic view if you will.
At least that's what I hope will happen, because I turned from religious to not and I don't see why others couldn't as well.
woscar
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Originally posted by chlola
How does the Muslim God differ from other gods?
Muslims do think he exists.
Moongoose
Ah, the benevolent god of peace and love.
Capitalizt
watch this one if you don't have ten minutes ;)
Moongoose
Maybe thats a bit too fast, since its a bit hard to keep track at times but still, one can understand thats quite a long list of victims.
Ive actualy been watching this videos all day and it as severely dropped my faith in humanity. Some call ins are so moronic that you seriously have to wonder if they are fake and if tey arent, how did the caller figure out how to use the phone to call in in the first place since some of them dont sound smart enough to be able to get dressed by themselves in the morning.
Originally posted by Moongoose
Ive actualy been watching this videos all day and it as severely dropped my faith in humanity. Some call ins are so moronic that you seriously have to wonder if they are fake and if tey arent, how did the caller figure out how to use the phone to call in in the first place since some of them dont sound smart enough to be able to get dressed by themselves in the morning.
I've got a few of those lol-worthy ones on my channel, but I did try to sift through the rubble and find a few semi-intelligent callers that sparked good discussions..
