Wheel of Scriptures Game! (Latter-Day Saints, Creator, Earth, Kingdom, salvation)

[DeepShadow]

Okay, this is a game of sorts, but it actually belongs here rather than the game section, IMHO. The idea is to find comparable passages in different works of philosophy or scripture. Each person will offer a verse that has a similar message to the one in the post above, and then post another verse for the next person to respond to.

To encourage people to look beyond the ordinary, one must "answer" a quote with a quote from a different work of scripture: different books of the Bible don't count. To allow anyone to play, this game is open to philosophy texts as well as religious ones, but please be respectful.

Okay, so I'm starting out with one from the Bible: Matthew 19:19
"Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

[Booko]

Cool game, DeepShadow!

Originally Posted by DeepShadow

To encourage people to look beyond the ordinary, one must "answer" a quote with a quote from a different work of scripture: different books of the Bible don't count. To allow anyone to play, this game is open to philosophy texts as well as religious ones, but please be respectful.

Okay, so I'm starting out with one from the Bible: Matthew 19:19
"Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

Does this count as a double whammy, since a quote from the Qu'ran is embedded?

Honour thy father and thy mother:

768. If One Must Make Choice Between Service to Bahá'u'lláh or Service to Parents

"We have caused to return to thy home as a token of Our Mercy unto thy mother, inasmuch as We found her overwhelmed with sorrow. We have enjoined you in the Book 'to worship no one but God and to show kindness to your parents'."[1] Thus hath the one true God spoken and the decree hath been fulfilled by the Almighty, the All-Wise. Therefore We have caused thee to return unto her and unto thy sister, that your mother's eyes may thereby be cheered, and she may be of the thankful.
[1 Qur'án 46:15]

"Say, O My people! Show honour to your parents and pay homage to them. This will cause blessings to descend upon you from the clouds of the bounty of your Lord, the Exalted, the Great.

"When We learned of her sadness, We directed thee to return unto her, as a token of mercy unto thee from Our presence, and as an admonishment for others.

"Beware lest ye commit that which would sadden the hearts of your fathers and mothers. Follow ye the path of Truth which indeed is a straight path. Should anyone give you a choice between the opportunity to render a service to Me and a service to them, choose ye to serve them, and let such service be a path leading you to Me. This is My exhortation and command unto thee. Observe therefore that which thy Lord, the Mighty, the Gracious,hath prescribed unto thee."

(Bahá'u'lláh: Ibid)

(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 229)

Love thy neighbor as thyself:

They [the Friends of God] must purify their sight, and look upon mankind as the leaves, blossoms and fruits of the tree of creation, and must always be thinking of doing good to someone, of love, consideration, affection and assistance to somebody. They must see no enemy and count no one as an ill wisher. They must consider every one on the earth as a friend; regard the stranger as an intimate, and the alien as a companion.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 215)

[Tigress]

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Thou shalt not steal; neither commit adultery, nor kill, nor do anything like unto it. - The Doctrine and Covenants 59:6, Latter-day Saints

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Let your mercy and compassion come to their rescue and help in the same way and to the same extent that you expect Allah to show mercy and forgiveness to you. - Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh, Islam

[BruceDLimber]

Greetings!

This assisgnment is a piece of cake as I alreay have such a collection of quotes handy! :-)

YOUR job is to figure out which quote came from which great religion's scriptures!

OK; here we go:

COMPARATIVE RELIGION QUOTE QUIZ

(Try to figure out which religion's scriptures contain each passage.)

PROGRESSIVE REVELATION

1.“… Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and a rise of unrighteousness, then I send forth Myself, for the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness. I come into being from age to age….”
2.“I am not the first … who came upon the earth, nor shall I be the last …; in due time another … will arise.”
3.“Think not that I have come to destroy the law of the prophets: I have come not to destroy but to fulfill.”
4.“Verily We have sent Thee with the truth. A comforter and a warner, and there is not a people but a warner hath not passed among them.”
5.“Indeed no religion shall We ever inaugurate unless it be renewed in the days to come.”
6.“But thou, …, though thou be little among the thousands …, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler …; whose goings forth have been from of old, and from everlasting.”

THE ONLY WAY

1.“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
2.“This is the path. There is no other that leads to vision.”
3.“Whoso seeks guidance elsewhere, God will lead him astray.”
4.“He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. Turn ye away from all that is on earth and seek none else but Me.”
5.“Abandoning all duties, come to Me alone for shelter.”
6.“There is only one religious way. This one way is that of good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, the way of Heaven, of light and of purity, of the infinite Creator.”

SALVATION

1.“I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world.”
2.“The Lord has made known His salvation…. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our Lord.”
3.“We, verily, have come for your sakes, and have borne the misfortunes of the world for your salvation.”
4.“The longsuffering of our Lord is salvation … for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.”
5.“Leave all things behind, and come to Me for thy salvation. I will make thee free from the bondage of sin. Fear no more.”
6.“Those who for Me shall give heed and obedience to Him, shall attain integrity and immortality…. O Wise Lord …, Your kingdom of salvation let him who prays attain.”
7.“To those who believe and work righteousness …, for them will be gardens of eternity.”

FORGIVENESS OF SINS

1.“I will make thee free from the bondage of sin. Fear no more.”
2.“Return ye to God and repent, that He, through His grace, may have mercy upon you, may wash away your sins, and forgive your trespasses.”
3.“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
4.“Despair not of God’s mercy, for all sins doth God forgive. Gracious, merciful is He. And return ye to your Lord, and to Him resign yourselves….”
5.“Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men.”
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[BruceDLimber]

[continued]

EVERLASTING LIFE

1.“Witness the reddening sunset; witness the chariot of night as it drives on; witness the moon as it waxes; verily, ye too shall pass from stage to stage.”
2.“To one that is born death is certain, and birth is certain for one who has died.”
3.“The day of death is better than the day of birth.”
4.“Your gift is the life never-dying, and continuous health your possession.”
5.“All the favors of God have been sent down as a token of His grace. The waters of everlasting life have, in their fullness, been proffered unto men.”
6.“Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die…. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.”

THE UNITY OF GOD

1.“The Lord of God is one Lord.”
2.“But just how many Gods are there? One.”
3.“He is God alone: God the eternal …, and there is none like unto Him.”
4.“Bear thou witness that verily He is God, and there is no God but Him, the King, the Protector, the Incomparable, the Omnipotent.”
5.“I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me.”

GOD, THE UNKNOWABLE ESSENCE

1.“Glory be to Him! And high let Him be exalted above that which they attribute to Him!”
2.“Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm fo Thee, or attribute unto Thee.”
3.“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
4.“There is no likeness of Him Whose glory is infinite.”
5.“No one has seen God at any time…. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.”
6.“There is, O monks, an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed.”

THE QUEST FOR PEACE

1.“… they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not life up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
2.“Let us now abstain from taking life. That is a good thing that we may take up and do. And they will abstain from slaughter, and will continue in this good way.”
3.“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
4.“The believers are but a single Brotherhood: so make peace and reconciliation between your two [contending] brothers; and fear God, that ye may receive mercy.”
5.“O God, Holy Spirit, before all I pray to you in all humility with hands uplifted, for abiding peace, that all my deeds be inspired by righteousness; and for the wisdom of a good mind, so that I may bring peace to the soul of existence.”
6.“These fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the Most Great Peace shall come.”

I'll post the answers in a day or so.

Have fun! :-)

Bruce

[sojourner]

I'll take "Wholly Scripture" for 800, Alex...

[BruceDLimber]

OK, I hope you folks have been having fun with the comparative-religions quote quiz!

As promised, here are the answers.

Cheers! :-)

Bruce

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ANSWERS

to Comparative Religion Quote Quiz


PROGRESSIVE REVELATION
1. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 4:7-8
2. Buddhism, Mahaparinibband Sutta
3. Christianity, Matthew 5:7
4. Islam, Qur’an 35:22
5. Baha’i, Selected Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 159
6. Judaism, Micah 5:2

THE ONLY WAY
1. Christianity, John 14:6
2. Buddhism, Dhammapada 20:274
3. Islam, Imam ‘Ali Hadith
4. Baha’i, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, p. 169
5. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 18:66
6. Zoroastrianism, Gathas, Yasna 45:5 and 51:2

SALVATION
1. Buddhism, Digha-Nikaya 1:46
2. Judaism, Psalm 98:2-3
3. Baha’i, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, p. 10
4. Christianity, II Peter 3:15 & Titus 2:11
5. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 18:66
6. Zoroastrianism, Gathas, Yasna 45:5 and 51:2
7. Islam, Qur’an 18:30-31


FORGIVENESS OF SINS

1. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 18:66
2. Baha’i, Gleanings, p. 130
3. Judaism, Isaiah 55:7
4. Islam, Qur’an 34:54-55
5. Christianity, Mark 3:28

EVERLASTING LIFE

1. Islam, Qur’an 84:16-19
2. Hinduism, Bhagavad Gita 2:27
3. Judaism, Ecclesiastes 7:1
4. Zoroastrianism, Gathas, Yasna 33:8
5. Baha’i, Gleanings, p. 34
6. Christianity, John 11:26, 10:28

UNITY OF GOD
1. Christianity, Mark 12:29
2. Hinduism, Upanishads
3. Islam, Qur’an 112:1-2, 4
4. Baha’i, “Tablet of Ahmad”
5. Judaism, Isaiah 45:5


GOD, THE UNKNOWABLE
1. Islam, Qur’an 6:100
2. Baha’i, Gleanings, p. 4
3. Judaism, Isaiah 55:9
4. Hinduism, Upanishads
5. Christianity, John 1:18 & 5:37
6. Buddhism, Udana

QUEST FOR PEACE
1. Judaism, Isaiah 2:4
2. Buddhism, Dialogues of Buddha
3. Christianity, Matthew 5:9
4. Islam, Qur’an 49:10
5. Zoroastrianism, 1992 Multi-faith Calendar
6. Baha’i, The Promised of Day is Come, p. 116