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Old 05-07-2007, 09:14 AM
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Ok, lots of questions coming up! This is mainly for my benefit, learning about all the different religions. I placed it in the debate, for those of you who do like to have a good debate from time to time - clears the system!

So the questions are as follows.

1) What religion are you?
2) Do you have a prophet? If yes....
2a) what is his name? 2b)what year was it?

3) Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God? If yes....
3a) If you believe in the different messengers also, moses etc? Why didnt God just send Jesus as his messenger? why his son? in Your Own Opinion?
4) Do you believe Jesus was a messenger/ prophet from God?

Any information, POV of the prophets that you want to throw in is welcome!!!!
Why do you think God chose them, who were they before the revelation? etc etc

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Old 05-07-2007, 09:31 AM
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Ok, lots of questions coming up! This is mainly for my benefit, learning about all the different religions. I placed it in the debate, for those of you who do like to have a good debate from time to time - clears the system!

So the questions are as follows.

1) What religion are you?
2) Do you have a prophet? If yes....
2a) what is his name? 2b)what year was it?

3) Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God? If yes....
3a) If you believe in the different messengers also, moses etc? Why didnt God just send Jesus as his messenger? why his son? in Your Own Opinion?
4) Do you believe Jesus was a messenger/ prophet from God?

Any information, POV of the prophets that you want to throw in is welcome!!!!
Why do you think God chose them, who were they before the revelation? etc etc

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1. Unitarian Universalism
2. We have many prophets and teachers that come from all ages, cultures, and walks of life. The first examples that always pop into my mind is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa, just to name a couple from relative recent history.
3. No, I don't.
4. No.

I should be clear that I do not believe in prophets as chosen messengers from God like would be in other religions. To me, a prophet is someone who is gifted with profound moral insight and shares that insight with others. Like I said before, we have many prophets and teachers who teach us a better way to life and be.
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Old 05-07-2007, 11:44 AM
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1) Christian
2) Yes
a. Many b. Over a wide span of years

3) Yes
a. not sure I understand, are you asking why God didn't just send a messenger? Or are you asking why Jesus wasn't just a messenger? Or am I comepletely not understanding...
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Old 05-07-2007, 12:49 PM
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1) Christian
2) Yes
a. Many b. Over a wide span of years

3) Yes
a. not sure I understand, are you asking why God didn't just send a messenger? Or are you asking why Jesus wasn't just a messenger? Or am I comepletely not understanding...
lol! Let me try rewording it! God has supposedly sent many messengers. He sent Jesus as his son (well some believe that anyway!) - what I was asking, is why did he send Jesus has his son and not "just" a messenger!

I was trying to avoid saying "just" a messenger in my OP, as I have been told off for doing that in the past
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1) What religion are you?
Muslim

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2) Do you have a prophet? If yes....
There are many prophets in Islam beginning with Adam, ending with Muhammad and passing by Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and many others (peace be upon them).

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3) Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God?
No!
" It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is. " Holy Quran; Mary, verse: 35.

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4) Do you believe Jesus was a messenger/ prophet from God?
Yes!
" He (i.e. Jesus) said: "I am indeed a servant of Allah. He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet " Holy Quran; Mary, verse: 30
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The first thing to consider is that Jesus was a Jew. To Jews every human being is a child of God. Therefore, I am a son of God, my wife is a daughter of God.

Second thing to consider is that Jesus often refers to Himself as "The Son of Man" and never in the first person says he is the Son of God in a genetic sense.

Third thing to consider is why would God need to have genes and pass them on? All of creation was brought into being by His word of command, he didn't need genetics to do that, He merely exercised His will. It was His Will that sent a revelation to Jesus, and God's will was what Jesus dediczated Himself to do.

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lol! Let me try rewording it! God has supposedly sent many messengers. He sent Jesus as his son (well some believe that anyway!) - what I was asking, is why did he send Jesus has his son and not "just" a messenger!
The Father didn't send Jesus as the Son of God, Jesus is the Son of God, has always been so, and will always be so. The reason Jesus came when He did, and it wasn't another messenger sent is because it was time for the plan of salvation to fully unfurl, which only the divine could enact.
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1) What religion are you?
Christian (LDS)

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2) Do you have a prophet?
Yes

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2a) what is his name?
Which one? Since Joseph Smith (and including him), there have been 15 prophets/presidents of the LDS Church. Here is a full list LDS Prophets.

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2b)what year was it?
Look above.

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3) Do you believe Jesus was the Son of God?
Absolutley.

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3a) If you believe in the different messengers also, moses etc?
Yes.

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Why didnt God just send Jesus as his messenger?
Perhaps because God knew that many may not believe on Christ's name, but He wanted to bring some semblance of the truth to His children, so He at least gave them prophets and messengers to try to prepare them. (Does that make any sense?)

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why his son?
It was part of the plan.

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in Your Own Opinion?
Look above.

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4) Do you believe Jesus was a messenger/ prophet from God?
Not just a messenger or prophet, but the ONLY Begotten Son of God.

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Thanks for being so respectful in your questions to lots of faiths. If you have any questions for the LDS bunch, I am sure we would be happy to respond.
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