Raban
Hagian
In the Abrahamic faiths, (except for Judaism) it matters greatly over the 'nature' of God. To Christians, you have to believe that Christ is the Divine Son of God on Earth to be saved. In Islam you have to submit to Allah, who has all of these rules and laws about his nature and customs you should do.
In my mind I fail to see why belief in a system devised by humans to explain a divine being is very important. I can figure out from the Bible a theological doctrine which may have no shred of truth, and the promulgate it to the world, and say "Here this is the only way" but that does not mean anything. Furthermore, one can believe something but have absolutely no value in it; so why would an all powerful God care about what club you're in? If you actually are 'judged' wouldn't it make more sense to judge your nature? (I know that in Islam Allah may 'forgive' whomever he chooses.) So in other words does God care about beliefs, or action (not works, I differentiate between the two; action is acting on principles which works MAY also be subject to, but I think of works as a broader blind term)?
In my mind I fail to see why belief in a system devised by humans to explain a divine being is very important. I can figure out from the Bible a theological doctrine which may have no shred of truth, and the promulgate it to the world, and say "Here this is the only way" but that does not mean anything. Furthermore, one can believe something but have absolutely no value in it; so why would an all powerful God care about what club you're in? If you actually are 'judged' wouldn't it make more sense to judge your nature? (I know that in Islam Allah may 'forgive' whomever he chooses.) So in other words does God care about beliefs, or action (not works, I differentiate between the two; action is acting on principles which works MAY also be subject to, but I think of works as a broader blind term)?