No, Muslims don't believe that Jesus was the Messiah.
Think of it like a movie. The Torah is the first one, and the New Testament is the sequel. Then the Qu'ran comes out and it retcons like the last one never happened. There's still Jesus, but he's not the main character anymore, and the...
"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with...
I couldn't care less about whether or not the events in the Bible literally took place or not. In my opinion, it is the least thing a Christian should be concerned about. I always say; learn from the past, live in the moment, plan for the future. The stories in the Bible, whether they happened...
It appears to be a very primitive understanding of Christianity, masquerading as a Pentacostal sect, intermingling with the equally primitive animism of that region. It is a bad combination due to the fanatical aspect of Pentacostals as well as the obsession of animism with the occult and...
I think either when a Christian goes out of his way to try and discredit advancements in science or a scientist goes out of his way to belittle religion is idiocy. Both of these aspects have their purposes; one is to better humanity through subjective spirituality and ethical framework; the...
No offense, but it seems your understanding of what modern Christianity should be is relatively immature. The Old Testament was a different time period, it was when the Jewish people were under the law of God; it wasn't the period of grace that we live in today. Christ was, as well as the...
I did a little bit of thinking about this, and I'm still going to consider myself a Christian and am going to make an attempt to spread more awareness about this absurd behavior. A conclusion I have came to is that religion is very similar to technology in the respect that they are both double...
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This is absolute madness. I am disgusted with what some people do in the name of Christ, and to children no less. I don't even know if I can call myself a Christian while atrocities of this magnitude are being performed...
I didn't bother reading the whole thread, so if this has already been said before, whoops!
But here's what really gets on my nerves with regards to the modern church. They act as if gay marriage is legal then the church will somehow not be able to still teach that homosexuality is wrong. The...
This question seems slightly too dubious for me to give a definite answer. If you are merely talking about God, well you have to consider the fact that people define God differently. For example, the pantheist who believes God to be all things and everything is left with no "choice" as to...
Hmmmm, I see the majority of you feel that meditation (all of its various practices) and prayer are actually more similar than one may think, including myself. Interesting.
Obviously, the two practices are very different and have very different psychological effects on the practitioner. Personally, I believe that prayer develops one's ability to look at oneself objectively, without bias, with clarity and holiness in mind. By taking the time to look at yourself as...
To judge the wholesomeness of your desires, I would judge the fruits of your desires. When you crave a certain thing, does it lead to negative consequences typically or good consequences. Take some time for reflection and really think, "Is this desire having a positive impact on my life and the...
It's kind of funny that you should say that because I was kind of thinking something similar. I think in our fast pace modern lifestyle the average person wouldn't be able to recognize any form of truth when it is spoken and if the Buddha was born today he would probably be considered "that...