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Anonymous wrote:I believe that there are rules upon which all things function that were not created by God. I believe that there is universal good (love, order and spirit of generosity) and universal evil (hatred, chaos and will to dominate/destroy). I believe that God is God because He is perfectly alligned with universal good. I believe that our consciousness existed before the Earth was formed, and that god saw in our consciousness the ability to judge and choose good or evil, rather than an instinctive obedience to the dominant trend surrounding us. I believe that He was proud of us and loved us and wished to help us to acheive perfect allignment with good like Himself. I believe that He created the universe to function on natural principles as a place where we could have a physical existence and could exercise free agency and thus could ultimately choose good or evil and that practicing those choices is the meaning of life.

what's god's role when bad things happen to good people?

Good and bad are part of the nature of this universe. It is a mortal universe, which means that pain, death, and disease are a part of it. We will all experience them to different degrees, and of course will all suffer physical death. The role of Christ is to atone for both our mistakes (because we cannot always choose good in a fallen world) and for the evil that is present int he world. In this life we all suffer, but in the next we can be purged of mortality and can move past suffering, bu if we let it our sufferig will draw us closer to God--making us humble, compassionate, and appreciative of peace and joy when we find them. God does not send suffering, but it is part of a mortal life, amd He permits us to suffer a mortal life as He knows that it will ultimately purify us. He can tell us of good and evil, but only by experiencing them both can we truly understand them.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ it leaves them the same place it leaves everybody. Jesus asks you to have the guts to look in the mirror and admit you break just about every one if the 10 commandments and understand you need the gift of Christs blood to put yourself in position to coexist with God in heaven.

A lot of people have trouble understanding the part about needing the gift of Christ's blood. Sounds quite gory and primitive.

Perhaps the above is written by that wily atheist who tries to make Christians look unsavory.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe there is no way for human beings to understand the answers to those questions.

This.

Which, therefore, is why I believe that religion is the opiate of the masses.

That doesn't follow. But if it works for you, so be it!

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ it leaves them the same place it leaves everybody. Jesus asks you to have the guts to look in the mirror and admit you break just about every one if the 10 commandments and understand you need the gift of Christs blood to put yourself in position to coexist with God in heaven.

A lot of people have trouble understanding the part about needing the gift of Christ's blood. Sounds quite gory and primitive.

Perhaps the above is written by that wily atheist who tries to make Christians look unsavory.

I think that is the crux of the harvest. Those that get it and appreciate what Jesus did are saved. Those who are offended by the thought that they need Christ to help them are separated out to fend for themselves apart from God in whatever existence they themselves can create. They will be reborn into a realm where the rulers may abort them.

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ it leaves them the same place it leaves everybody. Jesus asks you to have the guts to look in the mirror and admit you break just about every one if the 10 commandments and understand you need the gift of Christs blood to put yourself in position to coexist with God in heaven.

A lot of people have trouble understanding the part about needing the gift of Christ's blood. Sounds quite gory and primitive.

Perhaps the above is written by that wily atheist who tries to make Christians look unsavory.

I think that is the crux of the harvest. Those that get it and appreciate what Jesus did are saved. Those who are offended by the thought that they need Christ to help them are separated out to fend for themselves apart from God in whatever existence they themselves can create. They will be reborn into a realm where the rulers may abort them.

As a Muslim, I believe in the 6 articles of faith in Islam:

4. Belief in The Prophets of God
Muslims must believe in all the Messengers and Prophets of God such as Adam, Noah, Moses, Solomon, Jesus and Muhammad saw who were human beings endowed with His Revelations and appointed by God to teach mankind how to worship and obey Allah.

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the big picture and the end game for the individual , Jesus is the only hope.

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As a Muslim, I believe in the 6 articles of faith in Islam:

4. Belief in The Prophets of God
Muslims must believe in all the Messengers and Prophets of God such as Adam, Noah, Moses, Solomon, Jesus and Muhammad saw who were human beings endowed with His Revelations and appointed by God to teach mankind how to worship and obey Allah.

This is impossible. It is like saying "I believe when I turn on the light switch the light comes on but I also believe when I turn on the light switch the light goes off too." It is nonsense. The Revelations of Jesus and the Revelations of Muhammad contradict one another, so either a) one is true and one is false or b) both are false. They both cannot be true.

from http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/christianity-vs.-islam
Islam...denies that Jesus died on the cross at all (Sura 4:157)—this in spite of overwhelming evidence both from the Bible and from historical sources outside the Bible. It denies that Jesus conquered death by his bodily resurrection—an historical event acknowledged by rigorous critical scholarship (www.faithfacts.org/easter.html). Islam must deny these things because the religion is based on the idea that you can earn your way to heaven.

Christianity teaches that our salvation is a free gift through faith alone in Jesus Christ—and specifically not by works (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 4:1-3; Titus 3:5-7; 1 Corinthians 1:29). Islam teaches that one gains entrance into heaven by your works in addition to faith (but not faith in Christ). These are clearly opposing positions.

So you have a dilemma. You must study and determine which one is true, and guess which one will chop off your head if you
decide a certain way? Guess which one?

I personally believe Islam is nothing more than the cult of Muhammad, who was a murderer http://faithfreedom.org/challenge/massmurderer.htm and a pedophile.
(Sahih Muslim 3309, Bukhari 58:236)

Pedophile:Bukhari 58:236 Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married 'Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old.

This is outrageous and disgusting. It is similar wicked behavior of Joseph Smith who formed the cult of Mormonism.

Both Muhammad and Joseph "Con-man" Smith were sons of their father Satan. They are tares among the wheat.

Unfortunately your post is so full of ignorance that I do not have the time or desire to educate you. You will never understand and have no idea of the love that 1.6 billion Muslims have for Allah and his messenger saw. So how can we blame you and hold you responsible for your ignorance? The good thing is your ignorance , your hatred, doesn't tarnish or diminish this love of our Rassul, in any way.The honor of our messenger saw, the nobility, the respect, the love of our messenger, the status of our messenger saw is not something we give him; it's not something that comes from human beings. It came from the sky. It came from Allah. Nobody on the earth can take it away.....

Muslima wrote:And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say peace !

Quran 25:63