The beliefs and thoughts expressed hereafter are my original revelations/thoughts and although there may have been others to draw the same conclusions, the things I am about to express have orignated in my heart and mind and have not been derived from any other source but my self and my God, so it is inevitable that two things will occur. 1. There will be those who firmly disagree (and will no doubt proceed to tell me why) 2. There will be debatable points that will provoke thought and/or prayer.
It has been a revelation of mine that there is no WORD OF GOD as we in our respective faiths believe. The bible, talmud, torah, qur'an, book of morman, or any other text are the works of men and rob us of the very thing we seek which is TRUE FAITH. True faith can be defined as unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence. If that is true faith, then how can looking to a text that men wrote as proof or evidence of God be considered faith.
It is the practice and belief of most established religions to refer to their 'holy book' as the inerrant word of God. This 'holy book' serves as proof that God exists and in it is what he said and wants us to do. So..any challenge or condemnation of the 'holy book' of a particular faith is met with strong opposition because if we do not have the 'word of God' to guide us we are lost. I challenge any of you to approach a Christian, Muslim, or Jew and tell them that their sacred text is not the word of God and see what type of response you get.
In my search for spirituality and connection with God it came to my attention that man has had a hand in every text that is referred to as 'holy'. Since man is not perfect and Jesus himself(the only perfect human) did not write a text it is more than probable that EVERY text has the influence and interpretation of man as its basis which therefore renders the text imperfect because ALL HUMANS ARE IMPERFECT. If all humans are imperfect then how is it possilbe to have a the perfect WORD OF GOD to be written through a human?
It is CRYSTAL CLEAR that in the bible and torah that they are not the inerrant word of God. In the new testiment (the bible) the authors clearly distinguish between the words of God, Jesus, and themselves. There are differences in opinion between authors and Paul tell us that much of what he writes are his own personal veiws not Jesus' or Gods. So when and why did we adopt ALL of the good news professed by the apostles and prophets as inerrant? And even though I have limited knowledge of the qur'an and most of the other texts there is no question that they are the works of man and not God because of the ritulaistic nature of them and some of their messages.
In the interest of not making this too long I will conclude by saying if we were to see the texts for what they are ....good attempts at guidance in the area of being closer to our God and doing his will ..... and not as the WORD OF GOD we will all be closer to God because we will learn to love each other again and won't have these doctrines as our proof of God and ultimately the reason for our dislike, condemnation, and separations from each other. We need our FAITH to be in GOD not in some false book that we claim to be his word.
I am open to questions, comments, and any other response people may have.
It has been a revelation of mine that there is no WORD OF GOD as we in our respective faiths believe. The bible, talmud, torah, qur'an, book of morman, or any other text are the works of men and rob us of the very thing we seek which is TRUE FAITH. True faith can be defined as unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence. If that is true faith, then how can looking to a text that men wrote as proof or evidence of God be considered faith.
It is the practice and belief of most established religions to refer to their 'holy book' as the inerrant word of God. This 'holy book' serves as proof that God exists and in it is what he said and wants us to do. So..any challenge or condemnation of the 'holy book' of a particular faith is met with strong opposition because if we do not have the 'word of God' to guide us we are lost. I challenge any of you to approach a Christian, Muslim, or Jew and tell them that their sacred text is not the word of God and see what type of response you get.
In my search for spirituality and connection with God it came to my attention that man has had a hand in every text that is referred to as 'holy'. Since man is not perfect and Jesus himself(the only perfect human) did not write a text it is more than probable that EVERY text has the influence and interpretation of man as its basis which therefore renders the text imperfect because ALL HUMANS ARE IMPERFECT. If all humans are imperfect then how is it possilbe to have a the perfect WORD OF GOD to be written through a human?
It is CRYSTAL CLEAR that in the bible and torah that they are not the inerrant word of God. In the new testiment (the bible) the authors clearly distinguish between the words of God, Jesus, and themselves. There are differences in opinion between authors and Paul tell us that much of what he writes are his own personal veiws not Jesus' or Gods. So when and why did we adopt ALL of the good news professed by the apostles and prophets as inerrant? And even though I have limited knowledge of the qur'an and most of the other texts there is no question that they are the works of man and not God because of the ritulaistic nature of them and some of their messages.
In the interest of not making this too long I will conclude by saying if we were to see the texts for what they are ....good attempts at guidance in the area of being closer to our God and doing his will ..... and not as the WORD OF GOD we will all be closer to God because we will learn to love each other again and won't have these doctrines as our proof of God and ultimately the reason for our dislike, condemnation, and separations from each other. We need our FAITH to be in GOD not in some false book that we claim to be his word.
I am open to questions, comments, and any other response people may have.
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