If prophets were sinless then they could not reach heaven if the Bible is to be believed.
What free choice from God?
My way or burn forever in hell.
That is not free choice it is an ultimatum.
Regards
DL
God wants man to sin.
Ofocurse it a free choice - is someone forcing you to believe in God????
Its very simple - follow the all wise or follow the ignorant - its not realy a difficult choice at all - thats if you believe in God.
have you researched Islam or read the Quran translation???? You your using the bible - the christain have the view that only Jesus was sinless - whilst Muslims believe that all prophets were the best humans and sinless.
No. He has given you the choice to believe or disbelieve. What you do and how u behave in this world is how God will judge you. Despite ones disbelief in God, God provides for His creation yet most are ungrateful. Those who have less than we do are more grateful than those who have. For them, each piece of meal is a blessing because they know the struggle they went through to earn it.
God does not want man to sin but to obey Him and enjoin good by forbidding evil. People take the choice to sin and disbelieve but God has also given you the choice to do good and believe in Him. The question is, which will you choose?
If you believe in God, Why?
Tradition, your daddy did and your grand daddy did and great gr----
Peer pressure from the society that you belong to.
Personal knowledge.
Faith.
I believe from logic that lead to personal experience. Not to a miracle working God but to our real one.
Regards
DL
The only problem with beliefs like that is that they cannot be proven.
To me, faith without facts is foolish.
Regards
DL
The problem with belief in a creator God who has a hell for sinners, is that if He is the creator of souls and natures and they are created perfect, then you must think He can create these wrong otherwise perfect souls and natures would always do what they are intended to do. If they do not then the creation process must be faulty. If not faulty then there is no hell required as we would all end in heaven.
No other conclusion is possible. All must follow their natures. It is not possible to go against one's nature.
Regards
DL
salaam
I believe in God because of the great miracle called the Quran - its not just a book but also a linguistic miracle - not because daddy says it - Islam is actually against that sort of thinking.
You can believe a lot of things from Logic although belief in God IMO sits well with human mind and the fitrah which is the innate natural belief of human beings.
I also believe Islam makes the most sense from all the monothesitic religions and once again sits well with my fitrah.
You dont believe in a miracle working God but a real one???? what does that mean?
You always use the bible - I'm not realy sure how much you know about Islam and the Quran? thats why i asked if you read the translation?
The problem with belief in a creator God who has a hell for sinners, is that if He is the creator of souls and natures and they are created perfect, then you must think He can create these wrong otherwise perfect souls and natures would always do what they are intended to do. If they do not then the creation process must be faulty. If not faulty then there is no hell required as we would all end in heaven.
No other conclusion is possible. All must follow their natures. It is not possible to go against one's nature.
Regards
DL
When I was into reading Bibles, I have read 8 different traditions, I did read the Quran. That was many years ago and to be honest, the way I read Bibles then was to absorb any logical philosophy in them and discard the rest.
All Bibles have value for thought and I use the K J because most of my talks are with Christians. It was it more than any other that helped me find my God.
That Godhead is more of a cosmic consciousness where all our souls will end up. In this we have no choice so the notion of us being able to separate ourselves from God are false.
It is my belief that ancient man, the prophets, found Him as well but they made Him into the wish list miracle working God that most believe in. It is obvious to me that if a such a God did exist, then He would not be the absentee God that He is. He would be here for all to see.
If He ever did exist then He was absorbed by the big bang or destroyed by it. We no longer have access either way to that one.
Regards
DL
Faith in religion cannot be falsifiable - you also have beliefs that cannot be proven by facts -
what muslims and many other faiths do have is a common revelation.
Allah changes destinies for those who truly change in their hearts and acknowledge his oneness,we have free will to choose this. our lot remains, ie if we were written for wealth or sickness etc, but Allah helps those who believe
It is true that ii cannot prove the existence of my God any better than anyone else can for theirs but I do have some facts to go on.
In the spirit, a term the old prophets used to indicate their contact with God I call in modern term, telepathy.
I had two such experiences with telepathy. The first with my wife, and the second with what I call the Godhead.
If the first had not happened and been confirmed by my wife, I would not likely believe the second.
Because I cannot deny telepathy then I am forced to believe that I had contact with the Godhead.
I did not believe before this but did seek answers to God by debate and discussions.
I have no great revelation to speak of. It was, now that I understand our true reality, not that exciting of a deal.
He/It confirmed my thinking on religious issues and chastised me for not thinking demographically enough and that is about it.
Most do not believe me and I do not push this belief because as I say, I cannot prove it, but am happy to speak of it.
Even Abraham, Moses and Mohamed did not have real proof.
Regards
DL
If belief is not required for entry into heaven and a good heart is all that is needed, then the help here is relatively insignificant. small gifts are always nice though.
Regards
DL
By perfect meaning that God made man in perfect statue - But your view of thinking is fatalistic - Your the one being tried to sin or not sin or to sin and repent - you decide where you go - heaven and hell - God has given you choice with certain limits such as sex, skin colour pace of birth etc.
You decide your own future - there is a hell as there are wrongdoers in earth - people choose to do wrong.
Furthermore as muslims we believe this life is a test for us - we are meant to be learning.
salaam
Oh yes they did - they had revelation and made major impacts on there community or the people that came after - they also had prophicies but most of all miracles. Thye did have real proofs - if you were there when the sea split and would call that proof - or brought a revelation like the Quran - thats proof.
If anyone wanted to be a skeptic even you could deny Telepathy - just look for another explanition.
Belief is part of having a good heart - so is being a morally upright person - all these things effect to create a sound heart.
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