Hindus say that Brahman is the creator, Muslims say that Allah is creator, Christians say that the creator is Jehovah; all say that the creation is this entire world. If Hindus say that Brahman created India, and if Muslims say that Allah created Arabian countries and if Christians say that Jehovah created the western countries, the problem is solved, there can be three Gods together, who have created the three parts of the earth separately.
But this is not so, each religion says that their God only created the entire world, unfortunately there is one world! One world only! Come on, all of you sit together here and give me the final conclusion after debate, otherwise, the scientists are laughing on all of you! Shame to all!
They criticize that these religions do not have even the basic logic, which is the fundamental common sense. Because of you, the greatest God is also mocked by them. They say that the religions are rigid conservatisms! Even a small boy is putting this question to all of you.
Stop all your discourses and first answer this question. If you want to say that God created the entire world, you have to accept that there is one God only always, and that His names are all the above three names.
We see in the world a single person having three names. If there is one God, He only created this entire world. All the human beings are invariably His children only. No Father is partial to a single child and therefore He must have preached the same knowledge to all in different languages and in different methodologies to different levels; this is Universal Spirituality.
At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness, Sri Dattaswami
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Interesting article, though--this author has the similar posts in the past. Very interesting.
And whatever the humans said about God, He still the creator of everything and He is the Author and the Omnipresent, and Humans' believes won't change anything from reality.
And for your knowledge, Allah is an arabic translation for the word "God" and if you read the Bible in Arabic, you'll find "Allah" as a translation of "God" in the English Bible.
I don't know how you speak about religions and you don't know this small information.
It is understood that a word in English will have several interpretations in other dialects and all will mean the same thing, only it is understood a different way. To me, the organized Religions are created by man and his interpretation of the law..and I do believe there is one unified agreement on one of the laws being Love one another as I have loved you. This is not to say any one religion is wrong or right....it simply means the leaders of that particular faith when created and developed into an organization of followers, created the law to follow...and the traditions of their specific customs applied in one way or the other....
I recently read an article on Catholicism ( which I was raised in) that at the time the church set down the law of celibacy, was because times were hard and they did not have the means to take care of whole families to train and take care of to go out and spread the word... so thus celibacy was created as law and their explanation for that law was clearly defined in their traditions...same way with no meat on Friday....in Rome at the time the law was put in place, the fishermen were desperate for income and so one day a week was declared law for their benefit and as we all know now - that is no longer a law....thus the man made laws...BUT ONLY ONE GOD....
Through centuries, man has taken scriptures or ancient texts and molded to what fits their beliefs. Or, before the written Word was available to everyone in the world, religion, perhaps the message of God was passed down through tradition and stories. This makes me wonder if the game of "telephone" is really old and the truth about God got skewed along the way in other cultures, religions. That just occurred to me and have never considered the possiblity before.
Regardless, as long as we keep the One and Only God in the center it will be easier to stay on the right path.
Berf, the God of Christianity is the same God that Christians and Muslims worship. But no, Jewish people do not recognize Jesus Christ as the messiah or as being God incarnate. This concept was accepted as church doctrine in 325 AD as a result of the Council of Nicea. Before then, it was disputed as to whether Jesus Christ was God.
The Trinitarian concept even goes back to the beginning time of Moses, when the Pentateuch was written. If you read in Genesis 1:26 you will note the following:
"Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness...' "
Let us. The Hebrew word used here (and used elsewhere) is Eloheinu and is plural for God. It is the same word used later in Deuteronomy 6:4, when Moses sings out to the children of Israel, "Shema, Yisrael! Elohim, Eloheinu! Elohim, Echod!" Translated that reads, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one." It uses the singular form of God (Elohim), the plural form (Eloheinu) and the perfect singular (Echod) all to say this. The use of the plural is thought to be a reference to the Holy Trinity long before Jesus first appearance (in the book of Daniel, several hundred years befpre His birth).
For what it's worth, Berf, Jesus knew He was claiming to be God several times. Every time He used th combination of "I am" around the Pharisees it made their blood boil, because they knew exactly what He was saying. That;s why they tried to stone Him on at least one occasion when He did that. The Council of Nicea simply verified the divinity of Christ, which was never really questioned except by a handful of people anyway.
As far as the divinity of Christ, there were more than a "handful" of people who believed otherwise. You almost make it sound as if you were there, Joe. And maybe you were--in a past life. You may want to explain why in the Bible, Jesus spoke often of his father. There is very little to insinuate that he was God. In fact, as you remember Jesus said, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, that is, God." Matt. 19:17
You have a lot of speculation about the origination of the trinity, but not a lot of substance based on fact. Which creation story do you believe is true, by the way? You quote the second one.