It's May 13, 2024, 12:13:22 AM
I can answer the god/jesus question, definately. This is a Latter Day Saint view, though... so it doesn't reflect your 'average' christian belief.The average christian belief is that god/jesus/the holy ghost are all the same person. However, that can't be true, because Jesus prayed to his father in heaven while on earth. How can they be 1, then?The latter day saint view is this: The reason we are on earth is to grow as a family. We are children of God, and as such, God wants us to grow up to be like him (like all dads do). God has a wife, and God has a son. Just as Jesus has a dad, Jesus's dad has a dad, and it is an infinite regression; the only people we know about are Jesus Christ, and his father, however. Just like Jesus, we can have a family, and eventually, in heaven, will grow (like our father) to be able to create our own worlds, etc. Earth is Jesus's world. It was all created by him (save mankind) as he matured and became a god as his father had. He is our brother, and our shining example of how to become a god. And that's the real~ !WHOOOO@!So, you could say there's more than 1 god, but we only pray to 1, because he is our father and that's all we know. We don't know where he came from, or who his father is, but the key here is families, God also has a family. Can you imagine him alone, with no wife? He has a wife, and he has at least Jesus as a son. We are all his children, men and women, given a chance to come to earth, so we can grow here, and obtain a body like his. (God has a body, because we were created in his image). Jesus also came to earth so he could obtain a body. Basically, Jesus is our bigger brother that we should strive to be like. God gave us, as a sign of love, eternal life. If you do good by him, you'll return to live with him eternally. If you do bad, you will be cast out from him, eternally. Earth is the test. Earth is also where you should get married for eternity, so you can use the other gift god gave us: The gift of creation. We can't grow plants, make things float, or anyting like that, but yet, we can create life! Think about that. God intends for all of us to choose a wife/husband, and raise a family like he did, and teach our children, and help them be like us when they grow up.It's sooooooo deep, I could talk to you about each part of the plan for weeks on end. If you have any questions, shoot.
Jesus prayed as an example of what we should do. When Jesus came to earth, he not only came to die for our sins, but he set a perfect example of how we should live, which is a sinless life. So it is possible for God and Jesus to be one.I'm not trying to bash the Latter Day Saint's view of Christianity because I respect all views of religion, even if I disagree with them. But I think the Latter Day Saint's take the whole Father, Son, Holy Spirit concept out of context. I believe it is a metaphor for us humans, who have not been completely open to the spiritual realm, to under stand. So in a way it is just an example.Also, I never read where the Bible said God had a wife. Once again I think the whole Father/Son concept has been taken out of context. I don't believe Jesus was the actual offspring of God the Father, but that it was a metaphor so us humans can understand.And when the Bible speaks of God making us "in His image" it means not that we are made to look exactly like him in our human form, but that we are like him spiritually (ex. we have spirits, live for eternity, etc). That is still arguable because I have not experienced God visually, but only spiritually.I just thought I'd share those views and see what you think about them.
well from a muslim point of view....see the torah, the old testament and the quran are SO SIMILIAR its not even funnybut see Jesus becomes introduced as divine in christianitys new testament, jews dont accept him at all, muslims only accept him as a prophet...see muslims believe that Judaism was the original religion sent by God, that why we believe in Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses etcbut when Jews refuse to accept Jesus, the religion became astraychristiniaty went astray because while jews didnt accept jesus at ALL, christians took it overboard, and gave him divinityso basically Islam is the true religion because Christianity and Judaism each at critical points wandered off....thats why we still respect Christains and Jews and call them "People of the Book", we just believe that the confusion surrounding Jesus/Mary and the refusal to accept Prophet Mohamed (pbuh) as the last messanger, sets us apart from christianity and judaism
Not bashing, I'm sure you believe your belief as strongly as I believe mine, and though we bicker, we still love god. As such, we will be rewarded, no matter how misguided each of us (you, or me) may be.