The religious discussion thread

[Archangel]

This thread was created to bring a local new story to light, which can be viewed below:

JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65 years, denying a federal lawsuit's claim the portrait's display unconstitutionally promotes religion in a public school.

The Jackson City Schools board offered a constitutional justification of its own in voting 4-0 to keep the portrait up in its middle school, saying it must protect students' free speech rights. The vote drew cheers and applause from the dozens of people gathered in the elementary school gymnasium.

Read all of it here: http://news.yahoo.com/ohio-school-b...xzBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQR0ZXN0A1Rlc3RfQUZD;_ylv=3

I posted his here @ NP to see what ppl had to say on the issue. As it turns out, this sparked many debates. I've considered closing this thread but after multiple suggestions, I decided to keep it open. Feel free to join in the topics but per forum rules, please refrain from obscene, threatening, rude, or insulting posts.

 

[Daniel Owens]

I dont wanna wait for jesus
I wanna become jesus

How do you plan to achieve that?

 

[alcy]

How do you plan to achieve that?

faith is the measure of man.

 

[alcy]

How do you plan to achieve that?

if u have open mind and do not get offended by ideas.which oppose your view u r welcome to explore the following..

 

[Daniel Owens]

I dont wanna wait for jesus
I wanna become jesus

How’s the process of becoming one with Jesus going?

 

[Ali Mustafa]

How’s the process of becoming one with Jesus going?

Oh My God

 

[Daniel Owens]

Oh My God

Praise God. He believes there is a little bit of Jesus in all of us.

 

[Ali Mustafa]

Praise God. He believes there is a little bit of Jesus in all of us.

Interesting perspective Faith discussions can definitely lead to many different interpretations.

 

[Altetra]

Soon humans will say "in AI we trust" the current unknown invented God will be replaced with one known.
Yes there is a creator but I have no idea who he is.

 

[Qezdabo]

You can't talk about God, without defining what's a human.

is a human, just matter (carbon and water) like a piece of shit or a tree or a rock, or matter+soul(invisible, metaphysical) ?

if you choose the first option: just matter -> then nothing really matters, there's no morality, no God, but it doesn't answer the questions: how we exist, who created us and everything else, there's a purpose but what is it, difference between dead vs alive, difference between good vs evil, how come humans are different than animals, how come all humans believe in morality, good, justice, equality, love, art, liberty...

The only logical answer that answers all these questions: is that there's a SOUL. There's METAPHYSICS.

Then you start from there, what's the most logical religion that doesn't contradict the human nature and still answers all the questions.

Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism... all have inherent contradictions, and all these contradictions lead at the end to relativity and fail to answer a basic question of difference between good vs evil. For example, Christian countries have done some of the worst massacres in history, but "Jesus died for our sins" so it's ok. Or, the trinity where Jesus the human became God, and people still pray to him ? How ? Where's the proof ?

The only true logical religion is Islam: there's one God, a Creator that is different than creations. A God that listens and sees and answers our prayers. A scripture that never changed and wasn't lost.

if you say there's no afterlife, it leads to relativity again because there's no purpose, and it's the same as saying there's no God.
if you say there's no prophets, it leads to relativity again because there's no purpose, and it's the same as saying there's no God.
if you say there's God or Jesus in all of us, that's pantheism, it leads to relativity again because there's no purpose, and it's the same as saying there's no God.

God bless.