Does Archaeology Support the Bible? ( Archived) (136)

Bay163 might not be far either!


Seems they had a Gig together before!

Maybe People are getting reluctant digging around in ******!

It doesn't matter if you are a religious person or not, most of us do NOT like being preached to. Quit the "holier than thou" attitude and accept that people believe and practice their faiths in different ways if at all. I went catholic school and still think youre crazy...QUIT IT!!!

Maybe already arrived as that King Of Scots in the other Thread,who sees Warcriminals everywhere!

Maybe!

The greatest love is the one we share unconditional; love comes to one who believe it; love is the reward we get from our faith; if we have both then we have all... if we have just one of it then we are not complete.

In the world there must be a Great force in action to keep everything in order.
In the beautiful nature there must be a great artist who creates the most charming pieces of art and produces everything for a special purpose in life.
This force is the strongest of all forces,
And this Artist is the greatest of all artists.
The true believers and deeply enlightened people recognize this Artist and call him God. They call him God because God is the creator and the chief architect of the world,
The originator of life and the provider of all things in existence.

God is not a man because no man can create or make another man. God is neither father nor son. God has no son or daughters. God is not an animal, nor God is a plant.
God is neither an idol nor God is a statue of any kind because none of these things can make itself or create anything else.
God is not a machine. God is neither the sun nor is God the moon or any other star, because these things are controlled by a great system, and are themselves made by someone else.
God is different from all these things, because God is the maker and keeper of them all.
The maker of anything must be different from and greater than the thing which he makes.

We also know that nothing can come to life on its own and that the marvelous world did not create itself or come into existence by accident. The continuous changes in the world prove that it is made, and everything which is made must have a maker of some sort.

The maker and Sustainer of the world, the creator and provider for man, the active force and effective power in nature are all one and the same, and that is known to be Allah.
This is the secret of all secrets and the most supreme of all beings.

“It is God Who has made the night for you, that you may rest therein, and the day to see. Verily God is full of Grace and bounty to men. Yet most men give no thanks. Such is God, your Lord, the creator of all things. There is no god but He; why then do you turn away from him. Thus are turned away those who deny the signs of God. It is God who has made for you the earth as a resting place and the sky as a shelter, and has given you shape and made your shapes beautiful, and has provided for you sustenance of things good and pure; such is God your Lord. So glory to God, the lord of the worlds! He is the living(One);There is no god but He; call upon Him, giving him sincere devotion. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds”(Holy Qur’an)

Dears, please use your brain. Think properly and correct your belief about God. Please believe in Allah and the Last messenger and prophet of Allah, Who is Muhammad Mustafa.
This belief will save your soul from the hell. I have given this message to you and performed my duty to Allah. Now you can believe it or not that is your choice. Now you have received this message and you cannot say to the God Allah at the Day of Judgment that nobody had informed me about you and your messenger Muhammad, and your holy book Quran, your manifesto.

Your parents have made you a non-Muslim since you were a baby of immature period. Now you are enough mature and adult. Use your brain given by the creator of this universe.
Please accept Islam as your religion like Lauren Booth, sister in law of Tony Blair. Do good deeds, find a Muslim life partner and get good offspring for your virtue in this world as well as the world coming after death. This is my humble advice. Not compulsory. No provocation.

Make up your mind.....is it unconditional or MUST we join a religion

Boban,I think we¨ll need another Song!

"Islam" (an Arabic word derived from the root s-l-m) encompasses the concepts of peace and submission. The virtues of Islam as a faith and way of life can be summarized as follows:

The first and foremost quality of Islam is that it is fully compatible with the nature of humanity and its mission in this world because it is God-given.

That is to say, the way of life outlined by Islam is natural, and it is based on principles laid down in what Muslims believe to be the final testament of God, namely the Quran.

Islam teaches that God is One. Therefore the set of laws governing the universe is one. The oneness of the Creator, also, means that everything — whether living or non-living — is God's creation. So they are bound to function in accordance with the nature assigned to them by God.

Of all the creation of God, only humans are given a certain amount of freedom of will and choice; the corollary of which is that they have a degree of responsibility proportionate to the freedom they enjoy.

God has given humans not only freedom, but also capabilities to use that freedom. In the Quran, which Muslims believe is God's word, God the Almighty says that He has appointed humans as His vicegerent (khalifah) on earth. This means that humans are answerable before God for their willful choices and actions.

Islam also teaches that God is All-Merciful; and out of His infinite mercy He has sent prophets with His guidance to help mankind along the straight path. The prophets were humans and appointed to this world from the very beginning of humanity on earth.

They came to mankind at different stages in history and they were all models to be followed by their people. And finally, when the time was ripe, God sent His final prophet with His final testament, who completed the Divine guidance as well as the divinely revealed religion of God, namely Islam.

The foregoing means that Islam was the religion of all the prophets from the first to the last. In other words, according to the teachings of Islam, God is one, the universe is one, mankind is one and the religion of mankind also is one.

This creed of Islam provides its faithful followers (i.e. the Muslims) a strong philosophical foundation for unity of vision. Indeed Muslims are bound by their faith to respect and honor all the prophets of God including Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them all).

In Islam there is no baptism; and for anyone, entry to the community of Muslims is possible by a simple and conscious act of will on their part — the act of submission to the One and Only God of the universe.

There is no priesthood in Islam, as there is no need of any mediator between God and His creation. The Quran says what means:

*{It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.}* (Quran 50:16)

No other religion has anything like the five pillars of Islam that enable a human to be constantly in touch with God.