
	Where results make sense

Topic: The nature of God in monotheistic religions

Related Topics

Anthropomorphism

In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Comparative Religion - The problem of evil in world religions
		If the gods are responsible for the existence of evil in the world, they either create it willingly, and then are evil themselves, or are forced to create it by the higher law of karma, and then are weak.
		Therefore the God of things that are is external to the causation of things that are evil, since He is not the Maker of things that are non-existent.
		It is God’s grace that allows evildoers to live, not his lack of justice or power, that they may still have the chance to repent and return to a personal relationship with him.
	www.comparativereligion.com /evil.html (4092 words)

	God
		Theology is the study of the nature of the divine.
		All theologies begin with a notion of "god;" different theologies have been grouped and classified according to their views on two fundamental issues: is God singular or plural, and is God transcendent or immanent, or both.
		Neopaganism teaches that communication from the gods is usually direct and experiential, and do not have the concepts of "scripture", "prophet" or "revelation" in the sense used by the Abrahamic religions.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/go/GoD.html (3708 words)

	Eternity
		Augustine of Hippo wrote that time is a part of the created universe, so that God exists outside of time; for God there is no past or future, but only an eternal present.
		Nor is a belief in God necessary for this concept of eternity: an atheist mathematician can maintain the philosophical tenet that numbers and the relationships among them exist outside of time, and so are in that sense eternal.
		Related to the notion of eternal existence is the concept of God as Creator, as a being completely independent of "everything else" that exists because he created everything else.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/et/Eternal.html (358 words)

	God - In the beginning, man not understanding the nature of God or the nature of God's natural reality on the Earth, ...
		conceptual image of God is clearly intended for a warlike people who will be blessed by their God when they are driven by the reining patriarch to gain control of an adjacent ecological niche which will allow the further expansion of the tribe.
		As the nature of God is not easily described it is easy to understand that a conceptual image of God by necessity would take the form of familiar objects that already exerted an influence over the coarse of human existence.
		Natural processes, from the formation of suns down to the transfer of electrons through a copper wire are natural processes that have a life independent of, yet intimately interconnected, with all other processes.
	www.unique-design.net /library/god.html (1692 words)

	God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Maltheism is a form of theism which holds that God is a cruel, arrogant, abusive, and untruthful being, and is thus unworthy of worship.
		God, according to most conceptions of God as divine, would be in an important category: that of beings different from the rest of the universe.
		Stoicism is unmistakable in the doctrine of God as the only efficient cause, in that of divine reason immanent in the world, in that of the powers emanating from God and suffusing the world.
	dks.thing.net /God.html (7121 words)

	God Without Religion - An Interview with Sankara Saranam
		God Without Religion seeks to inspire a personal involvement with a new idea of God and is intended for anyone interested in spiritual growth, regardless of religious, cultural, or political affiliation.
		In either instance religion stifles questioning, which is why antagonism between mystics and orthodoxy--such as Jesus and Jewish leaders, Buddha and the Brahmin, and the Sufis and Islam--permeates the history of religion.
		Instead of facilitating a dialogue with God, religious leaders interpret God for their followers, which has the effect of narrowing the sense of self so much that it is perceived as separate from the infinite self of God.
	www.godwithoutreligion.com /interview.shtml (2718 words)

	TheTrueLight.Net - Pillar 2: The Nature of God
		If all world religions spring from the same eternal Fountainhead—as separate, yet related ‘divine streams,’ they should all bear a strong resemblance to their original ‘Source.’ If they are all unique parts of a common global spirituality, their interpretation of Ultimate Reality should be identical, or at least run parallel.
		Each god is usually unique in some personality trait or in the care of a specific facet of nature or a specific condition of human existence.
		God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent in theism.
	www.thetruelight.net /pillars/pillar2.htm (926 words)

	Western Concepts of God [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		To Plato, God is transcendent-the highest and most perfect being-and one who uses eternal forms, or archetypes, to fashion a universe that is eternal and uncreated.
		God created the universe according to eternal patterns in his mind and it is an expression of his thought, however incomplete an expression the cosmos may be.
		God is immutable in a weaker and less problematic sense if it is required only that he does not change in his character and purpose.
	www.iep.utm.edu /g/god-west.htm (8846 words)

	Comparative Religion - The human condition in world religions
		Yama, the god of death (mentioned in old Buddhist and Taoist scriptures too), is sovereign over the souls of the dead and also the one who receives the offerings of the family for the benefit of the departed.
		The same way as knowing God is not just a mental operation, but a participation and subscribing to his will, the knowledge of good and evil is an existential experience, an accommodation to a state that is not indifferent to human nature.
		God would be unjust if he forced humans to live in his presence against their will.
	www.comparativereligion.com /man.html (7552 words)

	300 NATURE, HISTORY, GOD
		God is not one of those realities, such as rocks or trees, which man comes across in his daily life.
		Naturally, it was then legitimate and obligatory for St. Thomas to put this speculative reason into play with regard to the problem of God.
		God is unknowable, we are told, but ideas about God and religious beliefs are an undeniable "fact." Whence the structure of a positive science of the divine.
	www.zubiri.org /works/englishworks/nhg/nhg3introproblemgod.htm (5911 words)

	Comparative Religion - The Ultimate Reality in world religions
		God’s being does not exist outside the three persons, but only as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and they are the only way for God's existence.
		The god of Islam, Allah, is presented in the Quran as an eternal being, transcendent and almighty.
		The Triune God of Christianity is considered to be a heresy, both in Judaism and Islam, a threat to monotheism.
	www.comparativereligion.com /god.html (6266 words)

	The Christian Doctrine of God - ReligionFacts
		In fact, the notion of God having gender is a pagan one, associated especially with the fertility cults that were explicitly rejected by the authors of the Old Testament.
		By calling God "Father," the language of faith indicates two main things: that God is the first origin of everything and transcendent authority; and that he is at the same time goodness and loving care for all his children.
		God is all powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures.
	www.religionfacts.com /christianity/beliefs/god.htm (1631 words)

	Monotheism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In theology, monotheism (Greek μόνος(monos) = single and θεός(theos) = God) is the belief in the existence of one deity or God, or in the oneness of God.
		Zoroastrian monotheists claim to have had major influence on the religions of the middle eastern monotheisms in adaptations of such concepts as heavens, hells, judgement day and messianic figures.
		Substance monotheism, found in some indigenous African religions, holds that the many gods are different forms of a single underlying substance, and that this underlying substance is God.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monotheistic (4111 words)

	God, as viewed by Christianity and other religons
		Taken together, these religions and faith groups teach the existence of thousands of Gods and thousands of Goddesses and a large number of gender-neutral deities.
		Even within the major religions, various traditions or denomination assign very different attributes to their deity/deities thus creating a series of deities often called by the same name.
		Monotheistic: Followers of Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and other monotheistic religions worship a single indivisible God.
	www.religioustolerance.org /chr_god.htm (763 words)

	god - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
		In addition to the idioms beginning with god, also see act of god; for god's sake; honest to god; lap of the gods; mills of gods grind slowly; my god; put the fear of god in; so help me (god); thank god; there but for the grace of god; tin god.
		God's attributes are spoken of by some as absolute, i.e., such as belong to his essence as Jehovah, Jah, etc.; and relative, i.e., such as are ascribed to him with relation to his creatures.
	dictionary.reference.com /browse/god (1056 words)

	Answering Common Objections to the Doctrine of the Trinity
		While many single verses provide excellent evidence for the triune nature of God (see the previous article), it is true that this doctrine is not capsulated in a single verse or passage of Scripture.
		However, there are not three gods, but one God.” It should be noted that “catholic” in the early centuries was used to describe universal and orthodox Christianity long before the Roman Catholic Church existed as such.
		Therefore, similar pagan doctrines in triads of gods are not the same as the Trinitarian doctrine of Christianity, and it is baseless to assume that the Trinity was “borrowed” from paganism.
	www.contenderministries.org /biblestudy/trinityobj.php (2917 words)

	Wicca
		Wicca is a nature religion based upon beliefs and rites believed to be rooted in ancient pagan practices.
		Rather than pray to some unnatural god beyond all experience, Wiccans seem more concerned with self-awakening, with arousing their connectedness to nature and nature gods, female as well as male.
		The story portrayed the all-female group as harmless nature worshippers who dance in circles and ask for blessings from the north, south, east, west, etc. The article prompted a long letter to the editor decrying the naiveté and ignorance of the author of the story on the local coven.
	www.skepdic.com /wicca.html (967 words)

	Aren't all religions basically the same? - ChristianAnswers.Net
		This one religion is continually evolving, and each particular religious system represents a stage in the evolution of the whole,” claims the Bahá'í faith on its official Web site at bahai.org.
		All other religions start with the material universe as the only eternal reality, with their “gods” being essentially personifications of the natural forces which develop the universe into its present form.
		Each religion sets up a particular set of religious rites, of commands and restrictions, and of ethical principles to follow, and then teaches that if a man does these things he will be saved.
	www.christiananswers.net /q-aiia/religionssame.html (1107 words)

	Single God Religions
		It is true that, if a neutral person could choose a type of religion given their records, he would be unethical to choose the monotheistic strain of religion - the one that is the single main cause of 90% percent of all the worlds wars and genocides.
		Formal and developed scholarly religion, such as Christian philosophy or Muslim Sufi philosophy, is often complex, more complete, demanding to study and frequently convoluted as the religions' scholars debate its weakspots and difficult spots.
		A "religion" is a contradictory mix of both what the leaders say the religion is, plus what the mass of the actual followers believe.
	www.vexen.co.uk /religion/wir.html (1011 words)

	Important.ca. Important Religions in World History
		Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief.
		Monotheistic religions assert that there is one God, distinct and separate from Nature as we understand it.
		Pantheistic and Panentheistic, or "natural" religions believe that God and everything in nature are aspects of a continuous spiritual plane, and are thus essentially inseparable.
	www.important.ca /religion.html (901 words)

	Druid Journal » 2006 » November
		If you believe strongly that there is no God, or that science is the ultimate answer, then I count that as a religion too (see this post for why).
		It’s also a time when the residents of the other world — gods, sidhe, and the dead — are more able to reach out of their realm into ours.
		Yes, my understanding is that she admitted to the police that she thought that if the Nature Church ceased to exist, the land would revert to her ownership.
	druidjournal.net /2006/11 (2010 words)

	Eternal Path - World Religions
		The four largest religions by rank of followers.
		New Religions (less than 300 years old, incl.
		Scientology - 200,000 - Narcissistic psychology, not a faith - teaches you are a god
	eternalpath.com /worldreglions.html (299 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)