Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Concepts of God

In Christianity God takes human-like form.I used to hear a saying that God created man in His image.So the argument goes God is like human. However image does not necessarily refers to physical appearance but rather to spiritual attributes. So whatever resemblance there is of man and God, it is in spiritual attributes. God's human -like form has been shown in a painting entittled "God". It shows an old man in white robes and long flowing beard, stting on a large ball of what appears like a planet. This humanness of God is further mentioned in the Bible.In Genesis Adam heard "God's foot steps in the garden". In Deautronomy 34:6 when Moses died, God Himself performed the burial of the prophet.in the Vlley of the Moab. And a few lines below in 34:10 "Since then has not arisen in Israel, a prophet like Moses whom the Lord knew face to face"

With this prevailing belief in the human attribute of God, it is of no wonder that God is said to have sired a son in the person of Jesus Christ. The very human nature of Jesus further strengthened the belief that the Father looks like the Son.

A Muslim on the other hand does not even know what God looks like. God Himself says, He is different from anything a human mind can conceive. Though unseen His presence can be felt seeing the glory of His creation. Though unseen, He hears and He sees every one of His creatures. So Muslims beware. You are being watched! The only time man "can gaze at the countenance of God" is in paradise, the place of eternal life.

Jesus is a prophet of Islam. Having him hanged on the cross of churches amounts to desecrating Islam like the drawing of degrading cartoons of prophet Muhammad by the European, in recent years

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