This goes both ways a ** hole, difference is I don't know of anyone that has done mass murder in
the name of the god of atheists.
There is no proof that any god exists, yet believers have spent thousands of years killing off people in
the name of the god of their choice.
In the biblical language, the word elohim was combined with the proper
name of the God of Israel, and later the word theos was used in the same way.
This is the sacred
name of the God of Israel, usually known as the tetragrammaton («the four letters»).
Look at what we have done to human life in
the name of the God of love.
And here is the point: they are so condemned in
the name of the God of Israel!
The name of the God of the Jews (as stated most commonly) can be found in Psalms 83:18.
So there
the name of the God of the Jews is Allah according to the Hebrew / Aramaic word «Israel».
In I Kings 18, the prophet Elijah, confronted with widespread defection to Baal among his countrymen, poses a stark challenge: «If the LORD [the conventional English rendering of the four - letter Hebrew
name of the God of Israel] is God, follow Him; and if Baal, follow him!»
In the modern world, there is widespread genital mutilation, self denial, self and group flagellation, ritual drownings and cannibalism, violent and dangrous rites of exorcism, denial of life saving medical care, — all in
the name of the God of Abraham.
On the name and nature of Yahweh, see W. F. Albright, From the Stone Age to Christianity, New York, 1957, pp. 15 ff.; D. N. Freedman, «
The Name of the God of Moses,» Journal of Biblical Literature, LXXIX (June, 1960), 151 ff.
Entire tribes of natives in foreign lands were converted by force to christianity, and their precious cultures were destroyed, in
the name of the god of love; not a history of love at all, would you say?
We invoke the name of God; but is
it the name of God of Jesus?
I guess that is a difficult concept for people who believe in fairy tales and espouse killing in
the name of their God of Love and Salvation.
Thor is
the name of the God of thunder according to the Norse mythology.
May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; and may
the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Not exact matches
«If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men
of our century, I should simply say: in the
name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.»
The tech duo eventually changed the
name of their search engine from Backrub to «Google» (thank
god) and revolutionized the search - engine industry by using a new algorithm that ranked a webpage based on its back links (i.e. links on other websites that refer back to a given webpage).
Thank
god someone finally figured out the real issue with the future
of newspapers: company
name.
I'm sure there are plenty
of Christians who are still willing to go against their Lord's teachings and attack people they claim are their
God's enemies when in fact they really are their own enemies and they are just using their
Gods name to mask their vile hatred and wicked hearts.
(Surah 9:37 --RRB- Fight for the cause
of God with the devotion due to Him... He has given you the
name of Muslims...» (Surah 22:78 --RRB- Blessed are the believers... who restrain their carnal desires (except with their wives and slave - girls, for these are lawful to them)... These are the heirs
of Paradise...» (Surah 23:1 - 5 --RRB- Muhammad is
God's apostle.
I am fascinated by the billboard displaying the four letters
of God's personal
name... YHWH Even Indiana Jones knows His
name... Ezekiel 6:13: And they will have to know that I am Jehovah.
satan possesss all the postmoderners who try to blot the
Name of God out
of our Nation's Government and the ones that try to silence the proclaimation
of the gospel by attacking Christians who pray and hand out Bibles and excercise their religion publicly.
Scott I agree with you there are «christians» like myself who preach and teach the truth and try to restore the good
name of a child
of god
If people could just follow the teachings for themselves and leave others alone to live as they believe, then the world would truely be a better place where millions were never slaughtered in the
name of some one elses
god.
Unbelief is also an act
of utter injustice, a transgression against all
of creation and the rights
of God's
Names.
Marion eschews an approach to
God by way
of deductive proofs
of the existence and
of the
names of God, and searches in St. Augustine for a way that passes through our most intimate religious existence.
Yes it is a religion
of peace, any Muslim butchering an animal would say the
name of God and use a very sharp knife for that to make it quick for the animal to die with out suffering!
I pray to whichever holy
name (
God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under
God, regardless
of creed, away debating over who's
God is better and discover the error
of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full
of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack
of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind
of debate?
Indeed, many are now taking the
name of God in vain and using it to support worldly desires like petty political causes.
Science is not religion, it is a method
of enquiry based upon direct observation which transcends religion (the laws
of physics are the same for everyone, no matter how you
name God or even whether you believe).
1: Have no other
gods — NOT A LAW = > In
God we trust is on our legal currency 2: Make no graven image — NOT A LAW = > intellectual property is a
God to many, we have tones
of laws protecting against false copies 3: Don't take the
name in vain — NOT A LAW = > false testimony is a crime as is swearing in some states 4: Honor the Sabbath — NOT A LAW = > employment law in many states prohibits forced labor on religious days 5: Honor thy father and mother — NOT A LAW = > minors have limited right to transact commerce under 19.
These religious wars and fighting in the
name of god, Allah, budda, Zeus, Odin and whatever else — is a big load
of @ & $!?.
I had in my heart and tongue the
Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression
of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age
of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word
of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot
of reciting verses
of prayers begging
God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in
God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic
of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth
of many beliefs out
of curiosity but could not belief in other than that
God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief
of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance
of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front
of him and when was on the top
of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..
@Mark Just because one or all faiths may have the wrong
name or concept
of God does not necessarily follow that «
God is imaginary» is a scientific fact.
And I surely don't think
God made a monkey
named Adam and had to wait thousands
of years for him to evolve.
When Christians or Muslims kill in the
name of their religion, that is indeed IRRATIONAL and the result
of the IRRATIONAL BELIEFS in «
God».
Murder, stealing, adultery, idolatry, lying — all
of these are
named in that list
God gave to Moses on the...
To all
of these, they declared, «Not in my
name, not in the
name of my
God will you commit this hatred, this violence!»
Would you care to explain how it is that «primitive sheep herders» as most
of you love to derogatorily call them were able to in and
of themselves write scripture such that the first two books Genesis & Exodus spell TORAH = LAW for every equidistant letter sequence
of the 50th letter... and does the same backwards HAROT for Numbers & Deuteronomy, and the 3rd book that they're pointing towards Leviticus, every 7th letter (7 is
God's number for perfection) spells YHWH = The
name of God.
The weird things people do in the
name of «
God.»
No greater rivers
of blood & misery have been spilled than in the
name of religion & «
God».
There is one
God, the mighty
God of Israel, there is one and only one
name by which you can be saved... Jesus.
One
of the most powerful ways
of combating our despair is to continue to worship and proclaim
God's
name and his power despite what season we may be in.
to be a true christian you have to be understanding to everyone and be there for them and pray for them... not call them
names and make nasty remarks... that is not
of god..
The Greeks had both their underworld and the
God of it
named Hades.
Rector William Taylor told his congregation his first question to the next Bishop
of London, who is yet to be
named, would be whether he's willing «declare as sin what
God calls sin».
There were many evil things done in the
Name of Jesus Christ, but it is not really to be as surprise, becaue Jesus said that the evil one, which is the devil, will plant his seeds in the midst
of God's church, meaning here «The Christendom».
see what religion does... all in the
name of some imaginary sky - daddy, who is nothing but just one
of the thousands
of «
gods» invented by man over the course
of human history.
Everyone has a right to believe that there is a
God or not, but the
name calling and bitterness is a reflection a vacuous mentality.Many people believe that there is a
God and no one can convince them otherwise because it is a matter
of faith based on experiences and in the bible.