Ask Me Help Desk - The Biblical quotes, Literal or lesson?

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Originally Posted by Altenweg

My belief is that regardless of what you believe, if you live a good life, are a good person, then, if heaven exists, you will go to heaven.

If we are all Gods children, then wouldn't he love all of us equally, regardless of what we believe?

If I am wrong and there is a hell, well, I've got marshmallows and sticks, no worries. ;)

That would be the ideal senerio. NO matter what you do,, you go to heaven. That's OK with me. But if I work on Sunday, I'm kind of going to hell. That's just not 'just'.

If Sunday is a day of rest, then why do you have to go to church?

I'm sticking with my way, heaven no matter what. :) Of course, I could be wrong. :eek:

Wait, I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken. ;)

Really? I didn't know that. THAT would be interesting to find such similarities.

I already believe that all religions are right and wrong at the same time. I believe we are all talking about the same thing in the end.

I believe in Heaven and Hell but, as usual, my definition of these things are not the typical.

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Originally Posted by DrJizzle

Really? I didnt know that. THAT would be interesting to find such similarities.

I already believe that all religions are right and wrong at the same time. I believe we are all talking about the same thing in the end.

I believe in Heaven and Hell but, as usual, my definition of these things are not the typical.

I THINK, Heaven and hell are not really there. HOWEVER,, I think we go to another place after death. And this 'PLACE' is good. No kind of God would send most of his creation to a HELL. Have you ever worked on Sunday?? That's hell.

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Originally Posted by jrwild62

I have always understood that the Koran and the Bible are one in the same. They both have a savior, in 3 days, both were from a mother with a name that begins with M. There are 100's of stories that follow this same criteria. HUNDREDS!

Well I've heard that the Koran is much later in origin, could have been written by someone who had read the Bible and wanted to copy it but putting a different protagonist in the story.
But maybe it's the same story, just written down later by a nomadic people.
If you read Exodus, Moses committed murder then fled from Egypt to avoid punishment. He married and basically adopted his father in law's religion. Later on after the Israelites left Egypt he met up with his family again and the father in law gave him some pointers about how to rule. The story about Baalam in Numbers, this people saw the Israelites coming out of Egypt into the wilderness and were afraid over the sheer numbers of them. It goes back to the story about Abraham and Sarah vs. Abraham's other firstborn son that he had with his slave girl Hagar (Ishmael) which son does God's promise actually refer to? Thus a long standing animosity between the two branches of the same family, Jew and Arab. To which
I say, it was I think five thousand years ago, people. Get over it.

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Originally Posted by wildandblue

well I've heard that the Koran is much later in origin, could have been written by someone who had read the Bible and wanted to copy it but putting a different protagonist in the story.
But maybe it's the same story, just written down later by a nomadic people.
If you read Exodus, Moses committed murder then fled from Egypt to avoid punishment. He married and basically adopted his father in law's religion. Later on after the Israelites left Egypt he met up with his family again and the father in law gave him some pointers about how to rule. The story about Baalam in Numbers, this people saw the Israelites coming out of Egypt into the wilderness and were afraid over the sheer numbers of them. It goes back to the story about Abraham and Sarah vs. Abraham's other firstborn son that he had with his slave girl Hagar (Ishmael) which son does God's promise actually refer to? Thus a long standing animosity between the two branches of the same family, Jew and Arab. To which
I say, it was I think five thousand years ago, people. Get over it.

OK Blue, I can definitely discuss life with you. Very intelligent post