Jesus
Muslims, Christians and Jews believe that Jesus once walked this earth.
Muslims, Christians and Jews believe that Jesus believed in God. Though they dispute the nature of his belief.
Jesus was someone with a specific message directly linked to God: Now we begin to differ, Jews do not agree, but Muslims and Christians are still together.
Jesus was the son of God and is part of an inseparable holy trinity, he died on the cross so that our sins may be forgiven: Here Muslims diverge leaving only Christians.
Jesus laid his hand on Peter, proclaiming - "On this rock I build my church". Since then each Pope has had a direct link with Jesus: Now Christians divide. Catholics stand alone, other Christians walk away.
But can the church transmit forgiveness through confession? Christians don't know. Yes! say the Catholic church and the Orthodox churches. No! say others.
Who is right?
As God's children, (if that is what we are), we still can't agree.
How many people have died as a direct result of these disagreements?
Or do God's children habitually use these disputes to excuse violent conflict, when their real motivations are elsewhere?
Happy Easter
Muslims, Christians and Jews believe that Jesus believed in God. Though they dispute the nature of his belief.
Jesus was someone with a specific message directly linked to God: Now we begin to differ, Jews do not agree, but Muslims and Christians are still together.
Jesus was the son of God and is part of an inseparable holy trinity, he died on the cross so that our sins may be forgiven: Here Muslims diverge leaving only Christians.
Jesus laid his hand on Peter, proclaiming - "On this rock I build my church". Since then each Pope has had a direct link with Jesus: Now Christians divide. Catholics stand alone, other Christians walk away.
But can the church transmit forgiveness through confession? Christians don't know. Yes! say the Catholic church and the Orthodox churches. No! say others.
Who is right?
As God's children, (if that is what we are), we still can't agree.
How many people have died as a direct result of these disagreements?
Or do God's children habitually use these disputes to excuse violent conflict, when their real motivations are elsewhere?
Happy Easter
posted by Administrator at 10:21 am
2 Comments:
i'm not religious, but happy easter if you are a christian :)
i like your previous post about friend... nice point... there is always debates over concepts that are taken for granted.
Thanks for your comment. I am not religious either. But I think many religious people focus on the differences between religions rather than the similarities.
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