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God: The term God is capitalized in the English language as if it were a proper noun but without an object because it is in linguistics a boundless enigma as is the mathematical concept of infinity. God is used to refer to a specific monotheistic concept of a supernatural Supreme Being in accordance with the tradition of Abrahamic religions.
There is no God. We all strive to live a happy life. We pursue things that make us happy and avoid things that do not. There is no universal moral truth. Our experiences and preferences shape our sense of how to behave. We act morally when the happiness of others makes us happy. We benefit from living in, and supporting, an ethical society.
The following is a common text, similar to the 2010 ICEL translation: Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
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The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16. The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome. [1]
"A Common Word between Us and You" is an open letter, from October 13, 2007, from Muslim to Christian leaders. It calls for peace between Muslims and Christians and tries to work for common ground and understanding between both religions, in line with the Qur'anic command: "Say: 'O People of the Scripture! come to a common word as between us and you: that we worship none but God" and the ...
Put to death by his foes, very largely deserted by his friends, he may have also felt deserted by God. [33] Others see these words in the context of Psalm 22 and suggest that Jesus recited these words, perhaps even the whole psalm, "that he might show himself to be the very Being to whom the words refer; so that the Jewish scribes and people ...
Rhema, a word that signifies the action of utterance Rhema (doctrine), a divine revelation or inspiration given to an individual; Dabar (Hebrew word), meaning "word", "talk", or "thing" in Hebrew; Divine language, the concept of a mystical or divine proto-language, which predates and supersedes human speech