BartenderElite
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I think Stoney feels like he has a good "gotcha" going here or something. I'm intrigued.
You demean Christianity simply by claiming to be one, Fat Boy.BTW,....this is the part where a lot of lefties ram the car in reverse and high tale it. Thou shalt not demean any other religion other than Christianity....![]()
Abrahamic religions are given their name from the shared religious lineage leading back to the prophet Abraham (also called Abram). Abraham is claimed by Jews as their patriarch and ancestor, while Christians claim him a “father in faith” (Romans 4), and Muslims see Ibrahim’s (as Abraham is known in Arabic) son as the ancestor of all Arabs. Abraham is seen as the forefather of the three Western religions because of his devotion to monotheism (belief of one god or the oneness of God). Abraham’s family is identified as polytheistic (identifying as a believer in multiple gods), as they “worshiped other gods” (Joshua 24:2). When Abraham enters into a covenant with God, it is between that one god and a specific family. This shows promise of monotheism and thus the beginning of modern Western religion. This also makes it clear why the Jewish people all Abraham an ancestor, and why it’s a blood-based religion, meaning followers are born into it and are not likely to be converts. Abraham had three wives: Sarah (also Sarai), Hagar, and Keturah. Sarah and Abraham couldn’t have children, so Sarah told Abraham to take her Egyptian slave, Hagar, and have a child with her so that perhaps Sarah could have a family. Hagar quickly conceived and gave birth to a son, who Abraham named Ishmael (Genesis 16). A few years later, God approached Abraham to make a covenant. In doing so, God blessed Sarah will a son named Isaac so that Abraham’s people would flourish (Genesis 17). The split between the Western religions can be associated with the sons of Abraham. Ishmael is seen as the ancestor of all Arabs, and through an extension, Islam. Isaac, then, is seen as the predecessor to the Jewish (and eventually Christian) people, as the covenant between God and Abraham was set up as an “everlasting covenant for his descendants after him”. This draws out the relationship between the three major Western religions as sister religions, established through Abraham.
Yep.
Do you want to keep asking?
I think Stoney feels like he has a good "gotcha" going here or something. I'm intrigued.
O.k,.......fair enuff. You are free to believe whatever you wish to just as I or anyone else is. Have a GREAT day!
Of course everyone is allowed to believe what they want. But I do wish we could abandon some of these ancient texts, personally.
On balance, they have been a force for more war, hate & harm than for good (imo). It's time we moved on as a species to more enlightened systems of belief.
Pssst......a thousand years is as a day.
The answers are ALL in THE Book.![]()
I've read the book. It doesn't explain why you are so gullible.
I've read the book. It doesn't explain why you are so gullible.
I feel bad for you. Hopefully you gain understanding while there is still time. Have a great day...........
I feel bad for you. Hopefully you gain understanding while there is still time. Have a great day...........
A man claimed he had sex with Obama 25 years ago. Well, there you go proof. Women \claim Trump sexually molested them, and he said he could do it, and you call that a lie. Rightys are such jokes.
Let's talk about the claims that Obama is the shadow President, the person who actually runs the Executive branch of the federal government.