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    March 20

    Christianity Vs Islam

    The following philosophical argument is based on the teachings of Dr. William Lane Craig.

    God is the greatest conceivable deity that one can imagine. That is, if one has a conception of god and another has a greater conception of God, then the latter is God.  Why is this true?  If one can perceive a greater God, then the lesser god is imperfect. Both Islam and Christianity hold to this view. In both faiths God is omnipotent. No one can come behind and think of a more powerful God. In both faiths God is omnipresent. No one can think of a God who can be in more places. And, in both faiths, God is omniscient. No one can think of a God who knows more.

    IN the Christian faith, however, God is all Loving. The apostle John even goes on to define God as love (not that love is god…as  some wackos hold). The God of the Bible loves unconditionally. We don’t have to do anything.

    "...I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge..."

    Not so in Islam. God is not all loving. His love requires that one earns it through works and moral upright living. The Koran teaches that “God loves not the unbelievers, God loves not the evil doers, God loves not the proud…” The God of Islam loves conditionally.  Unfortunately, if the God of Islam is perfect, by definition, all who fall from his moral standards would be evil (different argument; different day). 

    Therefore, the greater of these Gods is the God of Christianity.

    Note:  Picture of my cat chilling is simply an appeal to emotion. 

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    KIMBERLYwrote:
    I agree.  God is God, but the characteristics we ascribe to this deity is fundamentally different, isn't it? All living things have to coexist.  There has to be balance and harmony of the cosmos in order for this to happen.  Conditional love begets disharmony and imbalance among all mankind. If we look to God for guidance and our God is conditional, would we not become conditional ourselves?  If we live a life with conditions, does this not negate forgiveness, understanding, compassion, and ultimately love?  What becomes of a world of people whose love is conditional? It becomes disharmonious and imbalnced. which goes against the scientific laws of this living cosmos that allows life to exist upon this planet.  If the laws of the universe are upset, and an imbalance ensues, life dies.  Species become extinct because a fundamental law of the universe that supported their very existence has ceased.  We require oxygen and water in order to live.  If either of these elements were to suddenly to disappear from this planet, life would cease. Unconditional love ensures harmony and balance among all mankind.  Harmony and balance ensures coexistance and the continuance of life.  Therefore, I would have to believe that God, our Master Creator, loves uncondtionally. All praises to our loving God who loves unconditionally, so that we may walk this planet in love and  ultimately grow nearer to Him. 
     
    In His love,
    Kim
    Sept. 6

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