Truth
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Truth is what highlights the conflict between opposing ideologies.
Two kinds of truth...
The legendary Danish physicist Niels Bohr distinguished these two kinds of truths.
--An ordinary truth is a statement whose opposite is a falsehood.
--A profound truth is a statement whose opposite is also a profound truth.
Two kinds of truth...
The legendary Danish physicist Niels Bohr distinguished these two kinds of truths.
--An ordinary truth is a statement whose opposite is a falsehood.
--A profound truth is a statement whose opposite is also a profound truth.
John 8:32 DBY - and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
John 14:6 NASB - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 8:32 NASB - and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
through Jesus
Jesus did teach to love one's enemies, to not judge
is there righteous judgment or righteousness?
Are all religions equal?
Should any religion be the religion?
Is there one religion by which we are to live?
Are we to live according to the Bible?
Are there different Christian Religions?
It depends on the cultural myths you are born into.
Islam often compares God to water, springs and rain--something any desert religion would believe.
In my view, all relgion comes out of the cry “Help!”
In Spain, a table is a “mesa.”
Who is right?
The English or the Spanish?
Both “table” and “mesa” point to the same underlying reality.
Islam often compares God to water, springs and rain--something any desert religion would believe.
In my view, all relgion comes out of the cry “Help!”
In Spain, a table is a “mesa.”
Who is right?
The English or the Spanish?
Both “table” and “mesa” point to the same underlying reality.
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It means Jesus is the way , which makes Christianity exclusive .
Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
I am Jewish and Christian and not a Muslim, but the rain for example reminds me of God. I ran Cross Country and played Soccer in the rain. I was a Lifeguard, Swim Instructor, Swim Coach, High School Swimming and Diving Team Captain, Springboard Diver, Diving Instructor, etc.... I do not live in the desert I live near Seattle.
Christianity is exclusive, yes. What is an exclusive exclusivist? As opposed to an inclusive inclusivist, or any combination of these.
Who was Jesus?
What qualities did he reveal in his authentic words and deeds?
Did he not demonstrate that God is nonviolent?
That God is anti-tribal?
That God stands for the widow, the orphan, the immigrant and the stranger?
That God is found in the unclean and the corrupt?
When Jesus mentions the commandments, he only lists the commandments that are foundational to ALL religions.
Simply put by Matthew’s account, Jesus summed up his mission this way:
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind... And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
--Matthew 22:32-40
Jesus either said this or he didn’t.
You can’t have it both ways.
Try paying attention to John’s gospel’s central metaphor:
Jesus is the way.
A "way" is a path or a road to be followed.
A "way" is not a set of beliefs.
So, Jesus is "the way."
What does this metaphor, applied to a person, mean?
We need to ask, "What is Jesus' 'way' in John's gospel?" Or, "What is 'the way' which Jesus is?"
I beleive the answer is found in the movement or dynamic of the gospel as a whole as well as in a single verse.
I DO agree that Jesus is the only way.
And that way--of dying to an old way of being and being born into a new way of being--is known in all of the religions of the world.
The "way" of Jesus is a universal way, known even to millions who have never heard of Jesus.
What qualities did he reveal in his authentic words and deeds?
Did he not demonstrate that God is nonviolent?
That God is anti-tribal?
That God stands for the widow, the orphan, the immigrant and the stranger?
That God is found in the unclean and the corrupt?
When Jesus mentions the commandments, he only lists the commandments that are foundational to ALL religions.
Simply put by Matthew’s account, Jesus summed up his mission this way:
"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind... And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
--Matthew 22:32-40
Jesus either said this or he didn’t.
You can’t have it both ways.
Try paying attention to John’s gospel’s central metaphor:
Jesus is the way.
A "way" is a path or a road to be followed.
A "way" is not a set of beliefs.
So, Jesus is "the way."
What does this metaphor, applied to a person, mean?
We need to ask, "What is Jesus' 'way' in John's gospel?" Or, "What is 'the way' which Jesus is?"
I beleive the answer is found in the movement or dynamic of the gospel as a whole as well as in a single verse.
I DO agree that Jesus is the only way.
And that way--of dying to an old way of being and being born into a new way of being--is known in all of the religions of the world.
The "way" of Jesus is a universal way, known even to millions who have never heard of Jesus.
Love of God and your neighbor as yourself are definitely commandments that Jesus taught. I do not know what verse in John you are talking about, but people need to know of Jesus as there is no other way to the Father.
Someone wanted to say that Jesus supported capital punishment.
Ask Herod.
The Bible says otherwise.
Why Herod?
Judge with sound or right judgment and judge not lest you be judged.