"Ignore the man behind the curtain"
Apr. 7th, 2007 02:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaGod has many names, in Judaism alone He is said to have 76 (77? Any other topological number really), in Christianity He also has many names, and more than one form, in Islam He is said to have 99!
The God of the Big Three and they are, despite having a different amount of followers. Christianity and Islam have a much bigger demographic, despite the fact that when one is talking about the Monotheistic religions and doctrines one says "Judeo-Christian" and not "Islamo-Christian" or "Chrsito-Islamic".
They are the Big Three, from Judaic scriptures and mythology these Three have formed a monopoly on God and what God wants his Children (Us, Humanity) wants us to do (in His name).
But Humans, being Humans, despite having the great gifts of Language, Imagination, Ingenuity and many others which evolved through our Natural History (or was designed into us as some *shakes head* say) we're pretty stupid.
It boggles my mind, really it does, that these Three, who all pray to essentially the same God could be the worst enemies on Earth.
Because our Father Avraham, Abraham and Ibrahim are all the same person.
So what if in one version he preferred Issac and in another Ishmael.
So what if one version already had their Messiah come and go and come back again.
So what?
Moses, Jesus and Muhammad are probably looking down at us from their respective places in Heaven (most likely sitting next to each other and talking geo-politics) and shaking their heads at how fucking stupid all their followers are.
Ziporah, Miriam, The Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid and most likely many of the other influential women in those men's lives are also probably sitting with them and telling them how stupid they were and couldn't they have written things down clearly! Because the gist is none of what's written in the Tanach, the New Testament or the Koran were written by God Himself.
The Books may be divinely inspired, but written by God they are not, Human hand in fallible. The Human mind is capable of many things, but still, there are limits to what we can and cannot do.
Point is, these big Three are not as they are meant to be, because no Monotheistic God who is described as kind, merciful, gracious, long-suffering etc. etc. and etc. would be happy in what His followers, today and in yesteryear, were doing in His name.
Can we all say "Amen"? Or would that be pushing it?
The God of the Big Three and they are, despite having a different amount of followers. Christianity and Islam have a much bigger demographic, despite the fact that when one is talking about the Monotheistic religions and doctrines one says "Judeo-Christian" and not "Islamo-Christian" or "Chrsito-Islamic".
They are the Big Three, from Judaic scriptures and mythology these Three have formed a monopoly on God and what God wants his Children (Us, Humanity) wants us to do (in His name).
But Humans, being Humans, despite having the great gifts of Language, Imagination, Ingenuity and many others which evolved through our Natural History (or was designed into us as some *shakes head* say) we're pretty stupid.
It boggles my mind, really it does, that these Three, who all pray to essentially the same God could be the worst enemies on Earth.
Because our Father Avraham, Abraham and Ibrahim are all the same person.
So what if in one version he preferred Issac and in another Ishmael.
So what if one version already had their Messiah come and go and come back again.
So what?
Moses, Jesus and Muhammad are probably looking down at us from their respective places in Heaven (most likely sitting next to each other and talking geo-politics) and shaking their heads at how fucking stupid all their followers are.
Ziporah, Miriam, The Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid and most likely many of the other influential women in those men's lives are also probably sitting with them and telling them how stupid they were and couldn't they have written things down clearly! Because the gist is none of what's written in the Tanach, the New Testament or the Koran were written by God Himself.
The Books may be divinely inspired, but written by God they are not, Human hand in fallible. The Human mind is capable of many things, but still, there are limits to what we can and cannot do.
Point is, these big Three are not as they are meant to be, because no Monotheistic God who is described as kind, merciful, gracious, long-suffering etc. etc. and etc. would be happy in what His followers, today and in yesteryear, were doing in His name.
Can we all say "Amen"? Or would that be pushing it?
