When we pray for others, we tend to pray the same thing for them over and over again believing this is an acceptable way to pray. However, when praying for others it will fall into one of two categories, and based on the reason you decide to stop praying for a person it may matter to God.
You should pray for a person once for any given circumstance, not the same circumstance over and over. If you stop praying for them because of un-forgiveness, thats another matter.
When we pray for others, we tend to pray the same thing for them over and over again believing this is an acceptable way to pray. However, when praying for others it will fall into one of two categories, and based on the reason you decide to stop praying for a person it may matter to God.
You should pray for a person once for any given circumstance, not the same circumstance over and over. If you stop praying for them because of un-forgiveness, thats another matter.
Christians and Muslims both believe in Jesus, love him,
and honor him. They are, however, divided over the
question of his divinity. Fortunately, this difference can be
resolved if we refer the question to both the Bible and the
Qur'an, because, both the Bible and the Qur'an teach that
Jesus is not God.
Since the beginning of mankind, more thought has gone into the understanding of God than any other subject under the sun - and still nobody is any the wiser. In the length of a taxi ride, this little book explains once and for all.
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Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
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Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
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Top 5 reasons Jesus(as) is not the begotten son of god. 1
1. Top 5 reasons Jesus is not the Begotten son of God
Disclaimer: The following material is may be sensitive to some readers. The intention of this paper is
to educate my brothers and sisters and not to insult anyone or any religion.
There are many ways to worship God, but as logic tells us, God has chosen a particular way for
us to worship him. He has chosen the best people of all time and has given them Prophet Hood. God has
chosen these Prophets to declare Gods message to humanity and the way we have to submit to him. All
the Prophets of God have described God as Uniquely One, external absolute, and has no beginning or
end. They have described God as one with no partners as well as the creator of everything in the
Universe. These Unique attributes of God are the exact reason why he’s the only one worthy of worship.
Therefore people in general have to make the effort to try to understand and study these Prophets so
that we understand how to worship God.
One does not draw closer to a person or God by exceeding the reality. What do we mean by
that? Jesus Christ called himself the son of Man; others called himself the son God. If he is identifying
himself as the son of man, you’re not going to draw closer to the prophet by making him more than
what he is. The following is the Top 5 reasons why Jesus is not the begotten son of God.
5. Do you believe Jesus was Begotten and not made?
If you ask most Christians if you believe in this doctrine to begin with , do you believe that Jesus
was begotten and not made? Most will say yes its part of my religion, yes. Yes it’s part of your religion
but do you believe it? Most will then start to back pedal. If you look up the word begotten in Merriam
Webster’s dictionary, Its says begotten means to procreate as the father, it implies the cardinal element
of sex. Are you saying that you actually believe that God had sex with Marry to have Jesus? Is that what
you’re saying begotten and not made? 99% of people will say of course not. They would realize the
blasphemy of that claim. So then they would begin to change their position. If this is what begotten
2. Top 5 reasons Jesus is not the Begotten son of God
means, and you don’t believe that to mean the procreation of the father like the definition says it is,
then why do you believe in it? After then most people would soften their stance.
4. It is an evolved doctrine.
Derived in Council of Nicaea in 325, It was later placed in the Nicene creed. Glanadious , the
patriarch of Constantinople when he heard the Council of Nicaea’s decision of the matter said “ These
are the words of a drunken man”. The Nicene Creed states “God from God, light from light, true God
from true God, Begotten, and not made. This doesn’t mean that anyone who believes in this is a
drunken man; however when one truly analyzes the statement for somebody who sits down and thinks
about these words with an open heart and open mind, the vast majority of mankind would say they
wouldn’t accept this.
3. Psalms 2:7
Psalms 2:7 says “The Lord has said to me, you are my son, today I have begotten you. Are we
talking about Jesus Christ? No. We’re talking about David. The doctrine of Jesus being begotten not
made, is not just Jesus Christ was begotten not made, but he was the only Begotten son of God. . How
can you have Jesus Christ be the only begotten son of God when we have David many generations
before being told he was the only begotten son of God? Actually the bible has sons by the tons. Many
passages speak of the sons of Gods, and the children of God. Sons of God were known as metaphorical
issues and not a literal one. In fact the all the Jews saw themselves as the children of God. Sons and
daughters of God. That was the status they conceived for themselves. This was a metaphorical issue and
not a literal one. But hold on. What about Jesus? With Jesus it’s a capital S. Problem with this argument
is there is nothing to support it. The manuscript the bible is translated from is the Hebrew, Aramaic, and
Greek manuscripts and there was no capitalization of any these manuscripts. Whenever you read the
bible and see any letter capitalized, even the beginning of sentences, these letters were not capitalized
3. Top 5 reasons Jesus is not the Begotten son of God
in the manuscripts which the bible was translated. The bible is translated from a body of manuscripts.
Right now we have over 5400 manuscripts. None of them have capital letters. The capitalization is
something people have put in. Sometimes as a device to emphasize to what they wanted to emphasize,
but that’s not being sincere towards the scripture. A lot people get turned off by religion because they
see people play with religion. This is one of those cases. As people are adding or removing things to the
bible.
2. The word Mono-genes translated as only begotten son.
This word Mono-genes is found 9 times in the bible. 3 times in Luke: 7:12, 8:42 and 9:38. In all
3 of these passages it’s not talking about Jesus Christ but other individuals, and it’s not translated as the
only begotten son. This is the same word, but when found in John it’s translated as the only begotten
son. But when this same word is used in Luke it’s not translated as only begotten. This is another
example of people playing with scripture adding and taking away what they want which in the end turns
people away from religion. There is an inconsistency with translation. You have to ask yourself why. The
word is found 9 times in the bible. Again, 3 times mentioned in Luke which is not translated to only
begotten and is referenced by people other Jesus. 5 times in John, 4 times in the gospel of John, 1 time
in John 1.. In those 5 instances, it refers to Jesus as the only begotten. The 9th time is in Hebrews 11:17.
This is important because is talking about Isaac. Isaac is Mono-genes. Now why is that important? It’s
important because Ismael was born 14 years before Isaac. How can Isaac be the only begotten son if
Ismael was 14 years old when Isaac was born? Well Ismael wasn’t really considered his son, because it
was with Hagar and not Sarah. This argument is invalid, because at the time polygamy was allowed, and
Hagar was taken as a wife. David and Solomon had a lot of wives. If you question that Ismael was not a
real son Abraham then just look up Genesis 16:11, 16:15, 17:7, 17:23, and 17:25. Why do we read these
4. Top 5 reasons Jesus is not the Begotten son of God
verses? Because in these passages God recognized Ismael as Abraham’s son. If God is recognizing Ismael
as Abraham’s son 14 years before Isaac was born how Isaac can be the only begotten son?
So what are we actually saying when we say that Jesus is the son of God? Kats have kittens, dogs have
puppies. What does it mean for God to have a son? Does God have a baby God? Is he a number two
God? At this point every one’s own personal opinion comes in to play. People explain it in different
ways. If we truly look at it honestly, no one really understands the concept. According to the Trinity
Doctrine, Jesus and God are co-equal, co-eternal, and of the same substance. That means they are co-
eternal, but how can a son be eternal, if he comes from the Father. This was an early argument from the
Unitarian priest Arias who basically said if you’re going to call him the son, you can’t call him eternal.
Because the son comes from the father. How can they be of the same substance? How can they be co-
equal? One prays to the other. Jesus prayed to God. If Jesus had Godly powers himself he wouldn’t call
on or pray to God. To pray to God means you’re in need of God. The purpose of Prayer is to ask God to
do something for you. If you have Godly powers you do anything you want. So one sincerely reflects on
this they will realize that it does not make sense.
1. Don’t listen to me or anyone, Just ask your Bible.
The NIV, NRSV, The Good news Bible, The Jerusalem Bible and many others have recognized the
arguments presented and have removed this from their biblical texts. The NIV and Revised
Standard Version are the most sold and authentic bibles in the history of mankind. You will find
the biblical scholars themselves have removed this from their texts.
But no I grew up on the King James Bible. The problem with this argument is that King James
Version was written in 1611. That’s 400 years old. There were many biblical texts found after
that. The earliest biblical texts ever discovered were the codex vaticanis and the codex
sanatacus, and they were discovered after the King James Version was written. So the newer
5. Top 5 reasons Jesus is not the Begotten son of God
Bibles are agreed upon a coalition of different Christian groups and they agree on th New
Revised Standard Version.
So who was Jesus? He was exactly what he said he was. He was man. He was Prophet barring
revelation from God. He was sent only to the house of the lost sheep of Israel. He was there to
bring them back from their deviation and to provide a revelation to keep the people on the
correct path.
I hope and pray that one can review the following information and reflect on what it has to say. I
hope that one can take the courage to search for the truth, and to not follow any belief blindly.
More info on the subject may be viewed at Leveltruth.com. The following research was put
together by Dr. Brown PHD. Religious studies.