Author name: sofian

GOD: ABBA OR RABB?

Abba of the Bible Christians refer to God as Father in their creeds, prayers, and liturgy.  God, the Father, is seen as one of the three persons of Trinity.  They believe that the Father has a Son, Jesus.  Christians think they alone have a personal relationship, both with the Father and the Son.  Abba is said to be

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HOW DO WE KNOW GOD IS ONE? A PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (PART 3 OF 3)

Revelation A simpler way of providing evidence for God’s oneness is by referring to revelation.  The argument here is that if God has announced himself to humanity and this revelation can be proven to be from Him, then what He mentions about himself is obviously true.  The daring assumptions, from an agnostic perspective at least,

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HOW DO WE KNOW GOD IS ONE? A PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (PART 1 OF 3)

One of the many common questions that were asked during the Islamic Awareness Tour was “If God does exist what reasons do we have to believe He is one?” This question is important as it addresses a fundamental concept in Islamic theology, the concept of God’s oneness.  The oneness of God, in Arabic Tawhid, is a

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THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS

“O My slaves who have transgressed against themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)!  Despair not of the Mercy of God: verily, God forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Quran 39:53) God did not create humankind for any purpose other than to worship Him.  However being human makes us frail and forgetful

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WHERE IS GOD?

Now and again human beings are prompted to ask themselves some of life’s truly profound questions.  In the quiet darkness of the night, when far off stars twinkle in the vast, majestic sky, or in the cold, hard, light of day when life rushes past like a speeding train, people of all colours, races and

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