18 Apr '05 22:43>
Originally posted by PeachyBelieve in God, have true intensions and use God's wisdom in His Books to guide you through to the right path. Do this and you have passed the test, and your reward is Heaven.
Judaism believe that the Messiah is yet to come - once He does, believe in him and you'll be saved.
Christians believe that the Messiah has come as Jesus the son of God - they believe he died and will come back to fight the Anti-Christ and save them.
Muslims believe that the Messiah has come as Jesus the prophet and messenger - he never died but was lifted ...[text shortened]... pay at the end?
Guessed right.. will be thrown to the rubbish collectors to trash and burn….
At last, a concise description of the point of view of different religions that I can get a grasp on.
It is not on the same scale, but imagine that you have created a robot, you programmed it, gave it a name, gave it instructions. How would you punish this metal robot that you built with your own hands if it disobey your commands? You can either try to fix it, upload more instructions, swap processors, upload more instructions and commands, etc etc.. but if it keeps on failing.. What would be the ultimate price that robot will pay at the end?
Guessed right.. will be thrown to the rubbish collectors to trash and burn….
Good analogy, still seems a bit harsh to me though... thrown on the scrap-heap forever for having human failings?
Maybe I need to get my "faith hotfix" installed, or go for a complete upgrade... Stained Glass Windows Hallelujah Edition?
Have a rec (I know it won't get you into heaven... but have one anyway).