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Do you have a powerful telescope? ..look for your national flag. ;)

Well, why has marriage changed from its definition of the union between a man and a woman? How would that be an accident? Mmm .. that would have been unheard of until the late 20th. century. Is that because our ancestors were less moral or inferior, do you think? There are several reasons for...

It is my understanding .. and not necessarily a majority view. ..although the majority of Muslims would agree that Allah SWT is not a person. G-d is of an infinite nature.

I don't see it like that .. that G-d has "placed a curse" on the earth and all that it contains. Naturally, a sinner is cursed .. unless they repent. satan wants us to have this "holier than thou" attitude .. it was pride and arrogance that caused his downfall. satan is cursed .. he refuses to...

..by whom?

Same thing.. Marriage has become "an accessory" rather than a religious institution. That is no accident. It is a purposeful lobbying of those that wish(ed) to destroy it. ..and that was my point. If blasphemy is trivialised in society, society begins to disintegrate. It is not that G-d is...

I don't see it as "G-d doing something". I believe that our deeds are no longer hidden in the life hereafter .. they are all recorded, so even if bad deeds don't catch up with us in this life, they will eventually.

Agreed upon.

Mmm .. blasphemy laws have often been "hijacked" by various people and creeds. The thing is, that it is possible to be an atheist, without making a noise about it. Those who make a noise about it, usually have an agenda of destroying a society that has its values rooted in a belief system...

"death" is usually understood as in physical death. The "death of a soul" is a man-made concept, imho. That is, one can interpret its meaning in numerous ways. Yes .. I was raised in a Protestant nation .. England .. in which hell was rarely mentioned. Heaven was mentioned over and over.. and I...

Agreed upon. ..but that does not mean that G-d did that for no reason i.e. just because He could As already discussed, it's not a question of what we say .. it's more a state of mind.

Hmmm.. I realise that this is in the Christianity forums, but many Christians believe .. rightly or wrongly: The Bible doesn't explicitly state that Lucifer is Satan, but many interpret the description in Isaiah 14:12, along with other passages (like Ezekiel 28:12-19) describing a fallen angel...

Well, G-d has created mankind with an independent nature. That is where the evil originates. Yes .. they are doing "what G-d ordained" in the sense that G-d knew that mankind would sin. That is NOT to say, that G-d has "ordained" man to sin .. because it is of our own free-will, and not G-d's...

..semantics .. the world contains evil-doers. I don't think so.. satan is wilfull in his disobedience, as are those that follow him .. they are only deluded in as much as they have corrupted their souls (wilfully) No .. there are many different categories of sin .. desire being only one. satan...

Yes, indeed .. and we are all guilty in some way.. ..but the bottom line, is that I see it as illogical that "a good God" can allow people to suffer from the exploding of atomic bombs in this life, but couldn't possibly allow it in a life hereafter.

..and you know this, how? ..and this assumes that G-d allows evil in this life, but otherwise not. ..so why create an evil world in the first place, if He intends no evil? No, I do not know what "body" I will find myself in after death.. ..but I DO believe that this life is part of a greater...

You mean, what if it is reality, that a person can murder 1000's of people, and then kill themselves, and all that will happen is that they cease to exist? 😑 Well, if that is the case, nobody has anything to fear .. it's all a bed of roses. ..might as well finish our lives right now, because I...

Mmm .. prose that can be interpreted in different ways. Furthermore, the cherry picking of verses that appear to contradict others in a literal sense, is not an enlightening way to understand religion. One needs to understand Scripture in light of the whole. That is the basis behind the various...

..that there is a heaven, but no hell .. because "G-d is love". Our experiences in this life do not suggest that G-d does not allow suffering.

How do you mean? Why would G-d allow people to suffer in this life, when He could stop it if He so willed? Why would you assume that G-d would treat us all differently in a life hereafter? To me, that seems to suggest that you assume that a life hereafter has little connection to this one, in...