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On this day 13th Sept 1922, my mum and grandparents escaped a genocide. Smyrna was burnt to the ground, thousands died, they spent about twenty years as refugees around the middle east, coming to England during WW2. I can never remember a time when my mum or grandparents were bitter and angry...

The fear of God is the start of wisdom. If we don't fear the law of the land, because we think we can get away with a crime, we should fear God, because we cannot hide from God. The fear of God is the start of wisdom, if we pursue wisdom, I believe it leads us to the love, mercy, grace and...

I fully agree with you. When I reflect on our Lord dying for us, it seems to infer that he loves us as he loves himself. Jesus said that two commandments are greatest for us, but was he including himself? Could Jesus do anything greater than love God the Father, and love all his neighbours as he...

Whatever God we think we are praying to, the same God hears all our prayers. I believe the God we all pray to, is the creator of all that is seen and unseen. This applies to Muslims, Christians, Hindus, etc, despite all our differences. This is my belief. This is an interfaith forum, I don't...

We ask God to forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. I believe this is challenging us to be more forgiving, when we might rather take on the righteous need for the transgressor to be punished. Just my 2c.

Agreed, but it does not come naturally to us, the default position seems to be one of righteous anger and the need for justice. If the prayer was please forgive me my trespasses, we would be okay. When we add, as we forgive those who trespass against us, we are adding terms and conditions to...

Jesus is innocent of the crimes he has been accused of. He is condemned to death and crucified. Yet he still prays, forgive them Father for they know not what they do. If I killed someone, that is not the end of the story. God can raise them up to a greater good life after death. We might live...

How do you read forgiveness in the Lord's prayer?

Every time we say the Lord's prayer, we Tell God what to do! God, forgive me, in exactly the same way I forgive my enemy. Which has to mean, if I cant forgive, then don't forgive me in the same way. Do the millions of Christians who regularly say this prayer, understand the implications of...

I have learned in my old age, that if I am to follow any belief system, I have to be willing to change myself. I left the Catholic Church as a teenager, there were too many temptations in the world, and I didn't want to be constantly reminded; that I shouldn't succumb to temptation. As Oscar...

Thanks for your response to my thread. My intention was not to try and convince someone to believe in God, it was aimed more at people who already have a faith in God. Who is God? Can there be one greatest good purpose to create the universe and life? Could God love us as he loves himself...

The creation of the universe is history. Either God created the universe with knowledge and power, or there is no god. You could be a hundred percent right or wrong on the toss of a coin. You cant change the truth of history, just because you don't agree with it Is there real hard evidence...

The imitation of Christ is a profound challenge for all of us. He gave us the greatest commandments, to love all our neighbours as we love ourselves, we should love and forgive our enemies too. But how did Jesus love all his neighbours as he loves himself? How did Jesus hold out his hands on...

We have only achieved what we have achieved because of intelligent design, and mega computers. If you took intelligent design and computers out of the equation, we would never get there. We see the extent of life today, and if you extrapolate back far enough, we have to conclude that life had...

Ahhh, instead of saying God did it, you say evolution did it. This is not science. This looks like a very primitive and simple pile of bones, and if you stood them next to a formula one car engine, the engine would look far more complex. We can make efficient car engines, but we can't make a...

My spiritual home is the Catholic Church, but my journey has been one of conflict. A few years ago, I attended a three day conference for Churches Together in England, there were people from around twenty denominations. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Conner; the head of the Catholic church in England...

If there was a burning need for modern man to evolve; over a period of around 3.8 billion years; stuff has to happen. Thirty trillion cells have to be organised to make up our bodies. They would have to grow at the rate of around 350 billion cells a day. What organising forces existed 3.8...

You could bring chemicals together with a fuse, and you have dynamite. You can't have an explosion without stuff that explodes. In theory, the BB should be similar. The complexity we see today surely cannot be the result of an explosion; with temperatures exceeding hot.

The Big Bang is a believable theory, it has been described in layman terms, we don't have to be scientists to understand the concept of the BB. However, as the theory stands, something popped into existence and went Bang, what was that something and where did it come from? If you believe this...

There is only 'One God', the creator of all that is seen and unseen. The same God hears all our prayers despite our differences. I believe the idols we worship are our sins that separate us from God - pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth.