Mormons claim that God the Father has a “body of flesh and bones.” Nowhere is this statement made in the Bible, so they support this idea through the statement that God created man in His own image, which requires that God look like a man. However, there are many problems with this interpretation. First, the Bible says that God created both males and females in His image. Unless God were a herm...

Christians have traditionally believed that, because they are saved by grace, they can take no credit for their own salvation or even for a virtuous character (where such exists). All credit of this kind goes to God. And understood properly, this doctrine of salvation by grace has three important virtues, among others: It can undermine pride and self-righteous feelings of superiority in the Chr...

the fundamental belief in sikhism is that god exists not merely as an idea or concept, but as a real entity. god is indescribable, yet knowable and perceivable to anyone who is prepared to dedicate the time and energy to become perceptive to his persona. the gurus never spoke about proofs of the existence of god. for them, he is too real, and something obvious does not require any logical proof...

the mystics' approach towards the subject of happiness has been originated from quranic verses and divine narrations. in religious resources, admirable happiness, noticing to the benefactor, thanking him, and god's satisfaction will be followed. but indecent happiness is raised from sensual motivations cause ignorance of the benefactor and also inebriation, vanity and deviation. based...

Feminine language for God has been largely absent within Christianity. However, a focus on feminine aspects of the divine can help Christians reclaim characteristics of God that get lost in a religion where language of God the Father is pervasive. This paper addresses the use of Mother as a metaphor for God and its implications for a therapeutic context. The current conversation around parental...

the issue of relation, particularly that of human relation to god stands for one of the most significant concerns by all men of faith. to realize such a relation martin buber and rumi, two globally acclaimed thinkers, have appropriated independent existences for both god and man to make them eligible for having a relation to each other, and they have brought this relationship to the fore in the...

alister mcgrath criticizes atheistically evolutionary view of richard dawkins in natural sciences; and believes that the evidence that is put forward by dawkins for explanation of his hypothesis, is not compatible with the result of his argument. dawkins attacks against christianity in four arguments, and believes that science has removed god and religion is against every kind of demonstration ...

The issue of relation, particularly that of human relation to God stands for one of the most significant concerns by all men of faith. To realize such a relation Martin Buber and Rumi, two globally acclaimed thinkers, have appropriated independent existences for both God and man to make them eligible for having a relation to each other, and they have brought this relationship to the fore in the...

this essay will survey different views on the value and the status of woman in judaism and christianity and era of ignorance in jazirat al arab and then will turn to this subject according to the holy quran. in so doing, some of the most important doubts and suspicions concerning the high status of woman in holy quran have been surveyed by using the theories of some of islamic scholars and inte...