God Expects Us to Be Civil to Each Other

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Hi friend Navin1
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I don’t think there are any hate words in Quran. If you have read the Quran, then quote from it, the text and ‎the context. For the context of Quran, usually five preceding and five following verses should be given to ‎understand the true meaning of a verse. Quran gives rational arguments. If God of Quran mentions the ‎truth, which you believe in, with rational arguments; it should be accepted, in my opinion.‎

I love Jesus and Mary as mentioned in Quran.‎

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim

I read the koran and find a god that hates me - idolator, heathen, and infidel that I am. Too bad for the god of the koran. For I Love the God that is Truth. If the god of the koran can't love me because I Love Truth, that's his problem (and intolerance, and unloving nature, and demonic truth denying nature). Expunge that from the koran and you may have the beginnings of a meaningful argument for your so called merciful deity.

hariaum

Posted by: tojby_2000 | September 18, 2009 9:52 AM
If your deity is omnipotent and omniscient its expectations are always met and it cannot be disappointed in any outcome it initiates. If, on the other hand, your deity is disappointed then it is a deity unworthy of worship.
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Your argument can only be held true if said deity had created only automatons that could do nothing but what was demanded of them. The love and worship of such creatures are meaningless, since they could do nothing but that. God, however, created sentient beings, gave us free will, the ability to make choices; and as such, we are capable of making decisions that do not please God______________________________________ 1. I believe you to be in error. An omniscient and omnipotent entity cannot be disappointed with outcomes it initiated and had foreknowledge of. 2. The notion of free will is only a handy trope for the followers of the Abrahamic tribes to use in order to avoid the contradictions in their theology.

I am all for civility, but how does this writer know what "God" expects? How absurd. What arrogance. "God" is too big for us to even comprehend. Limiting the creative force(s) of the universe to what humans can conceive of is also absurd.

How about being civil because it is the honorable thin g to do, and leave "God" out of the equation?

'The Twitter-sized answer (with 72 characters to spare!) to the questions raised here is, "Because we're all sinners who have, and continue to, fall short of the glory of God."'

Only two problems here:

1. There is no "God";

2. We're not all "sinners".

Please try again.

Hi

We all human beings are just like a family;everyone of us needs to be loved and not hated; and if there is a difference , it is most appropriate to submit our view point with logic and reason, if we are right.If we put it with anger, that means we are not our selves sure that our viewpoint is reasonable adn correct.Anger cannot and does not make other person understand its correctness.

Quran enjoins the believers in this way:

[3:135] Those who spend in prosperity and adversity, and those who suppress anger and pardon men; and Allah loves those who do good;
http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?submitCh=Read+from+verse%3A&ch=3&verse=131

I love Jesus and Mary as mentioned in Quran.

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim

God expects us to be civil? Have you read the New Testament?

Posted by: tojby_2000 | September 18, 2009 9:52 AM
If your deity is omnipotent and omniscient its expectations are always met and it cannot be disappointed in any outcome it initiates. If, on the other hand, your deity is disappointed then it is a deity unworthy of worship.
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Your argument can only be held true if said deity had created only automatons that could do nothing but what was demanded of them. The love and worship of such creatures are meaningless, since they could do nothing but that. God, however, created sentient beings, gave us free will, the ability to make choices; and as such, we are capable of making decisions that do not please God

God expects us to be civil to one another? Have you read the Old Testament???

Daly Headline: God Expects Us to Be Civil to Each Other______________________________ Anthropomorphism is weak tea.
If your deity is omnipotent and omniscient its expectations are always met and it cannot be disappointed in any outcome it initiates. If, on the other hand, your deity is disappointed then it is a deity unworthy of worship.

Or, as my Mom used to say, "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar." Thank you for being one of the few sane anti-abortion people. I respectfully disagree with you on that issue, but I admire your work on behalf of children who are not just fetuses.

Joe Wilson's real name is:
Addison Graves Wilson Senior

He lies when he call himself "joe".
YOU LIE!!

But seriously folks:
Policy differences don't cause people (especially a trained lawyer(liar?) and politician to burst out with an outburst. Deep emotional hatred does, possibly the kind Southern white males have demonstrated for centuries. Hmmmm.

I find myself in agreement with Mr. Daly here, altogether. And it is the reasonable thing to do. It is also the harder thing to do, but one with a far better payoff.

Thank you for the input. Let us all try to live closer to our ideals.

A timely reminder to show respect when citizens across this country are fighting for government policies to reflect and respect their deeply-held convictions. So yes -- debate, call your representatives, march, go to town halls, make your voice heard. That is the AMERICAN thing to do. But... we can do all this in a respectful fashion. And I hope we all do.

Make sense, Jim. Congratulations on firing Dobson's speech writer.