Go Back   Religion Board > Individual Religions > Christianity


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 08-09-2010, 10:46 PM
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 55
Default is the christianity the only abrahamic religion that calls Father to God meanwhile Ju

that title to God why is that Christians refer to God as Father.. if according to the Bible the only son of God was Jesus no? so why do we call Father to God?
well Christianity is the only religion that calls Father to God meanwhile Judaism and Islam don't say that to God because isn't a sin? why do Christians say Father to God? if Jesus was the only Son of God according the gospels no?
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 08-10-2010, 10:46 PM
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 40
It's unfortunate that Christians of today equate God to a human being.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 08-12-2010, 10:46 PM
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 59
No, Judaism does it too. They call Him Avinu (Malkeinu) which means Our Father (Our KInga) S's???. But it is less common. I will look into my sadder (Jewish prayer book) to find the passage. It is a big book, so leave me some time to update later.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qjkmVm6A18oJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism+Jewish+prayers+calling+G-d+Our+Father&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&source=www.g oogle.ie

Part of Yom Kippur service:
Avinu M.alkeinu, Chaneinu V'aneinu, ki ein banu ma'asim. Assei imanu ts'dakah vachesed, vehoshiyeinu.
Translation ? Hear our voice, Lord our God, (take) pity and be compassionate to us, and accept - with compassion and favour - our prayer. (1)

And here another one: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:M5P4TG4cjacJ:www.njop.org/html/HH%2520Prayer%2520Workshop%2520leaders%2520sample. pdf+Avinu+MALKEINU&hl=en&gl=ie&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEES iSYITXkLjkMK4aLZgveY0WxGFBFvhVWFdMs2RVUPxEsd8J8Tby gTn0vNmSUYFU-7V-AlrbQOIiJdO2pYf79ndMN221IELyR0IxxNzWQZmKAkHyNCoft4 OOW2HcpLTq8J_zKmeJ&sig=AHIEtbT1LyLyLLCGCl-zGl1QxUGPh2VIKw

We call Him Our Father because it is a prayer that J'esus taught us through his disciple:
"Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed by Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven..." Also it shows the relationship that G-d wants to have with us, His creatures. The G-d of the Bible is a relational G-d who wants to be know in a personal way. As a result, we can say that He is a personal G-d. And this is possible since the curtain separating the Holy of holies was torn in half at J'esus' death because we were reconciled with G-d through his sacrifice.
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 08-13-2010, 10:46 PM
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 67
Well Islam has an answer to this traditionally Muslims believe, that god the father and the son thing is gods way of addressing humans and that's the language of the bible but Muslims prove this not from Qumran, they use bibles verse in Romans 8:14:


because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

and that Islam sees Jesus , though a miracle of God, mostly as a mighty "prophet" who is the word n the spirit and not begotten son for, Muslim stance on god is : he begets not nor is he begotten and God that begets is taking away from the glory of God n his majesty n presenting a weak/grim picture of God

peace out
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Fundamentalists: Why do you keep insisting that Christianity isn't a religion? rooper87406486 Christianity 4 03-17-2011 05:56 PM
was the judaism the first abrahamic religion after that appears christianity and last knightfire1481055 Christianity 6 03-17-2011 05:33 PM
Is it blatantly obvious that Christianity is just a Greek mystery religion that refer ghost725188 Judaism 6 03-09-2011 04:53 AM
i need help on atheism? daaaaaniv Atheism 21 03-02-2010 03:54 PM
What is religion? Is Hinduism a religion in the sense Judaism, Christianity and Islam charletw2623 Hinduism 6 12-10-2009 01:04 PM

 
Forum Stats
Members: 14,010
Threads: 50,396
Posts: 543,312
Total Online: 62

Newest Member: telson7

Latest Threads

Advertisement