(Verse 3) Thou shalt have no other gods…. (Verse 4) Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image (pesel), or any likeness (temuna) of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath…. (Verse 5) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them… (Ex 20:3‑5)
“And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no form (temuna); only ye heard a voice.” On this question we often speak of a Deuteronomist current of thought, close to that expressed in the Deutero-Isaiah (Is 40:18).
“And God said: Let us make man in our image (ṣalmenu), after our likeness (ki-demutenu).” The terms ṣelem and demut have a very specific corporeal meaning. Ṣelem is even one of the terms used by the Bible to designate idols. [21] See Nb 33:52; 1 S 6:5; 6:11; 2 R 11:18; Ez 7:20; 16:17;...[21] However, the context leads us not to disregard a more “spiritualist” reading of the verse, because the writer of verse 26 juxtaposes the image and the likeness with the fact that man will dominate creation. Is it not in this notion of sovereignty that the common link between man and the divinity is to be found?
Give And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. . . . " And God created man in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:26-27)
Adonai God said, "It is not good for man to be alone. . . ." (Genesis 2:18)
Then the man said, "This one at last / Is bone of my bones / And flesh of my flesh. / This one shall be called Woman, / For from man was she taken." Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh. (Genesis 2:23-24)
If God had a face what would it look like? And would you want to see if, seeing meant That you would have to believe in things like heaven And in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets? #god #oneofus
The Image of God (Hebrew: צֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים, romanized: tzelem Elohim; Latin: Imago Dei) is a concept and theological doctrine in Judaism,[1] Christianity, and Sufism of Islam,[2][3] which asserts that human beings are created in the image and likeness of God. Philosophers and theologians have debated the exact meaning of the phrase for millennia. Following Jewish tradition, scholars such as Saadia Gaon and Philo argued that being made in the Image of God does not mean that God possesses human-like features, but rather that the statement is figurative language for God bestowing special honor unto humankind, which He did not confer unto the rest of Creation. Likewise, Maimonides argues that it is consciousness and the ability to speak which is the "image of God;" both faculties which differentiate mankind from animals, and allow man to grasp concepts and ideas that are not merely instinctual.
In Christian thought, the Image of God that was present in Adam at creation was partially lost with the Fall of man, and that through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, humans can be reunited with God. Christian writers have stated that despite the Image of God being partially lost, each person fundamentally has value regardless of class, race, gender or disability. Although the varying interpretations of the exact meaning of being made in the, “Image of God,” are many, the concept is a foundational doctrine of Christianity and Judaism.
Wahid (واحد): Literally meaning “one”
“Your god is the One God, there is no god except Him, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.”(2:163)
Ahad (اَحدُ): Literally meaning “one”. This is applied to God once, in the verse below. The difference between Ahad and Wahid is that the former is used for something that is one and at the same time indivisible, something that has neither partner nor part...
“Say, ‘He is God, the One.” (112:1)
Arab Muslims tend to be the strictest about religious imagery. Shiites are more flexible than Sunnis; for example, they display images of Husayn, * the grandson of Mohammed. Devotional portraits of leading teachers are generally OK, as long as they don’t fall under the Hadith ban on depicting the major prophets. Pictures of people in religious scenes—like pilgrims on the Hajj—are also allowed. These are more likely to be displayed in the home than at a mosque, and some conservative Muslims will refuse to pray in their presence.
Muslims are more or less unanimous on the subject of Allah—he can’t be drawn under any circumstances. The prohibition on depicting God extends throughout the Judeo-Christian tradition. The Second Commandment instructs the faithful not to make “any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” Jews have for the most part avoided visual representations of the deity, although there’s been a great deal of Jewish figurative art throughout history. (Some Reform synagogues have stained-glass windows depicting figures from the Old Testament. More conservative Jews won’t even write down the word “God.”)
Beauty Beauties on the Wall...
Cover thyself from prying eyes!!!
Beauty Beauties on the Wall...
Beauty is for the Lord tat sees it All!!!
Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your Hair!!!
Beauty Beauties on the Wall...
Truly a Beauty to see it All!!!!
Beauty Beauties on the Wall...
I not know for only God knows it All!!!
If God Is One Of Us??? Will it conceal or will it reveal the beauty and glory of its creations? Will god be made on its image so as to be idolize?
And in its image does one idolize the Vader!!! The Dark Side is far of stronger; for in the beginning there is just Darkness before Light!!!
'Tis the season of faith, but 'tis also the season for realizing that faith is not based on evidence or logic, and wherein, truth is subjective, which is precisely why religion requires faith. Beliefs, in particular religious beliefs, are called faiths — religious faith. The reason they are called religious faiths is because you need to believe based on faith, not based on evidence. Faith, in a way, can be described as the word to explain lack of evidence. Hence, whenever you fail to prove your beliefs with supporting evidence you classify it under faith. And you can get away with whatever beliefs that lack evidence by calling it faith. It would be considered quite acceptable. [...] ... because faith does not need proof. And I will just have to take your word for it and believe that without question. And they tell me that slavery has been abolished. Actually religion is slavery.
Obey Your Master!!!!
Slaves!!! Hebrews born to Serve...
Slaves Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh Heed To his every word, live in fear Faith Of the unknown one, the deliverer Wait Something must be done, four hundred years So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharaoh son I'm creeping death
Faith is the act of believing and religion is the institution through which faith sometimes operates through. Faith can operate without religion. [...] There were numerous things that did not sit right with me; things that did not seem just or fair, despite what religion claimed. Teachers would often use God as their trump card to get students to do their bidding. [...]
... Religion is used as an additional divisive tool, not just by politicians but also by the average Joe. Overeager evangelical actions carried out by the average person working in the name of faith, despite having good intentions, often upset other parties. The reason for this is often because the evangelist has a presupposed notion of superiority.
Who's to Blame?
Should we blame those ancient Egyptians for the issue of faith versus evidence (proof), logic or truth in religions? That's because the Hebrews (supposedly the patriarch Abraham) started the Abrahamic religions, with the Hebrews-Israelites-Judeans-Jews inheriting from the ancient Egyptians four things (4 only since we're into stuff of 4 like the above-mentioned faith, evidence, logic, truth), which were: (a) circumcision - yes, the royalty in ancient Egypt started this, not the Hebrews;
(b) a matriarchal lineage - the Pharaoh's daughter inherits the throne of ancient Egypt which was why the royal brother incestuously married the royal sister in order to keep the kingdom under his rule, as did daddy Pharaoh. Whether they did you-know-what has never been specifically mentioned. The Hebrews,-Israelites-Judeans-Jews followed/follow the ancient Egyptian system, thus orthodox Judaism practises matrilineal descent for more than 2000 years, where anyone with a Jewish mother has irrevocable Jewish status, regardless of whether mum has converted to another religion. Despite it being under orthodox Judaism, the lineage was obviously more of a racial rather than a religious consideration. Some reforms occurred in the early 1980's to include patrilineal descent, but by 1986, the Conservative Movement's Rabbinical Assembly rejected patrilineal descent and even warned that any rabbi who does so would be expelled from the Rabbinical Assembly. Maybe one of the 'lost 10 tribes of Israel' migrated too and took up residence in Tibet to be ONE with god? wakakaka. quote - Buddha.
Buddha gives up his Kingdom to be seated under a tree to perform meditation to be ONE with someone or somebody.... So as to give up on the god chosen people who is now cursed to never be found again?
Lost It All....
'Cause I lost it all
Dead and broken.
My back's against the wall.
Cut me open.
I'm just trying to breathe, Just trying to figure it out
Because I built these walls to watch them crumbling down.
I said, "Then I lost it all."
Who can save me now?
(c) monotheism - again yes, it was the heretic Pharaoh, Akhenaten (formerly Amenhotep IV) who was the first person to worship only one creator god, way way before the Hebrews knew about YVWH. Pharaoh Akhenaten was called 'heretic' because in polytheistic ancient Egypt, one was considered a heretic for crazily worshipping only one god, wakakaka;
Egyptian pharaohs believed they were god in human form, so did the pharaoh Akhenaten deny he was a god too because of his monotheistic beliefs?
The short answer is no. In both his self-presentation and in tomb inscriptions of his officials and others, one finds titles and phrases indicative of Akhenaten’s divine birth and status, but only in relation to his one god, the Aten, his divine father. Akhenaten’s god, the sun-disc with its life-sustaining light, was not represented in human or animal form and had no cult image (statue) or priest in any temple. Whereas formerly the king and gods were represented equally in Egyptian art, the absence of a god/gods in human form shifts the focus to Akhenaten, who now dominates. More importantly, the Aten never speaks. Rather, the king alone is his high priest who possesses knowledge of his god, conveyed to his loyal followers via his (Akhenaten’s) teaching.
OMG!!!
An Invisible God... For Nothing shall resemble a God...
A God will not create another god as He is the One & Only Creator!!!!
Even in Death One will face such fate
By being Alone... Such lonesomeness Is just a part of a journey
To reach upon its destination
To be one with its Place Where space and time cease...
Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone
How do I get you alone
Alone!!! #alone
(d) while the general scholarly position thus far has been that the Hebrew script came from the Phoenicians, some have asserted that it was from the ancient Egyptians, who possessed three types of scripts, namely hieroglyphs, hieratic and demotic. Whichever, the ancient Egyptian script doesn't have vowels which the Hebrew Torah (bible) seems to follow, where a striking example would be the Tetragrammaton YVWH.
The story has it that when Moses was instructed by his god to see the Pharaoh, he asked who should he say sent him? His god then revealed his name as Yahweh. But the Jews didn't want to take the name of their god in vain, so they refused to say aloud Yahweh, but instead Adonai (Lord). Subsequently when the Jews introduced vowels into their script, they used those from the Adonai word, a, o and again a, in YVWH, giving them Yahowah (Jehovah). The Torah remains vowel-less. Thus the Hebraic vowel-less script for god sometimes is seen in English as G-D, probably the work of Hebrew wannabes.
Christian Belief
The foundation of Christian theology includes belief that G-d exists as a Trinity, and that Jesus is the bodily incarnation of G-d and acts as a mediator between G-d and man. Hebrew Christian missionaries claim that this theology is totally compatible with Judaism.
Jewish standpoint
Judaism maintains that although certain beliefs may be permissible for non-Jews, they are not acceptable for Jews. The Christian theology concerning G-d is one example of a belief that is absolutely forbidden to Jews according to the Hebrew Bible, as the following biblical sources demonstrates:
G-d’s absolute Oneness
The commandment to believe in G-d’s absolute Oneness was given specifically to the children of Israel (the Jewish people).
The concept expressed in this verse (Deuteronomy 6:4) not only refutes the plurality of G-ds, but also asserts that G-d is the only true existence.
Biblically
G-d is not only infinite, but He transcends time, space and matter. G-d has no beginning and no end, as it states:
“I am the first and I am the last and besides Me there is no 5.” (Isaiah 44:6)
While Judaism believes that G-d manifests Himself to His creation (humanity) in many ways, (i.e. as a judge or a protector) G-d’s essence itself is indivisible and therefore without any possibility of distinction. Something that transcends both time and space cannot be described as consisting of three different aspects. The moment we attribute any such distinctions to G-d’s essence, we negate His absolute Oneness and unity.
One vs. Unity
Missionaries incorrectly argue that the use in Deuteronomy 6:4 of the Hebrew word for One (Echad), rather than the word unique (Yachid), teaches that G-d is a “composite unity” instead of an “absolute unity.” They claim that the Trinity is a composite unity, similar to a physical object that includes many different individual aspects, (eg. one pen, composed of ink, plastic and metal). This reasoning is incorrect, since physical objects that exist within the context of time and space cannot be used to describe G-d who transcends these dimensions. Prior to Creation, G-d was alone and concepts of time, space and the plurality of numbers did not exist. The term unique (Yachid), correctly describes G-d’s existence prior to Creation since it indicates the absence of any plurality or of rapport with any created object.
What does it mean that God is one, when His name is Elohim?
Christian View The word "one" used here is "echad." Christians point to other instances where "echad" is used to denote a compound unity, and as such, they declare that every time "echad" is used, that it denotes a compound unity, and therefore, The Lord must be a compound unity, proving that the Trinity is in the Torah!
Jewish Response The word "echad" in Hebrew actually works in the same way the word "one" does in English. It can mean either a single unity or a compound unity. These Christians are very quick to point to Genesis 1:5, fail to point out verses like these:
"And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go." Exodus 9:7
"And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left." 2 Samuel 13:30
"So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that [are] with him there shall not be left so much as one." 2 Samuel 17:12
"There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail." Ecclesiastes 4:8
As the Bible says, on the sixth day, God created man, and on the seventh day, God rested. And on the day that God rested man, out of boredom and with nothing else to do, created religions. And when God woke up on Monday he discovered man fighting over his name.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. (Matthew 10:34 KJV).
Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. (Matthew 10:34 NIV)
Religious Wars.... In the name of God!!!
Wars are easier to comprehend when it involves greed. It could either be greed for power or greed for wealth. When we say greed for power it would involve greed to dominate others, normally those weaker than us, and greed for wealth would involve greed for territory and natural resources.
And that, basically, is what colonisation is all about.
But when wars are fought in the name of religion this becomes a bit more complicating. This is not a war for worldly gains but a metaphysical war. It is not a war between peoples of different nations but a war between forces of light and forces of darkness.
It is a war in which both sides believe that God is on their side.
In this kind of war, butchers become soldiers of God. It justifies the most brutal and wanton killings plus utter destruction and turns them into acts of virtue, and death as noble sacrifices. Morality, justice and compassion have no place in a war commanded by God because these are virtues that God does not allow against His enemies.
In such a war there is only good and bad. We are good and you are bad. There is no middle ground. So everyone has to choose a side. If you are not with us then you are with them. So that means you are the enemy.
Jesus was at war with Jews who had distorted their faith. Jesus claimed he had come not to change the religion but to enforce it. And Jesus was said to have mengamuk in the temple. Jesus’ resistance to the ‘new order’ and his effort to restore the ‘old order’ got him into trouble with the Jewish authorities who then went to meet the Romans to demand that they act against him.
Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God here on earth, no different from Darul Allah or a theological state. Jesus did not preach democracy, human rights of civil liberties, which had already existed by then.
The Old Testament tells us about how God punished those who did not follow the Sharia laws. God wiped out the entire world except Noah and his family in a great flood. God wiped out those from the Semburit community who partook in sodomy (that’s how the word sodomy came about, from the city of Sodom). God wiped out Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Then God instructed Moses to roam around in the desert and wipe out every living soul that refuses to follow God’s rules and laws.
CIVIL WAR!!!!
1,700 years ago many Christians raw away to the Arabian Peninsula to avoid being killed
1,700 years ago, all Christians and non-Christians who refused to follow the ‘New Christianity’ of Constantine were massacred. The Christians embarked on ethnic cleansing to install the ‘New Order’ and many who refused to convert to the New Christianity and wanted to avoid death ran off to safe places such as to what we now call the Arabian Peninsula.
Prophet Muhammad was exposed to the Coptic form of Christianity and Judaism in Mekah and Syria. That was before he became a Muslim. In fact, his wife’s cousin was a Coptic priest.
After Muhammad’s death, Islam expanded and eventually reached India, Spain, Austria, etc. Around 1,000 years ago the Christians decided to fight back and the first of a series of Crusades were launched. Officially, Christianity and Islam were at war, as was Christianity and Judaism.
(Jews faces persecution and expulsion all over Christendom for more than 1,000 years right up to the Second World War. Those not expelled had to pay a special tax and live in Jewish areas or ghettos only).
The three sister religions that have been at war with one another for more than 1,000 years
In short, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are not only all religions of the same Abrahamic faiths, but for 2,000 years have been competing with each other (Islam entered the ‘competition’ 600 years later). They compete to gain converts and they need to condemn each other in winning the propaganda war.
The Bible tells us about God condemning idol worshipping and Islam relates the story of Muhammad entering Mekah and destroying the 365 or so idols in the Kaaba (and Muslims are ordered to follow the Prophet’s sunnah or example). Hence Hinduism is despised by Jews, Christians and Muslims, plus those statues of Buddha as well (both Christianity and Islam call them infidels).
Voices Scary!!!
Beauty Beauties on the Wall...
Is this Voices Scary After All!!!!
The Holy Books of the Abrahamic faiths is not about tolerance, love and peace but about a jealous God that does not tolerate competitors
Nonsense. That is not what the Holy Books of the Jews, Christians and Muslims say. The Abrahamic faiths are religions of war. The Abrahamic God is a jealous God who does not tolerate other Gods. You follow Jesus you go to heaven, say the Christians, all others burn in hell. You follow Muhammad you go to heaven, say the Muslims, all others burn in hell.
Are Religionist living in denial? A hypocrite or a scammer so as to be in a state of denial? The do's and dont's on Earth but upon reaching After Life it seems Haven...
If you want tolerance, love and peace then become an atheist. You cannot become a religionist or theist (especially of the Abrahamic faiths) and preach tolerance, love and peace. Tolerance, love and peace are not in God’s playbook. Submit or die is. That is what religion is all about.