Thank you: Re: The Rules of Belief

» Binte - Re: The Rules of Belief

In response to The Rules of Belief posted by Pinky102:

Wow ... I've read perspectives I never knew existed, on that thread. All my life, I've assumed (my mistake) that you had to believe in what are said to be the basics of Christianity - the Trinity, the concept of Original Sin, the salvation, the Rapture too.

So now I have a whole lot of other questions to ask, beginnign with: What then does a person need to accept in order to call him or herself a Christian?

One of the things I found interesting in the thread was the statement by Rev. Richard about God not needing praise or worship. I agree with the statement itself - He doesn't 'need' it.

I guess this comes up if you believe that He 'demands' it in the first place. The Qur'an says: "Whoever gives thanks, he does himself a favour. For surely, my Lord is needless, honourable."

so for Muslims, worship and praise is something we do for ourselves, to learn how to accept Him out of choice and grow into giving unconditional love from our side too.

I did find much I agreed with in the whole discussion - I guess it was only in the interpretations of those opinions that I differed.

Thanks for pointing me in that direction!

-- posted by Binte