tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978494.post112080688865929237..comments2024-03-20T13:16:46.267-04:00Comments on Bob Hurt: Questions about IslamBob Hurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16221056626998989868noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978494.post-14675711837778517972014-06-17T18:51:51.125-04:002014-06-17T18:51:51.125-04:00I find it somewhat astounding that only ONE person...I find it somewhat astounding that only ONE person has commented on this page since I created it nearly 7 years ago. I appreciate Rajan Matthew's echoing of my sentiments.<br /><br />I write now also to clarify a point by quoting a passage from The Urantia Book, Paper 140 "The Ordination of the Twelve", at the bottom of page 1585:<br /><br />John asked Jesus, "Master, what is the kingdom of heaven?" And Jesus answered: "The kingdom of heaven consists in these three essentials: first, recognition of the fact of the sovereignty of God; second, belief in the truth of sonship with God; and third, faith in the effectiveness of the supreme human desire to do the will of God--to be like God. And this is the good news of the gospel: that by faith every mortal may have all these essentials of salvation."<br /><br /><br />And elsewhere in that same paper:<br /><br />"Jesus did not attack the teachings of the Hebrew prophets or the Greek moralists. The Master recognized the many good things which these great teachers stood for, but he had come down to earth to teach something additional, "the voluntary conformity of man's will to God's will." Jesus did not want simply to produce a religious man, a mortal wholly occupied with religious feelings and actuated only by spiritual impulses. Could you have had but one look at him, you would have known that Jesus was a real man of great experience in the things of this world. The teachings of Jesus in this respect have been grossly perverted and much misrepresented all down through the centuries of the Christian era; you have also held perverted ideas about the Master's meekness and humility. What he aimed at in his life appears to have been a superb self-respect. He only advised man to humble himself that he might become truly exalted; what he really aimed at was true humility toward God. He placed great value upon sincerity--a pure heart. Fidelity was a cardinal virtue in his estimate of character, while courage was the very heart of his teachings. "Fear not" was his watchword, and patient endurance his ideal of strength of character. The teachings of Jesus constitute a religion of valor, courage, and heroism. And this is just why he chose as his personal representatives twelve commonplace men, the majority of whom were rugged, virile, and manly fishermen."<br /><br />Bob Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221056626998989868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978494.post-61364658207021181752014-06-17T02:32:01.833-04:002014-06-17T02:32:01.833-04:00I earnestly wish the learned Christians and the sc...I earnestly wish the learned Christians and the scholarly Muslims could discard their pride for some time to read and think about it.Er. Rajan C Mathew FIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271941784093385135noreply@blogger.com