Faith: The Basics and The Life

It has been a while since I first decided to write about this idea that has been going around in my head. But, as a Bible student aware of end time prophecies in both the Old and New testaments, I can’t but say how I see the link between the days that we live in and the end of this age. Therefore, it is a time to speak my words load. From the political scene, to the natural, cultural and ethical situation of the world, I see the signs of the imminent end of this world. Not that I believe the Mayan Calendar is correct and the world will end in three weeks time, because somehow I know it won’t. But it is a sense that I see in the news that I read every day. The least I can say is that the world cannot continue the way it is. And the direction of world events is down into darkness. So either Nuclear Dark Ages are ahead, or God will get fed up with the Awfulness of man and will interfere to save a remnant of people who still cherish ethics, and value human life. And with my knowledg...

It is amazing how good-hearted believers in the Gospel of Jesus Christ tend to believe that God is a Loser... He lost in Eden, when men fell in sin, he Lost again time after time after time when the world went astray. Even when Jesus came to earth, He lost his Life to save humanity, and in their opinion He only restored a few (a maximum would be 10% of the world, who claim to be born again). Even nowadays, the Loss is repeated day after day with the defeated mentality of some. But wait a minute. God is no loser. He is an over-comer. He created the whole world to be His. when man sinned, He still loved him and announced the coming victory, the Seed of the Women will crush the serpent's Head. Across history, He announced in His word that Salvation is near, His kingdom is near... and then when time came, He died on the cross to crush death, and removed the sting of Hades and Death.  Christ rose from the Grave to give life to all those that Adam gave death, to save A...

“You can tell what they are by what they do" (Matthew 7:15 CEV). With these words Jesus explained to his listeners how they can differentiate between true and false prophets. For a long time, I heard this verse being explained to reflect the opposite of what Jesus said. Religious guys out there have been using the above verse to judge all others by any mere mistake or “SIN” done by those “others”. But they missed that the mentioned verse comes in a context were Jesus said just a few minutes before “Don’t condemn others, and God won’t condemn you” (Matthew 7: 1 CEV). But what did Jesus want us to do, saying these words?!!! For me, I believe that Jesus wants us to go through our whole “system of Beliefs”, our “prophet” and check the outcome of such “prophet”. Every bad that comes out of our “system of Beliefs” is a proof that there is something wrong with our system that need to change. For this reason, I believe that behavior is the result of our way of thinking. If ther...

Around three years ago I become a Universalist, believing that all people, by God's utmost Grace, will end up reconciled with God in a Heaven-symbolized situation after the Judgement day. Gehenna, originally a literal place in the suburbs of Jerusalem, is a symbol of a persons situation outside the circle of God's love. But every person who did not experience death with Christ, who passed through hell on the Cross for us, will go through the judgement day, in which he/she will stand before God's "White" throne, to experience the purification through Christ at the Throne of God. Then we all, good and evil, will end up in unity with the God of the Universe, in the heavenly wedding between God and Men. Now some people still ask me, and does not your Universalism indicate that all ways will lead to heaven? Does it mean that all religions are equally good, and all roads lead to Rome? How can you reconcile your Universalism with the concept of evangelism, the testimo...

Evidently, with all the failures of religion to reflect the true nature of God, it has actually failed the most in explaining good and evil, halal and haram, sin and virtue. Clergy has depicted God as a being who is impacted by human sin. They say that God is angry with Sin, "God hates sin, but loves the Sinner". The wrath of God is against sin... All these terms are found in a way or another in the Bible, and they reflect a 2000 year old belief which is rooted in Christian churches as well as in other religions. But really?!  Is God really impacted by sin? The belief that God is impacted by sin is contradictory to one of the major principles of theology which states that God is unchangable, " without body, parts, or passions,  immutable..." (per the Presbyterian Creed)  and has no emotional changes since he is independent and does not need humans to be Him. How can God hate sin if its existence or lack of it will not impact him in whatever case...