But Mohammed was
the last and most perfect prophet. The Koran teaches that mans good and
bad deeds are being recorded by each man's two recording angels and on
the last day, Allah will weigh them in the balances. Some will go to paradise,
where they will recline on soft couches with cups of wine, given to them
by virgins, of whom each man may marry as many as he pleases. Others will
go to Hell where they will be in unmerciful torment. If a man dies in war,
defending Islam, he is guaranteed eternal life in paradise.
The Bible teaches
that Creator-God is not divorced from His creatures and loves man dearly.
He is a God of
love, grace and mercy and does call
us children. Emmanuel the Christ was called the Son of God. God desires
a relationship
with His children.
The Bible reveals
that salvation can be certain and sin has been provided for through the
death of Emmanuel. In Islam, Allah would never permit the suffering of
an innocent on behalf of others let
alone one of his prophets who he could easily rescue. God motivates
man through grace, not fear, through relationship,
not legalism.
According to the Bible, Christianity was founded by a risen Christ
who said:.John
15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life
for his friends."
Shintoism:.The
indigenous
religion of Japan consisting chiefly in the cultic devotion to deities
of natural forces and veneration
of the Emperor as a descendant
of the sun Goddess.
Sikhism:.A
monotheistic.(one
God).religion
of India founded about 1500 by Guru Nanak and marked by rejection of idolatry
and caste.(any
of four classes, comprising numerous subclasses, constituting Hindu {a
native of India} society). A Sikh is
an adherent
of Sikhism.
Taoism, Taoist(s), Taoistic:.A
Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu
in B.C.E.
the 6th century that teaches conformity to the Tao by unassertive action
and simplicity; a religion developed from Taoist philosophy and folk and
Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining long life and good fortune.
Taoists for instance, consider 'will' the source of the problems of humanity.
They speak of 'non-volitional' living, that is, living one's life as it
comes. The word is from Mandarin Chinese 'dào' meaning 'way'.
They do not realize that
they can get out of the mass mind of humanity and truly make life as each
individual determines..(*)
Zoroastrianism:.A
Persian
religion founded in B.C.E.
6th century by the prophet Zoroaster, promulgated
in the Avesta and characterized
by
worship of a supreme
God Ahura Mazda who requires good deeds for help in his cosmic
struggle against the evil spirit Ahriman.
