> Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> > > Tom Caylor wrote:
> > > > So the solution to the problem of evil *starts* with the theological
> > > > solution, as I said above, the solution to the separation between us
> > > > and who we really are meant to be. Since we were made in the image of
> > > > the personal God, then with the G(Logos) we can be brought into
> > > > relationship with Him again. This is the core to the solution of evil.
> > > > Now this does not automatically imply that evil is immediately solved
> > > > down in the 5th through 8th hypostases, i.e. the concrete problem of
> > > > evil. But the solution to evil must first start at the level of our
> > > > human persons.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I want to correct myself when I said "the solution to evil must first
> > > start at the level of our human persons." It starts with the personal
> > > God. I was just saying that personal redemption/healing comes before
> > > "physical" redemption/healing. Romans 8 actually addresses this
> > > "matter" too in verses 18-22.
> > >
> > > Tom
> >
> > What does the Qur'an say about the matter? After all, every word in that
> > document was written down precisely as dictated by God in the original
> > Arabic, and it is more recent than the Old or New Testament.
> >
> > Stathis Papaioannou
>
> This is sort of a contingent question for this List, since you could
> look it up for yourself if you really wanted to know.
>
> Tom
>
> Sura 14:48
> "The day will come when this earth will be substituted with a new
> earth, and also the heavens, and everyone will be brought before GOD,
> the One, the Supreme."
So you believe that the Qur'an is the literal word of God? What I was hoping is that
you would say Muhammed was deluded or lying, so that the Qur'an is at best an
impressive piece of literature with some interesting moral teachings: i.e., what atheists
say about the Bible.
Stathis Papioannou
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