Let's assume Jesus Christ is G-d's only only begotten Son.  Let's also assume, for fun, that other planets out in Space have there exist benevolent intelligent beings with Souls (like humans have), born with Original Sin, also like humans.  Would these alien beings have there own version of G-d's son, the Savior? Or are they all damned to hell?
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God is all encompassing, His only begotten Son then is the same, there is no time and space in eternity, all existence is that of God, therefore what we know as the truth is the truth throughout all space, and other worlds.  Those worlds exist in God's mind, and they live and move and have their being as we do.  Therefore the truth of Gods only begotten Son is for all in all forms in all time and through eternity.
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good Question. According to many Xtians, they believe if you are not one, they reguardless of what you did, you will be in hell. I asked this preacher if GGhandi was in hell because he lived wrong (which isn't the right answer) of because of his religion.  I was tole that he is in hell, b/c of his religion. everything good thing in his life didn't even matter. Samo with mother theresa. But tell me what about the Xtians who killed people, and repented, are they in heaven because they were Xtians? Who knows..
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Well, yes.\n\nUp 'til that point, God the Father could love us from above, but not from beside. That is, the one thing that God the Father didn't know from the inside was sin. Because he is perfect, he never sinned, nor was he ever tempted. And yet by sending his Son to earth, who was man and God, he gained the experience of being tempted to sin. Remember when Satan tempted Christ three times after Christ's 40 days of fasting in the desert. This was the first time that God was ever tempted to sin.\n\nThis is how God's mercy--or what you call compassion--was born. This is how he came to know what it was like to be human. And so, yes, this is how he came to be compassionate for those of us in the flesh who sin against him.
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Exactly, ! worship the creator , not the creation.... It follows by logical necessity that if God is one, and if He is eternal, Then He does not beget , Nor is he begotten. Because if He beget, then He will have a child then the child will have to be God-like. So there will then be two Gods. Since there is only one, you cannot have two.  OR If he was begotten, that means he would have father. Then the father will be older than him, wiser than him, more eternal than him. and you cannot have one who is more eternal than ETERNAL.
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Thank You for asking this question, finally a man who can think.\nI am not very convinced about intelligence of these actual Humanity here on Earth, because they even cannot live together on the same Planet in peace, that is complete stupidness. And don't try to convince me about all the Technology we have. As long we have pedophiles and men who are beating women, or homosexuality...even everybody has a plasma screen-TV at home and a portable Cell-phone in his pocket, we are still Cavemen. Killing other people who has another opinion, another religion or another skin color and we are going to describe GOD ? GOD is above of our critics or our opinion. We are dust in Space. Can You create a Galaxy ? or just a small Planet? Can you even create life? I am not talking about sex and making children, even that we cannot do...because the soul comes from GOD. HE  was creating the whole Universe and all living life-forms in trillions and trillions of Galaxies with Billions of trillions of sun-systems...who are you people to think, that you even can imagine who GOD is...
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You know, I always think of outer space and space travel in terms of Star Trek (I'm such a nerd).  I think it would be quite interesting if our world was created by an omnipotent being such as Q.  As for Jesus being a Q, I guess he would actually be the Son of Q.
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Sorry, I'm gonna pull a Mainworry but this answers your question better than I could have hoped for\n\nParable of the Two Sons:\n\nJesus told a story of two sons.  A father asked his first son to work in the fields, and he replied, "of course I will!"  He then went outside and changed his mind and did not work\n\nThe father asked his second son to help with the fields, and his son relied, "No!"  but later felt guilty and worked in the fields.\n\nJesus asked, "Now, which son did what was right?" and the crowd replied, "The second one!"  Jesus said, "Ah, surely prostitutes and tax collecters will enter heaven before you do".\n\nAthiests are the ones who say "No" to God, but often do what is right of their own choice.  Christians are the ones who say "Yes" to God, but then act in the opposite manner as they should.
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It doesn't say aliens,...but ol Ezekiel sure saw something he had never seen before.  Start reading chap.1:4 and keep in mind that the word amber means highly polished bronze.  Do you think us little humans beings made in His image able to think of modes of transportation like planes, jets and space craft that God would'nt have something so much more awsome for His mode of transportation?  Read Ezekiels description and remember he lived back in the days where they used ox carts.
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That’s just what the original christians (the gnostics) believed (and still do). To them it was Jesus’ life and teaching which “saves”, not his suffering and death. All this god-men and miracles and eveyone’s-a-sinner and virgin births and crucified saviours of the world business was added by the Romans. Do some research, it’s all there.
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God "creates" all humans in that he is the designer of the universe and if you read Genesis 1 (as I'm guessing you have) then you'll find that God created Adam from the dust of the ground.  The trinity (though something I would agree with in principal) is not something directly mentioned in the Bible, but it illustrates that God is 3 in 1 (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit/Ghost) as he exists as a Heavenly Father, Jesus (who walked the earth in human form and who was fully God AND fully man - difficult concept for many to grasp and I'm not saying I have a definitive answer either!) and the Holy Spirit/Ghost - the form in which He lives within our (that is born-again Christian's) lives.  I believe that Adam's "inherant" intelligence was like ours is now though he did not have the advantage of "evolutions of thought" that have occured over the (12,000?) years that the earth has existed.  Also, Jesus was born of a virgin (i.e. one who had not had sex) through the power of God the Father, thus although he had an earthly mother and father (Mary and Joseph), he was not conceived as a child as you or I were.\n\nTo summarize, Adam was created from the dust of the ground as a "young?" man, not conceived of any parents but Jesus was conveived of the Spirit, that is God, and born of Mary, a virgin, as a babe.  What we need to remember is that God's foolishness is higher than man's or woman's intelligence and wisdom.  Don't expect to know all the answers to the universe...  That's God's job!
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Hi Rodney. Good evening/day.Very good subject! First of all, in case anyone does not know what sin is, let's define it.  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. or MKJV- Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness-1John 3:4. Myself included, we need to ensure that we know what sin is so that we can be sincerely repentant and strive to not commit sins. You are correct everyone sins, that is why Jesus - the perfect Son of God who was sinless died for our sins and rose from the dead. Second, the word rapture is not in the Bible. Jesus will return to raise the dead and claim those of us who are saved. John 3:13 says  -And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven. May God Bless  you.
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Sola Scriptoria[isim?]!!! W00t!\n\nI think things are pretty much predestined but we've still got plenty of wiggle room.\nKind of like God has set the basic pattern for things and lets us fill in the details. \n\nYou've been wondering this for a while, haven't you? I think I remember you asking pretty mush the same question when you were 10 or something.\nIf you actually believe and accept (accepting is the important part) that Jesus is the Son of God who died for your sins and was resurected, you're going to heaven. Even if you're stuggling with "being good", you're still saved.\nAnd as for God deciding beforehand who's going to heaven and who's not. Well, if it was up to Him all of mankind would end up in heaven and there wouldn't be a Hell because everyone would be perfect. But He gave us free will and Adam and Eve took advantage of that and now look at things.\nGod knows everything and is all powerfull but I think he decided to let some things out of His grip and give us free will because He's nice like that.\n\n(And yeah, I have class this morning but not 'till 1050)
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Do you know of any other person that died and rose again to life under His own power? Jesus alone. Quite unique. Jesus is God incarnate. Unfortunately there are those false religions that rose up after the fact to deny His uniqueness and deny His deity. One fellow said God can't have a son. How can you say God "can't" have whatever He wants??!! But Christ is God Himself, (God, the "Son"). The eternal God came down to our level, and added to His nature a human one. This can only happen because God is 3 in one, and the Son is not to be confused with the Father, and neither are to be confused with the Holy Spirit, yet the three share the one eternal substance; GOD.
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Dear ES,\n\nThrough the years I've heard so many people say that it isn't fair to people who aren't born in Christian families or in a Christian nation.\n\nThe thing is that nobody is born a Christian, absolutely nobody.  The awesome uncreated Creator didn't have to save a single person because ALL have sinned and fallen short of His glory.  But while we were yet dead in our sins Christ died for the ungodly.\n\nJesus is the only Way to the Father but the Father does NOT have any quotas.  He doesn't want anybody to be eternally separated from Him.\n\nI'm enjoying your questions but I'll eventually get to the links you have provided.  Thank you!
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Actually, you are correct.  The muslims come from his wife Hagar and his first son whom he kicked out and God's angels protected.  Then the Jews came from his "main" son through Sara(h).  The reason I say "main" son is because this is the child through whom Christ would later be a descendant of and he is listed as an ancestor of Christ Jesus, that is why this child is the important one.\n\nChristians are indeed considered "the seed of Abraham."  However, not in the physical sense, but in the heavenly or spiritual sense.  We are inheritors of Abraham, to be "numbered among the stars" meaning that just like the stars our numbers are to seem great as his spiritual descendants.  So christians are Spiritual Israelites, not real Israelites.
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Not sure if its mentioned in the text but don't muslims think there was a split in heaven when Adam was created?  Something about Allah wanting all beings to worship Adam and Satan refused and led a revolt.  Some angels sided with Satan and some with Allah.  Those who could not decide were sent here as humans to make their decision.  Something like that, I'm probably butchering their theology.
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I'm sorry, I couldn't find biblical references for this, but my personal opinion is that the other planets are still perfect b/c we (humans) are not there to mess them up.  And when we go there we are not introducing sin b/c there is no one to introduce it to...I mean, the rocks can't exactly sin.  However, if there is life on other planets (by life I mean anything with the capability to have a soul and also to sin), Romans 8 :28 says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of god," so they would already be sinners, so we could not introduce it b/c it is already there.