Didn't  Abrahams' family worship the moon god in the land of Ur before being called out by God?
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that is why they had to leave....to get away from the idol worship..
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(From the New International Version): "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly."\n\nJethro is talking to his son, Moses, and affirming that God is greater than any false gods that people may worship, because He rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Pharoah was the one who had "treated Israel (meaning the people) arrogantly", and was beseiged by plagues and ultimately killed because he refused to obey God's command to let them leave.
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Islamic nations are descended from Ishmael, Abraham's son he had with Hagar, his family's maid-servant.  After Isaac was born of Sarah, Abraham's wife, Hagar & Ishmael were driven away by Sarah.\n\nGod gave Hagar and Ishmael refuge, but told Abraham that the descendants of Ishmael will forever be in conflict with the rest of the world, including the nation of Israel, descended from Isaac.
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Our ancestors looked at the darkness beyond their campfires and saw that it was filled with frightening things--bears, serpents, lions, etc.  They saw lightning and heard thunder, and had no explanations for them. Earthquakes shook the ground and they did not know why. It would not have taken long for the strong to exploit the weak, to offer them protection from these things in exchange for, say, the best portions of the hunt. The shaman or witch doctor or high priest had only to proclaim that he had a special knowledge of the invisible gods that caused the thunder and lightning, or that he could talk to the spirits of the animals and make them behave, and with some clever acting and special rituals, the people would believe him, and a religion would be born.\n\nThey still believe it, too, leading me to think that humans haven't really evolved much since then. Many of them still want to believe that there are demons in the darkness, which can be dispelled with the right chants or prayers; or that a hurricane can be turned away if only enough people have faith in some unseen deity in the sky; or that particular individuals--called pastors, priests, rabbis, ministers, popes, apostles, etc.--have a closer relationship to the big deity in the sky than ordinary people and can therefore pursuade the deity to give the people protection...for a price, of course. Will the human race ever mature beyond such childishness?
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allah the moongod, didn't and can't prove anything my friend. \n\nCHEESE, was invented by MAN, not a moongod.\n\nGo rest now. Your on overload.\n\n.
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No one can know the mind of God, because I don’t think anything written in ANY religious book is from a divine source, it’s from people who were trying to control the status quo in whatever time it was written.  It had more to do with politics than it did worship.
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http://muhammadanism.org/Quran/SatanicVerses.htm\n\nHere is a link. \n\nThe goddess bit fits because of the word Alilah being the moon god of the pagans at the time, and she had 3 daughters as well.\n\n\nThe connection between the pagan god and "allah" is undeniable. The similarities are too overwhelming, especially since Muhammed was a pagan as a child.
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There are massive amounts of evidence to support the contention that extraterrestrials have been visiting earth for thousands of years, and have greatly influenced humanity's religious history.  I suggest you read a book called "the 12th Planet" by Zacharia Stitchin.  He is a biblical scholar and ancient languages expert.  The first 80 pages or so of the book are very dry, but if you can get through that, it will amaze you!  Most of the stories from the first 5 books of the Bible were actually taken from much older stories, which can be directly linked to the ancient Sumerian culture, 6000 years ago.  The stories of Adam and Eve and the Great Flood are both taken directly from Sumerian stories, for example.  The Hebrews literally just changed the names of the Sumerian gods to Yahweh, and changed the names of the humans involved.  Anyway, a HUGE amount of evidence exists that these "gods" were really just extraterrestrials.  There are descriptions of them flying around in aircraft and spacecraft, of them having battles with advanced weapontry, etc.\n     For those who think this sounds crazy, ask youself this:  How did the ancient Sumerians know about the planets Neptune, Uranus and Pluto 6000 years ago, when these planets cannot be seen without high-powered telescopes, and we only discovered them within the last 200 years?  It would be literally impossible for them to have this knowledge, but they had it nonetheless.  They said that their gods told them all about these planets.  They also believed that their gods were from a red planet that was on a huge elipical orbit around our sun.  That sounded crazy to historians and ancient language experts, until NASA found that planet last year.  It will be back in our neighborhood in about 1000 years or so.\n    So, if the ancient Sumerians' gods were aliens, and the stories about the Hebrew's god are just plagerized from the Sumerians, then what does that mean for your belief about god today?  \n   These are just a few small examples of evidence for extraterrestrials visiting Earth in ancient times.  There are many many other books on this topic, and each is filled with historical evidence.  Some other books include Fingerprints of the Gods, Chariots of the Gods, and the Gods of Eden.\nMost people would rather hear a comforting lie than a harsh truth.  Are you like most people?  Or are you going to do the research and come to your own conclusions?
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Yes, because the Hebrews got their customs while in Egypt which is and always been in Africa. Their was no such thing As Jew at that time. That was much later, they were call Hebrews are children of Jacob before god change Jacob name to Yisrael.
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I think its possible people have been possessed by spirits, but maybe not.\n\nRegarding the Lions:\n"In Egyptian mythology, Aker is an Egyptian god composed of two lions. Egyptians believed that Aker guarded the entrance and exit to the Underworld. Also, and probably more interesting, because the ancient Egyptians believed that Aker guarded the gates of the morning and night, statues of the lion god were placed at the doors of houses and also at tombs to guard both the living and the dead from evil spirits and more earthly foes. These lion guardians were sometimes given the heads of men and women which turned them into a more recognizable form - that of the Sphinx. Good luck in your search. Kevin Schultz"\n\nIn it they reported that stone lions are good Feng Shui for the home. As you may or may not know, Feng Shui means wind and water in Chinese, and according to Chinese culture, having an understanding of these hidden energies can enhance our lives. There are ways to manipulate our space, our furniture and even our architecture to create good Feng Shui, which will then bring us prosperity and success. \n\nThis may sound like some sophisticated version of an wive's tale but millions of folks are buying into notions of FS, with better feelings of being in harmony with the world in general. Can it hurt? I think not. So the next time you see a stone lion for sale that's small enough to fit on your doorstep or entryway, think about it.
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In the beginning they were one in the same.  Ishmael, Abrahams illegitimate son; was named "the father of a nation".  He was illegitimate because Abraham grew tired of waiting for God's promise and decided to take matters into his own hands; Sarah, Abrahams wife, offered Hagar, her handmaiden, as a surrogate mother to provide an heir. She gave birth to Ishmael.  They all served the same God; YHWH (pronounced Yahweh or closest translation: Jehova).  Now some thirteen years later God fulfilled His promise to Abraham for a son and Sarah at ninety years of age, gave birth to Isaac, which God made "A Father of Many Nations".\n\nSomewhere down through the ages, the muslim faith grew out of this faith of Ishmael.  The Muslim Quran, is written by a prophet called Muhammed, who at the time was not in his right mind; considered to be deranged.  In the Quran most of the Old Testament (Bible) prophets and Kings,etc. are mentioned, and most of it reads like the Christian Bible.  Jesus Himself is even mentioned in it, but not given His due!  However distorted this faith may be to some of us; in the beginning, our God (Christian) was their God.  However, no Muslim will agree to this, but it is so.\n\nThere is only one God, who created all that is... and it wasn't billions of years ago!  It was only thousands.  Carbon dating is flawed, and it is the only way we can tell age to this day.  \n\nIf you take a look at all beliefs, you'll see there is only one which offers it's own sacrifice; Christianity.  Most, if not all, eastern  philosophies, have no God at all, only prophets.  Christianity offers a way to become one with the Father, as Jesus is, as a son; adopted by faith, through His grace.  This faith must be in Jesus; "the only 'begotten' son of God".  The only to the Father is through the Son; Jesus...
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NOT at all. Moon is one of the creation of GOD.\n\nWhat does the crescent moon in Islam symbolize?\n\nIslamic months are LUNAR not SOLAR.\nGOD created mankind for test. HE test mankind in all conditions and by any means. Unlike solar months all the seasons comes with the fixed / similar months(example if winter is in MAY then it is comes again im may, hence setting no conditions or same conditions) whereas Lunar month will move 10 days ahead of solar month every year, so if the month of fasting comes in winter then people will not feel what will happen if it comes in summer. That is how muslim will have all the season for their festive. That is how GOD change conditions to test mankind. \n\n\nHow many of you believe that Mary is the mother of God?\n\nANSWER\n\nNOT the true believers. True believers including all the 1.6 Billions Muslim present on the phase of the planet and all the creatures of the ONLY ONE GOD. Mary (peace be upon her PBUH) is the mother of prophet Jesus (peace be upon him). \n\nThis is the how GOD describes HIMSELF in HOLY QURAN chapter 112.\n\n[112:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful \n\n[112:1] Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD. \n\n[112:2] "The Absolute GOD. \n\n[112:3] "Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten. \n\n[112:4] "None equals Him." \n\nNO ONE can challenge this. Except ISLAM, all other religions on the phase of this planet including their so called human gods cannot fit in this category.
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I have read that in the beginnings there were people believing in things around them in nature as having a shine as a higher being type worship like worshiping fire and trees.  if you check out this site it describes it as being caveman h ad spiritual belief in surroundings of nature but not an ongoing organized religion like that of the first 7,000 years ago in egyptian prime. http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/cavemen.htm
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yes it's true.\n\ni am not sure why Abraham has special place to God. but here is my two cents. \n\nAbraham found God without even holy book or a massenger sent to him. he keep questioing his mind and his heart to find the true God. and after evidence God showed him the Truth. \n\nAbraham proved his loyality to God. he did not copy the tradition of his people blindly. he was an open mind person with vision. He broke their idols even though he knows they may kill him. \n\nHe his loyality been tested by God when God commanded him to kill his own Son, and he was willing to do it. He was very generous man and has tender heart.
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The brightness from the moon is the reflection from the sun, the moon itself doesn't emit any light.  It appears bright because it is close to us, if the stars we see at night were as close as the moon they'd be so bright we'd all be blind, not that it would matter as we'd all be incinerated as well.\n\nI don't really think it's worthy of worship, it's nothing more than a large rock floating around in space - a bit like out own large rock.\n\nAnd the Bible does forbid the worship of anything other than God Himself.
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God is not a member of any kind of religion. He couldn't be. So everybody is protected by Him, not only the new born babies. well, if his parents belong to a religious cult, that's ok. so the baby will. but if they don't, that doesn't mean that the baby is deserted.
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Remember that story of the good Sumeritan? Well, the Sumeritans were Pagan. The Sumeritan didn't try to convert the Jew, he just helped him because it was the right thing to do. Apparently they forgot about some of the stories in that book they like so much.