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Most of their writings are in opposition of Biblical truth.



Muhammad-confusion

Buddha-taught that the greatist achievement is to escape from the "wheel of rebirth" (reincarnation). He taught that the core problem of humanity was desire or craving - for wealth, pleasure, power, & continued existence - which fuels the flame of continued life (wheel of rebirth). His solution was the snuffing out of cravings by following the Eightfold Path (right speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration, views, and intentions). His works based idea was that intuitive wisdom follows upon moral conduct and mental discipline in accordance with the following Buddhist precepts:

Along with these he established the doctrine of momentariness (everything that exists is transitory and lasts only a moment) and codependant origination (everything that exists does so dependantly on other things).

Zarathustra- a construct of Nietzsche in the nineteenth century in his work Thus Spake Zarathustra. The result was Nietzsche's own philosophical conclusions & values not those of the ancient Zoroaster (who possibly dates back as far as 6th century B.C. and had his own anti-Biblical conclusions).

There really is no common thread that can be found in the teachings and philosophies of these men. They all had somewhat works-based ideas which seems to be a common thread among all major religious thought. Which BTW is in opposition to what is taught in the Bible.

I've never heard an atheist claim inerrancy.

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Jenn has identified the sinfulness of man and our inability to save ourselves, as well as mankind's continual, unsuccessful and destructive attempts to find answers to spiritual problems for themselves.

It went "awry" because mankind, made in the image of God, had the choice given to either obey or disobey God. The first man chose to disobey, and since that time humans have continued to go their own way and to disobey God. Hence, we use our own wisdom - "go sideways" - to try and find religious truth and end up with little bits only, and continue to sin, be arrogant and full of pride, and hate each other.

BUT that is not the end of the story, as God acted out of his love for humankind by coming to earth to show us the way, the truth and the light. The answer to this dilemma is found in Jesus, so a good way to start is to speak with those who know him. Of course, to learn more of him we need to read some boox (sic) - specifically the books gathered together in the New Testament, the gospels, that tell of him.

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