Do you honestly think that those wars would not have been fought, otherwise? Take God out of the equation, and you have people fighting over land, territory, money, power, women, ideologies, etc. Same old, same old.
Politics and religion... a bad mix altogether. Christ said NOT to be part of the world. That his kingdom was NOT from this world, or his followers would fight to establish that. These are pretty clear statements. So how is it that people are going ahead and fighting wars on this world in his name anyway?
Yes as a matter of fact I do think many wars, and unspeakable suffering would have been prevented without confusing messages of what god wants. There are quite a number of mainstream interpretations of scriptures which assert that their nation is part of god’s kingdom. The bible is full of examples where god uses nations to do his bidding, how do they not know that god’s heavenly kingdom isn’t acting through a proxy nation as god did so many times in the past? There are millions of 'Christians' right here in the USA that believe the USA is an instrument of gods kingdom. For god being so in tune with humans and supposedly knowing us better than we know ourselves his inability to clarify matters illustrates that he either doesn’t really care or he is daft to reality of how human minds work.
Despite the above words that everyone is privy to... it has not stopped people from doing their own thing, according to their own desires. Following kings, religions, governments.... and not Christ. Same old, same old.
No he hasn’t but perhaps if he cared about people he would at least give them indisputable information and evidence that isn’t so easily subject to interpretation, from which humanity can make better decisions from.
And yet, as we can see, despite very specific words and teachings and commands, that every 'christian' is supposed to believe in... those plain words are twisted in order to justify their own desires. Same old, same old.
What if your raised believing the Qur’an is the last revelation of God? I guess by Jesus standards that’s your fault...
People would have to be changed. Meaning we would not have the freedom that mankind desires above all, to the point of killing or dying for it. Because people are the ones doing as described above. It is not God's communication skills that are at fault... it is our listening skills.
No it has nothing to do with listening. I’ve studied the bible and Qur’an extensively and it really is a big f’cked up mess of confusion.
Out of curiosity, how do you think that is making anything 'better'?
Well it would certainly help people to be more tolerant of one another, for example perhaps the Muslims would stop believing it is there ultimate destiny to bring about Sharia to the whole of mankind and become members of the human race. The only reason the Christians are not doing the same today is because most of the countries they reside in have become secularized.