Which religion believes there is no God but God?

The belief that "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God" is central to Islam. This phrase, written in Arabic, is often prominently featured in architecture and a range of objects, including the Qur'an, Islam's holy book of divine revelations.

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Who said there is no god but God?

What became known as the shahada, the testimony of faith that “There is no god but God,” shifted Muhammad's message toward a new theology. In doing so, it also brought his message into conflict with the Quraysh, for whom henotheistic monotheism was familiar, but universal monotheism was a religious and economic threat.

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What is it called if you believe in God but not religion?

The term ietsism is becoming more widely used in Europe, as opposed to the phrase 'spiritual but not religious' which prevails in North America.

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Is there a religion that believes in Jesus but not God?

Christian atheism is a form of Christianity that adopts the teachings, narratives, symbols, or communities associated with Jesus without accepting the literal existence of God.

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What does it mean there is no god but God?

There is no god but God may refer to: The beginning of the shahada, the Muslim profession of faith. Tawhid, the Muslim concept of the oneness and uniqueness of God.

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Is there no God but God in Islam?

Profession of Faith (shahada).

The belief that "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God" is central to Islam. This phrase, written in Arabic, is often prominently featured in architecture and a range of objects, including the Qur'an, Islam's holy book of divine revelations.

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What is it called when God does not exist?

In philosophy, however, and more specifically in the philosophy of religion, the term “atheism” is standardly used to refer to the proposition that God does not exist (or, more broadly, to the proposition that there are no gods).

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What do Buddhists think of Jesus?

Some high level Buddhists have drawn analogies between Jesus and Buddhism, e.g. in 2001 the Dalai Lama stated that "Jesus Christ also lived previous lives", and added that "So, you see, he reached a high state, either as a Bodhisattva, or an enlightened person, through Buddhist practice or something like that." ...

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Do Hindus believe in Jesus?

For Hindus, Christ is an acharya. His example is a light to any of us in this world who want to take up the serious practice of spiritual life. His message is no different from the message preached in another time and place by Lord Krishna and Lord Chaitanya.

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Do all religions believe in God?

Most religions, in some way, attempt to contemplate the divine; and some of them get closer than others. In this sense we can say that all religions lead to God.

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What are the 3 types of atheism?

Broadly speaking, atheists can come in three varieties: the nonreligious, the nonbelievers, and the agnostic. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and the types of atheism often overlap.

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What religion was Jesus?

Of course, Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues.

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What is the religion where you believe in everything?

Pantheism implies a lack of separation between people, things, and God, but rather sees everything as being interconnected. More rarely, pantheism refers to a belief in all gods from all religions, or a tolerance for those beliefs. In Greek, pan means "all" and theos means "god."

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Which religions believe in Allah?

Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as Allah.

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Is there only one God but Allah?

According to the Islamic statement of witness, or shahada, “There is no god but Allah”. Muslims believe he created the world in six days and sent prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, and lastly Muhammad, who called people to worship only him, rejecting idolatry and polytheism.

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Is there only one God who is Allah?

Muslims believe in one God who created the universe and has power over everything within it. He is exalted above everything He creates, and His greatness cannot be compared to His creation. Muslims often refer to God as Allah.

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What did Jesus say about other religions?

He simply loved them, praised the good in them, and only answered the questions they were actually asking. A survey conducted in January 2017 by the Pew Research Center provides insight into how Americans currently feel about different religious groups.

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Who was first Buddha or Jesus?

Buddha (Siddhārtha Gautama) insisted he was human and that there is no almighty, benevolent God. He preached that desire was the root cause of suffering and that people should seek to eliminate desire. He was born in present-day Nepal roughly 500 years before Jesus Christ (Jesus of Nazareth).

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Do Hindus believe in Allah?

Both believe in the existence of an entirety supreme power, either called Brahman or Allah. Brahman is a metaphysical concept that is the single binding unity behind the diversity in all that exists in the universe. Allah is the Arabic word for God in Abrahamic religions.

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What is the oldest religion?

As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global population, known as Hindus. Hinduism has been called the world's oldest religion still practised, though some debate remains.

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What are the 3 main beliefs of Buddhism?

Buddhism is a religion that is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama. The main principles of this belief system are karma, rebirth, and impermanence. Buddhists believe that life is full of suffering, but that suffering can be overcome by attaining enlightenment.

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Why do Buddhists not believe in sin?

As Buddhism does not believe in any personal God or any Supreme Being, the word “pāpa, apuñña” or sin stands for the evil elements that defile the mind and have a deadening effect on the psyche making it difficult for its upliftment.

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What do Australians believe about the existence of God?

Majority believe in God

Not only does most of Australia identify with Christianity, but more than half (55%) of the population believes in God, as defined as the Creator of the universe, the Supreme Being.

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What are the 5 arguments for the existence of God?

Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways to Prove the Existence of God
  • The First Way: Motion.
  • The Second Way: Efficient Cause.
  • The Third Way: Possibility and Necessity.
  • The Fourth Way: Gradation.
  • The Fifth Way: Design.

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Who was the first person on earth?

Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, adam is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind".

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