WHO IS GOD? - Blogithttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/I am in quest, I am looking for the closest thing to thruth about religion. I just want to know who has it right, Christians (like me), Muslims or Jews. NO OFFENSE INTENDED TO ANYONE.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/414828I called my mother from Iraq yesterday, well, that is the only way we can talk since I am here in Iraq. I asked her one question since she is one of those deeply religious people. She bagan to talk about prayers and how much I should pray for my safety and that is when it hit me. God gave man...Where is Godhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/283871Here I go again, back and forth with teh same question which really has no right and wrong answer. But I do know that for some starnge reason, ever since I began to doubt God and his existance all my life has been driven into a maze, pretty much like driving in circles or is just my head paying...QUORANhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/278135I have a koran in english which I bought in Iraq last year. It has been stuffed away for quite some time with little reading which I did when I was still on Iraq. Today, I just opened it up and set my eyes ona verse andto my surprise. this is whatis says: SURAH V para 51 O you who believe! Do not...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/277393Today, it ocurred to me, this while on my daily commute to and from work. In the past I have asked what our porpuse was and is God really real. Today, out of no where it came to me, he is the only one that actually wants us to love each other, to turn the other cheek if someone should slap the...What is my porpusehttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/272705I have sat for many days and prayed and prayed to be told what is my sole porpuse in life, I believe that life is like a deck of cards and we hae the power to choose how to play it but no choice on which deck to play with but the one given to us. God has been a pillar in my life even though I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/271081Today, curious, I asked myself: Eve lured Adam into eating the forbidden fruit known as the apple. Now, I ma not a historian nor scholar and oblivious as to teh true accounts of the bible so I am asking for help. Does anyone know of any proof of apples being harvested in old mesopotamia, now...WHY GOD ISN'T REALhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/269158I had a discussion with my wife about two weeks ago, the topic, well was God. I do not remember what sparked the conversation but do remember the details. I am not a religious scholar nor know much about religions, I only know a little about islam and what I was taught about christianity and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/267336I just love Blogit! I wanted to write something different today but I won't. You see, I have gotten so many insights (replies) about this blog and that is amazing. You see, I have been very upset at God since the very first moment that I crossed the kuwaiti border into Iraq, I have questioned him...GOOD VS. EVILhttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/265101Previously, I wrote about the crusades, islam and christianity partly arguing that religion is evil and trying to find out if God was real. At times, I am ashamed to call myself christian but will not call myself a jew and WILL NOT call myself a muslim. Something deep inside tells me that Jesus...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/michael_pilarte115/263176On my last blog I commented on Pope Urban II whom ordered the crusades. Well I just want to make this remark clear and not confuse Muslims and Christians alike. True, Islamic countries are still very upset, persay, about the crusades and refuse to leave it in the past. When in fact, it was the...