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Who is the first man that prayed to God(s) in the human history?
And, will there be the last man who will pray to the God in the human history?
It decides the span of the history of mankind.
Even before Abraham, there was relationship between mankind and the God.
And, even after Christ Jesus, Islam was given to some people.
To neglect them all or to accept them all is the only reasonable behavior expressing full fear of the God.
SECTION I: God and Mankind
SECTION II: God and Hell
SECTION III: God vs. Money
SECTION IV: Good and Evil; Life and Death
Life and death of a living thing is essentially a matter of a biological and physical phenomenon.
There is, basically, no good and evil in death and life of a living thing other than mankind.
But, good and evil are strongly related to life and death of a man.
A man of good can have an eternal life and a man of evil will be condemned to eternal death.
In other word, for a man, good or evil must be a more important issue than life or death.
In this context, ultimately, there is no meaning in a happy life or a happy death, but there is in a blessed life or a blessed death, since the issue is an eternal life. However, it can be a tragic life or a tragic death like the case of Jesus Christ, though eventually it would turn to be a blessed life or a blessed death as the history proves.
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There is a Christian priest who does not believe existence of Heaven and the hell. Everything spiritual and supernatural he cannot understand. The Bible is just a mere story of a mysterious religion founder. But, as he could not become an elite member of a company where he worked, he decided to take over his family's business, namely a Christian priest. Yet, he became a somewhat successful priest. But, he still cannot understand Heaven and the hell and any other spiritual things. He has never caught a glimpse of a living figure of Jesus Christ in his life, though he cannot understand what the son of God means.
If there is any one of such priests in the Christian world, it is a failure. The Christian world has failed. It applies to Judaism and Islam. And, they have also failed.
Nonetheless, pious Christians, pious Muslims, and pious Judaists are possible. But, professional leaders of the religions have failed. They must all be deprived of their religious titles, such as a priest.
Only the God can give a religious title to a man. So, the God gave the title of the Son of God to Christ Jesus.
Anyway at least do not follow a religious leader who has more money than you have. It is so since he must look more foolish than you to the eye of the God.
By the way, in my theory, life is a form of spirit. Therefore, science of mankind cannot create life from material, since it is the God who governs spirit. And, this universe consists of only two elements: living things and nonliving matter. When a man found himself to be one of living things to be destined to die someday, a religion started to emerge.
Mar 5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
Mar 5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
Mar 5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Mar 5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
Mar 5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.