Is this the greatest piece of philosophy mankind has ever produced?

>>9236489
No.

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>>9236489
>path to salvation
>probably literally inspired by god
>just "philosophy"

No it's not "philosophy", it's salvific theology, which is two tiers above philosophy.

>>9236537
>implying god exists
wew

>>9236548
nice extra edge buddy wew

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>>9236548

if you knew what God meant you would know he exists necessarily. In fact he's realer than you and anything else. God is the realest.

>>9236564
Existence is not a predicate you cretin.

>>9236564
wew

>>9236564
Okay? Explain.

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>>9236564
if you knew what Allah meant you would know he exists necessarily. In fact he's realer than you and anything else. Allah is the realest.

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>>9236638

the idea of Allah points man to the Absolute or the origin of all things, and towards immanent Justice with its complement, Mercy; this is all that is needed to show that Islam, though it does not possess the full truth of God and his personhood — nonetheless possesses some of the reality or essence of God implicitly.

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>>9236662
the idea of God points man to the Absolute or the origin of all things, and towards immanent Justice with its complement, Mercy; this is all that is needed to show that Christianity, though it does not possess the full truth of Allah and his personhood — nonetheless possesses some of the reality or essence of Allah implicitly.

I wish I could have a legitimate salvation experience, where I could realize the closeness of God, and rest my mind from worry and doubt.

As it is I feel like a hypocrite when I go to church.

Gotta give the desert dwellers credit: their shitty lore keeps suboptimal minds whirring about themselves even in current year 2017.

>>9236682
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/historical-jesus/id384233911?mt=10

Thomas Sheehan argues that Jesus was exposed to Neo-Platonic thinking when he was a a day laborer in Sepphoris, and that he synthesized that thinking with John the Baptist's teachings.

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>>9236698
>Jesus circa 1st century was exposed to neo-platonism
>"Neoplatonism is a modern term used to designate a tradition of philosophy that arose in the 3rd century AD and persisted until shortly after the closing of the Platonic Academy in Athens in AD 529 by Justinian I"

>>9236682

in fact our modern minds have become sub-optimal in this kali yuga of ours. the ancients thought much more clearly and their intuition was on point

>>9236714
>he actually thinks Jesus was born in 1 AD
ok friend

>>9236721

why doubt it?
all sources put him in the 1st century mate, that's why our calendar is based on him

>>9236489
Feck no

>>9236721
No, he was born ~5 BC.

>>9236564
Word to the Virgin Mother. Yo.

>>9236489
1/ read the Tao Te Ching
2/ compare all available translations
3/ ????
4/ profit

>>9236489
*tips baseball cap*

If it wasn't for the book of proverbs, i'd cast it into the fire. It was the /pol/ of it's time