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    A Beginner's Guide to God: (And We’Re All Beginners)
    A Beginner's Guide to God: (And We’Re All Beginners)
    A Beginner's Guide to God: (And We’Re All Beginners)
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    A Beginner's Guide to God: (And We’Re All Beginners)

    By Eric Neal

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    When it comes to religion, people often have more questions than answers. In A Beginners Guide to God, author Eric Neal hopes to eliminate some confusion surrounding religion and provide a clear and universal pathway to the creator.

    In this guide, Neal addresses some of lifes biggest questions: Does God exist? What happens when we die? Is this our only life? Who created the universe? How was the universe created? Why was it created? What is the spiritual realm? Why do people believe in a higher power? In addition to addressing the large questions, A Beginners Guide to God explores the origins, history, and leadership of some of the worlds major religions and provides a synopsis of their teachings.

    A Beginners Guide to God offers a general guide to spark interest and clarify aspects of mankinds most important questions. Its goal is to help us make sense of religion, its progression, and the existence of a higher power.

    This is Eric Neals first book, produced after many years of contemplation on the plight of religion in the modern age.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 5, 2012
    ISBN9781475948493
    A Beginner's Guide to God: (And We’Re All Beginners)
    Author

    Eric Neal

    This is Eric Neal’s first book, produced after many years of contemplation on the plight of religion in the modern age. Visit him online at www.beginnersguidetogod.com

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      A Beginner's Guide to God - Eric Neal

      Copyright © 2012 by Eric Neal

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4759-4847-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-4849-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012917903

      iUniverse rev. date: 9/25/2012

      This book is dedicated to all those children who have lost their lives or are suffering as a result of mankind’s intolerance to fellow humans.

      It is okay to have different beliefs. We don’t need to fight because of it. We are all the product of one Creator, who clearly does not approve of the senseless animosity toward other members of the human family.

      We owe it to our children to stop the stupidity and allow them to enjoy the good things this life has to offer, such as a peaceful and loving environment.

      It is hoped that leaders and citizens of war-torn countries will recognize the vital importance of focusing on those things that unite rather than divide us and secure a safer future for our children.

      Contents

      Preface

      PART 1 THE BIG PICTURE

      1. The Big Questions

      2. Religion

      3. Progressive Revelation

      4. Interpretation

      5. The Spiritual Side

      6. Where to from Here?

      PART 2 REVELATION

      7. The Prophets

      8. The Enigma of the Fulfilment of Prophecy

      9. Focus on the Positive

      References

      Preface

      Having been born into a Christian environment and having attended Sunday school, I accepted Christ but felt confused by the number of different religions. The Christian teachings about false prophets made me reluctant to consider other religions, but once I conquered that barrier, I started to investigate. Although I found the teachings of other religions full of valuable guidance, to me they were just like Christianity with a different cultural flavor. Then, at the age of twenty six, I was introduced to the Baha’i faith, and it was like finding the missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle. The first chapter of my search was complete, and a new and more exciting chapter was just beginning.

      The research I have done for this book has reinforced for me the unity of religion. In studying the various religions you do find some contradictions, but the overwhelming feeling gained from studying the religions with an open mind is an amazing sense of attraction to all the religions. This created in me a strong bond with all the prophets, and this has cemented my unshakable belief in the reality of progressive revelation. A strong belief in any one of the religions and its founder is so understandable when you read the teachings, but I find to open one’s mind to the big picture brings about a strong sense of love for the whole of humanity.

      It is interesting to observe how the focus of each religion has progressively evolved to meet the changing conditions in the

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