Replies to post #3746 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ergo sum]

AKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 29 — Bush administration officials have determined that Indonesian soldiers carried out a deadly ambush that killed two American teachers returning from a picnic in a remote area of Indonesia last August, senior administration officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/international/asia/30INDO.html

AKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 30 — An Indonesian court acquitted a prominent Islamic militant leader today on charges of inciting Muslims to attack Christians on the religiously divided Maluku Islands.
The cleric, Jaffar Umar Thalib, the head of a paramilitary group called Laskar Jihad, walked free to chants of "Allahu akbar!" (God is great!) from his followers.
In contrast, two Christian separatist leaders were each sentenced two days ago to three years' imprisonment for subversion during the violence on the Malukus, in which thousands of people have been killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/international/asia/30CND-INDO.html


I think akbar can also mean good.

[Jar]

>What do you think God considers "good"?

To always obey His commands. For the sake of argument, we could call this keeping the 10 commandments. However, I think His commands are also written on the human conscience. Those that never read the actual 10 commandments still know what God requires (love your parents, don't lie, don't covet, etc.).

If we never break any commandments, God would declare us "good". We would not be separated from God and we would therefore not have any forthcoming punishment we need to be "saved" from.