What If God Were One Of Us?-2nd Edition
What If God Were One Of Us? by Adeeb Shabazz
Expanded Chapters and New Bonus Chapter for 2010!
Adeeb Shabazz has released the 2nd Edition of What If God Were
One Of Us?, a book that examines the divinity within each of us,
and makes each of us reexamine our understanding of our nature
and the nature of God. Whether we come from a Christian, Muslim,
Hebrew or other background, the information that Shabazz shares
in this work will take you even deeper than the first edition of the
book in your quest to discover the divine nature within you.
One Of Us?, a book that examines the divinity within each of us,
and makes each of us reexamine our understanding of our nature
and the nature of God. Whether we come from a Christian, Muslim,
Hebrew or other background, the information that Shabazz shares
in this work will take you even deeper than the first edition of the
book in your quest to discover the divine nature within you.
Excerpt from “What If God Were One Of Us?”2nd Edition
Who are you? Who are you really? Religious leaders tell us we are merely lowly
creatures, created by an omnipotent God that lives in a realm we can never truly reach
until we die, if we are of the fortunate ones. Scientists tell us we are merely the product of
evolution and that our thought and intelligence is completely biologically based:
developed in a random evolutionary process that has us where we are today. Many
simply choose to accept these basic viewpoints, or variations within those frameworks to
explain our existence. However for some, those explanations are seriously lacking, and
in our case we seek a more complete definition and meaning for our lives.
The Bible-which includes the Jewish Torah or Old Testament, and the Qur’an are the
holy books of the Judeo-Christian and Muslim worlds, which have in total over 4 Billion
adherents in some form, or more than two-thirds of the population of the world. The
Baghavad Gita, the Vedic scripture of India, is a major staple of the Hindu religion, which
claims nearly one Billion adherents and is the oldest organized religion in recorded
history. The aforementioned collection of scripture covering the three largest religions is
the basis for the beliefs of nearly 5 Billion people, or over 80% of the world’s population.
Granted there is very powerful content in these scriptures, yet much of it has been
“interpreted down” by religious leaders who either lacked understanding of the texts or
desired to suppress the true meaning of these texts to utilize their power to make
subjects of the adherents for political gain and power.
Have we ever examined the scripture of our particular faith, or the faith of our
ancestors, to really see what they say? Are there key elements that point to God being a
human being, or at least directly accessible and knowable by a living human being?
What was the essential message of Jesus, called the Christ, and was he also trying to
get us to see the divinity within ourselves and exercise it to its fullness? Are we missing
the point due to misinterpretation after misinterpretation that what we should be striving
for is recognizing the god within?
Whether you are an adherent to a particular religion, New Thought, an agnostic, or an
atheist, I challenge you to take a fresh view of God, Creator, or Source- by whatever name
you wish to address this force. Whether you come from a Judaic, Christian or Islamic
background in thought, some other background entirely, or no spiritual background at all,
I am sure you will find concepts that will challenge your way of thinking and expand your
perspective. Please take the time to put aside your opinions, prejudices, judgments,
preconceived notions and beliefs just long enough to hear what I am saying, and then
you may have them back if you still wish to carry them. Embark with me as we set out on
a journey of discovery, and uncover the sacred secrets of ourselves within the scriptures
of our cultures, science, and beyond.
creatures, created by an omnipotent God that lives in a realm we can never truly reach
until we die, if we are of the fortunate ones. Scientists tell us we are merely the product of
evolution and that our thought and intelligence is completely biologically based:
developed in a random evolutionary process that has us where we are today. Many
simply choose to accept these basic viewpoints, or variations within those frameworks to
explain our existence. However for some, those explanations are seriously lacking, and
in our case we seek a more complete definition and meaning for our lives.
The Bible-which includes the Jewish Torah or Old Testament, and the Qur’an are the
holy books of the Judeo-Christian and Muslim worlds, which have in total over 4 Billion
adherents in some form, or more than two-thirds of the population of the world. The
Baghavad Gita, the Vedic scripture of India, is a major staple of the Hindu religion, which
claims nearly one Billion adherents and is the oldest organized religion in recorded
history. The aforementioned collection of scripture covering the three largest religions is
the basis for the beliefs of nearly 5 Billion people, or over 80% of the world’s population.
Granted there is very powerful content in these scriptures, yet much of it has been
“interpreted down” by religious leaders who either lacked understanding of the texts or
desired to suppress the true meaning of these texts to utilize their power to make
subjects of the adherents for political gain and power.
Have we ever examined the scripture of our particular faith, or the faith of our
ancestors, to really see what they say? Are there key elements that point to God being a
human being, or at least directly accessible and knowable by a living human being?
What was the essential message of Jesus, called the Christ, and was he also trying to
get us to see the divinity within ourselves and exercise it to its fullness? Are we missing
the point due to misinterpretation after misinterpretation that what we should be striving
for is recognizing the god within?
Whether you are an adherent to a particular religion, New Thought, an agnostic, or an
atheist, I challenge you to take a fresh view of God, Creator, or Source- by whatever name
you wish to address this force. Whether you come from a Judaic, Christian or Islamic
background in thought, some other background entirely, or no spiritual background at all,
I am sure you will find concepts that will challenge your way of thinking and expand your
perspective. Please take the time to put aside your opinions, prejudices, judgments,
preconceived notions and beliefs just long enough to hear what I am saying, and then
you may have them back if you still wish to carry them. Embark with me as we set out on
a journey of discovery, and uncover the sacred secrets of ourselves within the scriptures
of our cultures, science, and beyond.
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