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2. Where do people (souls) come from and where do they go when they die?
When someone is born, it is the beginning of human life. The soul is created in the embryo. It is constant and eternal. When someone dies, the soul detaches itself from the body and waits in the spiritual world till the end of time. At the end of time, on Judgement Day all the souls go back into their original bodies, and are then presented in front of God who judges them to go either to heaven or hell depending on their deeds. Following the resurrection, bodies are destroyed as the soul continues its journey. There is no principle of reincarnation accepted by Christianity.
3. What is your definition of faith?
Faith is possibly the single-most important element of the Christian life. Hebrews 11:6 states, "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him."
4. Who has faith?
Faith is to believe in Christ (son of God) who is the message carrier from God. It is about the acceptance of the gospel (New Testament) as well as the Torah (Old Testament).
5. Is it possible to say that one person has more faith than another person? Are there any visible signs of this?
Faith is not a question of quantitative measurement. There is no instrument which could monitor who has faith. Only God knows the intensity of faith.
Faith is about acting and praying. If you are a good man, you have to accept the truth and act accordingly.
6. Which of the following people is more religious and why?
a. Person A carries out a lot of religious actions (prayer, visits to religious places, etc.), but does not follow the religion's principles in his daily life.
b. Person B follows the religion's principles in his daily life but does not carry out many (or any) religious actions.
In the above examples person A is a hypocrite while person B is a faithful person, because, although person B may have his reasons not to perform religious actions, he believes in the words of Jesus keeping the code of conduct as an essential element in daily life.
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