Enlightenment is a state of awakened understanding. It can be described as the transcendence of suffering and desire in order to obtain spiritual liberation (moksha). To be enlightened is to be freed from the tyranny of the mind and to experience deep spiritual peace, presence and wholeness.
In Christianity, the word "enlightenment" is rarely used, except to refer to the Age of Enlightenment and its influence on Christianity.

Each tradition has its own definition for enlightenment. Even within a single tradition, there are various schools which define it in their own way.
Jake H. Davis, Postdoctoral Associate at New York University published a paper in 2013 titled ‘Can enlightenment be traced to specific neural correlates, cognition, or behavior?
He talks about various studies which have been previously conducted on people who claim spiritual enlightenment.
He said: Scientific investigation of mindfulness and meditation have already arguably advanced the field of neuroscience and specifically our knowledge of the brain.
In Islam
The enlightened man is the one who decides with himself to believe in the One God. With the light of faith, he can make his way to attain the highest levels of closeness to God, and that is through good deeds.
The human mind derives from the light of faith a new dimension that enables it to comprehend facts about which it would not have known anything without this light.
If a part of the light of faith enters a person's heart, some positive effects appear on him. And when faith continues to increase; it reflects positively on his interests and enlightens his heart more and more, until he reaches as close as possible to the prophets. But if the light of faith enters the heart of a person and then he does not constantly work to increase it; it will diminish, and many of the positive effects of faith will disappear.
As for the disbelievers and polytheists, their reasoning is idle with regard to conversion to faith, because their life is in the darkness of disbelief and hypocrisy. God does not bring anyone out of darkness into light except those who believe.
God said;
‘We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of God; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.’ (Quran).

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science.

Faith And Science series
adapted from the author's textbook Faith, Science, & Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge, 2nd edition (Midwest Theological Forum, 2019).
1. God creates the universe ex nihilo, “from nothing.”
2. God creates the universe *** tempore, “with time.”
3. God creates the universe *** libertate, “with freedom.”
4. God creates the universe ex Trinitate, “out of the Trinity.”

https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/faith-and-science-acknowledging-god-as-the-creator#:~:text=God%20creates%20the%20universe%20ex%20nihilo%2C%20%E2%80%9Cfrom%20nothing.%E2%80%9D&text=God's%20act%20of%20creation%20causes,and%20sustains%20all%20that%20exists.

According to the Jewish faith, Christ did not come to earth yet, and the Jewish believers are waiting for the "Messiah" to come at the end of time to rule the world, while they do not believe in Jesus, the son of Mary, and his mother, the Virgin Mary.
According to the Christian faith
Jesus was crucified and buried by the Jews. And they closed the holy tomb with a large stone to prevent anyone from entering. Catholics and Oriental and Oriental Orthodox believe that Jesus was buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem in Palestine, while some Protestants and Evangelicals believe that he was buried in the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.
Jesus' tomb is empty because God raised Jesus after his crucifixion. Where his buried earthy body turned into a glorified, luminous body - by God's power - at the moment of his union with the spirit during the process of resurrection. He rose from his grave to save the world from sin.
According to the local folklore of Shingo Village in Japan
Jesus did not die on the cross in Palestine, but rather his brother Isukiri died instead on the cross while Jesus fled until he reached Shingo in Japan. He married and left a family and was buried in the “tomb of Jesus” located in the village, which is also called “the house of Jesus” because it claims to be the final resting place of Jesus.

What is your information about him?

Mother Nature is not the new 21st centuries Gods 'Mother Nature ' and Father Time.
Mother Nature (or Mother Earth) is the earliest usage as "Mother Gaia", written in (13th or 12th century BC). In Greece, the pre-Socratic philosophers had "invented" nature when they abstracted the entirety of phenomena of the world as singular: physis, and this was inherited by Aristotle.
Roman Epicurean poet Lucretius opens his didactic poem De rerum natura by addressing Venus as a veritable mother of nature.
Amalur was the goddess of the earth in the religion of the ancient Basque people. She was the mother of the sun, and the moon. Her name means "mother earth" or "mother land".
Science says:
Biological structures frequently exhibit modularity and symmetry, but the origin of such trends is not well understood. It can be tempting to assume — by analogy to engineering design — that symmetry and modularity arise from natural selection. However, evolution, unlike engineers, cannot plan ahead, and so these traits must also afford some immediate selective advantage which is hard to reconcile with the breadth of systems where symmetry is observed. In a new paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists introduce an alternative hypothesis based on an algorithmic picture of evolution; it suggests that symmetric structures preferentially arise not just due to natural selection but also because they require less specific information to encode and are therefore much more likely to appear as genetic variation through random mutations.
The Bible says:
God created the universe.
The earth was created by God
God upholds the earth
Just as the earth and every living creature, along with all spiritual beings, were made by the power of God’s Word, the whole creation is kept together by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3).
We should not worship nature
The earth reflects God’s goodness and wisdom
God created the earth as the dwelling place for humanity
The earth will be renewed and restored by God

https://www.biblword.net/what-is-the-biblical-view-of-nature-is-the-earth-our-mother/

Evolution is not a scientific fact opposite of religions.
In bonus footage from the new episode of Science Uprising, “Human Evolution: The Monkey Bias,” geologist Casey Luskin explains why the iconic image is more imagination than reality. The scientific evidence is plagued by ideology-driven interpretation, fanciful reconstructions, pathetically sparse fossil remains, “missing transitions,” and other problems. The story of human origins is subject to constant rewriting, which is to say reimagining, making firm fact-based statements perilous. Yet this reality is largely concealed from the public, including from students, even from non-specialists in relevant scientific fields. Why? Dr. Luskin sheds light on that question, too:

https://evolutionnews.org/2021/10/human-origins-the-scientific-imagination-at-play/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2eilBhCCARIsAG0Pf8ucXsMMQzugrQOhPjt3DhaxDrVA1qd_vBfwy0cYSXPAhGe6W_VMumIaAkKCEALw_wcB

Hi Barbara
I found two definitions to the real man:
1- A man with genuine self-confidence and true masculinity. He's a man who knows his own mind and knows what he's about in life, and he's not afraid to stand up for what he believes in.
2- Real man commits to the relationship fully. He doesn't cheat. He is loyal to his partner and knows that relationships take hard work to keep strong and healthy. His affection to his woman is a full-time commitment. He nourishes and strengthens the relationship through ongoing, honest communication and team work.
Which one you means?

Happy Birthday, Dee
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Happy Birthday, Dee
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British broadcaster proves that the Holy Qur’an in Surat Al-Nur verse 35 preceded modern science with an accurate knowledge of the fluorescent lighting characteristic of plants, and she explains that that God, the creator of the universe, revealed that to the Prophet Muhammad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwfYw8jkpEQ

It is well known for the children of Israel that they killed their prophets. And a section of them violated the teachings of the Prophet Moses and worshiped a calf that the Samaritan made for them. The Jews did not believe in the Prophet Jesus and crucified him. The Jews were also the fiercest enemies of the Prophet Muhammad.
In the modern era, they formed Zionism, which usurped Palestine, expelled its people, and killed even children.
It is believed that Zionism is behind the events of September 11 to create an atmosphere hostile to Islam.

The Quran says:
Certainly you will find the most vehement of men in enmity to the believers to be the Jews and those who are associates. And you will find the nearest in friendship to those who believe to be those who say: “Indeed We are Christians”. This is because there are hermits and clergy among them and because they are not arrogant.
And when they hear what has been revealed to the Messenger you see that their eyes overflow with tears because of the Truth that they recognize and they say: 'Our Lord! We do believe; write us down, therefore, with those who bear witness (to the Truth). And why should we not believe in God and the Truth which has come down to us when we do fervently desire that our Lord include us among the righteous?'

Tyranny in the Premodern West
ARISTOTLE ON EXTREME TYRANNY AND EXTREME DEMOCRACY

https://www.jstor.org/stable/29777247

On Modern Tyranny: A Critique of Western Intellectuals
Recently, confronted by the renewed repression of intellectual life in the Soviet Union and the rebellious movements in Czechoslovakia and Poland, the following argument has often been repeated in conversation and advanced in the press:
The protest of intellectuals and students in the countries of the East concerns partial demands—greater freedom of speech, a less strict political regime, a more efficient management of the economy—demands which, among us in the West, have become obsolete. The system, that is, the socialist regime, is not being put in question. On the contrary, among us the New Left rejects (in the current jargon the word is confronts) the system—that is, neocapitalism or the consumer civilization—in a radical fashion. Thus the revolt fermenting in the West is more advanced than the basically romantic and 19th-century one, which agitates the countries of Eastern Europe.

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/on-modern-tyranny-a-critique-of-western-intellectuals/

The Tyranny of Ideology in Israel
There is no dictatorship in Israel, but unlike other countries, it is under ideological dictatorship. Ask how can ideology, which is nothing but a collection of words, arranged according to the wishes and thoughts and whims of individuals, can rule and even tyrannize? I have no answer, especially since this is an ideology thought up by secular people.
But it remains a fact that these orderly words prevent, to this very moment, the implementation of the High Court of Justice’s ruling from some 70 years ago – to return the uprooted residents of Ikrit to their village – and their tyranny is alive and well to this day. Here you have the Knesset, recognized by all as the sovereign of the state, deciding not to extend the effect of the amendment to the Citizenship Law, which prevents the unification of Palestinian families, but it’s as though the Knesset made no such decision. It turns out that the true sovereign, i.e. the ideology, looks on from the side, laughing: Play at democracy all you like, now let’s see you implement your decisions.

The Integration of the Battles for Liberation from Occupation and Tyranny

https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/235476

Israel sunk in 'incremental tyranny', say former Shin Bet chiefs

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/former-israeli-security-chiefs-warn-of-tyranny

Although many repeat the saying “extremism has no religion”, the global media focuses in its condemnation of extremism and terrorism on “Islamic extremism” exclusively, although the duty is to condemn extremism in all its forms, whether its motives are religious, national or racist, because it results from a culture of hating the other.
US President Trump attacked Islam and described it as "extremist terrorism", which was repeated by French President Macron when he attacked Islam and linked it to terrorism.
There is an active media agenda targeting the entire Islamic presence in the West through organized media campaigns to offend Islam and Muslims. It is also noted that the rate of racism has risen to the point that racist parties are racing to attack Muslims, and the concept that Islam is against Western democratic values has been entrenched.
The term Islamic terrorism was used by the extreme right, and the forces of the American imperial expansion abroad, after the events of September 11. The media, propaganda and military machine justified revenge against the Arab and Islamic countries that it considered without proof a threat to American national security, and then justified the aggression against it, and they were victims of American and Western violence such as Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
One of the most important factors that made the condemnation of extremism limited to violence perpetrated by Muslims is the escalation of the phenomenon of "Islamophobia" in America and the West after the events of September 11, and then after the emergence of ISIS and its violent operations in Europe.
The rise of the far right
The countries of the European Union witnessed a remarkable progress of far-right parties. As Europe swings towards the far right, experts expect that these developments will reshape Europe, affecting the shift to hostility towards Islam and Muslims, according to the British newspaper, The Guardian.
As for Kathryn, associate professor at the University of Oslo and chair of the Norwegian government's Committee on Extremism, this trend is not new, and immigration and Euroscepticism are its main drivers.
The far right found a convenient scapegoat in Islam, exploiting fear of cultural change and the perceived threat to national identities. This hostility to Islam is fuelled by the perpetuation of stereotypes, misinformation and distortion of facts, and Islam is often portrayed as an inherently violent and inconsistent religion.
Under the eyes of the authorities in Stockholm, the extreme right, which feeds on hostility to Islam, has returned to the forefront of the scene in Sweden, after burning a copy of the Holy Qur’an in front of the main Stockholm mosque. This fuelled the anger of Muslims around the world and forced the Swedish government to condemn the incident, considering it an "anti-Islamic act".
Observers believe that the rise of the extreme right in the European Union countries has serious repercussions for Europe itself, especially as it threatens the basic values of tolerance and multiculturalism that the European Union represents. Hate crimes, discrimination and violence against Muslim communities have escalated in recent years, eroding social cohesion and fostering an atmosphere of fear and mistrust.
“Today, anti-Muslim racism is helping to reshape the political sphere in many countries of Europe, by allowing far-right groups to expand their audience,” said lawyer Rafik, founder of the “Islamophobia” platform.

James said: “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world” (James 1:27).
The wording is simple and unpretentious, yet the meaning is profound and has deep significance.

There are man made gods and religions and God made religions like Judaism Christianity and Islam.

Many people confuse religion and science. The monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam are from God when He sent His teachings to the prophets Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. These teachings are written in the Bible and in the Quran. Because more than one person translated the Bible, errors and sometimes distortion occurred. But his core remained steadfast.
Scientists, on the other hand, have worked hard to explore the laws of nature set by God and to take advantage of the information accumulated in technology. However, they also made mistakes and others corrected the mistakes of the previous ones. Therefore, there is no justification for loving science and not loving religion. Rather, the correct thing is that we love religion and adhere to its correct teachings, because they are the teachings of our Creator, who determined on the Day of Resurrection to hold all creatures accountable, to punish the wrongdoers, and to reward the believers. At that point, the love of science is useless without faith.
The difference between belief in gods and belief in God the Creator
Some earthly religions divide the functions and the power of more than one deity, this is a god of rain and that is a god of wind and so on. And in the time of the Prophet Moses, the Samaritan made a calf for his servant, the Children of Israel
In primitive beliefs and pagan religions, the god takes the form of a human being, an animal, or perhaps an inanimate object. People turn to him for help and assistance. In Greek mythology, the gods become more like humans, and when they get angry, anger is accompanied by punishment in the form of a natural disaster, such as storms, thunder, rain, and eclipses.

A Christian website interprets Ezekiel 38 and 39 as follows:
The prophecies are written in such a flexible and miraculous way that they can be applied many times. This prophecy, which includes chapters 38 and 39 says there will be wars against the church. Wars are waged against the people of God, whoever they are (the people of Israel before Christ or the Church after Christ). God intervenes in time to defeat the enemies of the Church.
This war is a symbol of the ongoing enmity against the kingdom of God (John 15: 18, 19). After Christ brought peace to his church, the enemy of goodness stirred up all kinds of wars against it. He started with bloody persecution and failed, then he tried to provoke divisions, but in the last days it seems that he will raise a terrible war against the people of God. It also seems that victory will be his ally in the beginning, but the verse turns against him and he perishes because it is God who protects his church. These last wars are called in the book of Revelation, the war of Gog and Magog against the Church.
Gog is the name of a savage and bloody barbarian king in his wars, and it may symbolize Antiochus Epiphanius, or as it will happen in the days of the appearance of the Antichrist. And some say that he is the president of Russia, because he is mentioned here as the president of Rosh Meshech and Tubal. They interpret Rosh as Russia, Meshech as Moscow, Tubal as Tobolsk, and all this in Russia. But the closest thing to truth is that Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal are tribes that lived in the regions of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Gog is the son of Japheth, and Magog is probably the land inhabited by Gog, as we say Pharaoh and the land of Egypt. Or we say England means the land of English people Notice here that Magog is The land of Gog.

The believer does not need the details of the religion, as this is the task of elite clerics, because the monotheistic religions are clear and depend on belief in the existence of God the Creator, the prophets, and the holy books. The teachings of religions command the believer to be a good man and to stay away from Satan, evil deeds and committing sins. And if he sinned, he have to repent. He must worship God alone, for He is the Forgiver of sins. Worship is a heartfelt relationship between a person and God, and it is acceptable as long as it is done with a sincere intention, whether a person is praying at home, in a church, or in a mosque.
Trust in the Character of God
Two questions inevitably come up in talking about confessing our sins to God:
1. How do I know if/when God has forgiven me? Will I feel forgiven?
2. Have I done enough to deserve God’s forgiveness? Am I sorry enough? Just tell me what to do!
Let’s go back to 1 John 1:9:
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
We find the answer to both questions, not in us and what we are doing, but in the character of God.
First, God is faithful to forgive your sins.
Second, He is just to forgive your sins.

https://openthebible.org/article/why-you-can-confess-your-sins-to-god/#:~:text=Let's%20go%20back%20to%201,in%20the%20character%20of%20God.

Scientists Tune in to Fish Speech
The past year saw a flurry of research documenting a phenomenon that fishers and scientists have known for centuries: Fish are surprisingly chatty creatures. “If you think about a lot of fish common names, [like] croakers and grunts,” says Audrey Looby, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida, “all those types of fish are named after the sounds they make to communicate.” One such creature, dubbed the pigfish, even snorts like a pig, she adds.
Yet these fish have long been considered outliers, says Cornell University biologist Aaron Rice. He’s one of the scientists challenging that assumption. In a study published in January 2022, Rice mapped sound-producing species onto a family tree and showed that at least 175 families of ray-finned fishes — the largest and most diverse fish group — contain a species that communicates via sound.

The Quran says:
‘’There is no crawling creature on the earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but they are nations like you. We have neglected nothing in the Book. They shall all be gathered before their Lord. ‘’
The Quran makes it clear: All animals, excluding humans, are given by God to believe in the instinctive nature, and guide them to sustenance through instinct.
And every one of those many nations that God created in the universe praises Him, but no one understands the languages of those nations. Scientists are trying to discover the language of fish, discover the secrets of the kingdom of bees, and study the behavior of ants with a grain of wheat, and how the ant breaks germination cells from the seed, because germination destroys the ant house. When one ant finds food, then goes to summon a group of ants that are able to move the large piece of food. Some of the ants pull the piece and others pushe it to walk towards the ant house. Scientists wondered: how do ants have this ability to determine mass, size and weight? It is from the power of God, who was created and destined to guide.
The birds build the nest and furnish it with the softest things, they do it with good mastery and in a way that humans may not be able to do the same. So all creatures are nations like us in terms of livelihood, deadlines, and deeds. All of them will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection. And after every creature other than humans and jinn takes its right, it becomes dust.
Scientifically, vertebrate animals include: fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. They constitute about 4% of the total animal species; the rest are invertebrates.
Scientists have estimated the number of animal species on Earth from 1-2 million and there are more than 10,000 trillion ants alive. The number of insects may reach (10 billion billion). Knowing that 86% of the lands and 91% of the seas have not yet been described.
God distinguished man from all beings with his brain. Man has learned to simulate beings; So Cain learned from the crow how to bury his brother. The aircraft designer learned from the studying of birds flying.

We understand from the foregoing that Christianity believes that God is one and is not the father of anyone and has no son. This is consistent with the Qur'an:
‘’Say: He is Allah [God], the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.’’