What is the symbolism of water in the bible relative to the other religions islam, buddahism?
In Greek philosophy water was believed to be the original substance that all things were made from. With this, the Bible seems to agree: 2 Peter 3:5-6 “For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.” Genesis 1:2 – “The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.” The Koran states, “From water we have made all things.” Water seems to play an elemental part in Islam. I should remind you that the Koran was written some 600 years after the writing of the Old and New Testaments, and is largely an answer to Christianity, therefore, we would expect to see a lot of similarity in the teaching of the Koran with regard to water. Buddha thought water to be of little significance, as far as I have been able to learn. M
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