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But can you tell me in what point in history has there ever been world peace?
I would love to see a world at peace, but it isn't going to happen soon and it isn't going to happen when there are so many worldviews that are in conflict with each other.
I think that is what atheists and agnostics attempt, to remove the masks of religious people. I won't stop that, because I have to do that as well, but I am not wearing a mask, this is who I really am.
No one is simply a Christian because they say they are, they should be bearing good fruits, and if they are not, then no one should eat of their fruit.
WarminIndy
wildtimes
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If you don't mind, I have downloaded a copy of Sharia law, called Ftiq, it is jurisprudence of Islamic law and will use that to quote from on my posts. People don't want to do this, but it is necessary to know what they are thinking.
We can compare side by side if we wish, it might be beneficial to do so.
That is a FANTASTIC suggestion. I look forward to it. As much as I've spent the last year trying to learn more about Islam, I still have lots of questions about it. You are a very well-credentialed teacher, Indy.. Thank you for lending your wisdom and accumulated knowledge to us. That's the thing that keeps me here - learning, sharing, and growing.
It will be very hard to take an objective view of Sharia. And the first thing to understand is that Sharia intends to displace the Constitution. This is something as an American, that I cannot allow.
People need to understand that Islam is a political ideology, then it is a religion. The first thing Mohammed did was politically maneuver himself into killing his opponents to establish Islam. He killed an old man poet, he killed a woman that was breastfeeding her child, he killed people that disagreed with him. But it was to establish himself politically, by creating a religion. That's the difference in why it is not religion based.
He was eventually killed by poison that a Jewish woman, that he had raped after killing her husband and father, and she tested him on his prophethood by saying "If you are a true prophet, then you won't be killed". He was killed. This is recorded in the Hadiths.
3:79 It is not for any human being that God would give him the Book and the authority and the prophethood, then he would say to the people: “Be servants to me rather than God!” Rather: “Be Devotees for what you have been taught of the Book, and of what you have studied.”
2:79 So woe to those who write the Book with their hands then say: “This is from God,” so that they can purchase with it a cheap price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they gained.
7:185 Have they not looked at the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that God has created? Perhaps their time is drawing near; so in which narrative after this one will they believe?
46:9 Say: “I am no different from the other messengers, nor do I know what will happen to me or to you. I only follow what is inspired to me. I am no more than a clear warner”
3:3 He sent down to you the Book with the truth, authenticating what is between his hands; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel.
You are the first person who ever said I was brilliant, most people don't understand me. And I ain't lyin' at that.
Maybe my intelligence comes from a higher place than most people allow theirs so they have to be reduced to watching televangelists? That could be, but maybe it is because I tend to study and research more. Given my childhood and my life, I guess you could say I beat the odds against me.
5:68 Say: “O people of the Book, you are not upon anything until you uphold the Torah and the Gospel and what was sent down to you from your Lord.” And for many of them, what was sent down to you from your Lord will only increase them in transgression and rejection. So do not feel sorry for the rejecting people
5:69 Surely those who believe; and those who are Jewish, and the Sabians, and the Nazarenes, whoever of them believes in God and the Last Day and does good works; then they will have nothing to fear nor will they grieve.
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The adjective "Mosaic" meaning "of Moses" is also found in the description "Mosaic Law" in which case only the actual law, not the five books is intended.
Wikipedia Reference of Nazirite
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In the Hebrew Bible, a Nazirite or Nazarite, (in Hebrew: נזיר, nazir), refers to one who voluntarily took a vow described in Numbers 6:1–21. The proper noun "Nazarite" comes from the Hebrew word nazir meaning "consecrated" or "separated".[1] This vow required the man or woman to:
Abstain from wine, wine vinegar, grapes, raisins, intoxicating liquors,[2] vinegar distilled from such substances,[3] and eating or drinking any substance that contains any trace of grapes.[4]
Refrain from cutting the hair on one's head; but to allow the locks of the head's hair to grow.[5]
Not to become impure by corpses or graves, even those of family members.[6]
After following these requirements for a designated period of time (which would be specified in the individual's vow), the person would immerse in a mikveh and make three offerings: a lamb as a burnt offering (olah), a ewe as a sin-offering (hatat), and a ram as a peace offering (shelamim), in addition to a basket of unleavened bread, grain offerings and drink offerings, which accompanied the peace offering. They would also shave their head in the outer courtyard of the Temple (the Jerusalem Temple for Judaism) and then place the hair on the same fire as the peace offering. (Numbers 6:18)
The Nazirite is described as being "holy unto YHWH" (Numbers 6:8), yet at the same time must bring a sin offering. This has led to divergent approaches to the Nazirite in the Talmud, and later authorities, with some viewing the Nazirite as an ideal, and others viewing him as a sinner.
In Modern Hebrew the word "nazir" is commonly used for monks, both Christian and Buddhist - this meaning having largely displaced the original Biblical meaning.
BeaverTail
reply to post by WarminIndy
All revelations(Torah, Gospel and the Qu`ran) are from God, its all one truth.
Surah 53:7
Sahih International Taught to him by one intense in strength -
Muhsin Khan He has been taught (this Quran) by one mighty in power [Jibrael (Gabriel)].
Pickthall Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,
Yusuf Ali He was taught by one Mighty in Power,
Shakir The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,
Dr. Ghali One of valiant powers has taught him.
Surah 53:19
Sahih International So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
Muhsin Khan Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs).
Pickthall Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza
Yusuf Ali Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza,
Shakir Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,
Dr. Ghali Have you then seen Al-Lat and Al- cUzza,
WarminIndy
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AshkeNAZI also sounds like it...and Ashkenaz was the Hebrew word for Germany....
Hmmm.
But I know what Mosaic law is, and if we "play" lawyer, comparing law for law, whose side are you taking here so I know what side I am on?
AbleEndangered
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Yeah recently stumbled into the Tanakh.
About to dive in soon...
WarminIndy
reply to post by AbleEndangered
AshkeNAZI also sounds like it...and Ashkenaz was the Hebrew word for Germany....
Hmmm.
But I know what Mosaic law is, and if we "play" lawyer, comparing law for law, whose side are you taking here so I know what side I am on?
WarminIndy
AbleEndangered
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Yeah recently stumbled into the Tanakh.
About to dive in soon...
The Tanakh is actually the rest of the OT.
Every Christian reads the Tankh, they just don't realize it, and the Jews didn't know our OT is the Tanakh either. They had no idea on either side.
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Boron for Better Bone Health
Although not often spotlighted in public health recommendations, boron is a mineral that is critical to our health, and has been of special interest in women in relationship to bone health and osteoporosis (bone softening). Boron is a trace mineral required to convert estrogen and vitamin D to their most active forms (17-beta-estradiol and 1,25-(OH)2D3 respectively). Estrogen levels drop after menopause causing osteoclasts to become more sensitive to parathyroid hormone, which signals them to break down bone. Studies have shown that boron provides protection against osteoporosis and reproduces many of the positive effects of estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women. Raisins are among the top 50 contributors to total dietary boron in the U.S. diet.
AbleEndangered
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Texas A&M University Kosher and Halal Comparison
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AbleEndangered
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Well some would use this argue against and discredit the New Testament legitimacy altogether...
I'm not gonna wage that war because, what John writes on Patmos Island takes the cake for me...
Yeah, they get the hips by 17-18!! Some earlier....
WarminIndy
BeaverTail
reply to post by WarminIndy
All revelations(Torah, Gospel and the Qu`ran) are from God, its all one truth.
I agreed with you up until this point. I could list here the reasons why or I can make another post showing why I believe against this position. So in as much concise manner as possible, I will attempt.
First of all, because the Qu'ran is a recitation, from Jibreel to Mohammed (we assume because he said so) we have to go back to that night in the cave of Hira to see what really happened and see if it is God inspired and even if the God he called allah was really the same God as the Christians and Jews.
I am glad you have posted the surahs, which are actually chapters, for those who didn't know. We should do that when discussing their book and worldview.
The story of the cave of Hira come from two people, first Aisha and the second was Abu Hiraira. Neither of them were witnesses and Aisha was not alive when Kadhijah had died, so her information came from Mohammed telling her about it, and so far, and this is what is strange in my opinion as to why the Hadith would say this "His wife Kadhijah. Aisha was his third wife and the youngest,but she should have said "his first wife" but it wasn't written that way. It is though she had disconnected herself from being his wife. But anyway, we have Mohammed telling her this is what those people had said, even though they had died long before, so she would not have been able to ask them if it had really happened.
Muslims really have to take it on faith that it really happened.
But as the story goes, as he went to the cave of Hira to meditate, he suddenly was confronted by a being who told him to RECITE. Mohammed didn't know what to recite and became afraid, ran out of the cave because this thing beat him up. He ran to his house to have Kadhijah cover him up because he was so afraid, he was almost in shock. She asks him what happened and it was she who informed him it was Jibreel. The entity had never introduced itself as Jibreel.
Not a light being, not an angel, but a natural star. And this is how the translations have it, Mohammed states that Jibreel, the Mighty One, gave him revelation.
Surah 53:7
Sahih International Taught to him by one intense in strength -
Muhsin Khan He has been taught (this Quran) by one mighty in power [Jibrael (Gabriel)].
Pickthall Which one of mighty powers hath taught him,
Yusuf Ali He was taught by one Mighty in Power,
Shakir The Lord of Mighty Power has taught him,
Dr. Ghali One of valiant powers has taught him.
As the Bible does not ascribe or describe Gabriel in this manner, then where does the idea come from that Jibreel is the Lord of Mighty Power as the Shakir translation has it?
And this being, this star descending is who gave Mohammed revelation. And surah 53 is part of the Satanic verses that he later abrogated because he mentions the daughters of allah.
Surah 53:19
Sahih International So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
Muhsin Khan Have you then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs).
Pickthall Have ye thought upon Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza
Yusuf Ali Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza,
Shakir Have you then considered the Lat and the Uzza,
Dr. Ghali Have you then seen Al-Lat and Al- cUzza,
They were more than just two idols, they were the daughters of Allah. And this was a sticky for Abu Bakr, who questioned why Mohammed mentioned them, and then Mohammed said he received that revelation from Satan, hence the Satanic verses.
But Mohammed also claimed that he had been bewitched for over a year, because a young boy bewitched him, and makes claims that he had sex with his wives when he hadn't.
So if you have someone who claims an entity beats him up, then told by someone else it is Jibreel, then claims Jibreel is a star, then claims his revelation came from Satan, then claims he fixed it through abrogation, then you really have to take pause and consider if he were really a true prophet receiving revelation from a true God, the same as Moses and Abraham. He was capable of being tricked and bewitched.
53:21 Do you have the males, while He has the females?
53:22 What a strange distribution!
53:23 These are but names that you made up, you and your forefathers. God never authorized such. They only follow conjecture, and personal desire, while the guidance has come to them from their Lord.