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August 6th, 2013
06:26 PM ET
Islam's `Night of Power' and the terror alert
(CNN) - During Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims, there is a night that I look forward to every year. This night is called Laylat ul-Qadr, which translates as the “Night of Power” or the “Night of Destiny.” It is the night when Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammed received the first revelation of the Quran. He was in a cave, praying, when he hears the angelic voice of Gabriel speaking to him, bearing him a revelation from God. CNN's Peter Bergen thinks that this night has symbolic meaning for al Qaeda, and perhaps it does. Bergen speculated that the holy night might be the reason behind the recent uptick in al Qaeda's activity and the corresponding closure of U.S. embassies in Africa and the Middle East. I remain unconvinced of the causal link that Bergen tries to establish. READ MORE: Drone strikes kill militants in Yemen; Americans urged to leave More importantly, such links between Islamic holy days and militancy allow al Qaeda to continue to define what Islam is. For them, Islam is not a religion with spirituality, but is a political movement, where the holiest of days are simply calendar markers to run campaigns. The Quran asks of believers, “What is Laylat ul-Qadr?” While older translations favored “power” or “destiny,” newer translations of the Quran simply keep qadr. To me, Laylat ul-Qadr emphasizes the divine wonder and awe that Muslims should feel, and it offers an opportunity, as Ramadan winds down, to commit oneself to the best of intentions and actions. It reminds us, as believers, that it is a night when God’s power is immanent, and that we can choose our destiny. The one word encapsulates the relationship between Creator and created, and the multiple meanings of the word is part of the deliciousness that I savor. In that moment when the Quran is revealed, God’s power is made apparent to Prophet Muhammad. We, as Muslims, understand the sanctified and holy nature of Muhammad, to be able to receive this revelation. We also recognize his humanity, as he reacts with disbelief and awe. As Muslims, we stay up all night in prayer on Laylat ul-Qadr, to recreate that experience of Prophet Muhammad. While we cannot receive revelation, we hope to achieve that proximity to God. Despite the important nature of this night, there is no consensus as to its exact date. Tradition holds that it is an odd numbered night during the last ten days of Ramadan. For example, my community of Shiah Muslims – holds that it is the 23rd night of Ramadan. Other communities will select the 19th or 21st. Some people will stay in prayer every odd numbered date during those ten nights to make sure they honor the occasion. Because of this lack of specificity, and because of the traditional practices associated with Laylat ul-Qadr, I remain unconvinced of Bergen’s data correlation. However, it is plausible, as I can imagine al Qaeda saying qadr means “power,” and arrogating the divine attribute for themselves. I am not willing to cede that ground to them. There is a beauty and spirituality in Islam that attractions hundreds of million people the world over. When I choose my destiny, al Qaeda will have no part in it, nor in defining my faith. Hussein Rashid teaches at Hofstra University in the Department of Religion. He is an associate editor at Religion Dispatches, a term member on the Council on Foreign Relations and fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. The views expressed in this column belong to Rashid.
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Opinion by Hussein Rashid, special to CNN
I don't think God and Gabriel would tell that guy to kill people that are Christian and Jewish!!!
The World does not work on the basis of our imaginations. It has a System that many called the Truth. Gabriel and party are the creations of imaginations and speculations. They have no validity in the System of life. The Prophets were speaking of rooting our life to this System that alone is moral. Speculations are for entertainment, not to guide life.
Gabriel was really a dark angel. Gabriel, the wretched being, was sent by the Satan not god.
Islam got misdirected with the laying of its rules by the people who fought along with Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad, like all other Prophets, were finding solutions to the derangement of life brought by faiths. Religious faith is a mental exercise where as spirituality is the expression of the soul that we get with life. Like all other beings we too get characteristics with our birth for the management of life. This is the soul part of the mind. When confronted with evil social practices the mind has the ability to regain its real sensibility- those who regained the real sensibility of the soul wanted to give moral guidance in life. The soul is the seat of conscience and human consciousness. It is a moral expression as its sensibility is related to the System that supports life here. http://www.purereason.org
Returning to the 21st century:
Only for our sister and brother Muslims:
From the studies of Armstrong, Rushdie, Hirsi Ali, Richardson and Bayhaqi----–
The Five Steps To Deprogram 1400 Years of Islamic Myths:
( –The Steps take less than two minutes to finish- simply amazing, two minutes to bring peace and rationality to over one billion lost souls- Priceless!!!)
Are you ready?
Using "The 77 Branches of Islamic "faith" a collection compiled by Imam Bayhaqi as a starting point. In it, he explains the essential virtues that reflect true "faith" (iman) through related Qur’anic verses and Prophetic sayings." i.e. a nice summary of the Koran and Islamic beliefs.
The First Five of the 77 Branches:
"1. Belief in Allah"
aka as God, Yahweh, Zeus, Jehovah, Mother Nature, etc. should be added to your self-cleansing neurons.
"2. To believe that everything other than Allah was non-existent. Thereafter, Allah Most High created these things and subsequently they came into existence."
Evolution and the Big Bang or the "Gi-b G-nab" (when the universe starts to recycle) are more plausible and the "akas" for Allah should be included if you continue to be a "crea-tionist".
"3. To believe in the existence of angels."
A major item for neuron cleansing. Angels/de-vils are the mythical creations of ancient civilizations, e.g. Hitt-ites, to explain/define natural events, contacts with their gods, big birds, sudden winds, protectors during the dark nights, etc. No "pretty/ug-ly wingy thingies" ever visited or talked to Mohammed, Jesus, Mary or Joseph or Joe Smith. Today we would classify angels as f–airies and "tin–ker be-lls". Modern de-vils are classified as the de-mons of the de-mented.
"4. To believe that all the heavenly books that were sent to the different prophets are true. However, apart from the Quran, all other books are not valid anymore."
Another major item to delete. There are no books written in the spirit state of Heaven (if there is one) just as there are no angels to write/publish/distribute them. The Koran, OT, NT etc. are simply books written by humans for humans.
Prophets were invented by ancient scribes typically to keep the un-educated masses in line. Today we call them for-tune tellers.
Prophecies are also invali-dated by the natural/God/Allah gifts of Free Will and Future.
"5. To believe that all the prophets are true. However, we are commanded to follow the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings
be upon him) alone."
Mohammed spent thirty days "fasting" (the Ramadan legend) in a hot cave before his first contact with Allah aka God etc. via a "pretty wingy thingy". Common sense demands a neuron deletion of #5. #5 is also the major source of Islamic vi-olence i.e. turning Mohammed's "fast, hunger-driven" hallu-cinations into horrible reality for unbelievers.
Walk these Five Steps and we guarantee a complete recovery from your Islamic ways!!!!
Unfortunately, there are not many Muslim commentators/readers on this blog so the "two-minute" cure is not getting to those who need it. If you have a Muslim friend, send him a copy and help save the world.
Analogous steps are available at your request for deprogramming the myths of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Paganism..
A nice colorful picture!
A serpent around the neck and a kid in hand, what kind of a celebratory picture is that? That kid sure does not look happy.
Exotic animals and reptiles belong in the wild and not near kids.
As they just found out in Canada where two young boys were killed by a 100 pound python that got out of it's cage during the night.
All according to god's plan, I am sure.
Gabriel never existed!!!!!! No Gabriel, no communiques from heaven and therefore Islam has no foundation!!!
from Google Translate:
غابرييل لم تكن موجودة!!!!!! لا غابرييل، لا بالبيانات من السماء، وبالتالي لا يوجد لديه أساس الإسلام
And of course no Gabriel makes Ramadan a waste of time.
Added details are available upon written request:
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You'd never know when Gabriel will show up and reveal the truth about God to you. Don't give up! Keep seeking! The truth shall set you free!!!
Sorry Sean of the dead, but religion keeps your mind closed.
The last thing the religious scammers who brain washed you want is for you to open you mind.
Because if you did, you would start to question their ruse and then walk away.
A mind is a terrible thing to lose, to religion.....
AND THE INFAMOUS ANGELIC CONS CONTINUE TO WREAK STUPIDITY UPON THE WORLD
Joe Smith had his Moroni. (As does M. Romney)
"Latter-day Saints like M. Romney also believe that Michael the Archangel was Adam (the first man) when he was mortal, and Gabriel lived on the earth as Noah."
Jehovah Witnesses have their Jesus /Michael the archangel, the first angelic being created by God;
Mohammed had his Gabriel (this "tin-kerbell" got around).
Jesus and his family had/has Michael, Gabriel, and Satan, the latter being a modern day demon of the demented. (As do BO and his family)(As do Biden and Ryan)
The Abraham-Moses myths had their Angel of Death and other "no-namers" to do their dirty work or other assorted duties.
Contemporary biblical and religious scholars have relegated these "pretty wingie/horn-blowing thingies" to the myth pile. We should do the same to include deleting all references to them in our religious operating manuals. Doing this will eliminate the prophet/profit/prophecy status of these founders and put them where they belong as simple humans just like the rest of us.
Reality, I don't know who it is that you are referring to when you say "contemporary biblical and religious scholars," but if you are referring to people like the "Jesus Seminar," then I wouldn't put anything past them – those people fall into the same category as the man who claims that he is a poached egg.
If you want to hear what REAL Biblical scholars have to say, you need to read the works of John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul, and Albert Mohler, then go back and read folks like John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, and Martin Luther.
The ground-breaking work of the Jesus Seminar appears in two texts: The Five
Gospels (1993) and Acts of Jesus (1998), both published by Polebridge Press.
The Jesus Seminar is a group of biblical scholars chaired by Robert Funk, PhD.,
who took the unprecedented step of voting as a group on the authenticity of the
teachings and acts of Jesus. The following observations are taken from the
introductory chapters of 5G and AOJ.
Every individual saying and action was examined and rated by the Seminar as to
whether Jesus actually said it or did it, or whether it was primarily the
product of the author of the gospel. Building on the earlier work of individual
scholars, the Seminar's research represents an unprecedented cooperative effort
to separate what Jesus really said and did from what gets added on over time in
the story telling and writing process.
In addition to the four Gospels: Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, that we have
known for two thousand years, the Seminar also included the Gospel of Thomas in
their considerations. Thomas consists of sayings of Jesus that were discovered
at Nag Hamadi, along with hundreds of other ancient texts, in a major
archeological discovery in 1945. Thomas is not in story form, but it is a
series of sayings. Many of the sayings are very similar to what appear in the
other four gospels, and it was used by the Seminar as an independent report of
what Jesus said.
The Seminar's work assumes that for a period of some years the stories about
Jesus were passed on by word of mouth as his followers practiced his teachings
and some anxiously expected his return. Ten years may have gone by before
teachings and actions began to be written down, and perhaps another ten years
passed before they were put into larger collections like Thomas. These
collections were probably taking place about the same time that Paul was writing
letters (Galatians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Romans) to various Christian communities.
Eventually the materials were put together in story form, probably first by
Mark, sometime around 70CE, followed by Matthew, John, and Luke/Acts, in that
order. Some of the writing occurred as late as the first part to the middle of
the second century CE.
When the Seminar members voted, a red vote received 3 points, a pink vote
received 2 points, a gray vote received 1 point, and a black vote received 0
points. The colors were given the following definitions: Red = This statement
is an accurate representation of what Jesus said or did. Pink = This statement
very likely represents what Jesus said or did. Gray = This statement is most
likely a formulation of the author, but the content is similar to what Jesus
actually said or did. Black = This statement is purely a formulation of the
author. A statement or event was given a final color code based on the
following percentages: Red = .7501 or more of the scholars agreed that the
teaching or event was authentic. Pink = .5001 to .7500 of the scholars agreed
that the teaching or event was authentic. Gray = .2501 to .5000 of the scholars
agreed that the teaching or event was authentic. Black = .0000 to .2500 of the
scholars agreed that the teaching or event was authentic.
THE SCHOLARS USED RULES to determine if Jesus really said or did something; for
example:
1. Primary assumption: Jesus was a reasonably well integrated person whose
behavior was more or less congruent with his words.
2. Certain categories, some much more than others, are common to the teaching
and behavioral materials.
(a) Itinerant
(b) Family ties don't bind
(c) Demon possession and exorcism
(d) Social deviance
(e) Association with undesirables
(f) Embracing the unclean
(g) Sabbath
(h) Critics of Jesus
(i) Healing
3. Material that reflects knowledge of events after Jesus' death must be looked
at cautiously.
4. Material that appears in independent sources is older than the sources.
5. Material that appears in independent contexts circulated on its own at an
earlier time.
6. Similar content that has taken on different forms had a prior life of its
own.
7. Oral memory best retains short, provocative, memorable material, like
aphorisms and parables.
8. It is more likely that the core or gist of a matter was recalled, rather than
precise words.
9. The writers likely put their own words in Jesus' mouth under the following
conditions.
(a) Story transitions: for example, "Let's go over to the other side." (Mk 4:35)
(b) Summarizing the message: "The time is up. God's imperial rule is closing
in." (Mk 1:15)
(c) Anticipating the story: "The son of Adam is being turned over to his
enemies, and they
will end up killing him." (Mk 9:31)
(d) Expressing the writer's view: "Why are you so cowardly? You still don't
trust, do you?" (Mk 4:40)
(e) Underscoring a narrative point: "He was unable to perform a single miracle
there, except." (Mk 6:6)
(f) Clarifying current practices: "The days will come when the groom is taken
away from them, and then they will fast on that day." (Mk 2:20)
(g) Eliciting a confessional point: "What about you, who do you say that I am?"
(Mk 8:29)
WHEN THE RULES ARE APPLIED an emerging pattern reinforces itself:
(1) Talks distinctively, distinguishable from common lore.
(2) Teaches against the social and religious grain.
(3) Surprises and shocks by role reversal or frustration of ordinary
expectation.
(4) Uses characteristics of exaggeration, humor, and paradox.
(5) Uses concrete and vivid images.
(6) Uses metaphorical language without explicit application.
(7) Seldom initiates dialogue, debate, or healing activity.
(8) Rarely speaks about himself in the first person.
(9) Makes no claim to be the Messiah.
Some contemporary NT scholars:
A sampling is presented at http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html
:Jesus the Myth: Heavenly Christ
Earl Doherty
Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy
Jesus the Myth: Man of the Indefinite Past
Alvar Ellegård
G. A. Wells
Jesus the Hellenistic Hero/ Zealot
Gregory Riley
Jesus the Revolutionary /Zealot
Robert Eisenman
Jesus the Wisdom Sage
John Dominic Crossan
Robert Funk
Burton Mack
Stephen J. Patterson
Jesus the Man of the Spirit
Marcus Borg
Stevan Davies
Geza Vermes
Jesus the Prophet of Social Change/Zealot
Richard Horsley
Hyam Maccoby
Gerd Theissen
Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet /Zealot
Bart Ehrman
Paula Fredriksen
Gerd Lüdemann
John P. Meier
E. P. Sanders
Jesus the Savior
Luke Timothy Johnson
Robert H. Stein
N. T. Wright
Reality, the Jesus Seminar uses gnostic gospels as their source text... You can't really call these people scholars! Come on, they may have letters after their name, but what does that mean? When it comes down to it, they are using texts that have been deemed fiction and heretical for over a thousand years... Do you even know what the gnostics were? Look them up and see what kind of non-sense they are.
And your list of "Biblical Scholars" includes quite a few people with something to prove. Have you looked into them? You cannot be a scholar of any subject if you start out with presuppositions. If you do, then everything that you discover will be skewed.
Look at what the Bible says. Look at history. Compare the two. Look into the prophecies of Scripture, look at the dates the books were written, then look to their fulfillment and those dates. Isaac Newton once said that the veracity of scripture can be staked on the prophecies contained in Daniel 9 alone.
The historicity of Scripture, and its accuracy is unquestionable, except by those with something to prove.
Just some of the conclusions and also references used by contemporary NT scholars to include the Jesus Seminarians in their studies:
From Professors Crossan and Watts' book, Who is Jesus.
"That Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilate, as the Creed states, is as certain as anything historical can ever be.
“ The Jewish historian, Josephus and the pagan historian Tacitus both agree that Jesus was executed by order of the Roman governor of Judea. And is very hard to imagine that Jesus' followers would have invented such a story unless it indeed happened.
“While the brute fact that of Jesus' death by crucifixion is historically certain, however, those detailed narratives in our present gospels are much more problematic. "
“My best historical reconstruction would be something like this. Jesus was arrested during the Passover festival, most likely in response to his action in the Temple. Those who were closest to him ran away for their own safety.
I do not presume that there were any high-level confrontations between Caiaphas and Pilate and Herod Antipas either about Jesus or with Jesus. No doubt they would have agreed before the festival that fast action was to be taken against any disturbance and that a few examples by crucifixion might be especially useful at the outset. And I doubt very much if Jewish police or Roman soldiers needed to go too far up the chain of command in handling a Galilean peasant like Jesus. It is hard for us to imagine the casual brutality with which Jesus was probably taken and executed. All those "last week" details in our gospels, as distinct from the brute facts just mentioned, are prophecy turned into history, rather than history remembered."
See also Professor Crossan's reviews of the existence of Jesus in his other books especially, The Historical Jesus and also Excavating Jesus (with Professor Jonathan Reed doing the archeology discussion) .
Other NT exegetes to include members of the Jesus Seminar have published similar books with appropriate supporting references.
Part of Crossan's The Historical Jesus has been published online at books.google.com/books.
There is also a search engine for this book on the left hand side of the opening page. e.g. Search Josephus
See also Wikipedia's review on the historical Jesus to include the Tacitus' reference to the crucifixion of Jesus.
From ask.com,
"One of the greatest historians of ancient Rome, Cornelius Tacitus is a primary source for much of what is known about life the first and second centuries after the life of Jesus. His most famous works, Histories and Annals, exist in fragmentary form, though many of his earlier writings were lost to time. Tacitus is known for being generally reliable (if somewhat biased toward what he saw as Roman immorality) and for having a uniquely direct (if not blunt) writing style.
Then there are these scriptural references:
Crucifixion of Jesus:(1) 1 Cor 15:3b; (2a) Gos. Pet. 4:10-5:16,18-20; 6:22; (2b) Mark 15:22-38 = Matt 27:33-51a = Luke 23:32-46; (2c) John 19:17b-25a,28-36; (3) Barn. 7:3-5; (4a) 1 Clem. 16:3-4 (=Isaiah 53:1-12); (4b) 1 Clem. 16.15-16 (=Psalm 22:6-8); (5a) Ign. Mag. 11; (5b) Ign. Trall. 9:1b; (5c) Ign. Smyrn. 1.2.- (read them all at wiki.faithfutures. Crucifixion org/index.php/005_Crucifixion_Of_Jesus )
Added suggested readings:
o 1. Historical Jesus Theories, earlychristianwritings.com/theories.htm – the names of many of the contemporary historical Jesus scholars and the ti-tles of their over 100 books on the subject.
2. Early Christian Writings, earlychristianwritings.com/
– a list of early Christian doc-uments to include the year of publication–
30-60 CE Passion Narrative
40-80 Lost Sayings Gospel Q
50-60 1 Thessalonians
50-60 Philippians
50-60 Galatians
50-60 1 Corinthians
50-60 2 Corinthians
50-60 Romans
50-60 Philemon
50-80 Colossians
50-90 Signs Gospel
50-95 Book of Hebrews
50-120 Didache
50-140 Gospel of Thomas
50-140 Oxyrhynchus 1224 Gospel
50-200 Sophia of Jesus Christ
65-80 Gospel of Mark
70-100 Epistle of James
70-120 Egerton Gospel
70-160 Gospel of Peter
70-160 Secret Mark
70-200 Fayyum Fragment
70-200 Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
73-200 Mara Bar Serapion
80-100 2 Thessalonians
80-100 Ephesians
80-100 Gospel of Matthew
80-110 1 Peter
80-120 Epistle of Barnabas
80-130 Gospel of Luke
80-130 Acts of the Apostles
80-140 1 Clement
80-150 Gospel of the Egyptians
80-150 Gospel of the Hebrews
80-250 Christian Sibyllines
90-95 Apocalypse of John
90-120 Gospel of John
90-120 1 John
90-120 2 John
90-120 3 John
90-120 Epistle of Jude
93 Flavius Josephus
100-150 1 Timothy
100-150 2 Timothy
100-150 T-itus
100-150 Apocalypse of Peter
100-150 Secret Book of James
100-150 Preaching of Peter
100-160 Gospel of the Ebionites
100-160 Gospel of the Nazoreans
100-160 Shepherd of Hermas
100-160 2 Peter
4. Jesus Database, http://www.faithfutures.o-rg/JDB/intro.html –"The JESUS DATABASE is an online a-nnotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus that have survived from the first three centuries of the Common Era. It includes both canonical and extra-canonical materials, and is not limited to the traditions found within the Christian New Testament."
5. Josephus on Jesus mtio.com/articles/bis-sar24.htm
6. The Jesus Seminar, http://en.wikipedia.o-rg/wiki/Jesus_Seminar
7. http://www.biblicalartifacts.com/items/785509/item785509biblicalartifacts.html – books on the health and illness during the time of the NT
8. Economics in First Century Palestine, K.C. Hanson and D. E. Oakman, Palestine in the Time of Jesus, Fortress Press, 1998.
9.The Gn-ostic Jesus
(Part One in a Two-Part Series on A-ncient and Modern G-nosticism)
by Douglas Gro-othuis: http://www.equip.o-rg/articles/g-nosticism-and-the-g-nostic-jesus/
10. The interpretation of the Bible in the Church, Pontifical Biblical Commission
Presented on March 18, 1994
ewtn.com/library/CURIA/PBCINTER.HTM#2
11. The Jesus Database- newer site:
wiki.faithfutures.o-rg/index.php?t-itle=Jesus_Database
12. Jesus Database with the example of S-u-pper and Eucharist:
faithfutures.o-rg/JDB/jdb016.html
13. Josephus on Jesus by Paul Maier:
mtio.com/articles/bis-sar24.htm
13. http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/jesus.htmm- Historical Jesus Studies
14. The Greek New Testament: laparola.net/greco/
15. D-iseases in the Bible:
http://books.google.com/books/about/The_d-iseases_of_the_Bible.html?id=C1YZAAAAYAAJ
16. Religion on Line (6000 articles on the history of religion, churches, theologies,
theologians, ethics, etc.
religion-online.o-rg/
17. The New Testament Gateway – Internet NT ntgateway.com/
18. Writing the New Testament- e-xisting copies, o-ral tradition etc.
ntgateway.com/
19. JD Crossan's c-onclusions about the a-uthencity of most of the NT based on the above plus the c-onclusions of other NT e-xege-tes in the last 200 years:
http://wiki.faithfutures.o-rg/index.p-hp?t-itle=Crossan_Inventory
20. Early Jewish Writings- Josephus and his books by t-itle with the complete translated work in English :earlyjewishwritings.com/josephus.html
21. Luke and Josephus- was there a c-onnection?
in-fidels.o-rg/library/modern/richard_carrier/lukeandjosephus.html
22. NT and beyond time line:
pbs.o-rg/empires/pe-terandpaul/history/timeline/
23. St. Paul's Time line with discussion of important events:
harvardhouse.com/prophetictech/new/pauls_life.htm
24. See http://www.amazon.com for a list of JD Crossan's books and those of the other Jesus Seminarians: Reviews of said books are included and selected pages can now be viewed on Amazon. Some books can be found on-line at Google Books.
25. Father Edward Schillebeeckx's words of wisdom as found in his books.
27. The books of the following : Professors Gerd Ludemann, Marcus Borg, Paula Fredriksen, Elaine Pagels, Karen Armstrong and Bishop NT Wright.
28. Father Raymond Brown's An Introduction to the New Testament, Doubleday, NY, 1977, 878 pages, with Nihil obstat and Imprimatur.
29. Luke Timothy Johnson's book The Real Jesus
I can understand the distaste you may have for Peter Bergen's rationalizations, as you say, you choose to believe. Many others don't though if it makes others do things to be kinder to the fellow human beings, then that has promise. As long as Muslims stand by when they know who the fox in the henhouse is, then they are supporting these terrorists. This is where the rubber meets the road, you can't have it both ways. These people who use your gods name and the prophet's to carry out their acts of evil if you will, are being harbored by those who decry their actions. Until your community makes the effort to excise these groups from your cities and towns and countries, it becomes guilt by association. There may be many colors with which to paint each groups story within the Islamic fabric, but until your followers point out those who mean harm to others, the paint will always be just one color. You can pick it for whatevers its worth. Your responsibility is greatest as is your sight. Just walk up behind the bad apples and point, the tree may yet be saved. I myself don't follow the rules of visionaries, the glass is never as clear as they think. I'll trust my own eyes and even then I'll take a second look.
tl;dr
I got around six words in before I realized this comment was just an incoherent diatribe of nothingness.
Mohammed (pork be under him) Was known for defiling sows. Soooooooooooweeeeeeeeee!
Reblogged this on Ghost River Studios Blog.
Only the insane are sane in an insane world.
"It is the night when Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammed received the first revelation of the Quran. He was in a cave, praying, when he hears the angelic voice of Gabriel speaking to him, bearing him a revelation from God."
Did he have an epileptic seizure just like Joseph Smith?
"Iif we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed..." Galatians 1:8
“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”
– Lord of the Rings
muslums do jee-had, go ka-boom. why?
Because of shitty comments like this.