That's unsurprisingly Neoplatonic. Jesus as Logos ("all things were made through him"), a creative metaphysical force and first emanation subservient to the Monad ("The Father") - of which is equivalent to Allah, Brahman and other God-concepts that are beyond Duality.
When Jesus says "I and my...
From John 10, a certain often quoted statement ("I and my father are one") but it just so happens that the text itself clearly hints that he speaks symbolically here, the truth being that Jesus was a monotheist (and Prophet) who expressed the truth esoterically, not exoterically - as also...
The verse (as often translated) that Christians never want to talk about it:
The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents, not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories. King Solomon made two...
The one who is worshiped:
Hisham ibn al-Hakam who has said the following:
“Once I asked Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, recipient of divine supreme covenant, about the names of Allah and about the root or derivative forms of those names, ‘What is the root word for the word Allah?’
The Imam replied, ‘The...
To quote a certain book of mine: "Exalted is (God) and high above what they associate with (Him)." - Surah 16:1 the sentiment reflected heavily elsewhere in our texts as well (and of course in other religions too, especially in Vedanta).
I think it's a matter for mistaking Creator (khāliqu) for Creation (khalqi) and not realizing the ontological veil (al-Hijab) of existence that distinguishes one from the other. We don't see God because there is nothing to see, we are manifest and God is not. God is transcendent and infinitely...
I don't think so. At least in my experience here it has quite a considerable amount of atheists and general "skeptics" to even out the playing field enough. It's quite refreshing to be honest, coming out of my interactions with fundamentalist evangelicals (who couldn't be any further from myself...
While I do (naturally) accept Jesus as a prophet, I find (and I often actually quote those passages to Christians) myself that this passage of Devarim does beg for more humbleness from Christians in their proselytizing and antagonizing. Once you assume doctrines like "you can only be saved...
Precisely, it's quite shameful to see in all honesty. We really don't need another america in the pool of america-juniors. EU needs to respect the customs of other countries.
Yeah, plenty of 'scholars' (and conspiracy theorists) try to put the key in every hole they can possibly imagine, I've heard some pretty absurd s*** over the years. When it doesn't make for good investigation, it usually makes for good ironic humor (if not outright cringe).
Luxemburg's book ("Syrio-aramaic reading.....") was one of the funniest things I'd ever read :D
Unfortunately there are people out there that are dumb enough like him to base an argument off unverified assumptions before bringing in bits of 'evidence' to filter to his agenda. Plus anyone that...