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  1. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    Jesus is the Christian God. Where is the hypocrisy in his life and teachings? Just look at nuclear proliferation as an example. When one nation took up the bomb, another followed; and yet another, and another, etc. Why? Because it was pragmatic. And where that pragmatism will take us, humankind...
  2. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    Self-defense is a dangerous policy, in my opinion. Ultimately it permits leaders to wage war with dubious justifications. Give the Devil an inch, he shall take a mile. Yes. Christians are forbidden to defend themselves with violence. Such is the example of Christ. But if my home was invaded...
  3. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    My point is, the Quran does not invest a fullness of hope, in people, as the Gospel does. Yes, the Gospel teaches that on the day of Resurrection those people who are like weeds, who have not yielded any fruit, will be uprooted and burned. However, that is on the day of Resurrection, on the day...
  4. A Spirit Runs Through It

    What is in a name: Why are Christians readily accepting of Judaic theology and not Islamic theology?

    I think adultery is shameful. The poor spouse, the poor children. What a travesty. But I also believe that God gave us free will; that we know what we should do, but we can choose to do otherwise.
  5. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    I am not sure about Catholic doctrine, I would have to check the Catholic Catechism. I do not think that, in both, people are either tormented or thrown away as garbage. Because, in one of them, there is a spirit of yearning, to be able to recover what is lost. And whereas one is content to...
  6. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    Yes, my concern is for creation, because my Father asks this of me. He says to me, "O Child, I can surely look after myself. So please, I do not need your mechanical prayers, nor constant admiration from you. For I see that you love me, and adore me, because you work to accomplish what I ask...
  7. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    Many people say they are Christian, but they do not have the Spirit. For them, Christianity is a clique, one which makes them feel superior, and one which allows them to accuse. --- To Christ, the door home is always open. To Muhammad, the door home may become forever shut. That is the...
  8. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Perhaps there is but one soul ...

    Now that you mention it, the series of talks on Hinduism by Alan Watts is coming to mind. Would it be advaita vedanta?
  9. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    “We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for having ascribed partners unto God, for which He has not sent down any authority. And their refuge shall be the Fire, and evil is the abode of the wrongdoers.” (Q. 3:151) “Say, ‘He, God, is One, God, the Eternally Sufficient unto...
  10. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Perhaps there is but one soul ...

    That makes total sense. And I like that particular notion, the Holy Spirit as a mother. Never thought of it that way before. But it might be that we are indeed one soul, and it is merely that some facets of the soul are spirited, and others are not. Like, some ground is wet, and some ground is...
  11. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    You know what, Sakeenah, you are right. I guess I was triggered. But you should understand something; that when someone defends my abuser, it brings to mind painful memories. He manipulated me; he lied to me; he told me to trust him, and I did. And then, he molested my soul. You may be one kind...
  12. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Perhaps there is but one soul ...

    Perhaps there is but one soul in the universe, and each person is but a facet of that soul. Perhaps there will come a time when every good facet will be remembered and every evil facet will be forgotten, and the soul will be remade, embodied anew. Perhaps you are me, and I am you, and God is...
  13. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Thanks Rival.

    Thanks Rival.
  14. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    Perhaps you were yet speaking to @Aamer, so please excuse me if that is the case. I think that shirk is generally taken to mean, a belief in some entity which can override the will of God, or whose will can contend with his. Although, it is my opinion, the concept of shirk was propagated by...
  15. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    Here is the commentary from The Study Quran on verse 4:48 — “The sin of shirk, ascribing partners to God in worship or in His role as Creator, is considered to be the only sin God will not forgive (see also v. 116). Although this term is often associated with idolatry in the crass form of...
  16. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    @stvdv The best translations of the Quran, in my opinion: 1) The Study Quran: A New Translation * includes commentary 2) The Qur‘an by Tarif Khalidi * no versification 3) Holy Qur‘an by Ali Quli Qara‘i * Shiite translation
  17. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    True mercy, forgiveness and love? Where in the Quran does it say that God loves you for the sinner that you are? It does not – anywhere. This is the measure by which we deem something truly merciful, forgiving and loving. Muhammad, a mercy? Please. Where was the mercy for all those people who...
  18. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    The Bible is like an instruction booklet which comes with home-assembled furniture. What it is assembling is the Holy Spirit, within the heart. And the Spirit has the power to transform a person, instilling in them empathy and compassion. That is not fake, my friend.
  19. A Spirit Runs Through It

    Challenge: Should the Koran be taken literally or NOT?

    I was a true believing Muslim once, and so, I have spent countless hours perusing the Quran. I believe that if you do some more reading you might verify what I am saying about Islam: It is an evil ideology. Because, for much of my life I was a callous bully; and my time practicing Islam nurtured...
  20. A Spirit Runs Through It

    What is in a name: Why are Christians readily accepting of Judaic theology and not Islamic theology?

    Perhaps they ask for acknowledgment because he is the most noble person to have lived, not to mention being a Jew, and yet the Jews reject him. As for me though, asking for acknowledgment – I was not asking. And by the way, start a thread and you and I can discuss the Messiah, as explained by...
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