Lol,don’t believe the hype,oh actually you do.
By the time you stop pressing the snooze button and actually wake up on a Sunday morning and decide to go to the church - there may not be one left. You will be lucky if you have an "online church" option!
Is that the "change" you were talking about?
By the way, I am doubtful "online" church meets the Biblical requirement. "Gathering" in person is expected by all Christians! That is one way they can get some "change" out of you. Pun intended!
Maybe that is the "change" (£) you were talking about - that is good for you or your church!
Interesting,why follow a path to nowhere?.
It is not a path to nowhere!
It is a path to perfection!
Even Jesus said - “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. [Mark 10-18]
Actually none of the above is agreeable to me but freedom comes at a cost,I would say though that womens private spaces should be biological women only,there are only two sex’s,no surgery can change that.
Freedom from what? You believe religion was/is holding the world back?
You are not free - my friend! Now you are slave to the powerful propaganda machine! You are forced fed gay pornographic images every time you turn the TV on or try to watch a movie. The entire network is trying to normalize everything you know in your heart as immoral deeds! You don't really have freedom of speech - you can't utter a word against such behavior without backlash. You have to allow your daughter or son in school forced fed graphic traditional and deviated sexual practices before (you believe) they are ready for such knowledge.
So, you did not eradicate slavery. It just took a different face! If you want to own a house - most likely you take a loan with high interest rates and become a slave for the banking industry. You work to pay the interest!
Yes! Great change! Change for betterment!
I disagree,”what your right hand possesses” goes against western culture,women are no longer chattel or war booty,slavery was abolished here in 1807,late but we got there,it’s still in your unevolving book.
Plz pay special attention to what I have to say -becuz it could easily be misunderstood!
If I say - "Islam is a progressive religion" then many Muslims will rightfully disagree with that notion - because God said - "...This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. ....."[Quran 5:3]
So, "progressive" is a wrong word.
There is no room to change or adjust any of the core teachings of the Quran!
Core teachings such as..
The Oneness of God (Monotheism), the uniqueness of God (that there is nothing like him), the belief in the prophets, belief in the angels, belief in the Quran, belief in the day of the Judgment and belief in the entire faith system regarding the 5 pillars of Islam.
There is no room for any change on any of the basic and main concepts. But that doesn't mean Quran did not show the "path to perfection" or "eradication" of some other things that were integral and unavoidable part of the society the Quran was delivered in. The main thing that comes to mind is - the things you mentioned such as "slavery", "women's right" etc.
If wearing leather, wearing tattoos, drinking alcohol, riding a motorcycle etc. are immoral acts - it is expected that a prophet cannot just walk into a biker's bar and declare all of those to be banned from the get-go. No one will listen to him! He has to ban them gradually!
So, in certain aspects - the pathway was shown how to adopt and eradicate certain things from the society and in time slavery in its purest form - has been eradicated, and women are no longer treated as personal property!
So, in certain way - like a butterfly coming out of its pupal case - Islam has progressively help abandoned certain things that were integral part of that time frame but were not meant to be during our times frame!
So, Islam did not endorse these practices - Islam help mitigate it until its self eradication!
As for the women's right - you may have already heard from ChatGPT that - "Quran introduced groundbreaking changes by granting women's rights like inheritance, property ownership and education - that was revolutionary for that time. It bought justice in marriage through mutual consent, fairness and the right to seek divorce. Most importantly God sees man and women as spiritually equal; emphasizing their equal dignity and worth in his eyes".
I tend to trust something verifiable,to plot my own path and not the path of a medaeval war lord.
And "something verifiable" is your Bible with thousands of hole in it? Mohammad just showed were the Christians went astray. If you don't want to find your way back - then remain lost in the wilderness.
When someone is trying to rescue you - you don't call him a warlord! If you don't want to be rescued - you say - "thank you but I am fine!"
And religious claims to that land.
Well! If glass full of water is on the table and the table is on the floor - you don't say glass is on the floor! You certainly don't say - water is on the floor!
No need to go deep - people find a reason to fight due to any "differences"!
The way I understand it is the Ottoman Empire lost in ww1,France got Syria and Britain got the rest.
Yes! You are forgetting the promises and betrayal! This is where you need to take a deeper look!
Yes very proud,it wasn’t all bad,we did end slavery.
Yeah! You tied up the dove upside down - beat it until it was almost dead but you did not eat it! You released it because opposition was getting hot on your case!
Hang on a moment,didn’t Umar take Jerusalem from the Christian?
Let us go back in time to the caveman era and see who really have the claim to that land!
Shall we?
Folks or their children
are still alive who were evicted. This is fresh! These folks are different than folks who lose a war to someone and yet allowed to remain where they were. These folks were evicted and are continued to be oppressed!
How many bananas on a bunch of grapes?.
Do you use a Smart phone (iPhone)? Do you ask questions to Siri?
AI is coming to a phone near you - and it will come with a slapping hand! Whenever you ask a stupid question - it will slap you!
Kudos to the Australian singer for asking the right questions to show the world - it is time to think where you stand and where the truth stands!
Here is the link again if someone reading missed it and does not understand what I am talking about!
