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Come2thelight

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@InvestigateTruth

“When did Allah say this Hadith is weak?”

Maybe you aren’t aware of the Hadith grading system. Please look up hadith sciences and methodology. Or feel free to see this video and see how we see if a hadith is reliable or not.


“Oh, so, King David was not a Prophet and one of the 12 leaders?”

What makes you say he was one of the 12 leaders during the time of Moses? The leaders were decided when they were first in the wilderness, then each leader took hold of their house, and then each tribe got a separate spring for them. David wasn’t even alive during this time. Your history is all messed up.

“Hadithes in sunni collections says, lifespan of Muslims is 1000 years. Quran, as it also makes an allusion to a 1000 years period, and then end comes!”

What do these statements even mean? And for the record, if you aren’t going to provide a reference, then the point is null.

“And if they believe in God and a Judgement Day and have this concept of getting caught then god cannot ever know if they're truly moral individuals, because they'd not doing wrong out of fear, not because it's simply the right thing to do.”

Fear isn’t always the reason a person stops doing something. They could have a change of heart and feel bad because they saw an old person walking into the store they are about to rob. (for example). There are numerous variables that can come into play when it comes to a person changing their minds. Allah knows all and can hear our deepest thoughts, so clearly, He can know our intentions.

“Al bidaya wal niyaha”

You know that Ibn Kathir doesn’t always go for the sahih hadiths right? Secondly, what you showed is that this was what Ibn Abbas said and not what the Prophet said.

“Hadith about 12 Imams”

The interesting thing about the hadith you shared, he says that Islam will be triumphant with the caliphs but funnily enough the majority of these Imams were in hiding. Even their awaited 12th Imam is supposedly hiding. So where’s the triumph? Plus, he said they are from Quraysh which could mean any of the houses and not just Banu Hashim.

“"And those who misbelieve say, 'Thou art not sent!' Say, 'God is witness enough between me and you; and so is he who has the knowledge of the Book!" 13:43”

The above translation is incorrect and you even highlighted the part. God is a witness between me and you and whoever has knowledge of the Book. This is what the Arabic says.

The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@Daniel Nicholson

You said that there are mistakes, misconceptions, repetitions, misogyny, self serving verses, etc. and then posted a video that has 60 examples. How about you pick your favorite and most compelling one and state it here. Then we can go over it.
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@TransmutingSoul

Hey Tony, I hope you’re well and sorry for the late reply.

Seems like you have been misinformed, my friend. The people during the time of the Prophet knew morphology, semantics, and syntax a lot more than the average Joe. That’s the whole point of this revelation. That an illiterate man came and spontaneously spoke in such a perfectly coherent manner that the haters went as far as to say it was magic. They called him a magician because they thought he would cast spells using these words and a lot of them attested to its beauty. So they knew very well the Arabic language.

I would like to know more about these two other messages you speak of. Enlighten me!
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@stevecanuck

Hey, and sorry for the late response, got busy with life.

Before I respond, I just like to say that I’m glad to read that you admitted to missing it in the verse. I appreciate it. :)

“What it does not change is that Mohamed was in favor of the mass beheadings, enslavement, and theft of everything the Banu Quraiza owned.”

How are they innocent when they are the ones that broke the treaty? Treason is serious, and you can clearly research the laws of treason by the countries you love and you’ll see how serious it is. Life imprisonment is usually the case. Not too long ago, it was pretty much capital punishment. There was no such thing as an organized prison system in the 7th century.

“Mod edit”

Not sure what this is honestly. Did you take half a verse again and add insults?

“"whoever is an enemy of Allah" as being a disbeliever”

An enemy of Allah and a disbeliever are two different things and this should be clear by understanding regular terminology. You’ll even notice that they (the enemies of Allah) break their pledges (2:100). The disbeliever never makes a pledge, to begin with. But a traitor… well if you’re intellectually honest, then you’ll know there’s a difference.

Concerning your comment on Slovakia, thank you for admitting it. But it seems like you are forgetting about the Uyghur Muslims, who are getting eradicated today :(. What about the laws in France? A girl can’t cover herself until she’s 18, but she’s allowed to get naked at 15. How is this logical?
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@joelr

Hello and sorry for the late reply. Got busy past few days.

“So why would you believe a later version of a similar revelatory religion”

My belief doesn’t rely on these stories, but other reasons.

“Paul claimed to speak to Jesus from heaven and Muhammad claimed to speak with the angel Gabrielle.”

Paul’s incident was once, while the revelation came down for 23 years and people witnessed something happening when the revelation would come. So much so, that some orientalists called him epileptic. So it is quite known that these weren’t just a vision like Paul claimed to have.

“We don't believe when people make claims to have spoken with deities so what is special about these?”

Yes, we don’t. I haven’t accepted anyone’s claim but Muhammad’s. There are multiple and overwhelming reasons why I accept.
 

Come2thelight

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@Kelly of the Phoenix

Hello and sorry for the late reply.

“However, for someone who can see and understand the concept of daylight, if they say it is night, then they can’t be trusted.”

Ironically I can somewhat say the same thing about those that deny existence having an intelligent source. (Some can be trusted though).

The reality of the situation is that this physical form is nothing but atoms and that death is something certain.

The reality of the situation is that we didn’t choose anything, rather the cards were just given to us.

The reality of the situation is that we are in a state of submission to the system this intelligent source brought. A state where rebelling can lead to our demise. (ie no sleeping, no eating, etc)

The reality of the situation is that arrogant human beings throughout history have been under the ground longer than they’ve been up denying God.

The reality of the situation is that we are logical and intelligent beings that seek patterns and we can come to the rational and sound conviction that existence has an intelligent source.

When we buy anything complicated, it is expected that a manual is provided with it. It would be an even better service if technicians can come from time to time and update the program.

Since the intelligent human being can do this and expects this, why not the One that made the human being and everything they know and everything they don’t know?

“to let God say if He is offended”

Offended? What makes you think such a thing is even possible? Secondly, I specifically said that Muslims find it offensive, therefore they’re the ones offended. Not the slightest thing happens to God. No one can add or lower His glorious Majesty. Any theist that thinks otherwise lacks knowledge about their Maker.

“We must always be mindful that aggressors can claim self defense.”

I don’t see how this is relevant honestly.

“Henotheism is at best what He is describing.”

Not according to 7:22-24. He says that only those that surrender to God alone go to God after death, while those that worship other deities go to other places. He also says that it is only God that arranges the benefits, which is clear that these other deities don’t exist. So it can’t be Henotheism as you are claiming.
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@Audie what? I'm asking you a question. Which should already imply that this is the current topic. Are you under the impression that we are talking about something else?
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@sayak83

Hello and sorry for the late reply. Been busy

How does this god in a picture communicate? And what has it said? I need to know these things. The more information I get the better. So I can be fair with my assessment. So please provide sufficient information.

“You did not answer my question…”

My apologies, what question was that?
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@TagliatelliMonster

“Does it matter which kills more?”

Yes, because people are under the impression that religion is the main cause of people being killed, while in reality, it isn’t. What I am advocating is that people can be messed up regardless.

“And don't you think that an all powerfull, all knowing being like Allah would be able to distinguish such pretenders from sincere folks?”

It has nothing to do with Allah, but rather with us acting as free as possible and choosing based on our volition.

“And as a boss myself, I can tell you that it would be childsplay to distinguish such workers with actual sincerely motivated workers. And as a boss myself, I can guarantee you to such workers wouldn't be on my payroll very long.”

Exactly! The one that isn’t motivated to do the work will eventually lose their job due to the lack of productivity, but they’ll always be productive if the Boss is behind them looking at their screen, unless that person wants to get fired, then that’s a different story.


“True. And why would you believe anything that isn't somehow based in fact (evidence)?”

When an intellectually honest individual believes in something and they start to see evidence that goes against that belief, they’ll eventually discard it. Yet there are some that do see the evidence against their belief and still hold their belief. Wouldn’t that be considered delusional?

As for the other side, if one held a belief, and started to see evidence that supports their belief, over time, that belief will become a conviction don’t you think?

I am convinced that existence has an intelligent source.

“If this all knowing god is real, then I'ld expect such an entity to prefer rationality and rational belief over irrationality and irrational belief. It would value reason.”

I agree :) What part about believing in an intelligent source of existence do you find irrational?

“ that people aren't sincere in their actions and they instead engage in them for selfish reasons”

Is it selfish when it is not a guarantee, rather just a conviction? And one of the best two motivators for people is rewards and risks. We pretty much operate this way. A person putting a sign “Don’t park here or your car will be towed” is giving us the consequences of doing such an action. So secularly we understand this concept and live by it too every single day. Who in their right mind does anything looking for no end? Wouldn’t that just be madness?

“So a believing muslim doesn't rob a bank "because the religion says it's no good" and he doesn't want to go to hell. Is that a good motivation?”

They don’t want to rob the bank because they shouldn't be taking something that isn't theirs which could put themselves and their families in jeopardy and it could cause a ruckus. But let’s say all these reasons are dismissed, they’ll still think again because they will believe that they will get punished for it in Hell for carrying out that action.

But not the same can be said about an Atheist. They have one less reason to do it. If they don’t care about the consequences, they’ll go for it if they know they’ll get away with it.

The believing Muslim will never get away with it because they believe in a Judgement Day. There’s a big difference here between the two mindsets of each person. It should be clarified, in case it wasn’t apparent, that the initial reasons had nothing to do with the afterlife, rather secular.

“Isn't the allmighty, allknowing omnipotent creator of the universe capable of communicating or manifesting in such a way that our brains aren't fried?”

Yes, it is possible, but that would go back to the test then. If the Creator communicated with everyone, that would make it a fact, thus killing the test.

“Dogmatism is the problem.”

Yes, I totally agree and maybe I wasn’t clear. I think an ignorant person can be a dangerous person.
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@icehorse

Hello and sorry for the late response.

“Is it your assertion that there is no scientific basis for propaganda or brainwashing or bias?”

I’m not sure I understand what you mean by this question. Could you please rephrase it?

“So regardless of what your conscious mind is thinking, your subconscious brain is coming to different conclusions.”

Like what and how?

“Islam also teaches that there are some categories of non-Muslims that Muslims must not trust or befriend.”

Yes, we have to protect our lives, families, possessions, and honor. Anyone that can jeopardize these could be a potential threat.
 

Come2thelight

Active Member
@danieldemol

Hello Daniel and thank you for your comment. Indeed there are Muslims that go through this phenomenon every time Ramadan hits the summer. Technically they shouldn’t fast, however, the Muslim communities there follow Mecca timings.
 

Audie

Veteran Member
@Audie what? I'm asking you a question. Which should already imply that this is the current topic. Are you under the impression that we are talking about something else?

Forget it. You've shown elsewhere that
" first cause" is a big theme for you.

IMO, its stupid and arrogant to think its a topic to be worked out with word games such as lack the power to even determine the distance to the moon.
 
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