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What has gold to do with religion?!

paarsurrey

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Buddha, Krishna, Jesus,Zoroaster endorse that gold has nothing to do with religion or spirituality.
Anybody who disagree please quote from them.

Regards
 

sayak83

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Buddha, Krishna, Jesus,Zoroaster endorse that gold has nothing to do with religion or spirituality.
Anybody who disagree please quote from them.

Regards
Yet your own God YhWh values gold a lot it seems.
http://www.religiousforums.com/threads/what-has-gold-to-do-with-religion.188007/page-4#post-4777916

Exodus 35:4-5 - Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze."

Exodus 35:30-33 - Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.

Exodus 36:13 - Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.

Exodus 37:1-9 - Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Then he made two out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

Exodus 39:42-43 - The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

Boy. YhWh (Allah) sure likes gold!
 

Tumah

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What has gold to do with religion?!

[17:91] And they say, ‘We will never believe thee until thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth;
[17:92] ‘Or thou have a garden of date palms and vines, and cause streams to gush forth in the midst thereof in abundance;
[17:93] ‘Or thou cause the heaven to fall upon us in pieces, as thou hast claimed, or thou bring Allah and the angels before us face to face;
[17:94] ‘Or thou have a house of gold or thou ascend up into heaven; and we will not believe in thy ascension until thou send down to us a book that we can read.’ Say, ‘Holy is my Lord! I am not but a man sent as a Messenger.’
[17:95] And nothing has prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them save that they said, ‘Has Allah sent a man as a Messenger?’
http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?ch=17&verse=93

Gold has nothing to do with religion.
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Gold dome on Ahmadiyya Mosque
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Another gold dome on Ahmadiyya Mosque
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What has gold got to do with House of Allah? Please.

Regards.
 

sayak83

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Buddha, Krishna, Jesus,Zoroaster endorse that gold has nothing to do with religion or spirituality.
Anybody who disagree please quote from them.

Regards
Please quote a scripture from Krishna that says gold cannot be used as a material in his statues, temples or during worship.
 

paarsurrey

Veteran Member
Golden colour is not necessarily made with the metal gold. Please

gold·en
ˈɡōldən/
adjective.
  1. colored or shining like gold.
    "curls of glossy golden hair"
    synonyms: blond/blonde, yellow, fair, flaxen, tow-colored
    "her golden hair"
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Parsimony

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It’s not that God values gold. The point is people value gold. Gold is used as a sort of reciprocation. Since God is highly valued, the materials used to honor God must also be highly valued. If houses of worship were built by children, there is a pretty good chance they would be made of Legos.

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I did consider that same possibility, yes.
 

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Gold dome on Ahmadiyya Mosque
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Another gold dome on Ahmadiyya Mosque
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What has gold got to do with House of Allah? Please.

Regards.

This is using gold for the benefit of paar's god so that must mean it's acceptable :rolleyes:

He also hasn't responded to it being pointed out that the Quran itself says gold is acceptable to use in Islam while he waffles on about its use being a symptom of religious corruption. Quelle surprise. Anticipating the usual special pleading & excuses for Islam in 3, 2, 1...
 

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Buddha, Krishna, Jesus,Zoroaster endorse that gold has nothing to do with religion or spirituality.
Anybody who disagree please quote from them.

Regards

Please quote from the Gathas where Zoroaster explicitly says gold cannot be used for Mazda's worship or in building Zoroastrian temples.

Regards
 
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paarsurrey

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What has gold to do with religion?!

[3:15] Beautified for men is the love of desired things — women and children, and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and pastured horses and cattle and crops. That is the provision of the present life; but it is Allah with Whom is an excellent home.
[3:16] Say, ‘Shall I inform you of something better than that?’ For those who fear God, there are Gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow; therein shall they abide; and pure spouses and Allah’s pleasure. And Allah is Mindful of His servants,
http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?ch=3&verse=14


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The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
What has gold to do with religion?!

[3:15] Beautified for men is the love of desired things — women and children, and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and pastured horses and cattle and crops. That is the provision of the present life; but it is Allah with Whom is an excellent home.
[3:16] Say, ‘Shall I inform you of something better than that?’ For those who fear God, there are Gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow; therein shall they abide; and pure spouses and Allah’s pleasure. And Allah is Mindful of His servants,
http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?ch=3&verse=14


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Not relevant to the OP :rolleyes:
 

The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
I don't agree with you.
Buddha left all worldly signs of richness and the enlightenment he got does not mention of gold . Right?
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The Enlightenment he achieved doesn't mention oneness with a Creator deity either but you keep on plugging it as though that's what the Buddha taught.
 
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