(April 19, 2016 at 4:19 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(April 19, 2016 at 4:08 pm)Brian37 Wrote: "Interpretation" in religion has no quality control, you can read into any holy book whatever suits your personal desire.
What you said is obviously true in many respects. But Quran has a solution right from the beginning and that is to have something called 'Taqwa' (guarding).
It begins with a spirit of Suratal Fatiha and ends with two Surahs teaching to seek refuge in God from the evil he has created, the foremost of it being that of dark forces attacking the heart and blowing up the locks and knots on the heart, and creating falsehood in the mind's and hearts of humanity.
If we come to Quran with that spirit of being vigilant and seeking refuge in God depending on him, everything that is unclear begins to unravel and become clear.
This advice is for all of humanity. This is why I take it to remind people of these forces and at least make them take it as a possibility, because, if it's true, then it maybe Quran is something majestic beyond our appreciation and we can only begin to appreciate over time.
This is why I take it to remind about such forces, even though, I know people like to mock me for it. Just so perhaps people say perhaps things are clear, there are clear proofs of God his Oneness, his Prophets, his Guides, his Leaders he appoints, and that there is a clear religion from him, but the issue is if dark forces are constantly driving our minds and hearts away from the clear proofs and reflecting on them.
That and it has appointed leaders and guides that compliments the Quran, and who point to its proper meaning.
No, the Quran does not have any solutions. It is merely a book someone sold you and you make excuses to cling to. Don't feel bad, I say that about every religion and every holy writing. If your book, or any book or any holy writing even in Buddhism or Hinduism, were a "solution" as you'd like to think, you'd have a patent and a Nobel Prize and your "Solution" would be universally used, like your computer or flu vaccine.
"Proper" yea that is a loaded word, and I am also sure the other Muslims who would disagree with you also point to their appointed leaders who also think they have the "proper" meaning.
Again, I make the same arguments to even Christians and Jews and Hindus and Buddhists.
There is no "proper" interpretation of ANY religion. All can be used to justify non violence and violence, empathy and cruelty. There is no such thing as a perfect religion with no divisions, not yours, not any.
The Quran is merely a book someone sold you that you like, it is not universal, not even among your fellow Muslims otherwise you wouldn't be having this argument over "proper" meaning.
