(January 25, 2017 at 6:48 pm)momo666 Wrote: I have heard the argument that violence in Islam is only prescribed in self defense and that any verse that condones violence is doing so in the context of an ongoing attack started by someone else.
Thoughts ?
Regardless of wether the topic is violence or not this is a commonly repeated thing. Where you point something out about the quran and get told you're ignoring some type of context.
There's a book that's obviously from god because it contains everything we all need to know as human beings. It's in another language though. And obviously it comes with some additional quotes by the messenger who happened to pass on the book. And it is absense of some context.
I mean some chapters are entirely about personal quarells the messenger of the book had with people, which is a bit weird, I'm sure when you read an educational book these days the publishers don't tend to add their own personal disagreements with their next door neighbours and family members.
So yeh it's the book from god that contains everything except context, understandable language, and usually requires some additional instructions to be followed correctly.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
