(January 16, 2018 at 11:01 am)Khemikal Wrote:Quote:No; I'm asking to support what I'm saying with the question I gave.It's not weird in the slightest. Magic book is a baby compared to the longevity of other popular cults. Call me back in a few thousand years, if you're still perplexed by the mundane.
It's quite weird that the Quran is still intact just like the day it was written. Also; all the religions of Abraham are still quite strong.
It's not the first. The Quran is a part of chain of messages that God kept sending to people on earth.
Remember: we're here for a reason; after all. And this is a test ground.
Quote:Sura 23, The Quran:
( 43 ) No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].
( 44 ) Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation its messenger, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
The promise is that Mohammed is the end of the chain. That's why Sunnies and Shiites -and so many Muslims- are obsessed with apocalypse. At least that's one of the main reasons, if we want to break it down.
But apocalypse is close since the time of Moses and the pharaohs, according to this verse:
Quote:Sura 20, The Quran:
( 9 ) And has the story of Moses reached you?
( 10 ) When he saw a fire and said to his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance."
( 11 ) And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,
( 12 ) Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
( 13 ) And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].
( 14 ) Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.
( 15 ) Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.
So it's quite close since before Christ and modern calendars.
In this concept, it strikes the string so strong: go back in time, and you'll find so many different people, reporting the same symptoms Mohammed displayed and reported. So many. In every culture; you'll find the same exact stories of a higher deity and another world in the sky.
makes you wonder !