(August 20, 2022 at 3:26 pm)R00tKiT Wrote:The authors of your magic book weren't the recipients of gods words. The authors of the synoptics all claim to have heard gods words themselves. That there were many other witnesses, beyond just themselves...too..that also heard gods words.(August 19, 2022 at 6:37 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: No, lol, christians have not given up the amusing notion that magic book contains the words of wisdom of their own magic man. No more than you, a muslim, have given up on that same notion. Do you not also continue to believe, as they believe, that your own magic book was divinely inspired?
Although I can't claim I know christianity better than the residents of this forum, I know for a fact that most christians don't interpret their bible as the literal words of God inspired to Jesus. They look at it as a collection of teachings and informative/inspiring stories. And btw the authors of a sacred book being divinely inspired is different from them being the recipient of God's words or revelations.
Quote:The Qur'an on the other hand is believed to be God's words verbatim that were revealed to the Islamic prophet PBUH. This is a pillar of faith in Islam, so this belief is not really negotiable or optional for a Muslim.There are alots of things that the faithful feel at some particular time is non-negotiable, but time has shown that to be a lack of imagination of the parts of those insisting as much.
Quote:Let's look at wiki's definition of the NT : It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus. That's what the christians' holy book is by definition : an anthology of metaphors, discussions, myths.Your magic book is also an anthology of metaphors, discussions, and myths. Is that a problem?
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