RE: The issue of Blasphemy in Islam
September 25, 2022 at 3:22 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2022 at 3:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 25, 2022 at 3:09 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: Beside all this: there are 3 orders to kill in the Kuran that I know of:.......seems like maybe three too many?
Quote:1) There is the story of the prophet Abraham who was sent a lamb by God so that he would offer the lamb to his deity and not his son. Personally I don’t even make sacrifices. I makes charity instead. But Yes, at the end of Ramadan and during the pilgrimage in Mecca offerings and made and the meat is distributed to the poor.I'm a super nerd. The charity side of the sacrificial operation is cool as fuck...but you do have to ask, why does god want you to kill an animal an offer it up?
Quote:2) War. Contrarily to popular belief holy war is a defensive issue. My current understanding is that only when the enemy comes to your door to kill and murder you, only than you have the right to take up arm and to defend yourself and your country. Otherwise all wars are nothing but mass murder. Again, the scholars that I am reading largely seem to support my view on this.Contrary to popular practice..you must mean? Here again, the question is why god would want you to kill another human being, too.
Quote:3) Terrorism, espionage, propagandists (The word used in the Kuran is “those who come to create serious trouble). In this case the order is to “look for them from every watch tower” to find them and to make them unable to hurt anyone (to kill them). Famous terrorists like Hassan Sabah existed in medieval times also. To deal with fanatics and real trouble makers you have no other solution. You have to do exactly what the CIA did to Osama Bin Laden. No more, no less)
Yeah..."kill the troublemakers"....aka...Just Three™ Orders to Kill.
So, according to god. Kill at least one animal as an offering, kill people who attack you, and kill people who make trouble for you. Seems like we've covered all possible killings to me, but meh. I suppose it would be too much to ask for a religion with a less bloodthirsty god. Can you imagine it? Author of creation, lord of the cosmos..just says "you know what guys? No killing, minimize the killing."
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