RE: Is Islam A Death Cult?
April 1, 2023 at 8:20 am
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2023 at 8:27 am by Goosebump.)
To simplify a very complex subject as you seem to have no problem doing as siting a Wikipedia article, why is your way: "So my faith is:" bla bla bla, some how translated to what the wider Muslim world reads into the passages of the Quran? You offer nothing but your personal and anecdotal experience. That in no way invalidates what the article spoke of or what I'm asking. You are one, they are many. You cannot project your own experience onto others.
I respect that you see the Quran as you do, it is one of the less harmful interpretations. But it is in no way a wide spread interpretation. It is your own. As you stated.
I'm sure you see me as just some other infidel that is ignorant of the teachings of Mohmed ect ect. I get it. My land lord is Muslim. He comes home to pray and manages most of his prayers. I once interrupted him and his brother assured me it was fine. I'm a man after all. I watched as he kneeled and bowed and said his words. I'm also a minor in geology so I have a decent understanding of the globe and what direction I'm facing on it. You can guess where this is going. I couldn't resist and asked my landlord if he knew he wasn't facing mecca.
He insisted he was. Thankfully we have these handy phones in our pockets and I pulled mine out and showed him the little used compass app. With it and google maps I was able to show him he was praying more or less to Denmark. Long story Long he prays directly to mecca now.
Now if a very peaceful and devote man such as him got that bit wrong... doesn't it stand to reason... that other bits might be misinterpreted? or frankly correctly interpreted?
I respect that you see the Quran as you do, it is one of the less harmful interpretations. But it is in no way a wide spread interpretation. It is your own. As you stated.
I'm sure you see me as just some other infidel that is ignorant of the teachings of Mohmed ect ect. I get it. My land lord is Muslim. He comes home to pray and manages most of his prayers. I once interrupted him and his brother assured me it was fine. I'm a man after all. I watched as he kneeled and bowed and said his words. I'm also a minor in geology so I have a decent understanding of the globe and what direction I'm facing on it. You can guess where this is going. I couldn't resist and asked my landlord if he knew he wasn't facing mecca.
He insisted he was. Thankfully we have these handy phones in our pockets and I pulled mine out and showed him the little used compass app. With it and google maps I was able to show him he was praying more or less to Denmark. Long story Long he prays directly to mecca now.
Now if a very peaceful and devote man such as him got that bit wrong... doesn't it stand to reason... that other bits might be misinterpreted? or frankly correctly interpreted?
"I'm thick." - Me