(February 15, 2013 at 4:33 pm)catfish Wrote:(February 14, 2013 at 10:44 pm)AtlasS Wrote: Matter in fact ; no. The idea of idolatry is rejected in general by Islam, but you see, another contradiction is that Muslims started to glorify these symbols too much. But in the same time, this is no ordinary symbol ; this is the prophet himself. I think idolatry in this case is, well, understood. Because muslims don't have any relics, the Prophet's grave is almost the only thing that is considered as a holly relic.
I don't like idolatry, but the grave is sealed shut because many attempts were made to exhume the grave, according to historical writings the crusades had tried to exhume it too -According to Islamic sources-.
That's why many muslims are sensitive about it.
Bolded above by me. You don't like idolaltry but it's understood? It's dust man, there is no man in that grave, only a corpse decaying into the ground...
You either follow the word of Allah or you don't. Maybe you should visit that grave again and tell the people there how you think it's idolatry?
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"You woudn't say that to their face" DUH, but that doesn't make them right. It makes them insecure. That would be like beating someone up if you claimed the moon was made of cheese and they told you it was not.
Evidence does not go like this,
Person A, "I claim X is true"
Skeptic, "Bullshit"
Person A "I'm going to kick your ass"
Civil people do it this way,
Person A "I claim X is true"
Skeptic "Bullshit"
Person A, "Why do you think it is bullshit".
