RE: Wow, he went IN.
March 4, 2015 at 5:23 am
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2015 at 5:26 am by ReptilianPeon.)
When ISIS were smashing up that museum in Iraq it reminded of the story of Muhammad smashing the idols in Mecca. Maybe it's not a good comparison but that's what came to my mind. I don't like ISIS but at least do what the Quran instructs them to do and aren't in denial about what the Quran says. They more honest believers than these disingenuous 'moderates' we so often hear in the news.
They are so dishonest about the Quran that they won't even quote verses properly. Every time I hear Quran 5:32 in the news I cringe. Quran 5:32 is an instruction only to the Jews by they would have you believe it applies to humanity in general. What people do is only quote part of the verse so it makes the verse seem better than it actually is. The verse is as follows:
"On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our messengers with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land."
The part people hear on the news is only:
"if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people."
They ignore the rest of the verse because that's how dishonest (and desperate) they are!
There are too many, what I would call, "Salad Bar Believers" around. A Salad Bar Believer is somebody who decides what they want to believe based on what appeals to them and not what their chosen religious text(s) want them to believe. It is clear that the interpretation of religious texts is so often driven by ones desires. Hence, we get people who don't want to be violent - i.e. the real extremists. The people are violent aren't the radical ones in my opinion because they acknowledge that the way more violent Medinan verses supersede Meccan verses (the Meccan verses came before the Medinan ones).
They are so dishonest about the Quran that they won't even quote verses properly. Every time I hear Quran 5:32 in the news I cringe. Quran 5:32 is an instruction only to the Jews by they would have you believe it applies to humanity in general. What people do is only quote part of the verse so it makes the verse seem better than it actually is. The verse is as follows:
"On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our messengers with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land."
The part people hear on the news is only:
"if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people."
They ignore the rest of the verse because that's how dishonest (and desperate) they are!
There are too many, what I would call, "Salad Bar Believers" around. A Salad Bar Believer is somebody who decides what they want to believe based on what appeals to them and not what their chosen religious text(s) want them to believe. It is clear that the interpretation of religious texts is so often driven by ones desires. Hence, we get people who don't want to be violent - i.e. the real extremists. The people are violent aren't the radical ones in my opinion because they acknowledge that the way more violent Medinan verses supersede Meccan verses (the Meccan verses came before the Medinan ones).
