(May 17, 2020 at 12:51 pm)Klorophyll Wrote:(May 17, 2020 at 11:40 am)SUNGULA Wrote: Oh and there is this
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/p...180974735/
Hmm
I think you can easily find the most common definition of the plague, in particular, it's caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Clearly, cholera doesn't match the definition.
(May 17, 2020 at 12:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yeah, no other religion does that.
Boru
Christianity doesn't do that, for a start. They don't have any reliable text of what Jesus said, or did.
(May 17, 2020 at 11:44 am)Deesse23 Wrote:
What's so funny, pal.? Plague has a specific definition, and it's caused by a specific kind of bacteria. Therefore viral pandemics really can't be called plagues.
I think I understand how this works. For some prophecies, like the big building one, it is vital to redefine the Prophet’s words to mean as many different things as needed to make the prophecy work. For other prophecies, like the plague one, we can only use the specific, modern definition of the words, because that makes the prophecy work.
Clearly, Muhammad knew all about the differences between viral diseases and bacterial ones.
Nice work, rebbe.
Boru
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