The Qur'an (1 Viewer)

[Vassago]

Create a room for "anything goes."

You mean like The Watercooler?

Seriously though, that's what this room is for. It's equally easy to ignore a thread in which you have no interest in participating. Since people are already replying with debate, clearly there is an interest with others to discuss. I don't see this being much different than the Atheist thread, but since this is The Watercooler, it will be whatever it will be.

 

[isladogs]

my first thought was that Aziz and Bizarro Colin were one and the same.

I'm seriously thinking of changing my name by deed poll
- would Colin Somerset be wise?

I don't see this being much different than the Atheist thread,

Not in how it started, but the way its developing I would agree with you ...

If I hadn't raised my objections in post #2, would it have quietly died... and gone to the big nothingness beyond cyberspace?

 

[ColinEssex]

When Aziz started this post, my first thought was that Aziz and Bizarro Colin were one and the same. I mean, he (you) has mentioned more than once that he has more than one username for those times he gets banned...

I quickly dismissed this and accused myself of "chasing the mice in my head" Now I think I may have nailed it.

Colin E, I'm on to you...

I think at one point somewhere, someone thought I was Frothy!
He was probably in short trousers when I first joined - intellectually he still is.

I do have five usernames, none are "Aziz". I have them because of a previous know-all member (who knew little) had a vendetta against me and banned me frequently for little or no reason. What was his name now? Three letters - ah yes - 'God', a yank of course. He had delusions he was a psychiatrist and could diagnose from another continent, . . . weird.

Col

 

[The_Doc_Man]

And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.

Aziz, this quote (if modernized) is TYPICAL of investment scams. They tell you "you have to stay invested." They say "You don't have to do anything else. We'll take care of you." They say "You'll love it when it comes." But then it doesn't come because the scammer has absconded. And your investment comes to naught.

All of your Qur'an quotes suffer from the same issue - proof of result, or in this case, a total lack thereof.

 

[NauticalGent]

I think at one point somewhere, someone thought I was Frothy!

Now THAT would be some irony...!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Perfect case in point, Uncle G.

 

[Vassago]

A rumor started many years ago and Mile-O and I were the same person as well. That one seems to have died.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Further complicated by the fact that the Quran is understood to include the Bible. The writings of Muhammad are an add-in. The Muslims recognize Jesus as a prophet but not a divine being.

 

[NauticalGent]

Chat GPT produced the following image:-

I asked CPT to generate and image for me but was told it cannot to that. Is it a paid feature?

 

[NauticalGent]

the Christians have a God, and the Muslims have a God but they are not the same God!

I have pissed off more than a few folks, mostly my family by arguing this point.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

In spite of their differences, Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God

The founder of Islam, Muhammad, saw himself as the last in a line of prophets that reached back through Jesus to Moses, Abraham and Noah. But while the three religions worship the same God, he divides as much as he unites.

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Same-same. All the way back to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph.

 

[NauticalGent]

Why do you think they are not the same god?

Actually, that is my position. My Christian friends and family have a hard time with that concept.

 

[NauticalGent]

but does not recognize Him as the son of God

That is the sticking point I have - just doesn't make sense to me

 

[ebs17]

Our true goddess is the earth on which we stand and which truly nourishes us. If there is anyone we should really respect and preserve, it is this earth of ours. Because it is indispensable for us.

 

[Jon]

Our true goddess is the earth on which we stand and which truly nourishes us. If there is anyone we should really respect and preserve, it is this earth of ours. Because it is indispensable for us.

It won't be indispensable because Elon is taking us all to Mars.

 

[ebs17]

But there won't be any steaks from happy free-range cattle there, nor will there be any good locally produced beer. No free-range lettuce either.
If you only get chemical food, you still need a god for comfort. But I would prefer the old Greek gods, they are more human-like and you can choose one.

 

[Jon]

There will be a grow-your-own steak. Or 3D printed. Isn't there a God of Mars out there?

 

[ebs17]

No. Mars was a god, namely the Roman god of war. War should not be the first choice now.

 

[Cotswold]

I don't quite get why 2,000 years or more ago, all these Gods never bothered to go and introduce themselves in Australia or the Americas etc.

Was it because only around the Mediterranean could they make up stories and write them down?

 

[ebs17]

Religion is BELIEF, not KNOWLEDGE.
Belief is spread among people and only becomes reality (within certain limits) through practice. Today one still looks in vain for paradise and hell in the original descriptions as places that can actually be visited.