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Post by moviemouth on Dec 19, 2022 20:12:07 GMT
I was listening to the Quran at work for educational purposes and on the drive home I was not really paying attention to the radio and then right when I did start paying attention there was a comedian talking about how he was raised in Islam.
I was probably just a coincidence, but it freaked me out. This is not a channel where religion is typically brought up and then one of the few times I hear it brought up, it is Islam 10 minutes after I was listening to the Islamic Bible with many parts saying that Allah has given signs that it is true.
It honestly gave me pause.
I am an atheist who was raised Catholic btw.
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Post by Isapop on Dec 19, 2022 20:27:23 GMT
Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
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Post by clusium on Dec 19, 2022 22:12:44 GMT
I was listening to the Quran at work for educational purposes and on the drive home I was not really paying attention to the radio and then right when I did start paying attention there was a comedian talking about how he was raised in Islam. I was probably just a coincidence, but it freaked me out. This is not a channel where religion is typically brought up and then one of the few times I hear it brought up, it is Islam 10 minutes after I was listening to the Islamic Bible with many parts saying that Allah has given signs that it is true. It honestly gave me pause. I am an atheist who was raised Catholic btw. Which sect would you have chosen, if you were to become Muslim? Sunni or Shia? |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 20, 2022 0:05:00 GMT
I was listening to the Quran at work for educational purposes and on the drive home I was not really paying attention to the radio and then right when I did start paying attention there was a comedian talking about how he was raised in Islam. I was probably just a coincidence, but it freaked me out. This is not a channel where religion is typically brought up and then one of the few times I hear it brought up, it is Islam 10 minutes after I was listening to the Islamic Bible with many parts saying that Allah has given signs that it is true. It honestly gave me pause. I am an atheist who was raised Catholic btw. Which sect would you have chosen, if you were to become Muslim? Sunni or Shia? I don't know what the difference is. I don't know much about Islam. I would need to read the Quran and the Hadiths and then look up what Sunni and Shia are and then judge which one correspond more to my reading of the texts. |
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Post by clusium on Dec 20, 2022 0:47:19 GMT
Which sect would you have chosen, if you were to become Muslim? Sunni or Shia? I don't know what the difference is. I don't know much about Islam. I would need to read the Quran and the Hadiths and then look up what Sunni and Shia are and then judge which one correspond more to my reading of the texts. Sunni is more like Protestantism, & Shia is more like Catholicism & Orthodoxy. |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 20, 2022 0:49:33 GMT
I don't know what the difference is. I don't know much about Islam. I would need to read the Quran and the Hadiths and then look up what Sunni and Shia are and then judge which one correspond more to my reading of the texts. Sunni is more like Protestantism, & Shia is more like Catholicism & Orthodoxy. Okay, that is a good way of explaining it. I still don't know which one I would be. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 20, 2022 0:55:51 GMT
So you almost pulled a Cat Stevens huh?
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Post by paulslaugh on Dec 20, 2022 2:57:00 GMT
Did you repeat the phrase in Arabic ٱلشَّهَادَةُ?
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Post by paulslaugh on Dec 20, 2022 2:57:37 GMT
So you almost pulled a Cat Stevens huh? It was his moon shadow. |
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Post by gw on Dec 20, 2022 5:32:27 GMT
Read what the Koran says about science and you'll be back to normal.
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Post by captainbryce on Dec 20, 2022 8:55:13 GMT
Bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good. Sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know cause I'll never eat the filthy motherfucker! |
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Post by captainbryce on Dec 20, 2022 8:57:10 GMT
I was listening to the Quran at work for educational purposes and on the drive home I was not really paying attention to the radio and then right when I did start paying attention there was a comedian talking about how he was raised in Islam. I was probably just a coincidence, but it freaked me out. This is not a channel where religion is typically brought up and then one of the few times I hear it brought up, it is Islam 10 minutes after I was listening to the Islamic Bible with many parts saying that Allah has given signs that it is true. It honestly gave me pause. I am an atheist who was raised Catholic btw. What stopped you, if you don't mind me asking? |
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Post by moviemouth on Dec 20, 2022 14:28:38 GMT
I was listening to the Quran at work for educational purposes and on the drive home I was not really paying attention to the radio and then right when I did start paying attention there was a comedian talking about how he was raised in Islam. I was probably just a coincidence, but it freaked me out. This is not a channel where religion is typically brought up and then one of the few times I hear it brought up, it is Islam 10 minutes after I was listening to the Islamic Bible with many parts saying that Allah has given signs that it is true. It honestly gave me pause. I am an atheist who was raised Catholic btw. , if you don't mind me asking? The fact that coincidences happen often, this one was just a bit stranger than usual. |
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Post by Hnefahogg on Dec 21, 2022 9:16:24 GMT
Which sect would you have chosen, if you were to become Muslim? Sunni or Shia? I don't know what the difference is. I don't know much about Islam. I would need to read the Quran and the Hadiths and then look up what Sunni and Shia are and then judge which one correspond more to my reading of the texts. Shias believe that Ali was the true heir to the prophet, Sunnis believe it was Umar and Abu Bakr. Shia imams dress in black, Sunni imams in white. Most Muslims belong to the Sunni school. Shias practice temporary marriage (called Mut'a in Arabic), what many would call another term for prostitution. You can rent someone to be your wife (or husband) for a limited period of time. Shias defend this practice saying that Muhammad did it and it's for people who are unfit to get married. |
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Post by The Lost One on Dec 21, 2022 10:52:08 GMT
Shias defend this practice saying that Muhammad did it and it's for people who are unfit to get married. Wouldn't this imply Muhammed was unfit to get married? |
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Post by Hnefahogg on Dec 21, 2022 11:48:21 GMT
Shias defend this practice saying that Muhammad did it and it's for people who are unfit to get married. Wouldn't this imply Muhammed was unfit to get married? Well, as the story goes and as I understand it, Muhammad apparently believed himself that he was mentally ill when he supposedly had his revelation in the cave. Then his older wife told him that he wasn't and that he had revelation from Allah. There are theories circulating that he was an epilectic. Muhammad had something like 11 wives and additional concubines. A Muslim man may have up to four wives as per Qur'an S. 4:3 (and female captives as sex slaves on the side, Qur'an 4:24). |
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Post by general313 on Dec 21, 2022 21:47:15 GMT
Shias defend this practice saying that Muhammad did it and it's for people who are unfit to get married. Wouldn't this imply Muhammed was unfit to get married? According to tradition, Jesus wasn't married, but maybe one could argue that he was fit to do so. Does that count for one point for Jesus? |
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Post by clusium on Dec 21, 2022 22:09:16 GMT
I don't know what the difference is. I don't know much about Islam. I would need to read the Quran and the Hadiths and then look up what Sunni and Shia are and then judge which one correspond more to my reading of the texts. Shias believe that Ali was the true heir to the prophet, Sunnis believe it was Umar and Abu Bakr. Shia imams dress in black, Sunni imams in white. Most Muslims belong to the Sunni school. Shias practice temporary marriage (called Mut'a in Arabic), what many would call another term for prostitution. You can rent someone to be your wife (or husband) for a limited period of time. Shias defend this practice saying that Muhammad did it and it's for people who are unfit to get married. Also, Shias venerate Muhammad's daughter in exactly the same way that we Catholic & Orthodox Christians venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lord's Holy Mother. |
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Post by paulslaugh on Dec 21, 2022 22:57:51 GMT
Wouldn't this imply Muhammed was unfit to get married? According to tradition, Jesus wasn't married, but maybe one could argue that he was fit to do so. Does that count for one point for Jesus? In Jesus’ time and culture, not being married was an unnatural state for a man to be in. His duty to his Jewish tribe and nation was to produce a family. |
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Post by clusium on Dec 22, 2022 1:00:12 GMT
According to tradition, Jesus wasn't married, but maybe one could argue that he was fit to do so. Does that count for one point for Jesus? In Jesus’ time and culture, not being married was an unnatural state for a man to be in. His duty to his Jewish tribe and nation was to produce a family. The Essenes didn't marry. |
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