Re: [[offlist] Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-29 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Syed Huq wrote: Then why do early verses in the Quran say that Jews and Christians (people of the Book) or OK and can continue practicing their religion and later say that they must be converted? That would seem like a contradiction to me. The Quran considers Jews and Christians as people of the

Re: [[offlist] Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-29 Thread Syed Huq
> Then why do early verses in the Quran say that Jews and Christians > (people of the Book) or OK and can continue practicing their > religion and later say that they must be converted? That would > seem like a contradiction to me. > The Quran considers Jews and Christians as people of the Book

[[offlist] Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-29 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Syed Huq wrote: The Muslims believe in a conecpt of "nullification" (I forget the correct term) that essentially states that later verses in the Quran that contradict with earlier verses, contradict or "trump" the earlier verses. Read the book I mention above and you will see what I mean. The Qura

Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-29 Thread Syed Huq
> > The Muslims believe in a conecpt of "nullification" (I forget the > correct term) that essentially states that later verses in the Quran > that contradict with earlier verses, contradict or "trump" the earlier > verses. Read the book I mention above and you will see what I mean. > The Quran d

Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-29 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 12:08 +0800, Katipo wrote: --snip-- > Take the time to sit down and watch a sunset sometime, then chuck the > book away. > Regards, Amen to that! :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my publ

Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-28 Thread Katipo
Sam Watkins wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:22:30AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The difference is this: > > 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with > the teachings of Mohammed and Islam. 2. Christians who commit > terrorist acts are in direct opposition to the Bible a

Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Sam Watkins wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:22:30AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: The difference is this: 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the teachings of Mohammed and Islam. 2. Christians who commit terrorist acts are in direct opposition to the Bible and the Wo

Re: [Way off topic] the Quran

2004-12-28 Thread Sam Watkins
On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 09:22:30AM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The difference is this: > > 1. Muslims who commit terrorist acts do so in *compliance* with the > teachings of Mohammed and Islam. > 2. Christians who commit terrorist acts are in direct opposition to > the Bible and the Word of