> On 12-Oct-2014, at 10:12 pm, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> > Would you like specific explanations to the verses you've quoted below? > > Not necessary, those quotations speak for themselves and are quite clear. > They need no explanation from you. > >> > If you're trying to make some point, its not clear to me. > > So let me understand this, you've read those quotes but have no idea of what > point I was trying to make? So in light of the murders committed because > Salman Rushdie wrote a book, In light of the murders committed because > somebody drew a cartoon of Mohamed, in light of 911 you still don't > understand why unbelievers such as myself might find those Quran quotations > interesting. Is that what you're saying? > Those verses instructing slaughter are on the context of war, not peace. The examples you cite above are misapplications of the verses. However that's another debate. Admitting the existence of God and obeying him with faith and gratitude on a personal level is what should concern each of us. We believe each one of us is in pledge for our own deeds, and the implications of faith are eternal, far beyond the temporal worries and joys. Samiya
> John K Clark > > > > >> >>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 9:36 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Consider the following verses of Chapter 75:16-19 Stir not thy >>>> > tongue herewith to hasten it. Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting >>>> > together thereof and the reading thereof. And when We read it, follow >>>> > thou the reading; Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof. >>> >>> As long as we're quoting the Quran how about 2:176 >>> >>> "God has revealed the Book with truth; those that disagree about it are in >>> extreme schism” . >>> >>> or 2:190–93 >>> >>> “Slay them wherever you find them. Drive them out of the places from which >>> they drove you. Idolatry is worse than carnage. . . . if they attack you >>> put them to the sword". >>> >>> or 3:12: >>> >>> “Say to the unbelievers: ‘You shall be overthrown and driven into Hell—an >>> evil resting place!’” . >>> >>> Or 3:118 >>> >>> “Believers, do not make friends with any but your own people. They will >>> spare no pains to corrupt you. They desire nothing but your ruin. Their >>> hatred is evident from what they utter with their mouths, but greater is >>> the hatred which their breasts conceal” . >>> >>> Or 5:57 >>> >>> “Believers, do not seek the friendship of the infidels" >>> >>> or 5:80–82 >>> >>> "You will find that the most implacable of men in their enmity to the >>> faithful are the Jews and the pagans, and that the nearest in affection to >>> them are those who say: ‘We are Christians’” >>> >>> Or 6:49: >>> >>> “Those that deny Our revelations shall be punished for their misdeeds” . >>> >>> or 3:149–51 >>> >>> "We will put terror into the hearts of the unbelievers. . . . The Fire >>> shall be their home” >>> >>> John K Clark > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
