> On 14-Oct-2014, at 12:51 am, Platonist Guitar Cowboy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> 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. > > But this implies "In war, be bestial". I'm not sure this is part of what some > supreme being would say. > >> 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 > > Among the temporal worries and joys is people telling others how to interpret > god/reality. Something that many holy scriptures across cultures avoid when > assuming that supreme being is inconceivable (how could any one person or > writing claim to be the final voice of such being?). > > You can say "it's only my personal take" repeatedly, but stating and citing > things like "Admitting the existence of God and obeying him with faith and > gratitude on a personal level is what should concern each of us." gives > people perhaps the impression that you don't follow your own word and/or the > word of your cited scripture: You are actively suggesting to people with such > citation how to interpret God/reality, while admitting that you cannot. But > how can we obey if God's will is not always clear and most often difficult to > read? > > If these are only personal thoughts like "I might have a cup of tea now..." > then I don't see why you need a blog or to convince people of one one > interpretation of a text. This, people could see as using your religion/god > to promote your private interests, like internet name/identity/blog. > > Is there something like an internet publicity chapter in the Qu'ran (I assume > there must be some things related to men of fame who value appearances etc)? > > Or a chapter that tells us how to manage living in a world with billions of > people who all have their own personal theologies in front of creation, and > what to do when all the sacred scriptures, that everybody chooses to > believe/disbelieve... what to do when all of these are interpreted, read, and > understood partially differently and partially in agreement at the same time? > Don't flood me with citations: Just give me one for these last 2 points, if > you have to. PGC > Holy Quran 109:6 ------------------ لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ
For you is your religion, and for me is my religion." Samiya > > -- > 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.
