It is clearly a case of God or Allah as a supernatural form of Orwell's "Big Brother," who in the course of that novel you realize may have no more actual existence than Chef Boyardee, but which serves as an image of terror. God is really much the same. As Eric Blair, pen name George Orwell, got right; in order to have a functioning authoritarian or totalitarian system you have to make the police largely act in the minds of people. Thought-crime is an idea similar to sin, and just as Big Brother is watching you, God is also reading your mind. The supernatural version of Big Brother is a very powerful tool by which the minds of people can be shackled so that society can be controlled and organized for the benefit of some elite class.
In reading the Koran I found the writings about hell fire and eschatology of eternal punishment thick and almost endless to the point it became painfully boring. The New Testament of the Bible has 7 references to eternal hell, though the practice of the religion leans heavily on that. Of course the idea of eternal hell fire is being down graded in a lot of Christian Churches. The Koran by way of contrast is richly marinated in this stuff. LC On Monday, June 10, 2019 at 9:14:21 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 12:16 PM Samiya Illias <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > On 09-Jun-2019, at 6:45 PM, Lawrence Crowell <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> Islam actually teaches it is acceptable to lie to kafirs, or >>> nonbelievers. >> >> >> * > Where? Please quote the ayat from The Quran. * > > > *“Those that deny Our revelation We will burn in fire. No sooner will > their skins be consumed than We shall give them other skins, so that they > may truly taste the scourge.” (4:55–56).* > > * “[We] shall let them live awhile, and then shall drag them to the > scourge of the Fire. Evil shall be their fate” (2:126). * > > *Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God’s religion reigns > supreme. ”(2:190–93). * > > *“Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike it. But you may hate > a thing although it is good for you, and love a thing although it is bad > for you. God knows, but you know not” (2:216)* > > *“Let not the unbelievers think that We prolong their days for their own > good. We give them respite only so that they may commit more grievous sins. > Shameful punishment awaits them” (3:178). * > > *"Those that deny God’s revelations shall be sternly punished; God is > mighty and capable of revenge” (3:5). * > > *“As for the unbelievers, neither their riches nor their children will in > the least save them from God’s judgment. They shall become fuel for the > Fire” (3:10). “* > > *“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” (3:118). * > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/6cc1c100-bc09-4608-a30e-bc6b85eed639%40googlegroups.com.
