I come to not to bury Jews nor to praise them Khaled ... I'm not sure it is constructive to find fault with each other's faith-based religions, when the problem is faith itself.
Ian On 1/3/08, Khaled Alkotob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Ian SA > > Well, as with anything in Life, things have to be Dynamic and evolving > with the times in order for them to survive. > > Jewish dietary laws were issued because there was no refrigeration or > meat thermometers. > > The bible could not be left in Latin forever. the masses needed to read > it for themselves. > > The Torah, like the Koran are still studied in their original text, which > leaves very little wiggle room. > > And here where things get tricky. Unlike the Other two Abrahamaic books, > the Torah and the new testament, the Koran was not written by worldly > authors, but rather it is the word of God sent down by fax. > > To add to that, Islam has to Central 'Church'. There is no Vatican, or > Pope. Part of the reason for that, is that it allows the > individual/community to read it and interpret it for themselves. > Democracy at its simplest level. Unfortunately that gives the nut-job the > power to interpret it for himself. Sort of the double edge sword the > early Mormon church faced when it said that any one can eventually reach > nirvana and connect with the almighty, well you can see what that can > lead to. > > Muslim Doctrine is like a balloon, as long as it's 100% intact, it hold > up. Make the littlest of holes in it, and the whole thing is gone. > Remember, this is the word of the almighty himself, and who are you to > make a change here or there. > > Unfortunately, it's a religion that had a lot of its rules issued to > ensure the survivor of it's people. Imagine Jesus showing un in Normandy > at the height of the English-French war. Yeah the bible would be a little > bit different. > > Change is inevitable, like Latin, the Arabic of old will be around, but > other languages will force it into the background. As for the Doctrine? > Well people will eventually realize that change is inevitable. > > One way the Orthodox Jews get around the rules of keeping the Sabbath > Holy, is to have the elevators in apartment buildings stop at each single > floor, so the rider does not have to push any buttons. This way you can > keep the letter of the Law while violating its spirit. > > Khaled > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
