[Arlo] > But I do believe that this is a point in history that CAN be overcome, that > nationalistic and tribal "literal" readings of mythology will seem as quaint to us one day as believing in unicorns > or gnomes. > > What do you think? > [Khaled] while Jesus was The Miracle in Christian Theology, the Koran is the Miracle in Muslim theology.
It was not a book inspired by God and written by men, but it was rather the Word of God. It came down by fax. Hence the resistance to change. While Christianity has some wiggle room in interpreting the bible, since you have a few authors of the bible and a few translations, Islam is looking at a text etched in stone. Reformation is going to be very hard. Well it's like an inflated balloon. You can not put the smallest hole in it whatsoever, because you would be saying God was wrong here or there. One way around that is to use time as the separator and say: "well, this was written for people living there back when, and we are living here and now" and go on with life. But then again, you bring up the point of the masses and how they have to be ruled because simply some choose to stay ignorant and be happy with little. My arguments ( we have been through this before) is: "fine, let the Elite run the show as long as there is proper STEWARDSHIP. Some are born leaders and some are born follower. The more you enlighten the masses the less tyranny and brute force you have to control them. If they want full democracy and participation, great. If they don't, and they are happy with their job and their football game on Sunday, that's fine too. As fro the stewardship, well since you are the smart and willing one left in charge, live better than they do but at the same time be fair and just and not so greedy. But of course it's a lot easier and cheaper to control the masses through fear than social programs, that's why the neocons' agenda is alive and well. 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/
