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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Los ANGEL-es, CALIPH-ornia, , USA
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21-04-04, 06:29 PM
Mad Rhetoric wrote:
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Please somebody, Muslim. Help me to understand something. I still don't understand how a Muslim can quote bible verses that condemn me as a Christian; the same bible that preaches Christ you use, but all in an attempt to prove,often times, that he is just a mere prophet(he is not) help me to grasp this concept.
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FIRST, I think you are making a mistake by ASSUMING that you are being condemned. I don't doubt that what you say happens in some situations, but that is not MY motivation.
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If you are lost, and you pull out your road map, and based on how you interpret the map, you set out on a course to reach your destination; and if I come along and we begin to talk and you tell me of your situation, and I happen to know the area a little better than you, am I "condemning" you for trying to show you how to properly read the map? Or am I trying to HELP you? We may never come to an agreement on how the map should be interpreted, but you would not ever think I came to condemn you.
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You see, ever since the Crusades, and even before then, there has been such a tradition of hatred and antagonism between religions, that "religious" people have gotten used to the idea that "if they're different, they're the enemy". So now, when we meet even today, we meet each other with a preconceived bias which causes us to be overly apprehensive of one another; so that even when someone from a different view tries to HELP us, we INTERPRET as an ATTACK...and it's not necessarily so.
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While it is true that people do use their INTERPRETATION of God's Will and Word as a stick to beat others up with, that is not the case here, I assure you.
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My only desire is to help others see the TRUTH of what is there. Pointing out what I believe is a misinterpretation is NOT the same as "condemning" you as a Christian. I am a better "Christian", NOW, than I ever was...and I'm a Muslim. Makes perfect sense, once we UNDERSTAND.
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SECOND, If the Bible is only for "Christians", then it can't be from GOD. If the Qur'an is only for "Muslims", then it can't be from GOD. The Guidance of God belongs to EVERYONE who desires to be a Servant of God; and if I am a Servant of God, then there is NO BOOK that contains God's Guidance that I should not be able to Read and Study and Benefit from. Every Muslim should read the Bible. Every Christian should read the Qur'an. Only then can the Children of Abraham, under God,begin to beunited again as one Spiritual Family.
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"Wisdom is the Principal thing, therefore get wisdom; but with all thy getting, get UNDERSTANDING."
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