swaglantern wrote:
That is just preposterous. According to that logic then christianity is false because Eric Rudolph murdered people in the name of God. You are smarter than that Max......the islamic martyr system as war time tactic
I see. Can you point me to the Bible passage that says it's ok to bomb civilians? No? Then concede that Rudolph and other abortion clinic bombers are acting
contrary to Christian teachings.
swaglantern wrote:
...is completely beyond our scope of understanding...NO legitimate muslim supports it.
Look at the statistics. There are many, many Muslim clerics that actively and vocally support suicide bombings. The Koran itself says they are to kill infidels.
Additionally, how can you judge who a "legitimate" muslim is?
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The Muslim concept of heaven (72 virgins and rivers of wine) strikes me as exceedingly shallow.....not the sort of thing an all-powerful God would create. It sounds like the make-believe of a 7th century Arab trader, to me.
swaglantern wrote:
Oh well.....it's funny how your camp always plays the "contex" card and "metaphor"...or "anthropomorhism" card, but it's not acceptable in other religions....heaven in the bible refers to "tree of life"...and "throne" and "made with the finest materials" etc..... if you want to split hairs, and fight over who has a better description as the basis for truth...well that's kind of silly.
It's not splitting hairs. The RCC teaches the Beatific Vision. That's far more complex, beautiful and reasonable than getting drunk and having an orgy.
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There are factual discrepencies in the Koran (such as equivocating Mary, the mother of Jesus, to an OT Mary) that lead me to believe an omniscient God did not have a hand in the formation of the Koran. (Now, I know you think such discrepencies exist in the Bible, but we already have another thread reserved for that discussion.)
swaglantern wrote:
So not even worth addressing....
Says you.
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These, amongst many others, are the reasons why I believe the PM cannot be the Allah of Islam.
swaglantern wrote:
Yea maybe it would have been more convincing if allah spake to muhammed through a "burning bush".....sorry - couldn't help myself

Just being funny.
I'm not amused. How much do you know about the life of Mohammad? What ideas about prophets do you have? Specifically, about how someone who claims to speak for God should act/teach/speak.
If you can reconcile those two ideas over the vast factual gulf that exists between them, then be my guest. Jesus acted like He should have.....Mohammad acted like a murderous thug.