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Recent content by Apodictic

  1. Apodictic

    Why so many rules?

    I noticed a lot of talk about alcohol being some add-on rule to loving God and your neighbor. Consider... If God does not want his followers drinking alcohol it could then be reasoned that avoiding it is an act of loving God (As some religions do have statements prohibiting it). Even if...
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    How is Islam any better?

    Everyone, I have been quite busy with personal matters, excellent ones at that by God's Grace. It will take me some time to catch up on the discussion! Please continue knowing I'll be reading through slowly but surely! Praise God! :)
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    How is Islam any better?

    BruceDLimber, Thank you for sharing some additional sources. Seeing as Baha'i has roots in the religion of Islam it will certainly add to the dynamic of the conversation to take these sources into account moving forward with this discussion.
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    How is Islam any better?

    General comment, I agree that it is not far fetched that God's texts have a third person narrative without a third party author. As JJWhite and Jane The Bane have pointed out and as others can verify, third person narratives do not guarantee a third party author. Also regarding the bit about...
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    How is Islam any better?

    Islam mulia, I can understand the reaction of a person who has already accepted one text who finds that another text disagrees to label the disagreeing text as false. That is a common reaction found among followers of several religions even outside the Abrahamic circle. I am interested though...
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    How is Islam any better?

    Benmaarof, I understand your position that Muslims are not required to regard texts that Christians and Jews of the current time claim are the Torah or Gospel. I have a follow up question that I might already know the answer, but would like to make sure my assumption is valid before I ask...
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    How is Islam any better?

    Okay! Just got done eating and I'm fueled and ready to reply :thumbsup: JJWhite, Thank you for your post. I will certainly look into the sources you mentioned. With such a small percentage of, shall we say reliable Hadith. Has anyone complied a list of all those Hadith that hold a higher...
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    How is Islam any better?

    Thank you everyone for the bountiful responses. I am in the process of absorbing all this information. I will respond as I gather my further questions/thoughts. Thanks again. This is a great turn out from what I am seeing so far!
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    How is Islam any better?

    Greetings, I am not interested in individuals rushing in here stating baseless claims feeling as though they have accomplished something astounding. So comments like "It just is" or "It isn't" will gleefully be ignored. My question is specifically targeted to scriptures. How are the Islamic...
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    My Valentine's Day Plans

    Can you produce any evidence that by celebrating a holiday such as Valetine's day that you will be committing a sin? I believe this all depends on how one is participating in the celebration. I mean I'm no fan of commercialized holidays either. But I find it hard to believe that Islam teaches...
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    Islam doesn't condone terror

    No different than any other religion. Everyone has an opinion. Some slightly different. Some miles apart. Put a group of people together and complete unity becomes more unachievable as you add members. Now extrapolate this to a population of over 1 billion people. No agreement? No surprise...
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    Challenge to Muslim critics...

    I can only hope that most people here do not take them seriously. I know some of the people you are referring to. They frequently find themselves swimming around in logical fallacies, ignoring the complete argument made against their position, and quite frankly I can only imagine these people...
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    Women at war with Islamic Mullahs

    Fares, Where exactly did Skillganon lie or conceal the truth? If by conceal you mean the entire article wasn't quoted, or more specifically the parts you personally are focused on...well come on now. Skillganon quoted the part of the text where he believed someone said something incorrect...
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    Should women be covered up more?

    Some people here feel differently. I believe the feedback you continue to receive speaks loudly enough to that fact... Not to mention, even if you reject it as a derogatory term, you are still committing a "You Too" Fallacy. Do as you please. But realize that the "They are saying it too!" is...