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Originally posted by John Matrix
How do you feel about the Islahm/Muslim practice of beheading prostitutes and women who have commited adultery? Or have I been mislead to believe this really happens?
[edit on 2-1-2009 by John Matrix]
Originally posted by antonia
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Um are Muslims Allah? Do try to read a little more carefully. I choose my words carefully and try not to characterize human beings as I do when describing the evil inherent in some spiritual forces and ideologies.
You seem to forget evil itself is a subjective topic. Many view your ideology as evil. I happen to view it as such because it spreads unwarranted fear in populations and causes people who would otherwise be peaceful to be hateful. You did say Allah was Satan however. By extension anyone who worships Allah would be worshiping Satan. One could also say any god's worshipers are his children therefor they could be called "sons", "spawn", "offspring" or what have you.
Then look for them yourself. I'm not your research department. Nor do I care if you disagree with my assertions. I am merely sharing my opinion and providing reasonable substantiation for why I formed them, I am not vested in any ones change of conviction.
Now you say this is just an opinion? Earlier you were telling me you could prove it. I tell you to prove it and all of a sudden you are telling me it's just an opinion. I'm sorry, did i paint you into the corner? I really don't think i have anymore to add here.
People stop living in fear!
Edit cause i forgot something
[edit on 2-1-2009 by antonia]
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Have a good 2009
Originally posted by JasonT
Originally posted by dooper
reply to post by Anonymous ATS
That is absolutely false. The moon-god symbols have been found by archaeologist dated long before Muhammed was even born, in Arabia.
The Sumerians worshipped a moon-god who was called many names, including Nanna, Suen, and Asimbabbar. This moon-god's symbol oddly, was the crescent moon. The moon-god was the most popular religion to the Assyrians and Babylonians. The Akkadians took the word Suen and transrormed it into the word "Sin" as their favorite moon-god.
Sin is a name we can still see in part of modern Arabic words such as Sinai, or the Wilderness of Sin. (the moon-god,)
The moon-god was popular in Persia and Egypt as well, and one can see the many depictions and symbols of the crescent moon on seal impressions, pottery, steles, clay tablets, cylinders, necklaces, wall murals, earrings, weights, amulets, etc. In Ur, the Stela of Ur-Nammu has the crescent symbol placed at the top of the depiction of the gods, because, the moon-god was the head honcho of the gods.
In the 1940's and 1950's, archaeologists Caton Thompson and Carelton Coon, Wendell Phillips, Albright, Richard Bower and others excavated sites at Qataban, Timna, and Ma'rib, as well as finding thousands of inscriptions from walls and rocks n Northern Arabia. Reliefs and votive bowls used in the worship ot the 'daughters of Allah' have been discovered.
(Daughters of Allah - the Satanic verses of Muhammed)
The three daughters of Allah, al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat are sometimes depicted with Allah the moon-god, represented by a crescent moon above them.
Your archaeology positively sucks.
[edit on 2-1-2009 by dooper]
That is stupid reasoning. "Allah" merely means "God". To put it into perspective - If someone worshipped Satan, he would call him his "God". Does that mean that Christians worship "Satan"? No, it doesn't (Although that is up for debate, looking at the modern world)
The same can be applied to silly little bowls found in Northern Arabia.
Paganism mixed with Christianity has been the subject of endless books. Read them up. If any religion needs to be corrected, I suggest you fix your # first before you start dishing out advice about what has or has not been found regarding other religions.
[edit on 2-1-2009 by JasonT]
Originally posted by _Phoenix_
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Have a good 2009
You too, just don't go bombing innocent Iranians now. Thank you.
Peace.
Originally posted by BDTitan
reply to post by reiki
You replied as if our country did these things in the name of GOD. This is completely different than professing your faith in the name of ALLAH, right before you behead someone!
Originally posted by kettlebellysmith
reply to post by VinceP1974
Excellent post. Star and flag! But I think you forgot something. It is said that an army will attack Israel from the north. If you lay out a map, you find that Moscow lies due north of Israel, leading me to believe that it may the the army of Gog and Maygog. It would not be unreasonable, due to Russian influence, especially during the Soviet era, to assume that the calvary discribed in Revelaton could be Mongols, since they are among the world's greatest horsemen, even in this day and time. And Revelation does describe and army of horseman crossing the Euphrates river at the point where it has dried up.
I had never considered the Muslim angle on the end tims before. Thanks for the head up.
Originally posted by undo
PEOPLE, you need to read the sumerian-akkadian texts and look at their artifacts.
you're making wild assumptions without even an iota of evidence, such as the concept that the crescent moon and star come from byzantium. it's an older symbol than that, predating to zoroaster and earlier.
[edit on 2-1-2009 by undo]
Originally posted by reiki
Originally posted by John Matrix
How do you feel about the Islahm/Muslim practice of beheading prostitutes and women who have commited adultery? Or have I been mislead to believe this really happens?
[edit on 2-1-2009 by John Matrix]
1. Lol, you're a laugh a minute! Is that the best you can come up with?
2. How about we talk about our Christian countries, whom their governments might possibly have killed 1000's of their own people, in order to have an excuse to go into another counrties sovereign territory to get the oil. And in the process killed hundreds of thousands of civilians. Oh wait, that's less important.
3. As regards your question, i have no experience of knowledge of how this law is carried out. It also depends on what country you are speaking of, and in what context. I have saw reports of militants doing this. They don't represent Islam, just like the IRA didn't represent the Catholic church.
Take care
Wayne
Originally posted by John Matrix
reply to post by _Phoenix_
Thank you for this. What you posted is more like the Muslim people I know.
So, can you tell me if the stoning to death or beheading of prostitutes and adulteresses is condemned by the Koran?
[edit on 2-1-2009 by John Matrix]
Originally posted by John Matrix
1. Best that I can come up with? Why would you respond like this? Do you think my question is an attack on you or Islam?
I really was not trying to be funny. It is quite common knowledge that some extremist fringe groups in some Muslim countries carry out these executions on prostitutes, homo's, lesbian's and women found to commit adultery.
I wanted to know how you feel about this because God loves prostitutes, homo's, lesbians and adulterous women and so do I. Unfortunately I lack the funds to enjoy the company of a prostitute and it's illegal in most back assed states. Some of them are moms and grandmoms, sisters, and some prostitutes even have husbands who permit them to do these things. Some even believe in the God of Love...how about that??
2. I acknowledge the problems with religion. I don't follow a religion.
3. You are not telling me how you feel about this.