Islamic USF player: Dispute over uniform led to dismissal

But you don't choose your own way of life. You follow the Qu'ran without reservation or interpretation, as you don't think it should be "modified". You follow the Qu'ran's "way of life".

And you state that it's the "last" religion, which implies to me the only choice is to follow it or suffer some sort of punishment.

That doesn't sound like much of a choice to me.

The problem here is that there isn't a shred of evidence that God said anything in the Qu'ran, or the Bible, or the October issue of Playboy.

 

The growth rate of Islam is not germane to the conversation.

I understand the definition of faith. What I don't understand is its application to tangible things, like 1500-year-old books.

Faith that God exists makes sense to me. Faith that God wrote a book for us, or that man can know anything specific with regard to God's appearance or wishes or ideas on communal living, does not.

 

I didn't make any comment as to the relative difficulty. I didn't say God couldn't do it. I said I didn't think having faith that he would do such a thing or had done such a thing made any sense.

 

More chance that God had something to do with the beauties in playboy than in writing some old oppressive book.

 

i understand thinking that of the Koran. it purports to be direct revelation of God through one man.

The Bible, though, is a bit different. The New Testament, in particular, is nothing more than a collection of accounts from eyewitnesses and second hand accounts of Jesus...his teachings..his life..his death..and ultimately his resurrection. Followed by an historical account of how the church developed in Acts. Followed by letters among early Christians about their faith.

Christians typically believe it was inspired by the divine. But it's not as if it's a secret in the cave sort of revelation. There is corroborative evidence in non-Christian writings of the life of Jesus Christ..that he existed..that he was crucified..and that a bunch of people claimed he was resurrected.

But this is perhaps the biggest difference between Christianity and other faiths....it's first about NEWS of actual physical events...and then later is about viewpoints based off that news.

 

does it seem strange to follow by the letter the words of someone who was possess by satan?

 

adeel --

the Koran and the New Testament are just different. they're different in what they purport to be and in the writings that comprise them both. one is a direct revelation from God...in a literal fashion. the other is an account of the life of Jesus, followed by letters among early believers. we have the words of Jesus written down in the New Testament...but we do not have a revelation in a textual sense. it's just different.

 

huh??

 

Naw, it's all air-brushing.




EDIT: I meant Playboy, not the Qu'ran.

 

i dont participate in any of these threads, but these threads seem to be getting a little repetitive and redundant. two or three posters attacking islam, two people defending it, another comparing and contrasting islam and the koran with christianity and the bible, and another saying that there should be no religion at all.

what exactly are any of you trying to acheive?

 

I'm trying to convert every single person on Earth to my way of thinking, through the BBS. I thought that was obvious.

 

You have to conform to the dress code of the area or activity. For example, I thought it was hilarious on the Amazing Race when that woman was like "Why is everyone staring at me?" in India. Hello! She was wearing booty shorts.