09-22-2006, 11:24 PM
Quote:Let me make ,my previous statement clear "Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty that he should have a son." Not my statement, but the statement of Allah/God---Muhammed is not the athourity in the Qu'ran, Allah is, sorry to confuse you.
Please note everything in the Qu'ran is the word of God/Allah, now you know---this is what Muslim's believe anyway. Peace and 1 love
The word of God is REPRESENTED in a book, but it cannot be written. The Spirit lives in your heart. If it is written anywhere, then it is there.
You are thinking too literally.
A few years ago, I was at a board like this, and there was a guy there who kept asking "Is the Bible an icon?" For the longest time I could not understand what he meant, then one day I finally grasped it. The answer is "yes, some people treat it like an icon." The same is true of the qu'ran.
It isn't the book that is important, it is the words. It isn't the words that are important, it is what they mean.
Just like political laws, it is the Spirit of the law that must be understood, not the letter. The reason we are at war today between the Muslims and the West (in general terms) is because BOTH sides have abandoned the spirit of the original laws handed down by Moses in exchange for laws made by men that are written and re-written in a cycle of endless folly.
The Spirit is above the Law.
If you trust the Spirit, then everything is fine. Conflict arises when men trust reason. All reason can accomplish is to show the errors of reason.