Bismillah:
Quote:There's no way of slowing you down
As long as I am following <i>Deen ul Haq</i> “<b>The religion of Truth</b>” Alhamdulelah :)
Quote:So paper can represent holiness but wood & stone can't. I see.
Are you kidding? Do you bow down to your Bible out of respect? Do you pray to your Bible? Come on please…
Quote:Thanks for respecting the Holy Bible. According to the Holy Qur'an it's a gift from Allah
Whenever you talk about something mentioned in the Qur’an please offer the reference, so we can check up your claim.
Quote:Please see the attachment below. Obviously no one sent the memo to this poor Muslim dude who honored his mom by bowing before her.
Is this "Muslim" represent Islam? I can’t even see this image clearly. However, sometimes I hold my mother’s hand and kiss it, by doing that I must bow alittle bit, but I don’t pray to her, I don’t ask her to be there for me when I die. in other words, I Don't place her in a position that is not hers.
for instance, i just saw in the news some months ago, <b>that millions of people gathered in Costa Rica's "holy city" of Cartago to ask Mary for an end to a crime wave that has traumatized the normally peaceful Central American nation. </b> You see FHC, the majority of catholics, in reality they worship the creation of God instead of the Creator. and by imitating the religions of pagans and thier way of worship and practices, and this is considered to be <b>polytheism</b>.
Quote:We don't consider the piece of stone to be Mary. She's alive & kicking in Heaven.
Yes but she have no power to listen to your prayer, the Bible mentioned that she herself <b>needed a savior</b>, then how can you ask her to save you through some stones made by human beings?
Quote:For instance, right now, I'm chatting to you, but I'm sitting in front of a computer, so it's not really you but my message will reach you
But I cant hear you FHC, I simply don’t even know what you are saying before typing your messages. Maybe sometimes you are saying, <i>“Oh this Muslim man is really boring”</i> , Who knows what you are saying FHC? Allah alone knows. :)
Quote:Slight difference. The Saints are our partners, not God's.
I know what you believe, but praying <b>TO</b> other than Allah is an act of associating partners with Him in worship and praise.
Quote:Prayer & worship aren't necessarily the same thing in this respect. When you say "pray to the Saints", I'm interpreting it as "conversing with the Saints". We pray to God through them. I guess you could call it prayer because we're raising up our thoughts & hearts to Heaven, where the Saints are at home in the Beatific Vision.
This is your own interpretation FHC. But reality? You are <b>PRAYING TO THEM
TO SAVE YOU AND BE THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU DIE</b>. Subhan Allah.
Quote:When a statue of the BVM breaks, you don't hear Catholics say, "Mary's torn into pieces". So I guess statues & images are similar to the Kabbah - holy & significant... but not an idol
The Ka’bah was built by the Prophet’s of God, with an order from God, the Statues of Mary and other <b>UNKNOWN</b> ‘<i>saints images’ </i> were the work of some artists following no commands from God.
Quote:Hmmm... I see a parallel between Muhammad (PBUH) & the BVM. We just chose to honor them in different ways.
<b>No comparison</b> between Muhammad pbuh and Mary may Allah be pleased with her.
Quote:I think I'll ask St Charbel to offer a Dua for me tonight
Ok can you also ask him/her <b>to confirm </b> whether she offered this Du’a for you or not? Thanks :)
Quote:It's not my Bible - it's God's. He comes first, you come second
Well, I don’t believe that it is belongs to God.
Quote:The Holy Spirit's glasses... perhaps???
no no no… I will drop this one too. :D
Salam
Wael.