03-23-2007, 01:48 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Quote:I'm afraid there's a lot of Christian bashing & criticizing on this forum, Wael... but it's fine... I expect it! The only thing that bugs me is when you conduct a Bible Study as though Sacred Scripture is foreign to me. If it's not too much to ask, please refrain from "using" & abusing the Holy Bible when answering questions on Islam, especially if you believe in the doctrine of Taref, which I'm sure you do.
I am only presenting my understanding of Christianity without the influence of anyone else, I don’t depend entirely on the teaching of your Church and that’s why you can’t get what am saying, I guess the only solution is that you don’t read my views on the Bible and Christianity so you don’t get emotional.
Quote:The 4 stages of cognition are: perceiving, conviction, understanding, dialectic. When you say the Quran states "this" or "that", you're sticking me in stage 1 (taking notions at face value) while you're stuck in stage 2 (faith & belief). If you read over the thread you might realize that Reep jumped to stage 3 (reasoning from premise to conclusion). We haven't quite reached the final stage yet (rational reasoning) but Insh a Allah, we will soon enough.
In other words, please don't just tell us what the Quran says... explain to us why it says what it says. Turn our ignorance (& your opinions) into knowledge!!!
Ok which verse exactly do you want us to explain?
Quote:If you'd like to know what "I" believe, then please ask "me" about "my" beliefs & "I'll" happily discuss "my" beliefs with you. But if wish to impose Christian views that you & thousands of others hold then I'm afraid you're braking up the wrong tree. I don't conform to anti-Catholic ways. I hope you can live with that.
I respect your beliefs but I don’t see it related to the Bible which is suppose to be your book of authority. This is my opinion, you may ponder upon it or just ignore it, <b>no need to be defensive</b>.
Quote:Hehe! It's more like watching a debate on equations between a mathematician & physicist. The physicist is no expert in maths, but he uses his skills in physics to challenge the mathematician
And that’s why I am always quoting Bible experts/Scholars and yet you don’t even care about their views.
Salam
Wael.