tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post9068630993343317511..comments2023-08-11T07:31:46.923-04:00Comments on Thoughts and Theology: Islam: The BasicsJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-60700257008048381132009-11-07T02:21:07.253-05:002009-11-07T02:21:07.253-05:00Resolving the Cognitive Dissonance of Islam<a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/11/resolving_the_cognitive_disson.html" rel="nofollow">Resolving the Cognitive Dissonance of Islam</a>Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-12516291557460958142009-10-21T16:55:11.133-04:002009-10-21T16:55:11.133-04:00Quebec: Be aware of Islam
"A moderate Muslim ...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Q-5DR1P5I&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Quebec: Be aware of Islam</a><br />"A moderate Muslim is the one that does not know Islam."Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-66391917889269500792009-10-06T05:41:26.968-04:002009-10-06T05:41:26.968-04:00satire and theology,
Replied to you and the other...satire and theology,<br /><br /><i>Replied to you and the other JJ.</i><br /><br />Thanks, Russ. I'll check it out.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-47270937754662611082009-10-06T01:23:52.525-04:002009-10-06T01:23:52.525-04:00Replied to you and the other JJ.
I have some new ...Replied to you and the other JJ.<br /><br />I have some new BB photos.Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505655776770812228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-39698733031678391112009-10-05T22:18:44.366-04:002009-10-05T22:18:44.366-04:00This is an extremely well-informed and helpful vid...This is an extremely well-informed and helpful video:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju3HsWLyVlQ&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">Islam and Apostasy -- Part One: The Qur'an and the Hadith</a>Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-41314545592924837452009-10-04T22:06:26.569-04:002009-10-04T22:06:26.569-04:00satire and theology,
My ex-pastor reads my blogs ...satire and theology,<br /><br /><i>My ex-pastor reads my blogs and complains about that Jeff guy and how long his comments are.</i><br /><br />I wonder how long his sermons were. (Hee, hee!)<br /><br /><i>Blogger has since instituted a maximum comment length which Jeff has gone over...so have I. This means there will be parts 1, 2 etc.</i><br /><br />Man, if there were no limit, I would probably be writing comments where you would have to scroll down, and scroll down, and scroll down...<br /><br /><i>Long live THE JEFF! The man that broke Blogger.</i><br /><br />LOL!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-362295591220165992009-10-04T21:10:09.722-04:002009-10-04T21:10:09.722-04:00My ex-pastor reads my blogs and complains about th...My ex-pastor reads my blogs and complains about that Jeff guy and how long his comments are. <br /><br />Chuck and I were laughing about it looking at the comments on my Blackberry at a pub after church today. Real good fish and chips.<br /><br />I appreciate all comments!;) Blogger has since instituted a maximum comment length which Jeff has gone over...so have I. This means there will be parts 1, 2 etc.<br /><br />Long live THE JEFF! The man that broke Blogger.Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505655776770812228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-15291635933973674972009-10-04T21:00:51.765-04:002009-10-04T21:00:51.765-04:00Li Martins,
(Note to audience: presumably in resp...Li Martins,<br /><br />(Note to audience: presumably in response to the comment I left on her blog site, where I was joking around, and which is completely unrelated to my current blog article here):<br /><br /><i>Hahahahahahahahahahaha...</i><br /><br />LOL, thanks, Aline. :)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-73573409360289476862009-10-04T20:58:35.580-04:002009-10-04T20:58:35.580-04:00satire and theology said...
Maybe the recruits sho...<i>satire and theology said...<br />Maybe the recruits should buy their own religious books. Dr. Strange classic comics being the exception. The military should buy those.</i><br /><br />LOL! So you're advocating promotion of the 'Sorcerer Supreme?' LOL!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-45168478059742991412009-10-04T20:49:28.913-04:002009-10-04T20:49:28.913-04:00Hahahahahahahahahahaha...Hahahahahahahahahahaha...Li Martinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521759257919532229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-50030382679931451122009-10-04T20:48:06.885-04:002009-10-04T20:48:06.885-04:00Jeff on satire and theology
'Someone on Faceb...Jeff on satire and theology<br /><br />'Someone on Facebook just now commented:<br /><br />"A military chaplain with whom I am acquainted said that the US government will buy the Book of Mormon and the Quran and other false religion's "holy books" for recruits but will not spend one penny on Bibles."<br /><br />satire and theology said... <br />Maybe the recruits should buy their own religious books. Dr. Strange classic comics being the exception. The military should buy those.Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505655776770812228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-7982673942162394072009-10-04T20:39:03.181-04:002009-10-04T20:39:03.181-04:00Islam warms against mixing with non-Muslims 2:21, ...Islam warms against mixing with non-Muslims 2:21, 3:28, 3:118, 5:51, 5:144, 9:7, 9:28, 58:23, 60:4.<br /><br /><br />Islam calls on Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims 2:191, 2:193,4:66, 4:84, 5:33, 8:12, 8:15-18, 8:39, 8:59-60,8:65, 9:2-3, 9:5, 9:14,9:29, 9:39, 9:73, 9:111, 9:123, 25:52, 37:22-23, 47:4-5, 48:29,69:30-37.<br /><br /><br />Islam encourages the war against the non-Muslims by glorifying it 2:216, 9:41, 49:15, or by promising lust in paradise to the Shaheeds who die in such a war 3:142, 3:157-158, 9:20--21.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-79286340345921185162009-10-04T20:27:54.812-04:002009-10-04T20:27:54.812-04:00With regard to non-Muslims, the Muslim should disa...With regard to non-Muslims, the Muslim should disavow himself of them, and he should not feel any love in his heart towards them: [Qur'an 60:1 & Qur'an 60:4]<br /><br />But this does not mean that a Muslim cannot interact with them in a nice manner that will encourage them to enter Islam, so long as that is within the guidelines of sharee’ah, as Allaah says: [Qur'an 60:8]<br /><br />The Muslim should strive hard to call non-Muslims to Islam through all possible permissible means, in the hope that they may benefit from that and respond, as Allaah says: [Qur'an 16:125 & Qur'an 41:33]<br /><br />It is permissible to accept a gift from a non-Muslim because he is a relative or neighbour, or for the purpose of softening his heart and calling him to Islam, but it is haraam if it is done as an act of friendship or love, because Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):<br />“O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Awliyaa’ (friends, protectors, helpers), they are but Awliyaa’ of each other. And if any amongst you takes them (as Awliyaa’), then surely, he is one of them. Verily, Allaah guides not those people who are the Zaalimoon (polytheists and wrongdoers and unjust)” [al-Maa’idah 5:51]<br /><br />O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from among others than your own people; they do not fall short of inflicting loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has already appeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if you will understand. [Qur'an 3:118]<br /><br />O ye who believe! Take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: Do ye wish to offer Allah an open proof against yourselves? [Qur'an 4:144]<br /><br />O Ye who believe! Choose not for guardians such of those who received the Scripture before you, and of the disbelievers, as make a jest and sport of your religion. But keep your duty to Allah if ye are true believers. [Qur'an 5:57]<br /><br />O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers. [Qur'an 9:23]<br /><br />You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their (own) fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones. [Qur'an 58:22]<br />(Note that Quran 58:22 even divides families.)<br /><br />O ye who believe! Choose not your fathers nor your brethren for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoso of you taketh them for friends, such are wrong-doers. [Qur'an 9:23]<br />(Forsake your Kaffir Family Members)<br /><br />There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people: "We are clear of you and of whatever ye worship besides Allah: we have rejected you, and there has arisen, between us and you, enmity and hatred for ever,- unless ye believe in Allah and Him alone": But not when Abraham said to his father: "I will pray for forgiveness for thee, though I have no power (to get) aught on thy behalf from Allah." (They prayed): "Our Lord! in Thee do we trust, and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to Thee is (our) Final Goal. [Qur'an 60:4]Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-49159228603449007202009-10-04T19:40:59.408-04:002009-10-04T19:40:59.408-04:00(cont.)
But when the Son of Man comes in His glor...(cont.)<br /><br /><i>But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. "And all the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You drink? 'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 'And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' "Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' "Then they themselves also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' "Then He will answer them, saying, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." (Matthew 25:31-46)</i><br /><br /><b>THE GOLDEN RULE:</b><br /><i>So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12)</i>Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-87232825585873365172009-10-04T19:37:52.049-04:002009-10-04T19:37:52.049-04:00thekingpin68,
Can't say I am shocked.
Thanks...thekingpin68,<br /><br /><i>Can't say I am shocked.</i><br /><br />Thanks, Russ. <br /><br />In contrast, the Bible does not give permission to Christians to torture, kidnap, abuse, rape, steal from, or punish non-Christians. Rather, it instructs us to love our neighbor. <br /><br /><i>The foremost is, 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' "The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." (Mark 12:28-31)<br /><br />You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. (Matthew 5:43) <br /><br />Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:8-10)<br /><br />A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (John 13:34-35)<br /><br />One day an expert on Moses' laws came to test Jesus' orthodoxy by asking him this question: "Teacher, what does a man need to do to live forever in heaven?" Jesus replied, "What does Moses' law say about it?" "It says," he replied, "that you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor just as much as you love yourself." "Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you shall live!" The man wanted to justify (his lack of love for some kinds of people), so he asked, "Which neighbors?" Jesus replied with an illustration: "A Jew going on a trip from Jerusalem to Jericho was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes and money, and beat him up and left him lying half dead beside the road. "By chance a Jewish priest came along; and when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by. A Jewish Temple-assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but then went on. "But a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw him, he felt deep pity. Kneeling beside him the Samaritan soothed his wounds with medicine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his donkey and walked along beside him till they came to an inn, where he nursed him through the night. The next day he handed the innkeeper two twenty-dollar bills and told him to take care of the man. 'If his bill runs higher than that,' he said, 'I'll pay the difference the next time I am here.' "Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the bandits' victim?" The man replied, "The one who showed him some pity." Then Jesus said, "Yes, now go and do the same." (Luke 10:25-37)<br /><br />For if you forgive men for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. "But if you do not forgive men, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. (Matthew 6:14-15)</i>Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-27664753302041125542009-10-04T19:14:01.517-04:002009-10-04T19:14:01.517-04:00'I can teach you Portuguese or Spanish. It'...'I can teach you Portuguese or Spanish. It's a pleasure.<br />And you don't have to pay for it.. rs.<br /><br />Have a good week. It's always nice to chat with you. =D'<br /><br />Very good offer.Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703130625190233670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-74073002938254283262009-10-04T18:07:44.839-04:002009-10-04T18:07:44.839-04:00I can teach you Portuguese or Spanish. It's a ...<i>I can teach you Portuguese or Spanish. It's a pleasure.<br />And you don't have to pay for it.. rs.</i><br /><br />Wow, that would be cool! Thank you!<br /><br />OK, let me just buy a plane ticket to Brazil, and I'll be there by Friday! Just kidding...I'm assuming you mean over the Internet. OK, so when do the lessons start?<br /><br /><i>Have a good week. It's always nice to chat with you. =D</i><br /><br />Thank you! It is great to chat with you as well! May you have a very enjoyable week as well!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-39017157321825542162009-10-04T18:00:22.301-04:002009-10-04T18:00:22.301-04:00I can teach you Portuguese or Spanish. It's a ...I can teach you Portuguese or Spanish. It's a pleasure.<br />And you don't have to pay for it.. rs.<br /><br />Have a good week. It's always nice to chat with you. =DLi Martinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521759257919532229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-28426707367294521042009-10-04T15:48:27.433-04:002009-10-04T15:48:27.433-04:00Thanks, Larry! Much appreciated.
As a side note,...Thanks, Larry! Much appreciated. <br /><br />As a side note, I began listening to these as audio lessons. I e-mailed the original link to the audio lessons to a number of politicians in Ohio and Florida in reference to the Rifqa Bary case, and suddenly, the next day or so, the audio lessons were no longer available! I don't know whether some person or group was offended and hacked into the site or what. But the website then made the text available, so I wanted to post the text here, before it got deleted as well, just so there would at least be another copy of it. That is the main reason I posted their lessons here. Plus, because it is in such a simplistic, basic, non-scholarly form, the lessons provide an interesting and easy-to-read introductory "primer" to the political side of Islam, and they present it in a way that is not only unique (you will never hear this side of it in textbooks or the media; nor will you hear it from devoted Muslims), but it presents the concepts in a way that is easy to understand. That's what I like about it, because trying to understand such a foreign way of thinking can be confusing, so these simplified lessons are a good, basic way to introduce it, before trying to tackle a more serious study of Islam.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-63146002235024864642009-10-04T10:05:03.900-04:002009-10-04T10:05:03.900-04:00Jeff,
This is really interesting. I look forward ...Jeff,<br /><br />This is really interesting. I look forward to the next lesson.<br /><br />larry E.nitewrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968271056094267260noreply@blogger.com