The Qur'an - Tonight C4 8pm
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This is the part of religion i find fascinating, I know several quite strongly religious (all Christian though) people, and nearly all of them has their own ways of doing it (most just being either catholic or protestant) yet the one person who i would consider the most "Christian" (involved with youth groups will help anyone, and is truly the nicest person i have ever met) doesn't really follow any church he has his own wired view of it, he's tried explaining it to me many times but i always get lost. It's amazing though, that the one who doesn't really believe in all the pomp and cerimoney of the church is the one I would consider the closest to what Jesus would want from a Christian.
Indeed. One Christian I know simply takes that Jesus said we should help people and each other, so thats what they spend their time doing. Great guy.
In addition, an old flame of mine was a muslim, however a self described non-practising one. She followed her religion much like the aformentioned Christian.
Biased which way?
Yeah my mum's boyfriend is hardly what you'd call a typical Muslim.
He does not go to Mosque (though donates some of his money), he drinks alcohol (but he does not eat pork), things like that. But he was raised in a strict Sunni Muslim household and continued to follow it into adulthood, so he is a wealth of information about what that branch of Islam is really about and whatnot.
I'm not going to get into details, but not everything he says is nice at all.
Like Mo from BB?
That because most churches are more cultural than actual religion. Hence why people who don't follow a certain denomination. Our generally more level headed and truer.
Another fine example of "religious" people picking and choosing the bits that suit them.
I don't watch it so I have no idea, lol.
He's not really a Muslim though, he just considers himself one by association.
I didn't see that one, but it sounds more like another ghastly reality tv show than anything serious. You have to admit that there have been plenty of genuinely intelligent documentaries on C4. C4 is the only mainstream broadcaster that has been asking the serious questions of Islam that many of us are asking to ourselves and close friends and family.
Not sure yet, I have found most of these programs about religious topics recently have been very biased and rubbish.
So basically he just isn't very devout?
I'm not saying a bad thing, but there doesn't seem to be anything unusual there. He just doesn't sound all that bothered.
Nah he's not that bothered at all, mainly considers himself a Muslim by association.
IMO this makes him a good source of unbiased, inside information.
The Qu'ran is so open to interpretation anyway. People get so wrapped up in a small minority of extremists that they like to judge these as a whole or large section as opposed to the minority they are.
I generally stay out of these kinds of threads on here because many people are incredibly uninformed on World Religions but like to stick their noses in and throw a few insults around here and there without retribution.
Some of you should real the Qu'ran, you'd be surprised.
I generally stay out of these kinds of threads on here because many people are incredibly uninformed on World Religions but like to stick their noses in and throw a few insults around here and there without retribution.
Some of you should real the Qu'ran, you'd be surprised.
I take channel four always with a pinch of salt. The one which started it for me was their infamous global warming documentary. Regardless on what anyones view is regarding that issue, it was so nausiatingly biased that global warming wasn't happening it was terrible.
There was uproar by many academics which were mis-quoted and their words spun. It was basically "Michael Moore".
Perhaps they should be credited for adressing this issue, but I will only credit them if it is done well and fairly,, which is exactly how all documentaries should be credited.
Likewise.
have you ever done it? It's massively difficult to read religious texts in anything other than their native languages due to th awkwardness the formally very poetic words has in English (or any other language).
AH DAMN... I missed "The seven wonders of the muslim world"
WHY coudn't you give us a heads up about that too
check 4od it should be on there for 30 days +
Exactly !!!!!