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So, did he tell you to blow yourself up whilst shouting his name?
Please, I don't want my thread derailed down that road
Who created God?
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"Allah" is the same word used by Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs in their Bible, centuries before Islam came.
On page one [1] of Genesis in the Old Testament, we find the word "Allah" seventeen [17] times.
"Allah" comes from the Arabic word "elah"a god' or something worshiped. - (Arabic) means '
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T'was a light hearted joke.
Yeh I know, but someone will take offense and it will go off in a direction that will get the thread locked.
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So, did he tell you to blow yourself up whilst shouting his name?
No. We talked about Pokemon.
How would you possibly know that.
skynet ?
The Prophet (peace be upon him) also said: "There is not one thing that shall bring you closer to the Paradise and away from the Fire without me having informed you of it, and there is not one thing that will take you away from paradise and towards the fire except that I have warned you about it." It is indeed true that Islam does not allow its followers to draw a distinction between the "inner" and "outer" aspects of life, between belief and actions, religion and politics, because in reality such distinctions are totally fallacious. Man's beliefs are the foundations and prime motivators for actions, for what is held to be true on the inside must manifest itself outwardly. Indeed the very first task given to Muhammad (peace be upon him) was to correct the false beliefs. It was not that the pagan Arabs did not believe in Allah, or God the Creator. In fact the Quran tells Muhammad (peace be upon him):
"If you ask them who sends down rain from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death? They would certainly say 'Allah!' Say: 'All the praise and thanks be to Allah!' Nay! Most of them have no sense". [Noble Quran 29:63]
"Say: 'Who provides for you from the sky and from the earth? Or who owns hearing and sight? And who brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs?' They will say: 'Allah.' Say: 'Will you not them be afraid of Allah's Punishment (for setting up rivals in worship with Allah)?'". [Noble Quran 10:31]
Indeed the pagan Arabs used to worship Allah, pray to Him and sacrifice to Him in times of need and distress, as did the Jews and Christians, and they even claimed to love Him, but Allah rejected all of this from them and referred to them as senseless, and astray, and as disbelievers. So this is the reality concerning most of the men and jinn, that they claim to believe in Allah, and worship Allah, but what they believe about Him is incorrect, and the way they worship Him is incorrect...
"Most of them do not believe in Allah except while joining partners with Him" [Noble Quran 12:106]
"If you ask them who sends down rain from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth after its death? They would certainly say 'Allah!' Say: 'All the praise and thanks be to Allah!' Nay! Most of them have no sense". [Noble Quran 29:63]
"Say: 'Who provides for you from the sky and from the earth? Or who owns hearing and sight? And who brings out the living from the dead and the dead from the living? And who disposes the affairs?' They will say: 'Allah.' Say: 'Will you not them be afraid of Allah's Punishment (for setting up rivals in worship with Allah)?'". [Noble Quran 10:31]
Indeed the pagan Arabs used to worship Allah, pray to Him and sacrifice to Him in times of need and distress, as did the Jews and Christians, and they even claimed to love Him, but Allah rejected all of this from them and referred to them as senseless, and astray, and as disbelievers. So this is the reality concerning most of the men and jinn, that they claim to believe in Allah, and worship Allah, but what they believe about Him is incorrect, and the way they worship Him is incorrect...
"Most of them do not believe in Allah except while joining partners with Him" [Noble Quran 12:106]
Good for you Jono8, please show me the way....
This reminds me of something in 2 Timothy from the bible, specifically the last line.
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall
be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are
good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of
God; having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such
turn away.”
I don't think you are ready.
Yup, all three, (Jews, Muslims and Christians.) even believe in the same angel Gabriel, I always love that fact.
In Islam we believe the Angel Jibra'eel (Gabriel), is the angel of birth/death and also gave messages to the Prophet Muhammed pbuh.
When 'Man' started to comprehend things like the Sun rising/falling he did not have the understanding of how this occurred, he was intelligent enough to need a reason for it though, and so an entity was created and this fitted the idea of how this event happened, and how other events happened, Man was happier with this idea than not knowing at all.
As 'Man' became more intelligent and more civilised a method of control was needed, the powers of the time quickly realised that these entities could be used to control the masses, 'Look, we've made this temple for you, so work really hard, give us your money, don't cause trouble, do what we say and you'll meet you're chosen entity when you die', Organised Religion was borne.
Now, they realised they had a problem as there were so many different entities the people believed in and they were squabbling and fighting over whose was 'best', so controlling the masses was difficult, so a single entity that everyone would worship was brainwashed into peoples minds and this became 'god'. And so god as people know today was created.
Man of course got more and more intelligent and eventually the enlightened realised how they had been duped by religions for thousands of years, but the religions by this time were very powerful and can easily manipulate the weak minded and gullible and so fight tooth and nail to try and keep control of the masses to this day.
As 'Man' became more intelligent and more civilised a method of control was needed, the powers of the time quickly realised that these entities could be used to control the masses, 'Look, we've made this temple for you, so work really hard, give us your money, don't cause trouble, do what we say and you'll meet you're chosen entity when you die', Organised Religion was borne.
Now, they realised they had a problem as there were so many different entities the people believed in and they were squabbling and fighting over whose was 'best', so controlling the masses was difficult, so a single entity that everyone would worship was brainwashed into peoples minds and this became 'god'. And so god as people know today was created.
Man of course got more and more intelligent and eventually the enlightened realised how they had been duped by religions for thousands of years, but the religions by this time were very powerful and can easily manipulate the weak minded and gullible and so fight tooth and nail to try and keep control of the masses to this day.
