Latter Days Guy

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  1. And I thought politics in the UK was mad!  It's all done and dusted now, in January we will see if the president elect is going to be the president we all hope and pray he can be, and unites the country that seems to be split over the his election.  As a European, I must admit I was very disturbed with most of his rhetoric, but since the election it does seem that he has stepped back from some of his more worrying ideas.  Lets hope this is a sign of good things to come! 

  2. 3 hours ago, Larry Cotrell said:

    How can you read suwar like Al-Baqarah and At-Tawbah and say there's no violence in the Quran? Muslims are called to make war on the "infidels" (Surah 9:5). It's what Muhammad taught.

    Maybe someone is quaffing the cool-aid, but it's not me.

    Context?  Cherry picking surah without looking at the context is a bit like when those nasty people quote from the bible and do the same.  What is the context of that particular passage, do you even know?  And it doesn't say infidels, it says idolaters. 

    This link gives you a clear interpretation of the whole passage, not some out of context snippet. 

    https://discover-the-truth.com/2014/03/04/quran-95-sword-verse/

     

  3. 51 minutes ago, Larry Cotrell said:

    No one can make the claim that Muhammad was a man of peace. He lead many military conquests, conquered Mecca, and raided caravans. He even beat his favorite wife Aisha (Sahih 4:2127).

    He was a violent man.

     

    Did he really? Has one been quaffing the cool-aid?  He certainly conquered Makkah, unarmed. Yes, in times of conflict caravans on both sides were raided.

  4. On 11/3/2016 at 8:10 PM, Carborendum said:

    They were charged with treason by the Muslims in an area the Jews settled prior to Muslim occupation.  Therefore they had no governing authority in the area except by Muslim decree.

    "many now doubt..."  Ermmm..  How about "Many Muslim Revisionists now doubt..."

    Just whom are you listening to?

    There was no muslim occupation, Muhammad (PBUH) had been invited to Yathrib and he did so with about 70 followers, hardly an occupation force. That the Muslim population increased dramatically was through conversion of the indigenous arabs and many jews.  

    Why is there such an anti-islam undertone on this site?   

  5. 19 hours ago, Larry Cotrell said:

    The Quran was supposedly revealed to Muhammed in the beginning of the 7th century AD. And, as I am sure you know, he lived and conquered in that century, so it's been about 1,400 years. Pardon my use of about 1,500 when its really closer to 1,400; I was rounding.

     

    Consider what Muhammed did to the the tribe of Banu Quraiza. His slaughtering of the Jews is not what I would call peaceful.

    Considering what they did, an act of treason, then they suffered the consequence of their actions, that's if the event actually even happened as many now doubt the historicity of the event or that if it did happen that the numbers killed were exaggerated by the living relatives of those killed. 

  6. 20 hours ago, Larry Cotrell said:

    The Quran is a key document for understanding the Muslims. From the parts of it that I have read, it is clear that Muslims have not been on good terms with Jews for at least around 1,500 years. 

    Having read all the Qur'an I haven't a clue what you're talking about.  Also Islam hasn't been around for 1,500 years unless of course you subscribe to the Islamic tradition that Islam as a religion goes back to Adam.

  7. On 10/29/2016 at 3:01 AM, MormonGator said:

    These two civilizations have hated each other for thousands of years and we (universal usage of the word, not we as in us here on this forum) think the people living right now in this era hold the key for them to turn their swords into plowshares and suddenly make peace? How arrogant. 

    And for the record I vehemently support Israel. But I'm very pessimistic about the middle east. 

    I would disagree with that, the hatred has only really been apparent since the begining of the 20th Century, the root of which being the rise of zionism.  There has been down through the centuries large populations of Jews living in Muslim lands very peacefully. 

  8. On 4/22/2016 at 8:08 PM, Aish HaTorah said:

    My son has a t-shirt that says:

    Civilizations, nations and empires that have tried

    to destroy the Jewish People:

    NATION                    STATUS

    Ancient Egypt            X - GONE

    Philistines                  X - GONE

    Assyrian Empire        X - GONE

    Babylonian Empire    X - GONE

    Persian Empire          X - GONE

    Greek Empire            X - GONE

    Roman Empire           X - GONE

    Byzantine Empire       X - GONE

    Crusaders                   X - GONE

    Spanish Empire          X - GONE

    Nazi Germany            X - GONE

    Soviet Union               X - GONE

    Iran                              ???

    The Jewish People

    The smallest of nations, but with a Friend in the highest of places!

    So...BE NICE!

     

    Israel as a nation has only been around for 68 years, so not very long, and its always good to have the good ole US of A in your back pocket, that is who you were referring to as your friend in high places?

  9. I think the easiest way for reconciliation is for Israel to actually fulfil the commitments it made in the Oslo accords and withdraw from the occupied territories.  Recognise the state of Palestine (which they said they would do in the Oslo accords) and begin, along with the Palestinian authorities to actually put the two state solution they agreed to (again in the Oslo accords) into place. Oh and maybe stop using Gaza as testing ground for your latest weapons every few years would be nice too.

  10. On 5/12/2016 at 6:35 PM, Carborendum said:

    I have no idea what most of those terms even mean.  And for the first time in many years, I don't care to look them up.

    But I think you might want to see the disclaimer at the bottom.

    I did finally look up "BronyCon".  It isn't a sexual orientation... or is it?

     

    I thought it was to do with men who like My Little Pony, there are lots of conventions apparently!  Only know as my son loves My Little Pony!

  11. OK, I've just re-read a few of my comments on here and want to apologies if I've offended anyone.  Seems I'm having one of those "got my head stuck up my own butt" days and have made some remarks that are not in the Spirit of Christ.  Please accept my apology as I never intended to cause offence.

     

    LDG