Caramba wrote:@quicksand, you see I'm not even asking them to "get" saved, no. I'm not even asking anyone to become Muslim, no.
All I'm asking them for them to open their eyes and use their God-given mind.
I have to use their own Bible to show them where they got lost.
If I use the Quran, they'll say "oh, but I don't believe in that. Oh, ..."
So I have to use their own witness.
Their own scholars keep misleading themThe scholars keep doing whatever pleases them with the Bible, and since most Christians don't know what was there originally, they just believe.
Even if what
they are being asked to follow does not make sense i.e. goes against common sense.
More on the Vatican, below. Very controversial.
RINK One would be hard pressed to find 'sense' or 'common sense' in the above post. Nay, it wouldn't be proper to use such words especially when we consider what science has furnished us with regarding perception and meaning.
If there's anything like universal understanding, then it is a result of negotiation and exchange of metaphor.
Even despite growing up a 'protestant' I have found much of significance? from the Catholics.
The world is a continuous conversation, not a command.
Otherwise, why did the revelation of the Quran take 23 years? Has the revelation ended?
What is happening to our world now? A friend of mine was recently invited to Islam with promises of being taken care of financially. Many are joining terrorist groups that claim the truth and sense of the Quran.
Does killing 'adulterous' women, or blasphemous children make sense?