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:D Precisely.

Emotional blackmail IMO. You see it being done all the time when ad campaigns show the picture of some malnourished African kid to make you donate money to them.

I wanted hear it straight from him.

Yes.

Turk, just curious: What's your opinion about religions other than the Abrahamic trio? Like Hiduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Scientology etc.?

I read that earlier. Hope it brings the violence down somehow.

No, he's someone who translated the Quran into English. I've seen his translations on a couple of sites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Pickthall

Got it! :tup: BTW Ze, what do you think about Pickthall's translation?

Printer? The Qur'an was memorized and spread by word of mouth! :stuckup:

I don't think Allah foresaw the Industrial Revolution. :D

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/women/long.html - - - Updated - - - Also, Turk and Ze, how do you interpret this verse? 4:59 "O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to...

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Ze, I thought believing in the day of judgement is also important. Isn't it?

You mean "minarets"?

Your loyalty is admirable, Sir Dan.

There's no point discussing the Vedas in a thread that has nothing to do with it.

Which part of that did I get wrong? A divine spanking? :D Let's not go there, m'kay? :D

Not you, Dan. Not you. :D

You do realize who you're talking to, right? :D God's forgiveness means nothing to me.

Conditional love, then? :D