21st Century Religion - Page 5

(I received the following email from a cardiologist in Iraq)

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Dear Peace Seeker,

I have secretly forwarded your email with the attached book Urantia United - Tapping Into The Mind Of God, to some of my colleagues at the hospital. We are in agreement that the philosophy within that book can possibly be the starting point that is needed to educate and change the ideology of the Muslims who are now committing dastardly terrorist attacks against innocent civilians.

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Originally posted by: peaceseeker

Should the Quran not be edited to remove the "kill the non-Muslims" phrases so terrorists can NOT justify their evil acts?

Originally posted by: peaceseeker

Should the Quran not be edited to remove the "kill the non-Muslims" phrases so terrorists can NOT justify their evil acts?

Originally posted by: .chiquita.

No the Quran should never ever be edited... If one cannot see the entire picture, but chooses to see a tiny part of it, then their brain needs to be edited not the book 😛 😆

Originally posted by: Quixotic5

@ .Chiquita.

I have few questions for you , first of all , please dont take an offence to it ,these are honest questions & i feel like this is the best platform to get it cleared..moreover, i have seen you & peaceseeker quoting lines from Quran , so it seems like u r the best possible knowledgeable people to get it cleared from.. also please note that i have no idea about whats in the Quran , have only heard a few things here & there through my Muslim friends & i feel like "little knowledge is a dangerous thing"..so its best to clear it out instead of harboring misconceptions..the following are my questions -

What is all this fuss about "Killing Non-Muslims" ??..

Actually if you see my previous reply to Peaceseeker, those verse in the Quran are used by Allah during war. There was a war between the non-muslim and muslim, so Allah said kill them if they attack you (for self defense only). That is during war only. If you read the Quran in detail, it also talks about not to hurt women, children, tree, innocents, leader etc etc during war. If the enemy wants peace, then give them peace, not only that, escort the enemy to a secure place. There are 2.08 billion Muslims in this world currently, & if we are supposed to kill the non-muslim, all of you will be death by now.😆

i have heard my muslim friends talk about how their religion mocks "rock worshiping fools" like Hindus ( i am not sure if they got this idea from Quran or from the general communal disharmony )..

No the Quran never ask to mock anyone. This is what the Quran says..

"O you who believe, no people shall ridicule other people, for they may be better than them. Nor shall any women ridicule other women, for they may be better than them. Nor shall you mock one another, or make fun of your names. Evil indeed is the reversion to wickedness after attaining faith. Anyone who does not repent after this, these are the transgressors."

Quran 49:11

who are these "non-muslims" that should be killed ?..are those "enemies of Muslim" ?.. if so , then what is the definition of "enemies of muslims" ?.. being a Hindu (non-muslim) myself , would i be considered as an "enemy of muslim" & therefore a "non-muslim worth killing" ?.. does Islam see everyone following a religion other than Islam as its enemy ?.. or perhaps a potential fool who needs to be converted into Islam asap ?..

You are not our enemy, the only enemy of ours is the Iblis/Shaytaan. No one else. The problem is the Quran never preached to kill non-muslim in the first place, but some people love to quote this out of context (mainly it is done by the atheist / Islamophobes). And we are not here to convert any other religion, just give knowledge to them about our religion, that is all.

There should be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion.(Quran 2:256)

Also, i would appreciate an explanation in pure layman terms..😊

P.S. Peaceseeker , sorry for going off the topic here but i feel like these doubts too are relevant to the ongoing discussion..

Originally posted by: .chiquita.

Originally posted by: peaceseeker

(I received the following email from a cardiologist in Iraq)

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Dear Peace Seeker,

I have secretly forwarded your email with the attached book Urantia United - Tapping Into The Mind Of God, to some of my colleagues at the hospital. We are in agreement that the philosophy within that book can possibly be the starting point that is needed to educate and change the ideology of the Muslims who are now committing dastardly terrorist attacks against innocent civilians.

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The book is 607 pages and is FREE by emailing me at peaceseeker3000@gmail.com or you can get it for $0.99 at Urantia .

Originally posted by: Summer3

I guess a foot note to explain its broader meaning would also be useful.

But words like "kill" anyone should not be there. Common people will misinterpret them. There should be a panel of good learned persons to advise on this.