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(...) Well, it isn't official in that the phrase is a translation of the Arabic, but it does come from translating the Koran to English. I think Mohamed also used this term in inviting some visiting Christians to worship in a mosque at one time. (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I find that somewhat surprising. In Norway, the "correct" term is "homofil", which is viewed as being somewhat clinical and hence is not prefered. "Homo", as a short version of "homofil", on the other hand, is commonly the prefered term in the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's not pretty much do what you want. There is even nothing like that since good behavior is a good behavior and I can distinguish it without the help of any book written centuries before and looks very stupid today. Even if it would be as (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, it is something like the first amendment "La ilahe illallah and Muhemmedun resulullah" or something like in Arabic. Islam also states that Isa (Jesus) Musa (Moses) and Davud (David?) are all prophets like Muhammed (Mohammed) and so, they (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm...since TLC wasn't around yet to call them studs, I guess God just called them "cubits" instead. 300 long, 50 wide and 30 high... Yep, that should just about hold every pair of animals that they make. And that whole "take it down and (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You might have to settle for "Western monotheistic tradition" or a neologism "Abrahamic". Acknowledging our Islamic heritage with an all-inclusive term would have been too painful for Christian cultures which could barely come to acknowledge (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) AcK! I wasn't going to get into timestream cotemporality. But I see that apparently tomorrow night I will...;) Have we just changed history by having this conversation? I wanted to see that, but it went in and out of theatres so (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Like? (...) Anti-logic. Evolution and biblical Special Creation aren't the only two choices. And evolution does not "like" or "dislike" the fossil record (although we all can dream of having every creature that ever lived preserved somehow, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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ObLego follows. (...) It's murky enough. Too bad God is not actually out there to explain himself. Modern religion retroactively rules on these loopholes to say what's OK. The ambiguous hints at what the OT people believed about other deities (and (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's strange. Islam stressed on so much that the god is ONE and ONLY (...) Selçuk (26 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: nor the theory I just came up with now that a giant pink bunny made (...) That's the stuff that makes my brain hurt. I guess that's why I liked the movie Dark City so much. For those who (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think I spoke too soon, and you are right, but my point was just that there are many kinds of Christians. Again though, I think you're right. (snipping here, sorry if I cut too much) (...) And that "whoever is not against you is for you" so (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've seen "people of the Book" used, but I doubt if it's an official term. Kevin (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And also... sounds like it's OK to have other Gods "after me" - ie Himself as chief god and then a load of minor ones? I don't remember that being OK <g> Kevin (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It always confuses people when they ask what I "am" and I try to explain it, because the above is almost exactly what I have to say (save the religious part--ask me again when I'm over 30 and I'm sure I'll have that in there too). Sometimes (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Getting picky here! (...) Why not? I agree that an "Anglican" Christian such as myself may have differing views on issues than a "Baptist" or "Mormon" Christian, but on this issue I think we're all pretty universally in agreement. (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) IANAM(1), but I believe that one of the basic beliefs is that "That there is no god but God and that Mohammad is His messenger". Though, they mean the same God, so maybe that doesn't count. This leads me to wonder: Is there a term to describe (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes they are, in the book of Exodus is where we see them first. The Jewish Bible is basically the Old Testament only, whereas the Christian Bible has both the Old and New Testament. A freind of mine recounts an interesting story. He went to a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it's safe to go ahead and say "not in the picture". If not then I ask where exactly were they walking? That is unless you mean the creation of Earth and are suggesting that man came from elsewhere (not my personal belief but I could (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK, so that would be (b) then? How about other non-God deities (from other religions)? Do those gods deny the existance of other gods? (Obviously the Greek gods, for instance, don't fall into that category.) That is, is Christianity the only (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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