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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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Sun, 5 Mar 2000 09:05:50 GMT
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Shiri Dori wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Selçuk Göre writes:
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> >
> > Ben Roller wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > > That is, is Christianity the only religion in which
> > > > its deity insists that it is the only true deity, or is this a common
> > > > thing in
> > > > the religions which have flourished?
> > >
> > > 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 the believers of God(including Jews, Christians, Muslims and
> > > others)?
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> > Yes, it is something like the first amendment "La ilahe illallah and
> > Muhemmedun resulullah" or something like in Arabic.
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> Right... although IANAM (1) either, I did live in Israel in which Islam is the
> second most popular religion. I remember learning about Islam two years ago
> and taking a field trip to the near Misgad (temple, name in english = ?). That
> sentence was written on the wall somewhere, and we were explained that Islam
> encourages converts - the only thing you have to do is to say this three times
> with deep belief that it's true - and there you go, you're a Muslim! :-)
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> The sentence is basically the Muslim's interpretation of the first ammendment.
> Their interpretation of the second (third?) one ("You shall not create any
> pictures or statues" (2)) led the Muslims to disallow any pictures of people
> or animals whatsoever in their temples (Misgads).
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> -Shiri
It's not an amendment, and misinterpreted many muslims as you already
worded it. It actually written in kuran as same as you jews are
interpreted. This picture/statue case in Turkish Islam is much more like
your people's belief, except some deep fundamentalist.
Just like Christianity, Islam has countless interpretations some of
which contradicts each other in quite much subjects. And just as other
religions, it is also quite contradicting the real life..:-)
Selçuk
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> > > 1. I am not a Muslim
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> (2) Jews interpret this as, "You shall not create any pictures or statues [of
> other gods]", because the polytheistic religions common at the time prayed to
> gods they could 'see' - pics or statues. So the Jews' disallowments are a bit
> looser than the Muslims'.
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