On Thursday, May 29, 2014 6:16:01 AM UTC+1, Samiya wrote: > > > > On 29-May-2014, at 12:07 am, meekerdb <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > On 5/28/2014 9:50 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: > > You assume that Islam is unethical. Quranic teachings are based on > beautiful moral principles and enjoin ethical and just relations among > people. The Quran repeatedly enjoins good actions, read it and you'll be > amazed how far from truth all the negative propaganda against it is! > > > Don't bother warning the disbelievers. Allah has made it impossible for > them to believe so that he can torture them forever after they die. 2:6-7 > > > 2:7 speaks of a seal on hearts and 2:9 speaks of a disease in the heart > because of lying. My blogpost lying Sinful Forelock and Rust Upon Their > Hearts may be of interest (www.signsandscience.blogspot.com ) However > 2:26,27 further explains who and why Allah causes to stray. > If it's any comfort, Allah also promises that everything is being recorded > (54:53) (99:7,8) (34:2-4) and not the least injustice will be done to > anyone. > > We are directed to remind in case the reminder benefits anyone. (6:68,69) > > > Allah turned Sabbath-breaking Jews into apes to be despised and hated. All > modern Jews are descendants of apes (or all modern apes are descendants of > Sabbath-breaking Jews). 2:65-66 > > > An alternate translation to apes is pigs. My cousin seems to think that we > are forbidden to eat pigs because that would be cannibalism. I haven't > researched the evolutionary history of pigs, so I don't know if that > follows. However, as directed, I don't eat pigs. >
Is there really a tradition of believing we're linked to pigs? That's pretty interesting, because what may become the pre-emininet theory...and me and Liz are so cool cos we read it first, is actually a theory that humans are the result of an Ape/Pig hybridization. Is the sort of belief expressed by your cousine..do you know much about the character of the belief? Is it considered folklore for example. I'm just wondering because it seems possible in some cases of communities today, that some beliefs stretch right back, past recorded history, and may have their roots goodness knows when. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
