> > Prophet Mohammad destroyed all the 360 idols > > inside the Kaaba at Mecca - he smashed them > > to bits! Joe: > Thank god we have our gold crowned and white > robed Rajas to keep us hopping, er, flying on > the straight and narrow! > Maharishi didn't say anything about not having idols around the house, Joe. What's so bad about bowing down to an idol made of wood or stone?
You're starting to sound like a fundamentalist Muslim TMO type. You're not making any sense. Or, a Neo-advaitin. What business is it of yours if people want to have idols around the house? > > The Prophet Mohammad said to never worship any God but > > Allah - never. > > > > > So per you view he would not encourage worship, but > > > would he allow worship? Or would he perhaps have his > > > minions destroy such worship places? > > > > > From what I've read on FFL, Prophet Mohammad destroyed > > all the 360 idols inside the Kaaba at Mecca - he > > smashed them to bits! Except for one - the rock that > > is embedded on the corner of the black fetish-box. > > > > > How would he instruct us to act towards and with > > > muslims? > > > > > To this black box at Mecca one must go, if possible, > > at least once in your lifetime. > > > > At the Kaaba, the faithful must circumambulate the > > black-draped edifice, counter-clockwise, while muttering > > the names of God, and fingering a set of prayer beads > > while counting numbers, dressed in a white bed-sheet > > and a turban on your head. > > > > There is a very strict dress codes in Mecca - and no > > Jews or white people are allowed inside the city limits > > of the town. > > > > > Would he be intolerant of their views? > > > > > If you cannot get to Mecca you must be facing Mecca > > five times every day, and then bowing, on your knees, > > toward the Kaaba, the sacred 'Quba' where God threw > > down a meteorite to impress the people.
