Good Evening Brine! (And Happy 2016!) Oh, I am very familiar with the Story of Abraham....I am also familiar with the birth of Islam, and how Islam (and "Mo") got started with a purported supernatural experience in a cave that left a young Mohammad with the firm belief that the archangel Gabriel had summoned him to be God's messenger on Earth. In fact, Islam in and of itself was born in violence. Not only did the angel allegedly try to choke Mohammad to death at one point, so did Mohammad's tribe, the "Quraysh".
>From its very inception, Islam (according to Aiesha, Mohammad's 9 year old bride, and written in Haddith, 5:23; and Akbar, the best translation is "surrender") has been about a fight to survive. Mohammad called this principle "Jihad", and drew two distinctions. Ultimately the greater jihad, "*Jihad al Akbar*", was the struggle to perfect oneself, the struggle to be a better person in the eyes of Allah. But I opine more importantly according to Mohammad, was the lesser jihad, "*Jihad al Asghar*" – the struggle to defeat infidels, non-believers and opponents who threatened the faith. There is no question that of all the Western religions, *e.g.*; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, at one point in time, Islam was the most modern, and I dare say enlightened, for lack of a better word. When we were still cutting the entrails out of anyone who dare spoke against the King, Islam was far more progressive, at least by 11th and 12th Century standards. The World's arts and sciences were at the forefront in Islam. As I have stated previously, whereas Christianity and Judaism have reformed, Islam has never reformed.....Therein lies the problem! On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > Christianity, Judaism and Islam are all based on the belief that Abraham > is their ancestor .... was gonna kill his child for the lord but was > stopped by an angel and then found an animal to kill instead ... all 3 > religions come from him!!! So the therm "Abrahamic" applies!!! > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nothing "Abrahamic"....Your Word; Not Mine) about General Keane. (Who >> most likely is a good Christian man). No, General Keane sees the dangers >> posed by a group such ass ISIS. >> >> You obviously don't. >> >> Like I've said, most all >> "Liberals/Progressives/Socialists/Egalitarians/Elitists/Assholes" are >> either uninformed or misinformed...... >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 3:35 PM, plainolamerican < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Abrahamic Warmongers should pack their bags and head for the Middle East. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > brine > http://brineb.blogspot.com/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
