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The reason for my Islamic vitriol, is things you accept as possibilities, no muslim can accept and still remain a muslim The Muslims and the Jews are far more open to such things then are the Christians. If it were allowed then I would be burned at the stake by all three of the Abrahamic faiths. Th...

First nothing is holy, it is considered holy by some. Being considered as holy by some is quite enough for me to give it my respectful due. In historical context the term is called TEXT not scripture or divine or holy. That is not an academic understanding, TEXT is. In this case the terminology of ...

Do you attribute authorship to moses? I do not - but I do not care if others say Moses, and yet I too will say Moses just because it does not make any difference. If the first books were written by one person named George or Jack or Susan then the name of Moses makes no difference. I like (or prefe...

outhouse wrote: So far we have not got down to any brass just yet, so I'm still not judging just yet

Okay - that is cool.

Taking thy time to judge is a high virtue.

Cheers.

YOU just admitted a god lied to all these people. Actually people get shut out from God, and to be shut out is not telling lies. It might look that way, or feel that way, but the truth is far more complicated than either-or. Either a lie or else the truth - no, there is a shut door where people hav...

The old scriptures are fictional myths based on pseudohistory, because the people were beat down so many times and rebuilt by multiple cultures moving to a center hub of travel with only Semitic language that bound them. They had to create a fictional theological history because reality was lost. Y...

So the koran factually has no historicity at all for Jesus or Israelite cultures, correct? It has some interpretations of history, and it has some interpretations of Jewish and Christian doctrines, but the Qur'an is not a history book, and I do not know of it saying anything about any culture - of ...

Neither of those books are credible for judging anyone or anything. Its why none of it is used in law other then laying a hand on so many can continue lying. My finding is that most people are just mistaken or deceived or misguided or sinful, but very few are truly lying. Hypocrisy is far more wide...

Well now your on the right track. Then why don't you study the text from a historical perspective and look for the truth instead of an apologetic explanation? Nothing explains the truth like getting an academic education on the history. You are inaccurately prejudging and projecting onto me as if I...

outhouse wrote: Credibility is the context.

That is what I said too;

See:
"... the challenge is only to judge as correctly as possible. See John 7:24, and the Holy Qur'an Surah 5:47