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2007-02-07 Olde Tyme Religion

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Posted by ed 2007-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Koran contradicts itself in penty of things but thre is no duality about jihad: 100% war, 0% internal struggle.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-02-07 04:09|| 2007-02-07 04:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Warner is generous in tallying the spiritual struggle passages becaue where spiritual struggle is mentioned its not ordinarily in the context of jihad, but his quantitative approach is a good one.

Another quantification needed would be in the commentaries on the Koran. The commentaries are very extensive on the war side and the spirtual side is pretty barren (which is something that the Sufi movement has tried to deal with by invoking mystic storytelling for example).

Posted by mhw 2007-02-07 08:59|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-02-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 To pick a nit: Christianity also allows for paradoxes (remember the Trinity?), and it cheerfully uses "Western" logic.

Posted by James">James 2007-02-07 10:25|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-02-07 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Yes but Western Christian philosophy defines those paradoxes as Divine Mysteries, beyond the ken of the human mind. Western Christianity does not assert that all science, math, and philosophy are contained in the Bible, as does Islam with the Koran.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-02-07 17:40|| 2007-02-07 17:40|| Front Page Top

#5 To paraphrase Lazarus Long
"I don't understand how Muslim Mind works. I know what to do about Muslims."

Posted by gromgoru 2007-02-07 21:51|| 2007-02-07 21:51|| Front Page Top

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