Eco: Thanks for posting this small part from Open Public Lecture by Dr. Yousuf Estste. Hope you don't mind that i comment some of his statements.
"Sheik Estes said that, “Allah” is the same word used by Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs in their Holy Books, centuries before Islam came. "It is on page one of Genesis in the Old Testament, the word “Allah” is repeated 17 times."
I belive that we all know that Allah means God in Arabic.
Just like we, Portuguese call him Deus. Nothing surprising on there.
"“Islam never preaches spreading the message of peace with a sword. Actually, there is no word for "sword" anywhere in the Quran, but you find it more than 200 times in the Bible.” "
Well, they don't use the word "sword" but shows hate, so violence and hate are present in all revealed books.
"Guard yourselves against the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.--2:24
1. Don't bother to warn the disbelievers. Allah has blinded them. Theirs will be an awful doom. 2:6
2. Allah has sickened their hearts. A painful doom is theirs because they lie. 2:10
3. A fire has been prepared for the disbelievers, whose fuel is men and stones. 2:24
4. Disbelievers will be burned with fire. 2:39, 90
5. "Guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped."
There will come a day when Allah will refuse all prayers and help no one. 2:48
6. Allah brags about drowning the Egyptian army. 2:50"
Please, don't take it as an attack to faith.
Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي
I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ
Eco: Thanks for posting this small part from Open Public Lecture by Dr. Yousuf Estste. Hope you don't mind that i comment some of his statements.
"Sheik Estes said that, “Allah” is the same word used by Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs in their Holy Books, centuries before Islam came. "It is on page one of Genesis in the Old Testament, the word “Allah” is repeated 17 times."
I belive that we all know that Allah means God in Arabic.
Just like we, Portuguese call him Deus. Nothing surprising on there.
"“Islam never preaches spreading the message of peace with a sword. Actually, there is no word for "sword" anywhere in the Quran, but you find it more than 200 times in the Bible.” "
Well, they don't use the word "sword" but shows hate, so violence and hate are present in all revealed books.
"Guard yourselves against the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.--2:24
1. Don't bother to warn the disbelievers. Allah has blinded them. Theirs will be an awful doom. 2:6
2. Allah has sickened their hearts. A painful doom is theirs because they lie. 2:10
3. A fire has been prepared for the disbelievers, whose fuel is men and stones. 2:24
4. Disbelievers will be burned with fire. 2:39, 90
5. "Guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped."
There will come a day when Allah will refuse all prayers and help no one. 2:48
6. Allah brags about drowning the Egyptian army. 2:50"
Please, don't take it as an attack to faith.
Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي
I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ