leiferik1

i dont know if you people are unimformed about muslims or not, but i sure as hell was.

and then today in my 3 hour class, we had a guest speaker....this 20 year old guy from pakistan (sp?) and he was basically there to answer our questions, and tell us about islam

i'd have to say, i was REALLY misinformed. even the craziest thing of all....this one lady in my class who thought she was a devout christian actually said she agreed more with what he said about islam than what she was being taught as a christian.





so my advice to you all is to go out and be aware

I'm with Stupid

I've read some parts of the "genesis" equivelent in the Coran and it does make a hell of a lot of sense. I really like the way they described it all. I guess it could all be due to the fact that it's a newer religion???

leiferik1

i thought islam was REALLY old....like a lot older than christanity

amplesx

It is always better to research a subject before you inflict your bias opinions on a subject. So i think it is a real privelage to have a guest speaker like that. There are too many ignorate people in the world who spout off at the mouth without knowing anything

leiferik1

I'm with Stupid

No, Mohammed was born around I think 500 AD. I might be wrong, but it was after Christianity started.

leiferik1

your right, he died in 633 ad
i think he was in his 60's

amplesx

I have heard a quote out of the Koran:

There is only one god and Mohhamad is his prophet.

I dunno what this means though

leiferik1

this is right and wrong


for those who dont know the koran is the islamic bible.....and the quote is referring to that. the christan bible was written by a lot of different people at a lot of different times. the koran was written ONLY by mohammed...

and he couldn't read or write

240Girl

Good job Leiferik. I hate when people don't know **** about things, especially controversial religions or ideas and bull**** around. You guys are right on the target, and yes Islam is the youngest major religion. I can answer some of your questions as well, since I am Muslim.

240Girl

This is part of the 5 Pillars in Islam where you have to pronounce that "there is only one God and Mohammad is his prophet." This pretty much means that Allah(God) is our one and only god and Mohammad is a prophet, not god. This is because some sects of the Christian religion I think, believe that Jesus WAS God. We believe that Jesus was only a prophet and not God.Initally Mohammad was contacted by Gabriel (an angel) and only received messages directly from God. The fact that he could not read or write makes the validity of the Koran more than the Bible or the Torah because it was believed that Mohammad could not write such intricate verses. I heard that if you read the Koran in Arabic (which I cannot b/c I dont know Arabic), it is like a beautiful poem and very hard to recreate.

amplesx

Hey thanks fo the info, its never bad to learn about other religions. By doing so you only enable yourself to become mo educated, respectful, and mo open minded.

I'm with Stupid

Just so ya know all Christian religions believe this. It's pretty much the basis of the whole religion.

leiferik1

the basis of the religion is the blessed trinity. The belief that God is the Father, the son, and the holy ghost

if you dont believe this then your not a christian


whats really cool is that the proficey (sp) for mohammed is in the bible...i forget the exact book and chapter or whatever, but the guy read it out loud in class...i was like "woah"

leiferik1

its also the fastest growing, the second largest

and is predicted to be the largest religion in like 2032