Lower Nubia wrote:This thread is wild. You know when I said Muhammad was morally inferior to Jesus (so why did Allah make Muhammad his final prophet and not the morally superior Jesus). Yeah. Jesus didn’t own slaves. Didn’t send armies to retaliate.
How can it not be obvious here who should actually be emulated.
Didn't I tell you there's nothing morally wrong with slavery? Still not supporting or condoning it, mind you, but just saying it's not exactly a sin. As for why, who knows?
Mind explaining how this works? In monarchies, it's pretty much a given, but what about democracies, where the leader is elected and not appointed by God? Or oligarchies, or other forms of government for that matter. Maybe I should ask in the CDT, idk
Diarcesia wrote:Chess Reloaded wrote:I see so He no longer considers laws important as per your doctrine?
The best that I can put it is that he places more importance on the spirit of the law rather than the letter.
What are the greatest commandments?
1. Love God
2. Love your neighbor as you love yourself
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments (Matthew 22:36-40). The Old Testament law has three parts.
1. Ceremonial (no longer observed by Christians because they believe Jesus fulfilled it)
2. Civil (applies to the nation of Israel as it existed in the Old Testament)
3. Moral (the Ten Commandments, timeless and universal)
In Islam, how similar are the delineations of God's commands and laws? Which ones apply only to, say, Arabia during Muhammad's time? Which ones would be more like the Ten Commandments?
This is actually an interesting question and subject of debate even within Muslims. Modernists like myself and Dowasek, for example, think music is fine. Some extremist fringe groups think it should be outlawed. People can agree on one thing and completely disagree on another.