The Islam Thread...

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which is why i think islam will probably be all grown-up in about 500 years, maybe less if the war on terror is actually won

War on terror is very dubious. War itself is terrorizing, in a way, so what exactly are you doing? You are terrorizing terrorism?

1. The Koran is the infallible word of the God, the Bible is an anthology explicitely compiled by priests and Bishops, leaving aside the OT the NT is NOT an actual source of absolute authority, because there is no "Book of Jesus" i.e. no direct word from God. It's an important point and it means that Christians can make judgements without actually going against their Holy text as a whole, that's not possible with the Koran because it is absolute. This is not to say that Christians have not claimed Biblical infallibility but it manifestly is not built into the text itself.

Be that as it may (The Qu'ran being the infallible word of God as you state it), there is always room for interpretation. You can read the Surahs and verses and all of that metaphorically, instead of reading it literally. Saying that Christians can make judgements without going against their Holy text says is nonsense, for I am quite certain that Mohammed himself stated that the every man has it's own free will, but everyone has to take his own responsibility for it.

Wait now, to my opinion that differs a lot from Thomas de Aquino and his mandate of "Don't think, believe", as well as other Christian "scholars" after that time. Also, you can claim that Islam is more prone to violence than Christianity, but there is a saying;

"Christianity is the religion of Love, Islam is the religion of Knowledge".