Thanks; I was a little unsure after reading some conflicting Ahmadiyya writings on the topic.
Since you seem to know Arabic, I have a question to ask you: what is your best translation of 4:157-159, regarding the raising of Jesus to Allah? I...
Jewish tradition holds that a long-awaited Messiah will come to earth, which the Talmud and Zohar pinpoint will occur sometime between now and the...
The various theories regarding Christian eschatology do indeed originate from the Bible. The primary books which proponents consult are the First and...
Amongst Christian theologists, there exist three popular beliefs regarding eschatology: premillennialism, postmillennialism, and amillennialism. In...
The fact that you even make those sorts of associations indicates your stereotyping nature. But I would not worry about what negative connotations...
People's personal experiences do not contribute to scientific thought. Even subjects such as religion, politics and history can be approached in some...
If swaying people is your goal, then emotion is a far more adept tool than knowledge. But you are forgetting that science is not concerned with...
People’s personal stories and sensitivities have no place in influencing healthy discussion or debate. It is not anybody’s responsibility to alter...
Socialists in America, many in the highest sectors of office and finance, have been pushing for socialist policies tirelessly for at least the last...
S.A.M. During the First Crusade, after Jerusalem had been conquered by the Christians of Europe, both the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque...
That is because your friend is a female. A woman’s libido is not nearly as dependent on hormonal factors as a man’s libido is. This is why the market...
The fundamental problem is that the apiru are regarded as more of a criminal social class than an ethnic group of people. The specific problems...
Fraggle Rocker You “read Genesis and Exodus”? Before your edit, you mentioned you did not read any such “patent bullshit”. Perhaps you regret...
Fraggle Rocker Of the Five Books of Moses, the eight books of The Prophets, the eleven books of The Writings, and all the additional and unique...
Kobe Bryant's second and fourth fouls both removed him from the game in the midst of either accelerating a comeback or widening a lead. Both calls...
S.A.M. Keep in mind the First Temple was not literally the “first temple” to have been built on the Temple Mount. The Temple Mount’s history goes...
Of the Kingdom of Israel, I am sure it existed, as my previous post explains (far too many writings on the dealings of the Kingdom of Israel with...
There certainly was an Israel. Plenty of excavations have revealed fortifications which belonged to the founders of Ancient Israel and the great wars...
The words “Semite”, “Hebrew”, “Israelite”, and “Jew” oftentimes overlap in common vernacular, although they truly have different origins and refer at...
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