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Saturday, March 17, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part VI

We are now coming to the ninth surah, which, by many accounts, appears to be the last one written by Mohammed himself, and which shall be the last one that we shall concern ourselves with in detail. No part of the Koran exemplifies more clearly the points I have been trying to establish here, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part V

I have previously emphasized that at the very core of the Christian ethos is the message of Love, not merely as a concept, but as something that subtly infuses much of the New Testament as a guiding principle. That, by extension, also applies to proselytizing. (Which I consider a neutral term.) From... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 12, 2007

The Islamist Tsunami is inching up...

Before continuing with my current little series, I thought I’d give you some news. News that harks back to my series The Islamist Tsunami. It is not something that surprises me, nor should it surprise those who read that series. Although I will confess that I had not expected this development so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 11, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part IV

In order to retain (or gain) as much clarity as possible in these complex matters, a few more remarks are in order. When I say ‘the Koran states’, it is the equivalent of saying ‘Mohammed states’. When I quote from the Koran and the speaker refers to himself as ‘We’, it is God speaking; if the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 9, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part III

This is turning out to be more difficult than I thought. Which means, come to think of it, that I wasn’t thinking at all when I started this. It’s getting kinda heavy, and rather boring, actually! Sometimes I have to fight the urge to turn the whole thing into a spoof, but I shall continue to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part II

Before delving into more substantive matters, I have to address some issues that arise whenever one discusses any text based on a translation, as is the case with the Koran. What is a ‘correct’ rendering? The many different versions of the Bible, the ongoing debate about scriptural meanings and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 5, 2007

The Bible and the Koran, Part I

These posts (there will be several) may ruffle a few feathers, but so be it. One side may call for my crucifixion, the other for stoning or impaling, but in a virtual world these virtual tortures hold few terrors for me. My purpose in this discussion is not theological, since I am not a theologian.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

The Iran Dilemma

This was the first thing I ever posted on Blogit, a little more than a year ago, in January of 2006. I think it was read by three people: one was a self-confessed fence, who thought it was okay to have bought a bicycle he knew to have been stolen; he engaged in a bit of ad hominem ranting, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

On Honesty, Part III

There was to be no third part to this, but I feel compelled to add one. Those who read the first two parts (and those who haven’t should take a look now) will know that they were prompted by an article in last week’s MACLEAN’S magazine. Today the magazine followed up on that with an editorial which,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 19, 2007

On Honesty, Part II

In continuing with my thoughts on honesty, occasioned by that article in MACLEANS, (in which I have no financial interest, by the way, lol) I shall attempt to keep things brief, to avoid turning it into another ‘series’. To begin with, and since it was one of the first questions that came up, almost... Sign in to see full entry.

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