I have an Iranian friend, and we've been talking about Islam a lot and Shia seems to make more sense than Sunni Islam.
For example, as a Catholic I understand the need for a clear authority to be appointed, thus the relationship of Ali to Muhammad makes more sense as him being a successor...
Hello,
I am not a Muslim, but I am interested in learning more about Islam, most especially Shia Islam.
I was wondering
a) Do Shias approve of the Yusuf Ali translation of the Qur'an in English?
b) Are there any Shia commentaries on each of the Surah, so that I can have the context of each...
No because the Bible also includes the Council of Jerusalem wherein these where abolished, read the whole Bible.
Fundamentalism in Christianity began in the early 1900s when a series of short essaies entitled the Fundamentals were published, aherrence to their (non-traditional) doctrines are...
Ex 21:16 Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnappers possession.
Nothing there about stealing other people's slaves, its a about stealing people, you know SLAVERY.
For that matter Matthew 16:18 is also anti-slavery in...
OBVIOUSLY, because there's no other possible reason for the problem of pain, Theologians like St. Augustine and C.S. Lewis were just a bunch of lunatics, I mean that idea that suffering could be redemptive pfffft, I'm glad YOU'RE so much smarter than God.
I just don't understand what the government needs a definition of marriage for, no one really seems to object to having homo or hetrosexual partners being able to inherit property, visit each other in the hospital, live together etc etc. The issue is the term marriage, which should simply be...
Voting's not in the Bible so its illogical to make a comparison
Slavery is unbiblical (Ex 21:16, Phil 16)
Honestly it's as though you didn't realize the abolitionists were DEVOTE Christians
Haven't heard any sermons on homosexuality, in fact most of them have been about forgiveness and virtue. In fact aside from when those outside the Church go on the offence I rarely hear it mentioned at all. It's a clearly teaching of the church, that sex is for a married heterosexual monogamous...
The Sons of Levi were Priests, and Paul (inspired by the Holy Spirit) forbids women to be Priests, Christ only choose male apostles even though he had loyal (sometimes more loyal) female followers
I could give you why I believe that women should not be priests, I could speculate why God said...
The scholars at least, however I'll drop the anti-JW rhetoric for a second alright
Disfellowship is seen as unpalatable to most western because it makes excommunication pale in comparison, when one is Excommunicated from Rome they are barred from the Sacraments, not much else.
And ya ever...