firedragon
Veteran Member
The word criticism used here is not about making some insults against the Quran or some cut and paste from an Anti Islamic website. Criticism is using criticism techniques.
This thread was to be opened several years ago and sprung up due to another discussion within another topic. Though I cannot really remember the exact discussion due, I presume this is a good enough start.
I look forward to some constructive discussions.
1. What criticism of the Quran have you applied in a structured manner? E.g. Form Criticism!
2. Is every thing you use against the Quran just polemics picked from other peoples apologetics?
3. When a linguistic analysis of a particular narrative is presented are you already prepared to dismiss it?
4. Textual criticism came into play. Thus what are your text critical analyses that needs a response to?
I would like to recommend an approach to something like a word analysis. If a meaning is presented, one must analyse that meaning, not just say "My opinion is this or that". E.g. The English word Awful several centuries ago meant Awesome. The exact opposite. An awful king was a very good king. Full of awe. Lets say someone presents this meaning of the word and explains it, and someone else comes along and just makes a statement like "my opinion is awful means awful as in the 21st century and it always meant that way" and the only analysis he presents is "its my opinion", it is a childish retort so its better to be avoided.
Let me give you an example of useless polemics that people embrace sometimes. This is just a start. There is a gentleman called Mario Joseph in India who supposedly was a MUSLIM IMAM who became a catholic priest and of course his most prominent function is to insult islam. Ill just give one or two things he says about the Quran which is impossible to be so wrong about that it is impossible he could have ever been an Imam. Thus, I am sorry but I must say "its a lie".
Now this is the type of polemics people engage in sometimes thinking "This is criticism". Nope. Thats not.
Hope to see some value in this thread. Peace.
This thread was to be opened several years ago and sprung up due to another discussion within another topic. Though I cannot really remember the exact discussion due, I presume this is a good enough start.
I look forward to some constructive discussions.
1. What criticism of the Quran have you applied in a structured manner? E.g. Form Criticism!
2. Is every thing you use against the Quran just polemics picked from other peoples apologetics?
3. When a linguistic analysis of a particular narrative is presented are you already prepared to dismiss it?
4. Textual criticism came into play. Thus what are your text critical analyses that needs a response to?
I would like to recommend an approach to something like a word analysis. If a meaning is presented, one must analyse that meaning, not just say "My opinion is this or that". E.g. The English word Awful several centuries ago meant Awesome. The exact opposite. An awful king was a very good king. Full of awe. Lets say someone presents this meaning of the word and explains it, and someone else comes along and just makes a statement like "my opinion is awful means awful as in the 21st century and it always meant that way" and the only analysis he presents is "its my opinion", it is a childish retort so its better to be avoided.
Let me give you an example of useless polemics that people embrace sometimes. This is just a start. There is a gentleman called Mario Joseph in India who supposedly was a MUSLIM IMAM who became a catholic priest and of course his most prominent function is to insult islam. Ill just give one or two things he says about the Quran which is impossible to be so wrong about that it is impossible he could have ever been an Imam. Thus, I am sorry but I must say "its a lie".
- He says the Quran 6,666 verses. Its not true. I have heard some people repeat this out of sheer ignorance, but an "IMAM" to say this, its kind of unnatural. An Imam cannot be so ignorant.
- He says that the Quran calls Jesus by the word Kalimathullah. Oh yes. Some Christian apologists have said this. Well, its not true. Yet I must admit that most Christians who say this are doing so out of ignorance. But "AN IMAM"??? You get what I am saying.
Now this is the type of polemics people engage in sometimes thinking "This is criticism". Nope. Thats not.
Hope to see some value in this thread. Peace.
