Biblical Scholars and those who have memorized the entire Quran often are extremely devout to their own belief systems and thus it is rather hard to compare the two, using such one-sided opinions. However our Think Tank has enlisted an atheist who out of his own curiosity and personal studies has come to know all about many different religions. His objective opinion was a breath of fresh air even if neither a Christian, Jew or a Muslim would be happy to hear of his critique of each and all of these various religions. He stated that; The Qura'n on the other hand is presented as immutable. Further, it must be read in its original Arabic dialect, which is virtually unknown today. Never mind that less that 1% of modern practicing Muslims can even understand modern Arabic. In hearing of this another think tank member was blown away and stated: Now that is a scary thought, which makes it very easy for the masses to be mislead by ill intended radical Clerics. Big problems. And I guess converting the text into cartoons so everyone can understand it is completely out of the question? Next the gentleman stated that; The Bible, and therefore the Torah, presents many beautiful and useful tales along the lines of Greek and Roman mythology. Hearing of this another think tank member of non-religious origin stated; Indeed and this is why I am a fan of After School Specials on TV for kids, shows like the Brady Bunch, which have situation comedy which entertain and give good lessons. I am okay with this, but also Religious Works of Literature should come clean as to their reality. The gentleman went on with his critique of religion first the Quran and how people could not read it and then how the Bible was basically a story book and then he stated; It [Islam] claims that Allah is the same god as worshipped by Christians and Jews, yet the god is derived from al-ilah, a generic name for the ubiquitous moon god generally worshipped by the ancient Arabs. Thus the crescent symbol for Islam. Totally taken aback and flabbergasted another think tanker said; Wow that is interesting, as I had not heard of this, although such things seem to be quite common in various religious texts of many various religions around the world; where did you come across this particular line of thought? It is rather interesting in itself. Have you heard of such things? What do you think of all these hocus poke-us religions? Are you a follower of one of these religions? Are you a detractor of all religions? Have you considered these things in your study of World Religions? Consider all this in 2006. |
