Thread:FrenchTouch/@comment-1777104-20160627003843/@comment-6548012-20160628125645

I haven't read all of the Qu'ran recently, but as part of my theological study, I look about everywhere, from Abrahamic religions to things that have absolutely nothing to do with monotheism; yeah, that's also a big problem, when people “arrange” the books, they lose their context, and the subtext is often lost, and it could be really bad.

Well I can't really disagree with that, it seems pretty obvious to me as well.

In the Qu'ran, the differences probably come from the translations, after all, the languages in which the Qu'ran and Bible were written are Semitic, of course, but they aren't that similar, nor do the metaphors translate well in English, which is a language having quite a reputation for not having the greatest words to describe something. Those differences lead to believe that Islam could be in the continuity of Protestantism, but not Christianity, which is quite possible.

I can understand what you mean about the way the Qu'ran is interpreted nowadays, and from my lecture of it, from a metaphorical point of view, it really didn't have that much of a dark subtext, but of course, what needs to be understood is again, the context of it, like the Bible, the Qu'ran was “sent” to a civilization torn by war, deviant practices and corrupted leaders, in a time where caving a head in was considered diplomacy, so yeah, you're gonna feel the violence and war and quite brutal images when you read the Qu'ran, but that's really the best way to actually touch the concerned people, not to mention that all Abrahamic religions aren't there for one people, but for the entire world, so really, those religions have only been getting what they wanted centuries after. But then, there are always extremists, or fundamentalists, and whatnot, and that seriously sucks. And to reassure you, no, I wouldn't judge such communities because of a few individuals, I mean, there are 2 billion Christians and almost 2 billion Muslims, if they were all killers, the population would've drastically lowered, and people already judge me enough on the streets to take their distances just because of my skin color, believing I'm an immigrant there to hurt them, so that would be hypocritical of me. Otherwise, yes, the subtext is pretty important but also very subtle, not a lot of people take that into account.

Oh yeah, true, I didn't think about that, that was kinda stupid of me; well I already have a clock set up at that timezone, so that's pretty cool, it was just to be sure.

Thanks for your help, and g'day, FrenchTouch (talk)