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Old 02-25-2006, 06:02 PM   #1
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Default on which board do I criticise the Qur'an?

This is for Biblical, I take it it is only for criticising Christianity?
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Threads on the Qur'an don't happen often but you are in the right place.

For example:
The Holy Qur'an is Perfect in Every Way!

Plagarism in the Quran [merged]
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Threads on the Qur'an don't happen often but you are in the right place.

For example:
The Holy Qur'an is Perfect in Every Way!

Plagarism in the Quran [merged]
Well it is the INFIDELS discussion board! If it can't be criticisd here, where can it be criticised?
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Should it be renamed Scriptural History and Criticism?
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Or Abrahamic Religion Critisism. That would make far more sense.

I get the feeling that the people who set up these boards came from a predominantly Christian background. It is silly to have a "Non-Abrahamic" board and not to have an "Abrahamic" board. I noticed this within an hour of signing up here, am I the first to make the point?
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I get the feeling that the people who set up these boards came from a predominantly Christian background.
Not only the people who set up IIDB but I suspect the majority of those who participate and certainly the majority of those who participate in this forum. I think that is why there are so few threads focusing on the Quran and so few people who participate in those that are created.
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I think that is a shame, since Islam really is the strongest religion now, Christianity is fairy weak there are not really any powerful countries ruled by Christianity (USA is freer than any Islamic country with regards beliefs, even if you do have a dipshit leader).

I think people should be thinking more globally than people here seen to be, particularly a lot of you Americans!
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Or Abrahamic Religion Critisism. That would make far more sense.



I get the feeling that the people who set up these boards came from a predominantly Christian background. It is silly to have a "Non-Abrahamic" board and not to have an "Abrahamic" board. I noticed this within an hour of signing up here, am I the first to make the point?

No - Abraham did not exist and Abrahamic excludes Zarathustra and Tut's dad - both earlier promulgators of mono-theism.

I started a thread Islamic history and criticism (?) but search does not seem to search thread titles!

A monotheistic area with specific religion subsections? Does the board need the equivalent of a Dewey?
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I think that is a shame, since Islam really is the strongest religion now, Christianity is fairy weakthere are not really any powerful countries ruled by Christianity!
Apologies ob, couldn't resist it.

Islam the strongest religion? Rather depends upon what you mean by 'strongest'. He who shouts loudest is not necessarily strong and as for shear numbers Hinduism and Buddhism have a 'strong' claim. Christian countries are on the decline, with the notable exception of the USA. On the other hand, secular societies are growing ever stronger as we speak.

Perhaps the problem with Islam is that it consists of a 'book' cobbled together from a complete mishmash of unrelated texts, barely understood by their coagulators, over a period of several centuries and purported to having been written by a person whose only redeeming characteristic is the very high probability that he never existed.
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