ChrisTom

Chapter Five of The Thieves of Time was posted yesterday during the database error :D

I read that book lol I have it in my bathroom :s It was interesting indeed, yes xD

Allah is God, yes. It's how we call Him in Islam.

Islam is actually very similar to Christianity; there's one God, and He created everything. His prophets include Adam, Jesus, Moses, Joseph, etc., but in the Qu'ran (the Holy Book), they keep their original names - Yisa, Youssef, etc. - since they were modified in the Bible. Most of the Bible's stories are in the Qu'ran, such as the tale of David and Goliath, Noah's Arc, etc. since the Qu'ran IS the Bible, but it has never been modified by humans (the Romans modified the Bible at their will hundreds of years ago). We regarde Mohammed as God (Allah)'s last prophet, and he was mentioned in the original Old Testament written in Hebrew; however, in the English translation, they completely omitted his name, which made a lot of people think Mohammed wasn't a messenger of God, like Jesus. Jesus' name actually appears in the Holy Book more times than Mohammed's name does lol Just an interesting fact, that. We believe in the day of judgment; we also believe that Jesus wasn't crucified. He was saved by God and another man took his place during the crucifixion.

We have the same 10 Commandments as well; we may have some differences, but we're a lot the same. Some differences is that we pray the way even the Bible mentions that Jesus prayed - on our knees with our heads to the floor. It indicates total submission to the Creator as his creations. We also have Mohammed, who was omitted in the Bible, and we fast during the day during a specific month of the year in order to feel the pain that hungry, poor citizens feel when they can't eat.

The Qu'ran says that non-believers and non-Muslims will perish. Some people misunderstand this; a "Muslim" is someone who believes in the one God, and the one Creator. That means even Christians are Muslims, since they fit the definition. The only thing we don't like about Christianity (I was a Christian before, btw) is that they try to personify God as Jesus, when Jesus was but a mortal. It was the Romans who changed him into being Godlike (see: History of the World to the Sixteenth Century).

The Qu'ran also details a lot of things. Things that scientists discovered in the 20th century was written in the Qu'ran in the year 600AD. It is written how we reproduce (embryos, sperm, etc.), that there are fish who have light at the bottom of the dark ocean, and it even details the cycle of rain - all things we've only learnt in the past 100 years or so. Amazing, eh?

Also, a lot of people think that Islam belittles women, when it's not true. Every translation outside of Arabic has been corrupted. It's not a good translation. The wording in the original Arabic text is so divine, so rich and impeccable, that no one can actually modify the Qu'ran without it being obvious. There are also thousands and thousands of words in Arabic that can't be translated into other languages properly. The prophet Mohammed actually says to take care of women, for they are important. In the Qu'ran, it states that multiple wives are only acceptable under the condition that:

1) It's not for personal gain / pleasure;
2) It's to help that woman (i.e. an orphan, a homeless woman, etc.)
and
3) You can truthfully love and respect multiple women the same, and not favour one over the other(s)

You can never have more than four wives regardless; 99% of Muslims only have one wife, since we believe in monogamy. It's only the extremists in Saudi Arabia who treat women like objects. Even then, Christians are guilty of the same thing - everyone is. Men of all faiths view women as lower than them and less important, not just the extremists in Islam. Muslims are very docile, too. Violence is against our faith. Those who claim that Muslims beat their wives are ignorant and full of crap.

Also, a lot of haters will try and claim that Mohammed, a full-grown man, married and slept with a nine-year-old girl. This is false. She was a homeless orphan, and he took her into his home to care for her. They never had any relations at all, and regardless, in 600AD laws all over the world stated a girl who menstruates is ready for marriage and motherhood. As late as the 1900s, girls at the age of 13 were being married to 40-year-old men all over Europe, Asia, and North-America. It's nothing out-of-the-ordinary, even if Mohammed had done something sexual 1400 years ago (which he did not).

The Qu'ran is untouched and only has one edition: the Qu'ran. Unlike the Bible, who has a ton of different versions (i.e. King James' Edition; Psalty's Edition; etc.). When you say the Qu'ran, you mean the Holy Book, and just the Holy Book. There's no Qu'ran that is written differently, like the Bible's different editions. Every Qu'ran is the exact same.

Yay! Now you know a bit about Islam xD

and yeah, I read that fanfic a bit; I was actually hoping you'd check out mine and comment on it :]

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=214098

lol xD it has nothing to do with memory; we haven't talked before :P I just wanted to say "hi"

Hi xD

Oh, okay. I'll edit my post.

RE: The map. I did post on the OOC about it. You wrote, "[The Profs] hand you what little mapping plans they have (most of which are ruined due to stains and tears) and send you off." Sorry if I misunderstood! :|

lol. I was reading your RP/OOc and put what they've said together. There is no map. but since everyone in the ooc was talking about people going mad, it gave rabbit the idea to give her charcter a little bit of crazyness.

ChrisTom, I believe that Rabbit is beginning to allow crazyness to take over. Her character convinced Herself that another had a nonexistant map, and then she tried to convince the others as well. Or, that's my assumption.

At the moment it's 6:10 here. I'll be sure to check out your totodile group!

Maybe another time, I have to go. Lol for the stereotype. Most of us aussies don't go to zoos etc. all the time. Though some do say g'day mate, and some are really creepy. *Thinks of creepy friend who fits into about all the aus stereotyping*

cool, I like the way you think too!. Ugh my HG still hasn't arrived in the mail! Your so lucky.

No :P Just post me your Friend Code

Alright,just give me your FC

FC?

...moving this to VM so we're not off-topic. XD

What you said right there eerily reminds me of an analogy that my dad used all the time when I was a kid. He cited two hypothetical people...an atheist doctor that works his whole life to cure cancer and a mafia don who prays for reconciliation after killing several people. Who is more likely to find his way to Heaven? He said this even though he's a Christian. Even now, I believe that what determines your character isn't what religion you choose to follow, but rather what you accomplished in your life.

...and yes, I can be very philosophical when I'm in the right mood. :P

Ummmm ok dude the verry long message intimidated me a little honestly I hate it when cristians go around yelling that stuff at nonbelivers it makes me go yeah that's really goning to convince them of a loving God who only wants the best for you.

Haha. I've actually memorized every word of all of the Lonely Island's songs. They're all hilarious to me.

Andy Samberg FTW INDEED. :D Hahaha.

You know, my name is in my bio....