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Mrkelly » 17 Oct 2024, 6:06 pm » wrote: ↑

17 Oct 2024, 6:06 pm

And yet 

1. Jesus, Mary, and the angel Gabriel are all prominent characters in the Qur’an (as are Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and a bunch of other Bible characters).
2. Muslims believe that Jesus (called “Isa” in Arabic) was a prophet of God and was born to a virgin (Mary). They also believe he will return to Earth before the Day of Judgment to restore justice and defeat al-Masih ad-Dajjal, or “the false messiah” — also known as the Antichrist. All of this may sound pretty familiar to many Christians. (The fact that Muslims know that “al-Masih ad-Dajjal” is the Arabic name for the Antichrist created some...uh...unexpected problems for Netflix recently — warning: spoilers.)
3. Mary (called “Maryam” in Arabic) has an entire chapter in the Qur’an named for her — the only chapter in the Qur’an named for a female figure. In fact, Mary is the only woman to be mentioned by name in the entire Qur’an. As noted in the Study Quran, “other female figures are identified only by their relation to others, such as the wife of Adam and the mother of Moses, or by their title, such as the Queen of Sheba.” Mary is mentioned more times in the Qur’an than in the entire New Testament of the Bible.
4. Just as they do with all the other prophets, including Mohammed, devout Muslims recite “peace be upon him” after every time they refer to Jesus by name.
5. Muslims believe that Jesus performed miracles: The Qur’an discusses several of Jesus’s miracles, including giving sight to the blind, healing lepers, raising the dead, and breathing life into clay birds.

https://www.vox.com/2017/12/18/10660648 ... mas-quran#

Go figure

This weird stuff is why I can't buy into any religion. Since it is next to impossible to conceive of the infinite and eternal existence, I "know" there was a beginning to this universe. That which caused its existence is beyond my comprehension. But that something will do as The Creator.

Whatever was put before us as ritual, faith, religion would appear to me to be mere constructs.
Doesn't necessarily make that a bad thing. If it helps people be better and feel more in tune with other people and the elements, that's all good.