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Originally Posted by eemaan
What comments were you referring to in your posts, you said there were some misconceptions?
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You've brought up the principle ones I noticed. First of all, I don't see how anybody can call Jesus a "blessed messenger". To do so flies in the face of everything he said about himself. Jesus did not say he was a prophet; he said he was God. So calling him a prophet is calling him a liar, and how can a liar be a prophet?
The idea of the Trinity is something of a paradox (not a contradiction!)--I'm not surprised it's misunderstood. God did not "beget" a child in the way you think...God is spirit, he doesn't have a body, etc. Rather, when giving us the Bible, God put the relationship he had with that person of himself in
human terms of father/son, so we can begin to understand it.
God did not die in that he ceased to exist--Christians do not believe death = non-existence. We believe Jesus was fully human and fully God. So, he did
die--his body was destroyed to the point where it shut down and his soul left his body. The best part is though, he put the toothpaste back in the tube and rose from the dead!^^
Jesus praying to himself...haha, something I hadn't thought of before.
I think the answer to that one would be that, being fully man, Jesus could commune with God (himself, yes) the way humans do, through prayer.
Whew, this is going to be a long post.^^; Hope my explanations don't make things more confusing.
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Originally Posted by UNaruto1990
Those communities you're talking about are NOT Islamic communities....you can read history and know how was the Islamic community at the times of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).
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I have, and they weren't much different. Full of oppressed people and tribal warfare...same sad stories that still happen today. Humans are humans, even Islam doesn't change that. If the world has yet to see the true benefits of Islam correctly carried out, it's shaky to assume it's possible.
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Originally Posted by UNaruto1990
If Japan were to be Islamic, they should forget about Buddhism and Shinto, Islam should be blended with every day's life, because if it wasn't blended it wouldn't be useful at all, as for traditions and cultures, they would stay the same UNLESS they oppose Islamic teachings and rules.....
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Ok, I'm not understanding this sentence, but it looks like you've contradicted yourself. First you say the Japanese have to forget everything, and then you say other beliefs can coexist as long as they don't conflict with Islam?
Hm...converting because they think Islam is better. Well, the majority of Japanese are so proud of their culture, I still don't see a majority giving it up anytime soon.