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"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostMy apologies if I got carried away in my attempt to be thorough. I can get that way once I dive into my notesEnter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostI, for one, appreciate your thoroughness, but I fear eider will once again "Due to time restrictions [] read a few of your first lines, and then resort[] to Wiki for a straight answer".
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by eider View Post
The Shiite Islamic leaders of Iran allow Christians and Jews to follow their own religions, as long as they do not interfere with Islam, and a seat exists in the government auditorium for each of those religiions.
No seat exists for Bahai because the Iranian government identifies Bahai as a political (and not religious) organisation; but many Bahais live in Iran including about 30,000 around Tehran alone....... no forced conversion.
Muslims hold that Christians and Jews are "of the book" meaning that they don't have to be forcibly converted. That their beliefs, while erroneous, are sufficient. So they get relegated to dhimmi status (I'll get into that if you wish )
I don't know if Shia Muslims (who are in charge of Iran) view Baha’ism the same way (Sunnis absolutely don't, regarding them as kuffar) although apparently it is considered to have originated from a Shia sect called the Shaykhiyyah[1] so that too could account for any tolerance.
I'll add that the tolerance appears to be decreasing according to at least one Shiite theologian.
This has been confirmed: 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran
UNSR Rehman’s July report and NGOs said authorities continued to confiscate Baha’i properties as part of an ongoing state-led campaign of economic persecution against Baha’is. Authorities issued an order in April denying Baha’is permission to bury their dead in empty plots at the Tehran-area cemetery designated for Baha’is, forcing them to bury them at a mass grave site. ... Authorities reportedly continued to deny the Baha’i, Sabean-Mandaean, and Yarsani religious communities, as well as members of other unrecognized religious minority groups, access to education and government employment unless they declared themselves as belonging to one of the country’s recognized religions on their application forms. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported textbooks at all grade levels and across many subjects contained antisemitic material. Government officials continued to disseminate anti-Baha’i and antisemitic messages using traditional and social media. On December 16, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution expressing concern about “ongoing severe limitations and increasing restrictions on the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief” and “harassment, intimidation, persecution, arbitrary arrests and detention, and incitement to hatred” against recognized and unrecognized religious minorities.
1. The founder of Bahaism was Baha’u’llah, who was considered to be a legitimate descendant of Muhammad and a Shiite.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by tabibito View Post
Shias make up the majority of the Muslim population in Iran (around 90%). World wide, they make up roughly 10% of the Islamic population. Sunnis make up the overwhelming majority of the Islamic population, and have conducted genocidal war against Shias.
Christian sects overwhelmingly don't engage in forced conversion in the here and now. The same cannot be said of Islam, except in the isolated case of a small minority sect.
Sorry! No gold star for you!
QUESTION:- Which Christian church or congregation or denomination do you follow?
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI've been waiting for H_A to bring this up but she has yet to get that far, so congratulations on that.
You really need to look into the Islamic doctrine of abrogation (a.k.a., naskh), because the ayat prohibiting forced conversions was later nullified by those that require it. In fact, I'll do it for you...
The fact is that surah 2:256, like the other passages that called for peace and tolerance and always cited by Islamic apologists, were later abrogated (superseded or repealed) by surah 9:5 (Ayat al-Sayf or the Verse of the Sword).
Matthew {10:34} Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. {10:35} For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. {10:36} And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.
.........................that piece does remind me of our Civil Wars..... man against father, daughter against mother...... etc
Christopher Columbus wrote lovely comments about the great land that he discovered:-
Here we can see how he was offering gentle conversion:-
,” Columbus declares that the land could easily be conquered by Spain, and the natives “might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain.”
......... and here we see what he was really doing.......!........:-
Why Columbus Day Courts Controversy
History Channel
https://www.history.com › news › columbus-day-contr...
9 Oct 2020 — In an era in which the international slave trade was starting to grow, Columbus and his men enslaved many native inhabitants of the West ...
Christopher Columbus and Caribbean Population Decline
Johns Hopkins University
https://muse.jhu.edu › article
by GE Tinker · 2008 · Cited by 29 — The evidence is quite clear and incontrovertible. Colón/Columbus, the all-american hero, was indeed a slave trader of the most brutal and ...
The Untold Story Of Native American Enslavement
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Somebody has to talk back to your fear fueled fires about Islam, and we need to find ways for all theists, agnostics and atheists to be able to exist together in as much harmony as possible.
Spewing up anti-Islamic propaganda is just not good........ I don't think that Christianity needs to focus upon its past either...... the above sentences simply show how easy it can be to chuck muck about.
You need to think of ways to acknowledge other religions and opinions about life, maybe?
The world needs to look ahead, and the Qurun does offer peaceful solutions as well as your New Testament can ........ in places.
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Originally posted by eider View PostSo what? I happened to choose Iran as an example.
Shia Islam........ a small minority sect?
Sorry! No gold star for you!
QUESTION:- Which Christian church or congregation or denomination do you follow?
1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Originally posted by eider View Post
That reminds of the words of Jesus..... you really need to look in to the various verses that Christians can select for various situations, such as ..........
Matthew {10:34} Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. {10:35} For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. {10:36} And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.
.........................that piece does remind me of our Civil Wars..... man against father, daughter against mother...... etc
Christopher Columbus wrote lovely comments about the great land that he discovered:-
Here we can see how he was offering gentle conversion:-
,” Columbus declares that the land could easily be conquered by Spain, and the natives “might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain.”
......... and here we see what he was really doing.......!........:-
Why Columbus Day Courts Controversy
History Channel
https://www.history.com › news › columbus-day-contr...
9 Oct 2020 — In an era in which the international slave trade was starting to grow, Columbus and his men enslaved many native inhabitants of the West ...
Christopher Columbus and Caribbean Population Decline
Johns Hopkins University
https://muse.jhu.edu › article
by GE Tinker · 2008 · Cited by 29 — The evidence is quite clear and incontrovertible. Colón/Columbus, the all-american hero, was indeed a slave trader of the most brutal and ...
The Untold Story Of Native American Enslavement
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Somebody has to talk back to your fear fueled fires about Islam, and we need to find ways for all theists, agnostics and atheists to be able to exist together in as much harmony as possible.
Spewing up anti-Islamic propaganda is just not good........ I don't think that Christianity needs to focus upon its past either...... the above sentences simply show how easy it can be to chuck muck about.
You need to think of ways to acknowledge other religions and opinions about life, maybe?
The world needs to look ahead, and the Qurun does offer peaceful solutions as well as your New Testament can ........ in places.
The peaceful verses in the qur'an were abrogated -- nullified. Keep that in mind when an apologist cites them and tells you that Islam is a religion of peace (and death to any infidel who disagrees). They realize this and count on you not knowing it.
It all boils down to the practice of taqqiya/idtirar (lying to non-Muslims).
Jesus was talking about how following him will create division -- that it would cause strife among families and friends. And while bringing peace between man and God, this could lead to an increase in that conflict between family and friends. In fact, He makes it clear that we can expect to be persecuted in His name because His arrival would and did bring division to Israel, as even family members turn on each other over the issue of whether He is the Messiah.
Finally, nobody is denying that Christians engaged in the same sort of behavior that Muslims did and still do, but as has been repeatedly pointed out for Christians to do so they had to expressly ignore what Jesus taught. In sharp contrast to not behave in this manner, Muslims would have to expressly ignore what Muhammad taught.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by tabibito View Post
10% of any group is a small minority; raw numbers might number in the millions, but if it is only 10% of the group under review, it remains a small minority.
Shia slam would say that it is the only Islam.
Various, it depends on where I am needed.
No choccies for you!
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Originally posted by eider View PostShia Islam supports and accepts the Quran, the other millions have added the hadiths.
Shia slam would say that it is the only Islam.
I didn't think you could answer that........ there are many doctrines, denominations and different churches in Christianity........ you might be a member of a minority, maybe?
No choccies for you!1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostOBP nailed it. You never made it past the third paragraph
The peaceful verses in the qur'an were abrogated -- nullified. Keep that in mind when an apologist cites them and tells you that Islam is a religion of peace (and death to any infidel who disagrees). They realize this and count on you not knowing it.
It all boils down to the practice of taqqiya/idtirar (lying to non-Muslims).
The fact is that other religions can exist where Islam rules, and have existed, is true.
Muhammad offered protection to Christians at times, just as Islam can and does offer protections to other religions today.
Your whole approach to Islam appears to be one of confrontation and aggression, that's not very nice in a world where Muslims live amongst us...is it?
Jesus was talking about how following him will create division -- that it would cause strife among families and friends. And while bringing peace between man and God, this could lead to an increase in that conflict between family and friends. In fact, He makes it clear that we can expect to be persecuted in His name because His arrival would and did bring division to Israel, as even family members turn on each other over the issue of whether He is the Messiah.
I already read what he is reported to have said...........
Matthew {10:34} Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. {10:35} For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. {10:36} And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.
Mark {3:33} And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? {3:34} And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! {3:35} For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Finally, nobody is denying that Christians engaged in the same sort of behavior that Muslims did and still do, but as has been repeatedly pointed out for Christians to do so they had to expressly ignore what Jesus taught. In sharp contrast to not behave in this manner, Muslims would have to expressly ignore what Muhammad taught.
This thread is rubbish, imo, and it reminds me of a particular struggle that has lasted well over a century in one Islamic country, where Bahais have openly confronted Islam in Persia/Iran since the middle of the 19th century in various ways, but despite all this there are still hundreds of thousands of Bahais alive, well and thriving....in Iran! So much for your claims, eh?
I'm not saying that Bahai is right or wrong in it's actions in Iran, I'm simply saying that tensions and aggressions between Islam and Bahai have continued for a very long time and yet Bahais still exist there in great numbers. Your claims are wrong.
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Originally posted by eider View PostShia Islam supports and accepts the Quran, the other millions have added the hadiths.
Originally posted by eider View PostShia slam would say that it is the only Islam.
Originally posted by eider View PostI didn't think you could answer that........ there are many doctrines, denominations and different churches in Christianity........ you might be a member of a minority, maybe?
But, I'll note as an aside the meme about there being 10,000 or 20,000 different denominations is codswallop and based on labeling every Christian organization a separate denomination.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by eider View PostIn war each side does what it can to confuse and deceive opposing forces.......... just like Christians do.
As I posted in the OP:
It started out as a way for Muslims to deny their faith in order to avoid persecution by lying (contrast to early Christian martyrs) and is mentioned in both the Qur'an and Hadiths[1], but it was rather quickly greatly expanded to include situations where no danger is involved but when it merely serves their interests with the justification that Muhammad regularly employed deception against infidels. A line in the most revered of the Hadiths, the Sahih al-Bukhari is usually cited in order to legitimize the practice, which states that Abu Darda, one of the companions of Muhammad and later governor of Syria reminded the faithful that they should "smile in the face of some people [infidels] although our hearts curse them."
Please note the bolded part and consider it before saying that Christians did the same thing.
Originally posted by eider View PostThe fact is that other religions can exist where Islam rules, and have existed, is true.
If you have any friends who are Hindu, particularly those not raised in the west, ask them about their relationship with Muslims.
Originally posted by eider View PostMuhammad offered protection to Christians at times, just as Islam can and does offer protections to other religions today.
Originally posted by eider View PostYour whole approach to Islam appears to be one of confrontation and aggression, that's not very nice in a world where Muslims live amongst us...is it?
They lie when they claim that Islam means "peace" -- it means "submission."
They lie about abrogation.
They lie about what jihad is and means.
They lie about, well lying. The whole taqqiya/idtirar thing.
Then there's this thing about a willingness to kill those who disagree with the claim that Islam is a religion of peace.
Originally posted by eider View PostOh...ho ho! Rogue is now going to tell us all what Jesus really meant!
Originally posted by eider View PostI already read what he is reported to have said...........
Matthew {10:34} Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. {10:35} For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. {10:36} And a man’s foes [shall be] they of his own household.
Mark {3:33} And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? {3:34} And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! {3:35} For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Originally posted by eider View PostYou twist and spin what Muhammad said and did to your own ends, imo...... it might be better if you think of ways in which Christians and Muslims might find more diplomacy and peace together.
Originally posted by eider View PostThis thread is rubbish, imo, and it reminds me of a particular struggle that has lasted well over a century in one Islamic country, where Bahais have openly confronted Islam in Persia/Iran since the middle of the 19th century in various ways, but despite all this there are still hundreds of thousands of Bahais alive, well and thriving....in Iran! So much for your claims, eh?
I'm not saying that Bahai is right or wrong in it's actions in Iran, I'm simply saying that tensions and aggressions between Islam and Bahai have continued for a very long time and yet Bahais still exist there in great numbers. Your claims are wrong.
It would be more accurate to say that they keep their heads down and try to avoid much attention -- certainly not seeking confrontations.
Baháʼí Faith in Iran
The persecution of Baháʼís in Iran intensified greatly following the 1979 Islamic revolution.[91] The regime that took power essentially does not allow members of the Baháʼí Faith, "even in theory, to exercise freely their religion and to exist and function as an organized religious community."[92] When the new Islamic republic's constitution was drawn up in April 1979, certain rights for Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian minorities in Iran were specifically mentioned and protected. Ominously, no mention whatsoever was made of the Baháʼí community, Iran's largest religious minority. Under Iran's brand of Islamic ideology, this lack of constitutional protection, in conjunction with unmitigated religious prejudice, has meant Baháʼís effectively have no rights of any sort, and can be attacked and persecuted in Iran without consequences for perpetrators.[93]
It looks like Baha'i's future in Iran is not good.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
If you are a member of a denomination you will be a minority. The largest is the Roman Catholic Church and they constitute a little less than a quarter of all Christians.
Shia Islam makes up about 10%, so tabibito wrote in some tangled argument that it could count as any kind of example about Islam.
But, I'll note as an aside the meme about there being 10,000 or 20,000 different denominations is codswallop and based on labeling every Christian organization a separate denomination.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostOnly Islam has a provision that calls for lying to others. And it isn't just during war but wherever you can gain the advantage.
As I posted in the OP:
It started out as a way for Muslims to deny their faith in order to avoid persecution by lying (contrast to early Christian martyrs) and is mentioned in both the Qur'an and Hadiths[1], but it was rather quickly greatly expanded to include situations where no danger is involved but when it merely serves their interests with the justification that Muhammad regularly employed deception against infidels. A line in the most revered of the Hadiths, the Sahih al-Bukhari is usually cited in order to legitimize the practice, which states that Abu Darda, one of the companions of Muhammad and later governor of Syria reminded the faithful that they should "smile in the face of some people [infidels] although our hearts curse them."
Please note the bolded part and consider it before saying that Christians did the same thing.
I wonder how many times that Christianity has told ,,,'We come in peace!'
Paul's guidance to Christians does seem to read sweetly, (I just looked through a list of his rules and advice) but Christianity is what it does and has done and persecution by Christianity has a horrid history.
Pretty much only religions that are regarded as being "of the Book" (Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism) and even they are persecuted (let me know when you want to discuss the Islamic practice of dhimmitude). Those who aren't, such as Hindus, aren't. When Muslims figure they have sufficient control of an area the forced conversions of Hindus and the like start.
If you have any friends who are Hindu, particularly those not raised in the west, ask them about their relationship with Muslims.
Christians are of the Book and hence tolerated. Again, if you want to discuss this "protection" (dhimmitude) I'll be glad to
I approached Islam with an incredibly open mind ...........................
It looks like Baha'i's future in Iran is not good.
But Bahai's future in Iran as a religion does not seem very bright, which is probably why Abdul Baha brought it to America after WWI and Shoghi Effendi spread it far and wide around the world.
Iran has been very careful with Bahai irritations since the overthrow of the Shah.... The Shah's rule was very harsh on Bahai, I think.
Iran sees Bahai as a political enemy and no more, yet Bahais survive well in Iran .
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