She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
"Walks in beauty like the night?" Well, I watched a segment of "West Side Story" the other night. It's when Tony pays Maria a visit he is on the balcony outside her apartment. They sing a duet. The actor's are beautiful. The music is beautiful. The set is beautiful. Now just imagine what the scene would look like if we end up with a system that some wish to impose: Maria would be covered up from head to toe in a black funeral shroud. She would look at the world through two little slots. Tony would have a machine gun slung over his shoulder and wear a dirty rag on his head. I personally would rather be dead then see such a dead, ugly society. If nothing is worth dying for, tell me what is worth living for?
In the name of God, The All Merciful, The Compassionate:
"By the night enshrouding, And the day resplendent, And Him Who hath created male and female, Lo! your effort is dispersed (towards diverse ends). As for him who gives and is dutiful (towards God), And believes in goodness, Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease. But for him who hoards and deems himself independent, And disbelieves in goodness, Surely We will ease his way unto adversity. His riches will not save him when he perishes. Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance, And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former. Therefore have I warned you of the flaming Fire, Which only the most wretched must endure, He who denies and turns away. Far removed from it will be the righteous, Who gives his wealth that he may grow (in goodness). And none hath with him any favor for reward, Except as seeking (to fulfill) the purpose of his Lord Most High. He verily will be content."
Bukhari: "Allah's Messenger said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ashraf? He has said injurious things about Allah and His Apostle.' Maslama got up saying, ‘Would you like me to kill him?' The Prophet proclaimed, ‘Yes.'
Ishaq:551 "Another victim was Huwayrith. He used to insult Muhammad in Mecca. Huwayrith was put to death by Ali.
Ishaq:597 "When the Apostle returned to Medina after his raid on Ta'if, word spread that he had killed some of the men who had satirized and insulted him. The scared poets who were left, ran away in all directions.
Ishaq 595 "The Apostle said, ‘Get him away from me and cut off his tongue.""
Ishaq:316 "Following Badr, Muhammad sent a number of raiders with orders to capture some of the Meccans and burn them alive."
I thought these were fitting for your post- and in response to that bullshit you keep trying to peddle about Mohammed being "very empathetic". XD
I think we can agree on something. You don't like me quoting the Qur'an or speaking about Muhammad. We can agree that Jesus taught an ideal ethical code. Why don't we both just quote him instead? I do one and you do one and we never have to fight? I'll start:
"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?"
I'm not a "Qur'anist." You obviously can't read either or keep lying. It's a 50/50 chance.
So you don't like Jesus either because you value vulgarity more than his words - you just hate Muhammad more. Sounds like you worship the Devil.
You've already spewed your hate against another muslim on this blog who found the Truth after becoming a socio. I have nothing more to say to you. If you had a troubled childhood than my well wishes - May God guide you.
The disciple upon whom He built His church- Peter, "the rock", was a man who cut off someone's ear. He was a crude fisherman. Do you think he wasn't vulgar?
He couldn't even look into the piercing eyes of his savior because he was such an abject sinner. As am I. You judge so superficially.
What he did for me upon the cross is sufficient. He made atonement for all my sins: past, present and future, and I have appropriated that by faith. It is enough for me.
Unlike you, I don't need luck. I have grace. Grace trumps karma.
The Jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. 'Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones. (Bukhari :: Book 6 :: Volume 60 :: Hadith 79)
Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.
So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience,[h] went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her,[i] “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
Incidentally this also touches on Hume's point about altruism. As a believer I finally understand what it means to do good for no other reason except to gain the pleasure of God. The feeling is not describable but the closest I can come to it is to compare it to going out of your way for a loved one - without expecting anything in return (except perhaps acknowledgement).
ONLY the Qur'an is divine. Believers know it to be the speech of God. Nothing else in Islam is divine or directly from God but the work of men trying to understand divine will (and inevitably it included psychopaths / devils who attempted to caricature the faith like previous traditions). God promised to preserve the Qur'an - not the sayings of Muhammad or any of his companions. The Qur'an is for any individual to read and access God directly, without any mediators. You don't need to convert formally to Islam or become an arab or change your name or dress different etc. The book is for mankind, whereever they are, whenever and in whatever context.
Riiight. So you are a much better gauge of Mohammed's character than his historical contemporaries. How fittingly narcissistic of you. :P
So if you believe that to be true, then you are part of a small minority that reject the authenticity of the Hadith. As a Qu'ranist, the vast majority of your Muslim brethren would label you an apostate.
Do know the problem with the idea of god? Its a better plot than any I can create. The idea is the ultimate of lies, and I am not right with it because it prevents me from being effective as I could be without getting in way of others commiting to my will. It is a wastefull practice. If I could tell others to do as those two peices of crap documents, I might consider myself not bored with how other comit to my plans.
'His wild womaniser's face was still as extraordinarily handsome to behold in the moonlight as always. He took ten minutes to die, cradled in his broken bones. He thought he cried out three times as he tried to raise himself.
"A priest! I want a priest!"
But what came out was no more than a murmur. Laviolette was the only one to hear him. As he held him in death, he thought of Bredes' bleeding artery. But it was no consolation. ... Laviolette did not answer straight away. First he closed the eyes of Albert Pipeau, the man who had women galore. Pipeau the flute player, who would never play again.' ~Pierre Magnan, Death in the Truffle Wood
Albert Pipeau murdered many people, including Inspector Laviolette's good friend Bredes.
Humanity has depth and treasure and complexity beyond what any particular set of rules might dictate.
'There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.' ~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
I want vitality and FREEDOM! Not retrograde oppression. Some ignorantly opt for SLAVERY because they feel safe and need to be told what to do. When the Muslim theocracy comes here curtesory of Sha Bach A Brock, Hillary Clinton, and niave white liberal bastards. People will envy the dead. I use Broadway as an example. Broadway is repleat with songs of optamism, freedom and LOVE. No more creativity and love if the hateful and demented towel head takes over! Imagine Maria in "Westside Story" singing "I Feel Pretty" in a Barka. It can't be done. Death misery slavery is all the give us! How about the play Gypsy? It was a biographical musicial about 'stripper" Gypsy Rose Lee. When Gypsy first attempted to strip she was terrified. She kept the song she sang as a little girl, called "Let Me Entertain You." The song goes:
"Let me entertain you. Let me make you smile And if you're real good, I'll make you feel good Let me entertain you. And we'll have a real good time Yes sir, We'll have a real good time!
The men in the audience are yelping and holloring. The manager screams: "Show some flesh!" She gives them a shoulder dip.
Now imagine a beaten down oppressed Muslim girl doing that. She's shrouded in black from the top of head to her ankles. What's she going to do? Pull off one of her black gloves and throw them into the audience? The penality for showing to much ankle is stoning. Except for Suffism, Islam is a LIVING DEATH. It brings misery and slavery wherever it goes. You can't fool me! You've no doubt had visions of M.E. and "A" pressed underneath your body. But not EVERYONE is seduced by Sha Backa/Hillary "bread and circuses" and football. We will NOT surrender our Queens so willingly to you brutes!
It's amazing how ignorant most people are of Islam. Anyone who's visited almost any Muslim land can notice one thing for sure: no one is more hospitable than Muslims. They killed nearly 2 million Iraqis over the past 25 years and scream "violent religion" because a few thousand (less than 10,000) westerners have died in terrorist attacks condemned universally by ALL Muslim authorities.
That which is attacked and vilified the most is often the Truth. If Islam truly was what our media and psychos would have you believe, instead of attacking it and putting up dramas like the one above ("Muhammad vs Jesus") they'd just sit back and watch people reject it themselves. Why are they so desperate to attack it in such cowardly ways? Nothing false will win out in the end.
Malala didn't reject her faith even after taking a bullet to her face and then being showered with love by the West. She and her family reside in the West - you'd think she'd dump the "mysogynistic" cult by now but she honors it even more.
I challenge anyone here to produce a historical figure who legally mandated inheritence rights for women before Muhammad (actually it was God but for non believers it was Muhammad).
I challenge anyone here to produce any historic figure who said anything remotely like "the Arab has no superiority over a non Arab and a white man has no superiority over a black man except in piety."
If by "religion of peace" you mean tolerance of outright evil than no it is certainly not a religion of peace. Islam roots out the base elements and forces them to keep to their limits or face severe punishment. It does not even pretend to be a pacifist religion.
If you wished peace, you would speak it. Your 'Peace folks' is as if to say 'my argument is correct.' It doesn't follow coherently from the 'I challenge anyone here to...' you have used in commencing the previous two paragraphs.
Peace means laying down weapons. Peace means understanding your interlocutors as human.
Peace means respect.
Peace means collaboration.
I wish peace. A peace that allows the flow between light and dark, the intermingling of a variety of people, and that does not diminish it. I wish continued exploration of unique life journeys. A peace that copes with disagreement without falling to pieces.
LOL, two pigs wrestle in the mud. Are they the only enjoying it? Lets do some math. You may grasp this idea:
Religion + good deed = good deed Religion + bad deed = bad deed
The only protection the idea of religion protects you from those like me. This because you already have swallowed the pill of control from another's others will. Be thankful to yourself for your enevitbilty to be fooled by others, because there are needs to be filled.
Oh yes. We sure as hell need protection from the "enevitbility" (lol!) of being fooled into doing the bidding of manipulative masterminds like you, who can't even spell common words or construct legible, coherent sentences, let alone convince anyone to meet your "needs"- which, as you attest by your whining about it, are doubtless NOT being *fulfilled.
After all, you're not much of a charmer, and the only thing remotely distinctive about you is your poor grammar. :P
A, Just throw a bulky slab of Islamic, religious text at his goblin-appetite for it, and his “needs” will be fully met in ALL of his incarnations. Guaranteed!
Afterward, you will hear him say with religious fanaticism: “My Precious.”
Again, and this is how it should always be when it comes to his “needs”: fulfilled solely by Islam and/or religious thinking in all of his feeble-minded incarnations!! Undoubtedly.
In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
"By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein); And what will tell thee what the Night-Visitant is? The piercing Star! No human soul but hath a guardian over it. So let man consider from what he is created. He is created from a gushing fluid - That issued from between the loins and the ribs. Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)! On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out. Then will he have no might nor any helper. By the Firmament which returns (in its round), And the earth splitting (with the growth of trees and plants), Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word, It is no pleasantry. Lo! they plot a plot (against thee), And I plot a plot (against them). So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while."
Qur'an Chapter 86: The Night-Visitant
NOTE:
The word translated as "disbelievers" is the Arabic word "Kafiroon." It's literal meaning is "those who cover up" - it refers to those who knowingly conceal the truth. "Disbeliever" is used mostly but it obviously is not doing justice to the meaning. I think psychopath is a better translation but it's limited in its scope.
Who is concealing the truth about your so-called "religion of peace"?
Quran (47:3-4) - "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost."
Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."
Bukhari (8:387) - Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah'. And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally."
Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror'
Bukhari (52:73) - "Allah's Apostle said, 'Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords'."
Bukhari (11:626) - [Muhammad said:] "I decided to order a man to lead the prayer and then take a flame to burn all those, who had not left their houses for the prayer, burning them alive inside their homes."
Quran (8:67) - "It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he had made a great slaughter in the land..."
Quran (5:33) - "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement
Behold, the words of Mohammed, epitome of God's mercy, and the most empathetic man in the world!~
If you grew up in the fantablous 1940's and 50's you would know what your missing. The post World War 2 period was a time of bliss, creativity and FREEDOM. 14 year old baboons were not caught on camera following behind their teachers with concealed boxcutters they brought from home so they can rape and murder them in bathrooms. There was the right combination of self disclipline, postpoment of gratification, and creativity. This pretty much continued until the Kennedy Administration. When the bum got elected that's when everything went south. He was a sickly, even dying man, who knew he didn't have much time. His father, Joe Kennedy really wanted Joe Kennedy Jr. as President, but he was killed in the Second World war. So all the hopes fell on Jack. He was only concerned with looking like a pretty boy, and having sex with as many girls as he could. Joe insisited that J.F.K.'s brother Bobby, be hiered as Attorney General to clean up the invariable messes and there were plenty of them. How does this pertain to today? Well the classless lout and bum who followed Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson (He didn't charm women, he raped them.) Made black people (And other degenerates) into a huge voting blocks. Votes were swed for money. Disclipline and principles once mattered. Now, they don't. Difference? In the early 1960's there was quality of life, and people felt safe. Teachers neither raped children and children didn't rape teachers.
This is the natural course of events in most, if not all, civilizations. The moral fiber of a society gradually weakens until families break apart, "freedom" is rampant and all is allowed except decency and honesty. Then the civilization either reforms or dies.
The Devil works slowly because he's a coward and ultimately possesses no power other than deception and the ability to allure you with false hopes. Human beings have a heart and empathy and reasoning faculties which exceed those of the Devil and his minions. However, they - his minions and him - can see us while we can't see them. This is literally true when it's the devil or his race (in islam they're called Jinn - demons in English) but it's symbolic in humans. The human minions are the psychopaths who "see" you - they are aware of their evil intentions and your innocence while you are completely unaware of who you're really dealing with.
Fortunately the devil's tricks are not only weak and ALWAYS fail ultimately but it's the same thing each time - just different context. Don't fall prey to him. Fear God not this envious coward who's greatest trick was to convince so many people (perhaps the majority) that he's not real.
If you don't go to church You'll go to hell If you're the first one On the front row You're self-righteous Son of a- Can't win for losing You'll just disappoint 'em Just 'cause you can't beat 'em Don't mean you should join 'em
So make lots of noise Kiss lots of boys Or kiss lots of girls If that's something you're into When the straight and narrow Gets a little too straight Roll up a joint, or don't Just follow your arrow Wherever it points, yeah Follow your arrow Wherever it points
Firstly I realize I'm making an exception to my own statement earlier where I said I will not correspond with you again. Just this one time to share a final comment:
God knows I'm only deducing from what I've seen of you: you are almost certainly no Christian or in any way a follower of Jesus or even a believer in him. You are almost certainly a Zionist and probably a Jew (depending on the definition of "Jew"). I say this because of your immediate accusations of anti-semitism against me from the onset. You are masquerading a believer in Jesus and vehemently attacking Islam and Muhammad as an attempt to strike two birds with one stone. Your "criticism" (in quotes because it's actual just utter hate & nonsense) of Muhammad is without saying. By attaching yourself to Jesus and behaving in the EXACT opposite - without any exception or consideration whatsoever despite how much I've implored - you are attempting to caricature his name and the religion of Christianity by showing readers that a "Christian" can be as disgusting as you.
Now you can go back to your "you're a jew-hating conspiracy nut..." rambling. I will do my utmost to avoid you. May God have mercy on you.
"you are attempting to caricature his name and the religion of Christianity by showing readers that a "Christian" can be as disgusting as you. "
On the contrary. A is very clearly showing why Christianity is a religion of hope.
You have cast psychopathy as a choice, based on a study that shows psychopaths can "turn on" empathy when they choose to. This is one element of the extant literature on the subject that you have *caricatured* into a grotesque, erroneous and one-dimensional portrayal of a significant proportion (1 - 4%) of the human population.
Psychopathy is complex constellation of traits that are physically manifest in the neural system. Anti-social tendencies are maladaptive because humans are social beings. That's why it's called a pathology.
We are growing in our understanding of it through scientific studies, significant case histories and personal testimonies of psychopaths and victims alike - but we don't have a full grasp.
Yet you seem to think you have the problem solved. Tell me: how many psychopaths have you seen *cured* by the grace of God?
A has shared very candidly that Christianity provides her with hope and helps her to operate less anti-socially and more pro-socially. M.E. has written that the strongly explicit moral code of Mormonism helps her understand what is expected. She has also written - very recently - of her Mormon therapist:
"My current (LDS) therapist says that the best way that we can worship God is to be precisely the being that he created in us."
This is a great gift he is extending to her. It promotes self-acceptance and positive engagement in her community. It does not ridicule or caricature or diminish or cast off into the contrived category of EVIL.
Cherry-picking evidence to support one's previously conceived model of understanding (as you have done with the is not only poor science and poor philosophy but poor humanity.
Psychopathy is NOT equivalent to "evil", however you may choose to define it. Psychopaths are not human equivalents of Jinn or demons or devils or evil spirits. They are human, wired a little differently. Their experience ought not to be undervalued if we are to learn and grow as a species; rather it offers us a stark lens by which to better understand the human condition overall. It is through growing awareness that each individual can be better prepared to survive and thrive in what is a competition for limited resources and a stake in the gene pool of the future. And of course, awareness improves our general pleasure in life.
You have been deceived in the past and I know that hurts. I felt so sad today when I heard that my ex speaks to a colleague yet refuses to talk to me. That still hurts. Knowing now he was treating me as a chess-piece (he called it "stalemate") when he didn't get what he wanted... it still hurts. What can we do? Be humble and learn.
Fighting is futile. Be water, my friend ~Bruce Lee
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.~ Seneca
He made mistakes in a good direction. I tried to emulate him, but I realized it is very difficult to make good mistakes." ~ Goro Shimura
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ~ David Hume
'The act is everything. Behind the act there is neither potency nor "hexis" nor virtue.' ~ Sartre
'We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are' ~ attributed to many
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. — Zen Proverb
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. » Saint Thomas Aquinas
'Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding' ~ Lao Tzu
'If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.' ~ Lao Tzu
'Flow with whatever happens and let your mind be free.' Chuang-tzu
"Your "criticism" (in quotes because it's actual just utter hate & nonsense) of Muhammad is without saying. "
So you don't like the quotes I posted from the Qu'ran and Hadith?
You said that nothing Mohammed said contradicts what Jesus taught. I simply showed by way of a simple comparative Scriptural analysis that your statement is objectively false- but now I am the purveyor of "hatred, lies and nonsense". How does that work, exactly?
"By attaching yourself to Jesus and behaving in the EXACT opposite - without any exception or consideration whatsoever despite how much I've implored - you are attempting to caricature his name and the religion of Christianity by showing readers that a "Christian" can be as disgusting as you."
So I am behaving in exactly the opposite way that Jesus would?
Consider the following questions:
Did Mohammed have sex with a nine year old little girl?
Did he advocate for the crucifixion and beheading of his enemies?
Did he authorize the killing of homosexuals and adulterers?
Did he authorize the rape and killing of infidels?
Does he advocate for violent Jihad to spread Islam until everyone in the world submits to its teachings?
The answer to all of these questions is a resounding, objective "yes". But I am the disgusting one, because I state openly that Mohammed did these things in response to your proselyting efforts here.
Jesus reserved his most scathing words for people who fancied themselves authoritative teachers on matters of religion and spirituality, yet who led others astray with false and deceptive teachings. And that is precisely what you are doing. So my response to you is not the direct opposite of what Jesus might do- although He would doubtless put you in your place much more soundly.
I never claimed to be like Jesus. I don't come here to preach anything. I told you that I am not morally qualified to do so. However, I will call you on your attempts to convert others to the deception you peddle under the banner of truth. Every. Single. Time.
"You are almost certainly no Christian or in any way a follower of Jesus or even a believer in him."
And yet- I have made it my life's work to provide practical help to socioeconomically disadvantaged children. I was telling the truth about that. But I swear, and I'm a psychopath, so that disqualifies me... Right?
You are so fit to judge from atop Mohammed's merciful throne.~
In closing, I will employ a debating tactic I learned from someone I respected who once posted here- a Jew. (Tee Hee!)
You are almost certainly a Zionist and probably a Jew (depending on the definition of "Jew").
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Now you can go back to your "you're a jew-hating conspiracy nut..." rambling.
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Proof of that you contradict yourself, in your own words.
But you will reject that obvious conclusion and accuse *me* of being a liar- when it is you who is deceived. For I am neither a Jew nor a Zionist, you see... Just your friendly neighborhood psycho. ;)
"I will do my utmost to avoid you."
Good luck, because I have no intention of avoiding you. XD
"May God have mercy on you."
Thanks. May He have mercy on you too, Jonah. I hope you get spit out of the whale's belly before the beast digests you in your entirety.
In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
"Nay, I swear by this city - And thou art an indweller of this city - And the begetter and that which he begat, Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. Thinketh he that none hath power over him? And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth: Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? Did We not assign unto him two eyes And a tongue and two lips, And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways? But he hath not attempted the Ascent - Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! - (It is) to free a slave, And to feed in the day of hunger. An orphan near of kin, Or some poor wretch in misery, And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity. Their place will be on the right hand. But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand. Fire will be an awning over them. "
For those of you who've had sleep paralysis before or still do, recite the following before going to sleep (unless your pride is so high that you prefer the pleasant company when it shows):
I seek refuge in God against the accursed Satan. In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
"Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak, From the evil of that which He created; From the evil of the darkness when it is intense, And from the evil of malignant witchcraft, And the evil of the envious when he envies."
Qur'an Chapter 113: Daybreak
I seek refuge in God against the accursed Satan. In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
"Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The King of mankind, The god of mankind, From the evil of the sneaking whisperer, Who whispers in the hearts of men, Of the jinn and of mankind."
Qur'an Chapter 114: Mankind
PERSONAL NOTE:
I first heard about sleep paralysis when a sociopath friend (I didn't know he was socio then) told me went through it. This was about a year or so ago. Recently my mother has been bombarded with almost daily episodes. I never had such thing my entire life except recently. However, my own "paralysis" has never lasted longer than a few seconds and I've never actually seen or heard anything. The somewhat disconcerting feeling of an evil presence is the most I've gotten and it''s always felt like I "broke loose" before being trapped. All power is with God - call to Him and he will protect you. If you're too arrogant then make jokes instead and be slaves to Devil & his minions.
It may happen if God wills - and it will never happen if He doesn't.
For a split second there I couldn't believe that at the start of this year I was an avowed atheist and would have made fun of anyone saying what I've just said above. Indeed, all praise is truly due to God.
I appreciate you have toned down your vehemence... However, this is still controlling:
"If you're too arrogant then make jokes instead and be slaves to Devil & his minions. "
It is still attempting to force others into your pre-made categories and disrespecting any diversity of viewpoint.
I offer this perspective because the norm for this community is openness. If you truly wish to be part of it, you might consider some practices for making genuine contributions. The question is again: what are you trying to achieve?
I used to LOVE smoking weed - I never thought I'd stop. I drank socially and a few months ago got into cigarettes. I quit cigarettes recently (that was hard for a couple of weeks) and never officially quit weed but have NO desire whatsoever for it now. Same goes for alcohol. I swear it's true when you have the Truth you literally have no desire to ever be in an altered state of mind - whether alone or in company.
Muddying the waters - that's what the basest of the psychos here are doing. Keep posting long, pointless and mostly nonsensical red herrings to confuse everyone or bore them out of the conversation. Use your reason those of you who are sincere. God is with you if you call Him. I promise you this is no joke, no conspiracy and certainly not "wishful" thinking. Do not let the minions fool you lest you remain ignorant and truly become fools.
Watch how God works His wonders. We'll see them on this very blog one day - God-willing.
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Yin yang, complementary forces.
ReplyDeleteI genuinely like this idea.
Lord Byron:
ReplyDeleteShe walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
"Walks in beauty like the night?"
ReplyDeleteWell, I watched a segment of "West Side Story" the other night.
It's when Tony pays Maria a visit he is on the balcony outside her
apartment. They sing a duet. The actor's are beautiful. The music is
beautiful. The set is beautiful.
Now just imagine what the scene would look like if we end up with a system
that some wish to impose:
Maria would be covered up from head to toe in a black funeral shroud. She
would look at the world through two little slots. Tony would have a machine gun
slung over his shoulder and wear a dirty rag on his head.
I personally would rather be dead then see such a dead, ugly society.
If nothing is worth dying for, tell me what is worth living for?
In the name of God, The All Merciful, The Compassionate:
ReplyDelete"By the night enshrouding,
And the day resplendent,
And Him Who hath created male and female,
Lo! your effort is dispersed (towards diverse ends).
As for him who gives and is dutiful (towards God),
And believes in goodness,
Surely We will ease his way unto the state of ease.
But for him who hoards and deems himself independent,
And disbelieves in goodness,
Surely We will ease his way unto adversity.
His riches will not save him when he perishes.
Lo! Ours it is (to give) the guidance,
And lo! unto Us belong the latter portion and the former.
Therefore have I warned you of the flaming Fire,
Which only the most wretched must endure,
He who denies and turns away.
Far removed from it will be the righteous,
Who gives his wealth that he may grow (in goodness).
And none hath with him any favor for reward,
Except as seeking (to fulfill) the purpose of his Lord Most High.
He verily will be content."
Qur'an Chapter 92: The Night
I thought it was fitting for this post.
Bukhari: "Allah's Messenger said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ashraf? He has said injurious things about Allah and His Apostle.' Maslama got up saying, ‘Would you like me to kill him?' The Prophet proclaimed, ‘Yes.'
DeleteIshaq:551 "Another victim was Huwayrith. He used to insult Muhammad in Mecca. Huwayrith was put to death by Ali.
Ishaq:597 "When the Apostle returned to Medina after his raid on Ta'if, word spread that he had killed some of the men who had satirized and insulted him. The scared poets who were left, ran away in all directions.
Ishaq 595 "The Apostle said, ‘Get him away from me and cut off his tongue.""
Ishaq:316 "Following Badr, Muhammad sent a number of raiders with orders to
capture some of the Meccans and burn them alive."
I thought these were fitting for your post- and in response to that bullshit you keep trying to peddle about Mohammed being "very empathetic". XD
"A"
DeleteI think we can agree on something. You don't like me quoting the Qur'an or speaking about Muhammad. We can agree that Jesus taught an ideal ethical code. Why don't we both just quote him instead? I do one and you do one and we never have to fight? I'll start:
"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?"
Stop telling me what to do and how to think. I already told you I am nothing like Jesus.
DeleteYou quote whatever you want. I'll respond however I see fit.
I'm not a "Qur'anist." You obviously can't read either or keep lying. It's a 50/50 chance.
DeleteSo you don't like Jesus either because you value vulgarity more than his words - you just hate Muhammad more. Sounds like you worship the Devil.
You've already spewed your hate against another muslim on this blog who found the Truth after becoming a socio. I have nothing more to say to you. If you had a troubled childhood than my well wishes - May God guide you.
Good luck.
Whoever said I didn't like Jesus?
DeleteI love him.
The disciple upon whom He built His church- Peter, "the rock", was a man who cut off someone's ear. He was a crude fisherman. Do you think he wasn't vulgar?
He couldn't even look into the piercing eyes of his savior because he was such an abject sinner. As am I. You judge so superficially.
What he did for me upon the cross is sufficient. He made atonement for all my sins: past, present and future, and I have appropriated that by faith. It is enough for me.
Unlike you, I don't need luck. I have grace. Grace trumps karma.
Rock, paper, scissors. :)
Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Umar:
DeleteThe Jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. 'Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones. (Bukhari :: Book 6 :: Volume 60 :: Hadith 79)
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
DeleteNow early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.
So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience,[h] went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her,[i] “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”
She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
Incidentally this also touches on Hume's point about altruism. As a believer I finally understand what it means to do good for no other reason except to gain the pleasure of God. The feeling is not describable but the closest I can come to it is to compare it to going out of your way for a loved one - without expecting anything in return (except perhaps acknowledgement).
ReplyDeleteTo be clear:
ReplyDeleteONLY the Qur'an is divine. Believers know it to be the speech of God. Nothing else in Islam is divine or directly from God but the work of men trying to understand divine will (and inevitably it included psychopaths / devils who attempted to caricature the faith like previous traditions). God promised to preserve the Qur'an - not the sayings of Muhammad or any of his companions. The Qur'an is for any individual to read and access God directly, without any mediators. You don't need to convert formally to Islam or become an arab or change your name or dress different etc. The book is for mankind, whereever they are, whenever and in whatever context.
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DeleteRiiight. So you are a much better gauge of Mohammed's character than his historical contemporaries. How fittingly narcissistic of you. :P
DeleteSo if you believe that to be true, then you are part of a small minority that reject the authenticity of the Hadith. As a Qu'ranist, the vast majority of your Muslim brethren would label you an apostate.
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ReplyDeleteCrouching tiger, hidden dragon.
Do know the problem with the idea of god? Its a better plot than any I can create. The idea is the ultimate of lies, and I am not right with it because it prevents me from being effective as I could be without getting in way of others commiting to my will. It is a wastefull practice. If I could tell others to do as those two peices of crap documents, I might consider myself not bored with how other comit to my plans.
ReplyDelete'Truth is what works' ~ William James
Delete'I'm for freedom and responsibility' ~ Thomas Szasz
'His wild womaniser's face was still as extraordinarily handsome to behold in the moonlight as always. He took ten minutes to die, cradled in his broken bones. He thought he cried out three times as he tried to raise himself.
ReplyDelete"A priest! I want a priest!"
But what came out was no more than a murmur. Laviolette was the only one to hear him. As he held him in death, he thought of Bredes' bleeding artery. But it was no consolation.
...
Laviolette did not answer straight away. First he closed the eyes of Albert Pipeau, the man who had women galore. Pipeau the flute player, who would never play again.'
~Pierre Magnan, Death in the Truffle Wood
Albert Pipeau murdered many people, including Inspector Laviolette's good friend Bredes.
Humanity has depth and treasure and complexity beyond what any particular set of rules might dictate.
'There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.' ~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet
I want vitality and FREEDOM! Not retrograde oppression.
ReplyDeleteSome ignorantly opt for SLAVERY because they feel safe and need to be
told what to do.
When the Muslim theocracy comes here curtesory of Sha Bach A Brock,
Hillary Clinton, and niave white liberal bastards. People will envy the dead.
I use Broadway as an example. Broadway is repleat with songs of optamism,
freedom and LOVE. No more creativity and love if the hateful and demented
towel head takes over! Imagine Maria in "Westside Story" singing "I Feel Pretty"
in a Barka. It can't be done. Death misery slavery is all the give us!
How about the play Gypsy? It was a biographical musicial about 'stripper"
Gypsy Rose Lee. When Gypsy first attempted to strip she was terrified.
She kept the song she sang as a little girl, called "Let Me Entertain You."
The song goes:
"Let me entertain you.
Let me make you smile
And if you're real good, I'll make you feel good
Let me entertain you. And we'll have a real good time
Yes sir, We'll have a real good time!
The men in the audience are yelping and holloring. The manager screams:
"Show some flesh!" She gives them a shoulder dip.
Now imagine a beaten down oppressed Muslim girl doing that.
She's shrouded in black from the top of head to her ankles.
What's she going to do? Pull off one of her black gloves and throw them into
the audience? The penality for showing to much ankle is stoning.
Except for Suffism, Islam is a LIVING DEATH. It brings misery and slavery
wherever it goes.
You can't fool me! You've no doubt had visions of M.E. and "A" pressed
underneath your body. But not EVERYONE is seduced by Sha Backa/Hillary
"bread and circuses" and football. We will NOT surrender our Queens so
willingly to you brutes!
"Even if the day is a virgoan do-gooder time, a murky night of hairy scorpionic dread will always follow."
ReplyDeleteScorpius (scribbled on an ancient lavatory wall)
It's amazing how ignorant most people are of Islam. Anyone who's visited almost any Muslim land can notice one thing for sure: no one is more hospitable than Muslims. They killed nearly 2 million Iraqis over the past 25 years and scream "violent religion" because a few thousand (less than 10,000) westerners have died in terrorist attacks condemned universally by ALL Muslim authorities.
ReplyDeleteThat which is attacked and vilified the most is often the Truth. If Islam truly was what our media and psychos would have you believe, instead of attacking it and putting up dramas like the one above ("Muhammad vs Jesus") they'd just sit back and watch people reject it themselves. Why are they so desperate to attack it in such cowardly ways? Nothing false will win out in the end.
Malala didn't reject her faith even after taking a bullet to her face and then being showered with love by the West. She and her family reside in the West - you'd think she'd dump the "mysogynistic" cult by now but she honors it even more.
ReplyDeleteI challenge anyone here to produce a historical figure who legally mandated inheritence rights for women before Muhammad (actually it was God but for non believers it was Muhammad).
I challenge anyone here to produce any historic figure who said anything remotely like "the Arab has no superiority over a non Arab and a white man has no superiority over a black man except in piety."
Peace folks.
Islam is NOT a religion of peace, Jonarsewad!
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If by "religion of peace" you mean tolerance of outright evil than no it is certainly not a religion of peace. Islam roots out the base elements and forces them to keep to their limits or face severe punishment. It does not even pretend to be a pacifist religion.
DeleteIf you wished peace, you would speak it. Your 'Peace folks' is as if to say 'my argument is correct.' It doesn't follow coherently from the 'I challenge anyone here to...' you have used in commencing the previous two paragraphs.
ReplyDeletePeace means laying down weapons. Peace means understanding your interlocutors as human.
Peace means respect.
Peace means collaboration.
I wish peace. A peace that allows the flow between light and dark, the intermingling of a variety of people, and that does not diminish it. I wish continued exploration of unique life journeys. A peace that copes with disagreement without falling to pieces.
LOL, two pigs wrestle in the mud. Are they the only enjoying it?
ReplyDeleteLets do some math. You may grasp this idea:
Religion + good deed = good deed
Religion + bad deed = bad deed
The only protection the idea of religion protects you from those like me. This because you already have swallowed the pill of control from another's others will. Be thankful to yourself for your enevitbilty to be fooled by others, because there are needs to be filled.
Oh yes. We sure as hell need protection from the "enevitbility" (lol!) of being fooled into doing the bidding of manipulative masterminds like you, who can't even spell common words or construct legible, coherent sentences, let alone convince anyone to meet your "needs"- which, as you attest by your whining about it, are doubtless NOT being *fulfilled.
DeleteAfter all, you're not much of a charmer, and the only thing remotely distinctive about you is your poor grammar. :P
A, Just throw a bulky slab of Islamic, religious text at his goblin-appetite for it, and his “needs” will be fully met in ALL of his incarnations. Guaranteed!
DeleteAfterward, you will hear him say with religious fanaticism: “My Precious.”
Again, and this is how it should always be when it comes to his “needs”: fulfilled solely by Islam and/or religious thinking in all of his feeble-minded incarnations!! Undoubtedly.
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In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
ReplyDelete"By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);
And what will tell thee what the Night-Visitant is?
The piercing Star!
No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
So let man consider from what he is created.
He is created from a gushing fluid -
That issued from between the loins and the ribs.
Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)!
On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
Then will he have no might nor any helper.
By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
And the earth splitting (with the growth of trees and plants),
Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
It is no pleasantry.
Lo! they plot a plot (against thee),
And I plot a plot (against them).
So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while."
Qur'an Chapter 86: The Night-Visitant
NOTE:
The word translated as "disbelievers" is the Arabic word "Kafiroon." It's literal meaning is "those who cover up" - it refers to those who knowingly conceal the truth. "Disbeliever" is used mostly but it obviously is not doing justice to the meaning. I think psychopath is a better translation but it's limited in its scope.
DeleteWho is concealing the truth about your so-called "religion of peace"?
Quran (47:3-4) - "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost."
Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."
Bukhari (8:387) - Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah'. And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally."
Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror'
Bukhari (52:73) - "Allah's Apostle said, 'Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords'."
Bukhari (11:626) - [Muhammad said:] "I decided to order a man to lead the prayer and then take a flame to burn all those, who had not left their houses for the prayer, burning them alive inside their homes."
Quran (8:67) - "It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he had made a great slaughter in the land..."
Quran (5:33) - "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement
Behold, the words of Mohammed, epitome of God's mercy, and the most empathetic man in the world!~
I applaud Cristiane for this interview. More anchors need to do the same if they really care for peace. The man is a direct descendant of Muhammad.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52JzJKi0Xo
If you grew up in the fantablous 1940's and 50's you would know what your
ReplyDeletemissing. The post World War 2 period was a time of bliss, creativity and FREEDOM.
14 year old baboons were not caught on camera following behind their teachers
with concealed boxcutters they brought from home so they can rape and murder
them in bathrooms. There was the right combination of self disclipline,
postpoment of gratification, and creativity. This pretty much continued until
the Kennedy Administration. When the bum got elected that's when everything
went south. He was a sickly, even dying man, who knew he didn't have much
time. His father, Joe Kennedy really wanted Joe Kennedy Jr. as President,
but he was killed in the Second World war. So all the hopes fell on Jack.
He was only concerned with looking like a pretty boy, and having sex with as
many girls as he could. Joe insisited that J.F.K.'s brother Bobby, be hiered
as Attorney General to clean up the invariable messes and there were plenty
of them.
How does this pertain to today? Well the classless lout and bum who followed
Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson (He didn't charm women, he raped them.)
Made black people (And other degenerates) into a huge voting blocks.
Votes were swed for money. Disclipline and principles once mattered.
Now, they don't. Difference? In the early 1960's there was quality of life, and
people felt safe. Teachers neither raped children and children didn't rape
teachers.
This is the natural course of events in most, if not all, civilizations. The moral fiber of a society gradually weakens until families break apart, "freedom" is rampant and all is allowed except decency and honesty. Then the civilization either reforms or dies.
ReplyDeleteThe Devil works slowly because he's a coward and ultimately possesses no power other than deception and the ability to allure you with false hopes. Human beings have a heart and empathy and reasoning faculties which exceed those of the Devil and his minions. However, they - his minions and him - can see us while we can't see them. This is literally true when it's the devil or his race (in islam they're called Jinn - demons in English) but it's symbolic in humans. The human minions are the psychopaths who "see" you - they are aware of their evil intentions and your innocence while you are completely unaware of who you're really dealing with.
Fortunately the devil's tricks are not only weak and ALWAYS fail ultimately but it's the same thing each time - just different context. Don't fall prey to him. Fear God not this envious coward who's greatest trick was to convince so many people (perhaps the majority) that he's not real.
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DeleteIf you don't go to church
You'll go to hell
If you're the first one
On the front row
You're self-righteous
Son of a-
Can't win for losing
You'll just disappoint 'em
Just 'cause you can't beat 'em
Don't mean you should join 'em
So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that's something you're into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don't
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points
*Rolls a joint*
Delete:: Puff, puff, pass::
None for you, Jihadi. XD
"A"
ReplyDeleteFirstly I realize I'm making an exception to my own statement earlier where I said I will not correspond with you again. Just this one time to share a final comment:
God knows I'm only deducing from what I've seen of you: you are almost certainly no Christian or in any way a follower of Jesus or even a believer in him. You are almost certainly a Zionist and probably a Jew (depending on the definition of "Jew"). I say this because of your immediate accusations of anti-semitism against me from the onset. You are masquerading a believer in Jesus and vehemently attacking Islam and Muhammad as an attempt to strike two birds with one stone. Your "criticism" (in quotes because it's actual just utter hate & nonsense) of Muhammad is without saying. By attaching yourself to Jesus and behaving in the EXACT opposite - without any exception or consideration whatsoever despite how much I've implored - you are attempting to caricature his name and the religion of Christianity by showing readers that a "Christian" can be as disgusting as you.
Now you can go back to your "you're a jew-hating conspiracy nut..." rambling. I will do my utmost to avoid you. May God have mercy on you.
"you are attempting to caricature his name and the religion of Christianity by showing readers that a "Christian" can be as disgusting as you. "
DeleteOn the contrary. A is very clearly showing why Christianity is a religion of hope.
You have cast psychopathy as a choice, based on a study that shows psychopaths can "turn on" empathy when they choose to. This is one element of the extant literature on the subject that you have *caricatured* into a grotesque, erroneous and one-dimensional portrayal of a significant proportion (1 - 4%) of the human population.
Psychopathy is complex constellation of traits that are physically manifest in the neural system. Anti-social tendencies are maladaptive because humans are social beings. That's why it's called a pathology.
We are growing in our understanding of it through scientific studies, significant case histories and personal testimonies of psychopaths and victims alike - but we don't have a full grasp.
Yet you seem to think you have the problem solved. Tell me: how many psychopaths have you seen *cured* by the grace of God?
A has shared very candidly that Christianity provides her with hope and helps her to operate less anti-socially and more pro-socially. M.E. has written that the strongly explicit moral code of Mormonism helps her understand what is expected. She has also written - very recently - of her Mormon therapist:
"My current (LDS) therapist says that the best way that we can worship God is to be precisely the being that he created in us."
This is a great gift he is extending to her. It promotes self-acceptance and positive engagement in her community. It does not ridicule or caricature or diminish or cast off into the contrived category of EVIL.
Cherry-picking evidence to support one's previously conceived model of understanding (as you have done with the is not only poor science and poor philosophy but poor humanity.
Psychopathy is NOT equivalent to "evil", however you may choose to define it. Psychopaths are not human equivalents of Jinn or demons or devils or evil spirits. They are human, wired a little differently. Their experience ought not to be undervalued if we are to learn and grow as a species; rather it offers us a stark lens by which to better understand the human condition overall. It is through growing awareness that each individual can be better prepared to survive and thrive in what is a competition for limited resources and a stake in the gene pool of the future. And of course, awareness improves our general pleasure in life.
You have been deceived in the past and I know that hurts. I felt so sad today when I heard that my ex speaks to a colleague yet refuses to talk to me. That still hurts. Knowing now he was treating me as a chess-piece (he called it "stalemate") when he didn't get what he wanted... it still hurts. What can we do? Be humble and learn.
Fighting is futile. Be water, my friend ~Bruce Lee
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.~ Seneca
He made mistakes in a good direction. I tried to emulate him, but I realized it is very difficult to make good mistakes." ~ Goro Shimura
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ~ David Hume
'The act is everything. Behind the act there is neither potency nor "hexis" nor virtue.' ~ Sartre
'We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are' ~ attributed to many
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. — Zen Proverb
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice. » Saint Thomas Aquinas
'Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding' ~ Lao Tzu
'If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.' ~ Lao Tzu
'Flow with whatever happens and let your mind be free.' Chuang-tzu
I have made peace with nothingness.
Looks like A wins.
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Delete^Not yet. Watch this. :D
Delete"Your "criticism" (in quotes because it's actual just utter hate & nonsense) of Muhammad is without saying. "
So you don't like the quotes I posted from the Qu'ran and Hadith?
You said that nothing Mohammed said contradicts what Jesus taught. I simply showed by way of a simple comparative Scriptural analysis that your statement is objectively false- but now I am the purveyor of "hatred, lies and nonsense". How does that work, exactly?
"By attaching yourself to Jesus and behaving in the EXACT opposite - without any exception or consideration whatsoever despite how much I've implored - you are attempting to caricature his name and the religion of Christianity by showing readers that a "Christian" can be as disgusting as you."
So I am behaving in exactly the opposite way that Jesus would?
Consider the following questions:
Did Mohammed have sex with a nine year old little girl?
Did he advocate for the crucifixion and beheading of his enemies?
Did he authorize the killing of homosexuals and adulterers?
Did he authorize the rape and killing of infidels?
Does he advocate for violent Jihad to spread Islam until everyone in the world submits to its teachings?
The answer to all of these questions is a resounding, objective "yes". But I am the disgusting one, because I state openly that Mohammed did these things in response to your proselyting efforts here.
Jesus reserved his most scathing words for people who fancied themselves authoritative teachers on matters of religion and spirituality, yet who led others astray with false and deceptive teachings. And that is precisely what you are doing. So my response to you is not the direct opposite of what Jesus might do- although He would doubtless put you in your place much more soundly.
I never claimed to be like Jesus. I don't come here to preach anything. I told you that I am not morally qualified to do so. However, I will call you on your attempts to convert others to the deception you peddle under the banner of truth. Every. Single. Time.
"You are almost certainly no Christian or in any way a follower of Jesus or even a believer in him."
And yet- I have made it my life's work to provide practical help to socioeconomically disadvantaged children. I was telling the truth about that. But I swear, and I'm a psychopath, so that disqualifies me... Right?
You are so fit to judge from atop Mohammed's merciful throne.~
In closing, I will employ a debating tactic I learned from someone I respected who once posted here- a Jew. (Tee Hee!)
You are almost certainly a Zionist and probably a Jew (depending on the definition of "Jew").
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Now you can go back to your "you're a jew-hating conspiracy nut..." rambling.
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Proof of that you contradict yourself, in your own words.
But you will reject that obvious conclusion and accuse *me* of being a liar- when it is you who is deceived. For I am neither a Jew nor a Zionist, you see... Just your friendly neighborhood psycho. ;)
"I will do my utmost to avoid you."
Good luck, because I have no intention of avoiding you. XD
"May God have mercy on you."
Thanks. May He have mercy on you too, Jonah. I hope you get spit out of the whale's belly before the beast digests you in your entirety.
In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
Delete"Nay, I swear by this city -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
And a tongue and two lips,
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
(It is) to free a slave,
And to feed in the day of hunger.
An orphan near of kin,
Or some poor wretch in misery,
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance
and exhort one another to pity.
Their place will be on the right hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left
hand.
Fire will be an awning over them. "
Qur'an Chapter 90: The City
You completely circumvent and ignore all those troublesome verses which prove that Mohammed was a false prophet.
Delete"In closing, I will employ a debating tactic I learned from someone I respected who once posted here- a Jew. (Tee Hee!)
DeleteYou are almost certainly a Zionist and probably a Jew (depending on the definition of "Jew").
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Now you can go back to your "you're a jew-hating conspiracy nut..." rambling.
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Proof of that you contradict yourself, in your own words."
I like your illuminating and truthful point, A. Here is more enlightening RESEARCH for Litter-Jonarsewad and the readers of this blog.
"Islam is Nazism":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5RjyxVEMVo
For those of you who've had sleep paralysis before or still do, recite the following before going to sleep (unless your pride is so high that you prefer the pleasant company when it shows):
ReplyDeleteI seek refuge in God against the accursed Satan.
In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
"Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak,
From the evil of that which He created;
From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,
And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,
And the evil of the envious when he envies."
Qur'an Chapter 113: Daybreak
I seek refuge in God against the accursed Satan.
In the name of God, the All Merciful, the Compassionate.
"Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
The King of mankind,
The god of mankind,
From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,
Who whispers in the hearts of men,
Of the jinn and of mankind."
Qur'an Chapter 114: Mankind
PERSONAL NOTE:
I first heard about sleep paralysis when a sociopath friend (I didn't know he was socio then) told me went through it. This was about a year or so ago. Recently my mother has been bombarded with almost daily episodes. I never had such thing my entire life except recently. However, my own "paralysis" has never lasted longer than a few seconds and I've never actually seen or heard anything. The somewhat disconcerting feeling of an evil presence is the most I've gotten and it''s always felt like I "broke loose" before being trapped. All power is with God - call to Him and he will protect you. If you're too arrogant then make jokes instead and be slaves to Devil & his minions.
Good luck folks.
Someone should have pushed you in front of an incoming vehicle while they still had the chance.
DeleteIt may happen if God wills - and it will never happen if He doesn't.
DeleteFor a split second there I couldn't believe that at the start of this year I was an avowed atheist and would have made fun of anyone saying what I've just said above. Indeed, all praise is truly due to God.
Hi Jonaid,
DeleteI appreciate you have toned down your vehemence... However, this is still controlling:
"If you're too arrogant then make jokes instead and be slaves to Devil & his minions. "
It is still attempting to force others into your pre-made categories and disrespecting any diversity of viewpoint.
I offer this perspective because the norm for this community is openness. If you truly wish to be part of it, you might consider some practices for making genuine contributions. The question is again: what are you trying to achieve?
Please respect our individuality.
I used to LOVE smoking weed - I never thought I'd stop. I drank socially and a few months ago got into cigarettes. I quit cigarettes recently (that was hard for a couple of weeks) and never officially quit weed but have NO desire whatsoever for it now. Same goes for alcohol. I swear it's true when you have the Truth you literally have no desire to ever be in an altered state of mind - whether alone or in company.
ReplyDeleteThis sort of narrative is far more respectful and useful.
DeleteThanks.
Muddying the waters - that's what the basest of the psychos here are doing. Keep posting long, pointless and mostly nonsensical red herrings to confuse everyone or bore them out of the conversation. Use your reason those of you who are sincere. God is with you if you call Him. I promise you this is no joke, no conspiracy and certainly not "wishful" thinking. Do not let the minions fool you lest you remain ignorant and truly become fools.
ReplyDeleteWatch how God works His wonders. We'll see them on this very blog one day - God-willing.
Peace folks. Until tomorrow!
Ducking and weaving again, Jonaid? Not getting your way? Taking your bat and ball and going home?
DeleteDatapoints.
Don't insult with "Peace folks." There is not a keystroke of peace in your posts.