Re: Tolerance (was: THE WORLD OF THE JINN)
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 16, 2003, 20:55 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Brown" <ray.brown@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:28 PM
Subject: Tolerance (was: THE WORLD OF THE JINN)
> On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 04:44 , Joe wrote:
> [snap]
> > I believe Islam sees Jews and Christians as worshipping Allah,
>
> i.e. God - that' right.
> > just in the
> > wrong way. As Allah is at least slightly merciful, and he sees them as
> > worshipping him, he will give them entrance to heaven, providing they
are
> > sincere. From what I've heard. I could be wrong.
>
> No, you're not wrong. But - and I'm not intending to be personally
> critical
> as I don't think Joe means to cause offense - phrases like "As Allah is
at
> least slightly merciful" are not IMHO helpful. Each Sura of the Koran
> begins:
> "In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate"
> There's no qualifier.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause any offense, indeed. I'd use the same
words to describe God in my religion too.
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