Are we pretending to be like God? If you can imagine a planet, and then discover one that could maybe be a little like the one you imagined, that’s the same as making one, right? Apparently so. At least one could get that impression, based on two different articles – one from sciencemag.org and the […]
Making Planets or Discovering Them? More
Life’s not fair! But who told you it would be? Maybe it’s better this way? Life’s not fair! Not exactly a news flash, is it? Everyone knows that. And we can all go on and on about why it isn’t fair. Especially why it isn’t fair to us. And, we probably throw in something about
Archaeologists make stunning find: Could this be the site of Jesus’s trial? This is an amazing story on many levels, It was well presented in the article. It should be good thing. Unfortunately, one of those amazing levels can be found is in the “Leave your comment” section at the end of the article.
Site of Jesus’ trial found? More
Among other things, Sura 68 is a response to Muhammad’s sense / fear that his first revelation was from a Jinn (an evil spirit). It confirms to him that he is not crazy or hallucinating. This second Sura, in order of revelation, is quite long. Other topics in Sura 68 will be covered in
Intro to Sura 68 – The Pen. God’s promises to Abraham, revisited. More
The problem of caring.
Caring can be depressing.
That seems odd. Maybe even wrong. But it’s true.
Sometimes we need to remember the Why part of caring.
Rules?
Rules are for suckers, right?
No one follows rules anymore.
Except for one really important instance.
Know what it is?
You’re probably wrong.
Read on to find out.
The first Sura in the Qur’an, by order of revelation, begins with the creation of man. Let’s compare that to what’s in Genesis, from the Jewish Torah / Christian Bible. In the translation that I’m using, this verse is called The Embryo. In others, it is called “The Clot”. The Arabic word used can
Creation, as told in the Qur’an and Genesis More
In the first article in this series – I said I felt led to write about this topic. I also said I had been ignoring the call. So – what made me decide to write – what was the thing that made the decision for me? If you’re new to this site – the
Islam – peace, love and hope. Why? More
So – I feel like God’s been pushing me into doing research on Islam. Not nudging – or guiding – or anything like that. Because I’ve been ignoring those. No – it’s pushing. The people of three religions claim Abraham as the father of their religion. Is it realistic to think that he’d
Islam – peace, love and hope introduction More
