What are you doing for the Kingdom today?

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Naw, not insanity. Just extreme religious fervor.

Violence is by definition not serving your "religion." Their's to, it's right there in The Opening. Violence is insanity, and this is recognized by all the major religions, Randy, c'mon.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by The Matt

I prayed for a brother tonight, a hopeless mental case who was trying to say the holy ghost wasn't worth getting if he couldn't physically live forever with it. He received that sweet holy ghost, with evidence of speaking in tongues, and he was GLOWING! I haven't seen him smile before tonight! Yep...this life sure is worth it.

That's awesome, my prayers that he will see the latter rain.

[Jay]

Congratulations, Matt!! I shall be praying for him.

Sadly, Islam is not a peaceful religion unless it is in a very tiny minority. I fear that our friend in the mask may just be wicked. Evil need not posess a man for a man to be exceedingly wicked. I wish that I could say otherwise.

[bbyrd009]

"Their doom is because Allah sent down the Book in (T)ruth but those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism, far from the (P)urpose."
2/176
Ha this is a beautiful book. I'll always be a Western Christian, God help me, but...
and ya, guys like in that picture don't have a leg to stand on, please.

and it is not any tiny minority, that tiny minority just makes it onto tv. i've been around them forever, and right in Jerusalem, never had any problems. stop.

[The Matt]

Give us a reading rainbow type review double b

[bbyrd009]

Well, I'm only about 15 pages in, and it is just the first 5 books of the Bible reinterpreted or whatever. Beautiful, thought provoking language, even translated. I started reading it to see if I can find anything to disagree with, but I doubt I will. So, I'm being extra cynical with it, which right now feels like nothing so much as...scolding a three year old for bringing you an ice cream cone with a big grin, for some odd reason.

[bbyrd009]

"For Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful"

is a frequent refrain.

[The Matt]

Get to the juicy stuff.

[bbyrd009]

Well, it is written to a different mind. Comes across as more graceful, to me so far, a lot of "Most Merciful, Oft Returning," a common refrain, with somewhat different symbology, yet still similar. Hasn't disagreed with the Bible in any respect that I can find yet, except reads more spiritually than the Bible, at least at the beginning, whereas the Bible to me has always been very literal, Adam did this, Cain did that, build it this high, etc. These names are all mentioned, and the contexts are similar, but the stories are inevitably less literal. So far.

[bbyrd009]

I'm in a building with three people in it, and all three are texting or posting.
Hmm.