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[quote][quote]hi,
sorry but i jst wana get this clear in my head before i say anything else...
r u a muslim by any chance or ...? sorry...i jst wanted 2 make sure so i could reply accordingly...
but i didnt really mean to say that god is behind everything horrible-
but there an ayah in the quran that says everything good and bad comes from God
and anything that lets happen he lets it happen because of the deads of the people
he has made this world dependant on resources and given man authority and sense, inate guidance and revalutionary guidance to use these resources in the right way
think about it like this...
if u wanted to bake a cake
but u used the ingrediants incorrectly or in the wrong proportion
ur not really gonna get the right cake are u?
u need to use the right resources in the right proportions
and if u dnt
things like this will happen
and God lets them happen becuz it was our fault for acting like that in the first place
i hope this clears stuff up
^_^[/quote]

Yes i'm a Muslim, one with very strong faith as well.  But evidence proves that the Quran should not be taken literally, and that the literal interpretation of certain parts of the Quran could end in more harm than good.  One example is the assassination of Anwar Il Sadat, where the fundamentalists confused Mythos with Logos, and ended up depending on God's promise to help them, where he never did because they didn't understand that it sholdn't be taken literally.

Have you ever tried to study/understand the concepts of Mythos and Logos? They are interesting.  Pick up a book called "The Battle for God" by Karen Armstrong.  It should widen your view on what i am talking about.

Let me quote part of that book which explains how i see things:

"Myth was regarded as primary; it was concerned with what was thought to be timeless and constant in our existence.  Myth looked back at the origins of life, to the foundations of culture, and ot the deepest levels of the human mind.  Myth was not concerned with practical matters, but with meaning.  Unless we find some signifcance in our lives, we mortal men and women fall easily into despair.  The mythos of a society provided people with a context that made sense of their day-to-day lives; it directed thier attention to the eternal and universal.  It was also rooted in what we call the unconcious mind.  The various mythological sotires, which were not intended to be taken literally, were an ancient form of psychology.  when people told stories about heroes which descended into the underworld, struggled though labyrinths, or fhought with monsters, they were bringing to light the obscure regions of the subconcious realm, which is not accessible to purely rational investigation, but which as a profound effect upon our experience and behavior."

This is merely a part of the explanation, be sure to buy the book and give it a good read, as it is truly eye-opening when it comes to religion.[/quote]

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