Re: Questions about Islam (Ask Away!)
[quote author=Dumuzi link=topic=96.msg17997#msg17997 date=1290937157]
Please, don't!
I do understand where you are coming from. But at the same time I believe having discussions with other can be very helpful, to BOTH sides. So I really enjoy having those discussions, but you can already tell from my long posts. So perhaps I enjoy them too much :P[/quote]
I'm glad you feel that way. Some of the conversations we've had are right up by the top of my list if I were to start talking about all the things that I have learned in my time spent on this forum. And you KNOW I'm equally long-winded in the Mormon thread...so don't even go there!
[quote author=Dumuzi link=topic=96.msg17997#msg17997 date=1290937157]
Yeah, that's the part where I think our point of views meet and disagree at the same time!
Like I totally understand how growing up thinking of god as a male or as a father would make you want to find the other half of the divine so to speak.
On the other hand from my point of view, ascribing a gender to god is something that we just don't do. Because god is way beyond and above that. It kinda falls under the category of being self-sufficient. Cause if god has a gender then they will need an opposite gender to compliment them and complete them. In that sense it wouldn't be god anymore, who doesn't need anyone.
For example, if someone tells me god is male, I start to think about what they are actually saying. Does that mean god has a beard and a prostate gland? So to me it just seems like humans trying to use their own brush to paint god, who's way beyond their limited understanding.
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That raises an interesting question for me, then...what does the Qu'ran say about the nature of God?
In Genesis, it says that yes, man is created in the image of God(Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, male and female created he them). Does the Qu'ran say something different about the creation of mankind?
As you know, Mormons believe that we were created in the image of God, because we are destined to be like him(or them, if you believe in Heavenly Parents...again, gender coming into play). If that is not the case, then why did God create mankind? Why did he give us a greater intelligence and ability then the animals? What was the purpose of that?
If God is genderless, why refer to him as "he?".
Ok...so a lot of questions
[quote author=Dumuzi link=topic=96.msg17997#msg17997 date=1290937157]
Please, don't!
I do understand where you are coming from. But at the same time I believe having discussions with other can be very helpful, to BOTH sides. So I really enjoy having those discussions, but you can already tell from my long posts. So perhaps I enjoy them too much :P[/quote]
I'm glad you feel that way. Some of the conversations we've had are right up by the top of my list if I were to start talking about all the things that I have learned in my time spent on this forum. And you KNOW I'm equally long-winded in the Mormon thread...so don't even go there!
[quote author=Dumuzi link=topic=96.msg17997#msg17997 date=1290937157]
Yeah, that's the part where I think our point of views meet and disagree at the same time!
Like I totally understand how growing up thinking of god as a male or as a father would make you want to find the other half of the divine so to speak.
On the other hand from my point of view, ascribing a gender to god is something that we just don't do. Because god is way beyond and above that. It kinda falls under the category of being self-sufficient. Cause if god has a gender then they will need an opposite gender to compliment them and complete them. In that sense it wouldn't be god anymore, who doesn't need anyone.
For example, if someone tells me god is male, I start to think about what they are actually saying. Does that mean god has a beard and a prostate gland? So to me it just seems like humans trying to use their own brush to paint god, who's way beyond their limited understanding.
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That raises an interesting question for me, then...what does the Qu'ran say about the nature of God?
In Genesis, it says that yes, man is created in the image of God(Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, male and female created he them). Does the Qu'ran say something different about the creation of mankind?
As you know, Mormons believe that we were created in the image of God, because we are destined to be like him(or them, if you believe in Heavenly Parents...again, gender coming into play). If that is not the case, then why did God create mankind? Why did he give us a greater intelligence and ability then the animals? What was the purpose of that?
If God is genderless, why refer to him as "he?".
Ok...so a lot of questions
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