I suppose that would be like reading Mein Kampf to see how the Nazis thought.
Back then, most folks didn’t take Mein Kampf seriously. Just as today most folks don’t take the Quran seriously. That’s a problem. A big problem.
Both books are serious business. They mean what they say.
“”””an English translation of the Quran (or Koran) actually became a bestseller among Protestants in England and its American colonies.””””
Almost all Americans were Protestant so this seems to be that type of wording chosen to continue giving the impression that early America was like today, completely multi everything.
Know your enemy, because they sure know you.
“”””Given its history, Tlaib and Ellison’s choice to use Jefferson’s Quran in their private swearing-in ceremonies carries a particular significance. “By using Jefferson’s Quran, they’re affirming the fact that Islam has a long history in the United States, and is in fact an American religion,” Spellberg says.””””
More fake history through careful wording which leaves an impression of something false, they were not learning about Muslims because of diversity, they were learning about an old enemy and what makes them tick.
The quran was popular because it had the low view of christ—just like the unitarians.
The low view of Christ is also known as the The Arian Heresy which was first promoted by Servitus in the late 16th century. His views were rationalized to become a part of all educational institutions by Descartes. Sir Issac Newton then became an acolyte of the Unitarian view. He was the master in the anglo saxon world.
If the master believed it to be true —then it must be true.
That was the foundation of jefferson and adam’s unitarianism.
Since the Unitarians and the Muslim’s held the same view of Christ as being a good man but not God—there were not strong disagreements between them.
Hence the great novel of the 19th century Moby Dick began with the words “ Call Me Ishmael” . But Melville after he finished the novel went on to attend a unitarian church for the first time.
The Quran is made up of 114 chapters call “sura”. There is a brief opening chapter, with the following early chapters being lengthy. Succeeding chapters then become shorter and shorter.
I have read a good bit in the Quran, and my impression was that the first few chapters are mildly interesting reading. However, each succeeding chapter becomes more and more ridiculously repetitive and boring and mundane.
In Islam there are no compelling prophecies about the coming of Mohammed. Muslims cannot appeal to that as prove that the Quran is from God. Instead Muslims try to say that the Quran can be shown to be divine because of its beauty—such beauty that could only come from God. I’ve read the Quran, and I just don’t see that. And it’s not a very objective criteria. If you put the Quran alongside some of the prophecies in the book of Isaiah, there is simply no contest between the two when it comes to beauty. Even books like Les Miserables and The Lord of the Rings are far more beautiful than the Quran. But I don’t think that we should start a new religion because of them. If you want to talk about beauty, compare the Quran to many of the passages in the book of Isaiah, or writings in the Psalms, or passages in books like I John. There is absolutely no comparison. It shows a desperation to have to claim that the beauty of the Quran is the primary proof of its divine origin.
Their claims are not totally unlike that claims of Mormons regarding the Book of Mormon. Mormonism depicts a pre-Columbian history that, not only hasn’t been proven, but has been pretty much strongly disproven. Their aren’t any compelling prophecies about the coming of Joseph Smith. So, what do the Mormons do to try to convince you that the Book of Mormon is from God? They can’t count on fulfilled prophecies or historical reliability. So they urge you to read the Book of Mormon and see if the Holy Spirit doesn’t confirm it in you with what they call the “burning in the bosom”. I’ve never gotten that burning in the bosom from reading the Book of Mormon. And I think that any beauty in the Quran pales in comparison to Isaiah, or Psalms, or the Gospel of John, or even many secular works. They don’t actually have proof, so they are grasping at straws.
“ Given its history, Tlaib and Ellison’s choice to use Jefferson’s Quran in their private swearing-in ceremonies carries a particular significance. “By using Jefferson’s Quran, they’re affirming the fact that Islam has a long history in the United States, and is in fact an American religion,” Spellberg says.”
It’s the agenda. Our grandchildren will soon be taught about the rich history of Islam in America. Probably already is.
Muslims were a problem. Search “Barbary Wars.”
So who actually wrote the chapters in the Koran? And what are the Hadiths about and who wrote them?
Reading the full Koran is a very good cautionary tale.
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‘I bought the book.....to see why these mohommadan pirates keep sacking our crews and enslaving them...and now I see they need killin’....’
I thought maybe a TP shortage.
you should read the cookbook recipes from that era... those people ate anything they could find...