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I've also heard that legend, and I have no idea what to think of it, since meteorites have fallen all over the world, visibly and not so, with varying interpretations.

We all have to have a symbol of our religion, don't we?

I've also heard that legend, and I have no idea what to think of it, since meteorites have fallen all over the world, visibly and not so, with varying interpretations.

This is the Ayers Rock, or Uluru, from central Australia--the not so livable part. The Aborigines believe that their ancestors carved it many, many years ago. Uluru appears to change color at different times of the day because the formation is a strange combination of sandstone and other elements. What does that mean? It reflects red during sunrise and sunset and then orange during other parts of the day. The rock really does seem to glow at times. This is an awe-inspiring, totally terrestrial rock. Does the Ka'ba glow? Didn't think so.

Meteorites fall to Earth--the ones that make it--about 500 or so times a year. Most of these are no bigger than a tennis ball. If meteorites are either dragons or angels--be they fallen or otherwise--I suggest that you start parking your car in the garage as insurance companies will not classify damage to your vehicle as an act of God.

We all have to have a symbol of our religion, don't we?

The Ka'ba is more of a relic in Islam. One could view it as a sign or ordinance in some sense, I guess. Funny that we're talking about a rock as a symbol--Jesus Christ himself is known as the "Rock of Ages."

I've also heard that legend, and I have no idea what to think of it, since meteorites have fallen all over the world, visibly and not so, with varying interpretations.

That meteorites fall all over the place stands as a great indication that all or even a piece of one isn't all THAT big a deal. Couple that with the fact that veneration of stones was widespread in the Arabian penninsula as far back as 2000B.C. and you get a better picture of what the Black Stone at the Ka'ba really symbolizes; it was just a carry-over into Islam of common pagan stone worship implemented to bait more tribesmen into converting to Islam.

I made the linkage to Jesus' having seen Satan fall from heaven as an off-the-cuff juxtaposition for the sake of conversation, not with the intent to stake a claim that Jesus' words refer to that legend.