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To: muawiyah
You can believe what you wish, but it's pretty clear the Book of Jonah is a Divine Revelation that points to the legitimacy of the Eastern religions.

Even the Great Fish of Hinduism is there ~ that's a manifestation of the Messiah as a fish that saves Ma-Nu (Noah) from Mt. Ararat and thereby saves both humanity and all the schools of wisdom and knowledge.

There are other references in that book that clearly point to this lesson, otherwise why would God have inspired men to keep this book in the canonical texts?

Sorry, but I'm just not quite sure what you are saying.

If you are saying that because there are certain things in the Bible which are similar (identical even) to things contained in the writings of other religions, that somehow those other religions are validated or legitimized, then I disagree.

The Koran coops a lot of the Judeo scriptural references. But the Koran is simply another synthetic intended to lure souls away from Jesus. The best way to catch a fish, is to put real food (worm) on the hook. You can put a lot of "Truth" in the scriptures of any religion, and it can still be a false religion.

412 posted on 08/18/2005 10:11:42 PM PDT by GSHastings
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To: GSHastings
The Koran certainly "coopts" lots of stuff. In fact, it is believed by researchers in the West that it began as a manual for use by Christian missionaries to use in Mecca to bring Arabs to Jesus.

That has nothing whatsoever to do with what we find in Jonah, and in this case it's the Bible that is reflecting a far older story otherwise found only in the most ancient of Hindu texts, and as background for Buddhism.

661 posted on 08/19/2005 1:57:18 PM PDT by muawiyah (/ hey coach do I gotta' put in that "/sarcasm " thing again?)
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