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Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Scott of Chicago on March 06, 2006, 12:08:26 AM
Hi-

Was watching the history channel about the The Qur'an ("Qor-Ann") and I really came away with the feeling that Muhammad was the perfect Paladin on a quest to unite his people under one god. Very cool stuff indeed. Heres a link to the The Qur'an ("Qor-Ann") websight:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/

Let the disscussion begin!


Scott
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Knightcrawler on March 06, 2006, 12:12:27 AM
See just like the bible, the good or the bad of the Qur'an has all to do with whose interpreting it.
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Name Lips on March 06, 2006, 01:07:10 AM
Sepulcrave's story hour is all about a schizm in a lawful good religion, with paladins fighting it out on both sides.

Sometimes I get that feeling about the Big Three monotheistic religions. The religions themselves, boiled down to just the holy books and leaving out all of the cultural baggage and subsequent dogma piled onto them, are very, very similar.
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Ottomsoh the Elderly on March 06, 2006, 03:12:57 AM
Yes. One could say the devil is in the details.
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: tleilaxu on March 15, 2006, 12:31:14 AM
Quote from: Name Lips

Sometimes I get that feeling about the Big Three monotheistic religions. The religions themselves, boiled down to just the holy books and leaving out all of the cultural baggage and subsequent dogma piled onto them, are very, very similar.


on a certain level you are correct, but i totally disagree.
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Ottomsoh the Elderly on March 15, 2006, 07:49:23 AM
It's fun to start chatting with them and then suddenly, out of the blue, ask them things like "Have you found your Savior Lucifer yet?" or "Only Satan can save you from the lies of the tyrannical God!"
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Maddman on March 15, 2006, 08:49:42 AM
Quote from: Ottomsoh the Elderly
It's fun to start chatting with them and then suddenly, out of the blue, ask them things like "Have you found your Savior Lucifer yet?" or "Only Satan can save you from the lies of the tyrannical God!"


Yeah, I can bet they've never heard that before.  :rolleyes:

I just try to remember that to them, solicitation is an act of compassion.
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Ottomsoh the Elderly on March 15, 2006, 09:23:43 AM
Well, it's a bit like answering to telemarketing harassment by "I'm sorry, Mister, but you must have made a mistake, for I actually do not have a telephone."

Everybody knows the joke. But so few people manage the nerve to actually say it that the telemarketer is dumbfounded when it happens.
Title: Muhammad: The Perfect Paladin?
Post by: Vermicious Knid on March 15, 2006, 01:49:03 PM
Quote from: Harry Joy
Gotta love them Eastern religions. They always manage to shake up discussions on the Big Three.
 
I hate to say this, but I was "visited" tonight by an Outreach group of the local mega-church. And I was too damned lazy to invite them in before telling them to fuck off. I just said "No" when they asked to come in, and "No" when they asked to give me "literature". In the past, I've been at least creative enough to inform them on local policies regarding solicitation.
 
I failed completely this time. :(


I make a point of answering the door naked when I see vermin of this sort. 300 lbs. of naked hairy pollack drives most asshats away quickly. :)