Friday, November 24, 2017

Muhammad's ex-wives can't be married??


O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allah is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allah or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allah an enormity.
(Quran-33:53)

Why???

The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves, and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allah than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book inscribed.
(Quran-33:6)

Note: There's a spesific individuals or groups cant do something just like others does...

For example just like priest does...

Leviticus 21:5-7  Revised Standard Version (RSV)
5 They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 
6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
 7 They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:13-14 New International Version (NIV)
 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin. 
He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

Ezekiel 44:21-23  King James Version (KJV)
Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.


Why was Aisha (ra) not allowed to remarry after Prophet Muhammad's death? 



U.S. Christians denounce Muslim child marriages, yet 28 states support it !!


Saturday, November 18, 2017

Dinosaur & Monster in the Bible??


Behemoth

Job 40:15-24  Revised Standard Version (RSV)
15 “Behold, Be′hemoth,[a]
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats grass like an ox.
16 Behold, his strength in his loins,
    and his power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze his limbs like bars of iron.
19 “He is the first of the works[b] of God;
    let him who made him bring near his sword!
20 For the mountains yield food for him
    where all the wild beasts play.
21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
    in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
22 For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
    the willows of the brook surround him.
23 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
    he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
24 Can one take him with hooks,[c]
    or pierce his nose with a snare?




The way the "behemoth" is described, doesn't it almost sound like a dinosaur? Perhaps one of the sauropods? Some will argue these verses are referring to the hippopotamus or elephant. However, they run into the problem of explaning vs 17, since the tails of both animals are...well, far from looking like a cedar tree (let along moving like one). Their tails more resemble switches.


Leviathan

Job 41:1-2 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
1 [a] “Can you draw out Levi′athan[b] with a fishhook,
    or press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Can you put a rope in his nose,
    or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Job 41:7 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
    or his head with fishing spears?


Job 41:12-32 NIV
12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form. 13 Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor ? 14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? 15 Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; 16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. 17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. 18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn. 19 Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. 20 Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. 21 Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth. 22 Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. 23 The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. 24 Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone. 25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing. 26 The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin. 27 Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood. 28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it. 29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance. 30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. 31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.


Psalm 74:14 New International Version (NIV)
It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.


Psalm 104:25-26  Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
    which teems with things innumerable,
    living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
    and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.


Saturday, November 4, 2017

Zombies in the Bible

Matthew 27:51-53 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; 
52 the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 
53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.


Saturday, October 28, 2017

Family Relations

Luke 14:26 King James Version (KJV)
If any man come to me (Jesus), and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21  King James Version (KJV)
 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.


Thursday, September 28, 2017

Moses

Stutter Lips

Exodus 6:11-12  New International Version (NIV)
 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”
 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips[a]?”

[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]
And ease for me my task
And untie the knot from my tongue
That they may understand my speech.
And appoint for me a minister from my family -
Aaron, my brother.
Increase through him my strength
And let him share my task
That we may exalt You much
And remember You much.
Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."
[ Allah ] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.
(Quran-20:25-36)


Muslim from the very Beginning

And strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakah and hold fast to Allah . He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.
(Quran-22:78)

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah ]. And he was not of the polytheists.
(Quran-3:67)

And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allah has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."
(Quran-2:132)

Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah, then indeed, Allah is swift in [taking] account.
(Quran-3:19)


The Religion of the Prophets

He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah is that to which you invite them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].
(Quran-42:13)



Monday, September 25, 2017

Servant Of God

Angles

Revelation 19:9-10 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
And the angel said[a] to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” 
 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Colossians 2:18-19 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,  and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.