Quran: Unlike Any Other Book

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Rashad Khalifa sure was interesting and provocative. He was onto something with his focus on the Quran but I think it is pretty clear that we can't and probably shouldn't discard apocrypha (aka hadith) altogether despite how problematic it can be.

[–]Hellothereawesome[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It may be used as historical accounts I guess in some areas, but I would not follow it as religious law. The Quran is very clear in that regard :).

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It may be used as historical accounts I guess in some areas, but I would not follow it as religious law.

Apocrypha is just like journalism or a history textbook even, it isn't above reproach by any means. We can see quite plainly how journalism can be corrupted when talking about 9/11 or war crimes. Placing apocrypha on the pedestal of religious law is so clearly misguided, history testifies to that.

[–]Hellothereawesome[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And yet that is what has guided mainstream Islam for centuries, and used in a way that would allow manipulation of the translation of the Quran, and to put people down when they read the Quran by telling them that they have not read understood it correctly because they have not believed in the Apocrypha per se, though the historical accounts are not given significance in the Quran, nor can they be reliable, not nearly as much as they should be when following God's law.

[–]DNase 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds kind of like the catholic church and how they "rule"