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I'm surprised, If you ever walk into a situation trying to force your conclusions instead of seeing all possibilities, of course you're never going to finish the text when you realize you didn't find what you had hoped for! I'm disappointed to hear of your endeavors, okcitykid. How far did you get before you gave up? Trying to prove that Islam is a terrorist religion, well, if you actually study the life of Muhammad and read the Qu'ran for yourself, you'll find out more than half these people who call themselves Muslims have no idea. PBS did a great documentary on Muhammad's life, historically he is regarded as a respectable figure. Not even past Surah One? Because if you check out Surah 2.62-63, you'll find that all that do good, including Jews, Sabians and Christians, actually, anyone for that matter, have nothing to fear from God, or "Allah" in this case. "Qu'ran" literally means The Recital, and you're disregarding it because supposedly God channeled his message through a wise guy? Who cares how it was done, what in the context of the book doesn't seem moral or is wrong? I'll tell you one thing, if you are even aware of the Arabic language, you'd know the sort of Arabic used in the Qur'an is of such poetry that if you attempted to rewrite it, you'd break the structure and it'd be noticeable. Some ideas for you to think about, it's such a shame that you're trying to study a faith already hoping to find such negativity in it. And when you couldn't, you passed it off in disappointment. Damn, Islam might not really want to go blow half of the world, that sucks now I can't find a reason to have angst against it! And I leave you with an insightful excerpt of Krishna's conversations with the warrior, Arjuna (also known as the Bhagavad Gita): Self-knowledge arises from mode of goodness; greed arises from mode of passion; and negligence, delusion, and slowness of mind arise from the mode of ignorance. (14.17) -- Draw upon faiths for guidance and focus, not technicalities and hatred. Last note: Translations are very tricky, don't stick to one and say it is the truth of what is in essence Islam, because there are many out there. But if you're ignorant, stupid and stubborn, yeah, I suppose you'll find the one that sounds the most extreme and rant that it's the truth - in which case I say, "Study Arabic, read it in the original language, and then tell me again what you see to be true Islam."
"Milk, almonds and pistachios."
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