The ANTI Christ

Salam Alaikoam

Though the Quran in itself as a book may seem changeless or we may want it to be changeless history has shown that all religious texts go through some revisision of some sort as time passes.

Such as new laws, ways of handling tests or challenges or difficulties.

It is like me saying there is only one recipe for soup or choclate cake when we know there are thousands.

I do not believe it is a sin to say the Quran or any Holy Book may need so revision or be updated!

This is my belief.

Education, Counseling, Consultation with Prayer and Living Prayer along with a Sacride Pilgrimage (Personal Hajj) made to your own life, your family, your community, your nation , your world is true Justice.

Anne Marie Elderkin Habibi

Anne again with all due respect, you are making a new religious belief orperhaps a sect which is along the lines of Baha'i. You made the mtetaphorical example of using "the belief that there is only one recepie of choclate cake when there are thousands" is flawed. From your post obvious you believe in one God, so let me say how do you hold the belief that there is only one God when there are others who believe there are thousands of gods?

Sure that as time progrss mankind too, will progress but as you mention in contradictory fashion that the Qur'an is changeless hence why need to update with a newer version? No offense, but not only is this somewhat blasphemy to the true concept of Islam but somwhat sacreligious. Allah states clearly that this is a revelationof him where past revelations have been obscured by mankind's ignorance. How you answer beckons the thought that perhaps God updates the same message over and over. We don't need a newer message. The message is clear: There is only one God.

I however agree that we as humans can change but you areseriously messing with dangerous thoughts here.

Anne what you're saying does not solve the issue.

I'm all for pluralism but not everyone can see a correlation between a humanist ideology and monotheistic pluralism. Yes I believe that we all as humans can make advancements as a people but to say that the laws of the Qur'an are outdated is ridiculous!

For instance your only example is "an eye for an eye"

What about the laws of inheritence?

What about the laws regarding orphans?

What about the laws regarding men and women in marriage?

Surely such laws are common and relate to our times and you cannot sit there and justify their demise with "newer" laws just because you feel that as a society we change. Again you have yet to address my comment when I mentioned about the belief in One God. You say there are many paths but Buddhist don't even share the path of monotheism so how can the end be the same? Buddhist in the orthodox belief don't even believe in a heaven but reincarnation and the eventual demise of thr self once a state of ultimate knowledge is attained which is called Nirvana. Sikhs perhpas share similar goals as Muslims, Jews and Christians but theologically and according to our doctrines eschology we do not have the same goals per say.

Perhaps on the humanitarian level yes all religions strive to attain peace and tranquolity among other humans but the type of pluralism you preach is not orthodox Islam. God has set the laws in motion in the universe so the decree is either obey what we comprehend mentally or disobey but by no menas should we say that God's laws are outdated. The onlky possible for laws to be renewed is a newer revelation and a newer revelation is the infinite knowledge obtained by a newer prophet, something in which is not possible since Muhammad has declared he is the last.

You say we are all prophets. Perhaps the mechanism in which we receive revelation yes we are no different than Muhammad or Jesus because we all possess the same biological mechanisms of reception. But, not all of us has the mental capacity to withstand the infinite wisdom of God, hence the unique prophetic missions. We all cannot carry the same duties as prophets of old had carried. We are not trained. We are not taught from birth the duties of prophethood nor do we have the consistent wisdom nor the spiritual desire. So Anne, I understand your noble ideology of p[luralism and everyone is right but everyone is not right. Just like there is one law in the universe and one end to our path so must to be the word of God and the being of God.