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Originally Posted by Aramike
I have no problem with the burning of the the Quran as symbolism, but I wouldn't want it (or even Mein Kampf) completely destroyed. These are excellent examples of the depths which human depravity can reach . . .
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....wow.
Funnily enough, the Qur'an borrows most of its background religious materials from the Bible (both New and Old Testaments) and the Torah. In fact, the Angel Gabriel is supposedly the messenger who brought Mohammad all the makings to be compiled into the Qur'an (this, of course, completely ignoring the teaching that Jesus was a prophet of Allah and was very wise and powerful from being backed by him).
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Originally Posted by Aramike
. . .and along with historical context, they can definitely be useful in helping us from being "...doomed to repeat history...".
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There's nothing dooming about the Qur'an. No more than there is about the Bible. The problem of religion is its spawning of fanatics. They are what's really dooming in all this. But they can be found in anything just about, including politics.