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« on: August 31, 2011, 07:05:18 PM »

the Chinese should have included drawings of Mohammad

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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2011, 09:55:42 PM »

LOL
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2011, 10:17:47 AM »

Only Koran in Arabic have spiritual meaning...Thus, any translation can't be as perfect.

so, basically, you're saying the Koran is not intended as a universal message, for it has no spiritual meaning outside of Arabic.

...did I catch your meaning or do you need to further translate?
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« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2011, 11:10:37 AM »

the simplicity of the Gospel's spiritual message is translatable in any language, for it was intended from the beginning to be a universal message of salvation...

to say that the spirituality of message is only gleaned within a given language is to elevate that language above the supposed "message"...for in such cases, the message is simply a tool to unify power in order to bring to fruition the real goal....it's a basically a bait and switch.
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« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2011, 12:20:11 PM »

Must I remember than in some radical Catholic dissents, the bible and the mass are in Latin and can't be translated?

you're trying to get me in trouble with the Catholics, aren't you Wink
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2011, 03:00:12 PM »

Yesterday I finished my long-standing on-and-off project to read the entire Koran.  I must say that whenever people say that the Koran is much better in the original Arabic, I can only hope that they're right.  It's monotonous, repetitive, and doesn't flow well at all.  "They will be Companions of the Fire!"  "That is easy for Allah!"  "For Allah is most-forgiving, all-merciful," "Allah is greater than the things they attribute to Him!" etc.

not that it matters, but IMO the Koran is extremely condescending in it's tone...(no comment on its contents).
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