Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Huston Smith P2

(Not sure which part this goes with so I'm putting it twice.)
What is "The Standing Miracle"?
  • The Koran is considered a miracle because it is written as great poetry by an almost illiterate man, Muhammad.
  • Its name means a recitation and it is the most memorized book in the world.
  • The created Koran contains the divine reality of the uncreated Koran.
  • The Koran considers each sentence to be a revelation because it is said to be from God without any muddling from being passed down.
  • The Koran has a strong emotional effect on its followers.
    • The Koran's ability to convey its message without losing anything to its followers and that it was written as it is by an illiterate man are what and why it is the standing miracle.
What are the basic theological concepts of Islam?
  • Islam shares most of its religious concepts with Christianity and Judaism 
  • God: God is invisible, omnipresent, and the only god. This means that according to Muslims, Jesus was created divinely, but was only a prophet, not God incarnate. God is also much more merciful and compassionate than he is portrayed, but humanizing terms like father are rejected by Islam
  • Creation: Creation is perfect as it is Allah's work. We too are created by Allah and have divine origin.
  • Humanity: We often forget our divine origin or take it for granted, and infidel is someone who lacks faithfulness to this. We must surrender to God, but commitment describes surrendering better than surrender because of military connotations.
  • Judgement Day: Individuality and freedom are emphasized on judgement day. Our souls face reckoning for all of their good and bad actions throughout our life and our commitment to Allah in the end. The souls judge themselves.
    • The basic concepts are the belief in one god, creation, our existence from divine origin and our upholding of our faith and morality. 

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