I was talking to Arwa today during class, we got started talking about the Bible, so I brought mine down and was showing her Old Testament, New Testament, Gospels. She was surprised that the entire book wasn't just JESUS! I think she felt a little superior that the Quran is entirely directly from GOD! but at the same time, she wasn't condescending. She also was amazingly diplomatic when it came to Jesus. According to Islam, Jesus didn't rise from the dead -- I think maybe he didn't die on the cross according to Islam. I don't remember rightly. But instead of "after he died" she was able to use "after he ascended" or at least that's the translation I'm using with hand motions and all. It was just nice to know that I have a teacher who is openminded, at least in words.
In other news, I bought a new abaya. Diana looked at it before I bought it and agrees that it is beautiful. I'm not sure why I decided I needed it a month before I left, but I did.
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If I've got things right, the muslims do not believe that Jesus died on the cross, but they do believe that he ascended to heaven. I think that they think that he was just another (albeit important) prophet. They also seem to hold His mother in high esteems as well, don't know if they believe in the virgin birth or not....
Isaac
"...a month before I left." Beautiful.
(And by the way, I kept hearing advertisements on my last "lengthy" trip for a catholic church named "Mary, Mother of God". Doesn't that have a strange ring to it?)
they totally believe in the virgin birth.
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