Time for the Holidays- Bring On the Arguments
Ever noticed how super Left wing politicians and others of their kind always fret about messages being sent about this time of year? Because, "Merry Christmas" would bring about the subliminal message that the US was a dominantly-Christian country. And we can't have any of that, oh no. Instead, we're bombarded with "Happy Holidays," and soon that might even be gone, because the word holiday most likely derived from the words 'holy' and 'day,' and since being holy derives to religion (most likely the Christian faith), we don't want more minor religions in the US starting to think we're going to leave them out. Oh, heavens, no. We cannot have that. Eventually, we'll be forced to print "Merry Festive Period" on our advertisements. Goody, goody.
Even Mrs. Noel, my English teacher, thought it was dumb (well, it was implied, anyway). She was saying something about Merry Christmas, and then quickly corrected herself with Happy Holidays.
Why am I talking about this? Search me. Maybe it was because we've been studying Islam in History class lately. And, branching from one of our discussions, Ms. Templeton told us that the Muslims believed that there was only god, and that the Muslims called him by the named Allah. Christians, Jews, etc., on the other hand, call that single god by different names. (Or something alone those lines, sorry if I've missed a couple of details.)
Anyway, we started a small discussion on whether or not Allah and a student's god (most likely Christian or one of its branches) were the same. Most of them said no. Well, all of them said no. All 4 or 5 of 'em. But I was thinking something different. Before I start out on anything, I don't think anything or anyone is up in the sky evaluating my every move and deciding where I go when I die. I think it's non-existant. However, I respect other people's views about the creation of the world, yadda yadda, as long as they don't try to force it onto me. Then I get mad, and I start trying to make rebuttals. Note that verb "try" is used, as in I might not have a strong argument and the person I'm arguing against will just beat me. The defeat wouldn't do anything to me except just annoying me more, because the person I lost to would most likely continue stuffing religion down my throat.
Now, my thoughts on our discussion. The other students seemed to look over that maybe there was only one god person, or, better yet (in my views), nature, had all the ancient civilisations confused with thunderstorms, earthquakes, etc., so they needed something to explain these occurences. So, certain people, who would later most likely be called "prophets" or something else, came up with explanations that could work. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot of technology back in 5,000 B.C.*, so there wasn't anybody or anything to block their explanations. Ergo, we have religion, the worship of one omnipowerful being that dictated the creation of the world, people, and gave a strict set of laws and rules to the human race to follow. There were, of course, other things for the gods to do, but I don't feel like finding every job they had.
Of course, there were different "prophets" who had different views, or they just thought of something new entirely. So, the origin of new religions. Ultimately, there is one almighty force that so many views and religions were derived from. And then, the answer to Ms. Templeton's question would be: Yes, Allah and God are the same. So, there.
*- Noting back to my first point of the Merry Christmas issue. B.C. generally stands for "Before Christ." And Christ is for Christians. And the world isn't made just of Christians. So it's changing. Maybe not now, but it will.
Even Mrs. Noel, my English teacher, thought it was dumb (well, it was implied, anyway). She was saying something about Merry Christmas, and then quickly corrected herself with Happy Holidays.
Why am I talking about this? Search me. Maybe it was because we've been studying Islam in History class lately. And, branching from one of our discussions, Ms. Templeton told us that the Muslims believed that there was only god, and that the Muslims called him by the named Allah. Christians, Jews, etc., on the other hand, call that single god by different names. (Or something alone those lines, sorry if I've missed a couple of details.)
Anyway, we started a small discussion on whether or not Allah and a student's god (most likely Christian or one of its branches) were the same. Most of them said no. Well, all of them said no. All 4 or 5 of 'em. But I was thinking something different. Before I start out on anything, I don't think anything or anyone is up in the sky evaluating my every move and deciding where I go when I die. I think it's non-existant. However, I respect other people's views about the creation of the world, yadda yadda, as long as they don't try to force it onto me. Then I get mad, and I start trying to make rebuttals. Note that verb "try" is used, as in I might not have a strong argument and the person I'm arguing against will just beat me. The defeat wouldn't do anything to me except just annoying me more, because the person I lost to would most likely continue stuffing religion down my throat.
Now, my thoughts on our discussion. The other students seemed to look over that maybe there was only one god person, or, better yet (in my views), nature, had all the ancient civilisations confused with thunderstorms, earthquakes, etc., so they needed something to explain these occurences. So, certain people, who would later most likely be called "prophets" or something else, came up with explanations that could work. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot of technology back in 5,000 B.C.*, so there wasn't anybody or anything to block their explanations. Ergo, we have religion, the worship of one omnipowerful being that dictated the creation of the world, people, and gave a strict set of laws and rules to the human race to follow. There were, of course, other things for the gods to do, but I don't feel like finding every job they had.
Of course, there were different "prophets" who had different views, or they just thought of something new entirely. So, the origin of new religions. Ultimately, there is one almighty force that so many views and religions were derived from. And then, the answer to Ms. Templeton's question would be: Yes, Allah and God are the same. So, there.
*- Noting back to my first point of the Merry Christmas issue. B.C. generally stands for "Before Christ." And Christ is for Christians. And the world isn't made just of Christians. So it's changing. Maybe not now, but it will.
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