Mark Siljander
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These nonsensical propositions, and that seems to be especially obvious, as you pointed out, what, it's 120 conflicts in the world right now, and what's the proportion of those that have to do with religious conflict? Well, I didn't say religious.
These nonsensical propositions, and that seems to be especially obvious, as you pointed out, what, it's 120 conflicts in the world right now, and what's the proportion of those that have to do with religious conflict? Well, I didn't say religious.
Yeah, okay. See, that word, we can get into it later. Yeah. It's a word I hardly ever use. Okay. With respect, because I know you use it frequently. Yeah. It's not in the Old Testament. It's not in the New Testament. And the Quran's use of religion, the word deen, that's the Arabic, really means the state of one's life in submission to God. So the notion of there is a institutionalized religion
Yeah, okay. See, that word, we can get into it later. Yeah. It's a word I hardly ever use. Okay. With respect, because I know you use it frequently. Yeah. It's not in the Old Testament. It's not in the New Testament. And the Quran's use of religion, the word deen, that's the Arabic, really means the state of one's life in submission to God. So the notion of there is a institutionalized religion
Yeah, okay. See, that word, we can get into it later. Yeah. It's a word I hardly ever use. Okay. With respect, because I know you use it frequently. Yeah. It's not in the Old Testament. It's not in the New Testament. And the Quran's use of religion, the word deen, that's the Arabic, really means the state of one's life in submission to God. So the notion of there is a institutionalized religion
religious structure there was in the Old Testament, but they didn't even call it religion. There's no notion of religion in Hebrew.
religious structure there was in the Old Testament, but they didn't even call it religion. There's no notion of religion in Hebrew.
religious structure there was in the Old Testament, but they didn't even call it religion. There's no notion of religion in Hebrew.
And the only time religion is mentioned in the New Testament, this is an important backdrop, I hope, is in James, and it says, true religion is helping widows and orphans and keeping yourself unstained from the evil of the world, which is what I believe is the real Quranic jihad, incidentally, is an anecdote.
And the only time religion is mentioned in the New Testament, this is an important backdrop, I hope, is in James, and it says, true religion is helping widows and orphans and keeping yourself unstained from the evil of the world, which is what I believe is the real Quranic jihad, incidentally, is an anecdote.
And the only time religion is mentioned in the New Testament, this is an important backdrop, I hope, is in James, and it says, true religion is helping widows and orphans and keeping yourself unstained from the evil of the world, which is what I believe is the real Quranic jihad, incidentally, is an anecdote.
But getting back to it, the word is in Aramaic as ministry, not religion that implies creeds, doctrines, hierarchy, and so forth. And religions divide people. Even tribes divide people. People are divided by so much besides religion and even denominations can divide people. But I found one thing that unites people.
But getting back to it, the word is in Aramaic as ministry, not religion that implies creeds, doctrines, hierarchy, and so forth. And religions divide people. Even tribes divide people. People are divided by so much besides religion and even denominations can divide people. But I found one thing that unites people.
But getting back to it, the word is in Aramaic as ministry, not religion that implies creeds, doctrines, hierarchy, and so forth. And religions divide people. Even tribes divide people. People are divided by so much besides religion and even denominations can divide people. But I found one thing that unites people.
including a story, and you might read in the book, about the Dalai Lama, and that's Jesus. Jesus does not have baggage of Christianity. I'm not against it.
including a story, and you might read in the book, about the Dalai Lama, and that's Jesus. Jesus does not have baggage of Christianity. I'm not against it.
including a story, and you might read in the book, about the Dalai Lama, and that's Jesus. Jesus does not have baggage of Christianity. I'm not against it.
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