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It's the subscript of your identity here. Not everybody would use extended Latin glyphs.

Numbers may have a symbolic meaning in the Jewish and Christian context, not so much in properly Islamic literature. If the number is part of the text, it's worth while considering that there may be a hidden meaning behind it (but it needn't be the case). I don't think that you get any...

I have a better one, which does not depend on a particular Bible edition and is not only valid for Christians: Count the number of sacred books you have studied. Divide it by the number of sacred books you have studied. You will get 1 for the One God. Except you haven't read any sacred books...

Engineers are not (yet) able to make a mitge. It doesn't work with electromagnetic energy conversion, we are unable to make structures fine enough to use electrostatic principles alone for the movement. Microsensorics and a brain with the intelligence of a mitge are out of scope. The present...

Wasn't this writing once new, then oral tradition, then became a scripture? What word was translated to "Experts" and what were those people?

It doesn't anwer the explicit question of the original post, but the reason why this question was raised. The answer to the original question would be that no, a day is a day and a night is a night, and it is common to count them separately Dt 10:10 And I have stood in the mountain, as the...

I have collected some scenarios in my comment to the Gospel accounts, I may share with you: The first day was the 14th Nisan, the ערב פֶּסַח (“erev pessach”, eve of Passover) or ערב פֶּסַח (“leil ha-Seder”). Some of the actions described in the following are linked to the traditions of this...

Maybe you came onto someone who is close to the Pius Society who are also called traditionalists but, in contrast to the Perennialists you search for are not open to anything. At least Schuon, of whom I read long time ago from a book from a library, is very open to any religion, but he's rather...

I am not a specialist, but for sure, early perennialist authors didn't complain about political correctness because they published before this term was even established. I recommend to read originals like Schuon's De l'Unité transcendante des religions, which has certainly been translated into...

I agree to the preacher. Apart from some particularly Christian formulations, what he preaches is actually the principle of dîn in Islam. We have the same commandment repeated in the Quran (7:180) "God has the Most Excellent Names. Call on Him by His Names and keep away from those who distort...

"Orthodox" means "conforming the teachings". It's usually based on a tradition of generations of scholars who published their thoughts that are based on the prior thoughts. The multitude of scholars grants for a certain variety, but it it excludes any thoughts that contradict a prior teaching as...

Yes, sounds like advertising. This forum is definitely international. Although it would be easier for me to get write in German or French, I think that it's better to write in English, but sometimes, an other language may be clearer or more original; I'd suggest that posts in other languages...

sorry, I failed to understand what you said cause all translations of roe didn't fit...

For us, according to Islam, food is not sacred, but essential. Above all, we should share food; giving food to those who are hungry is the priority coming second but inherently deriving from the first commandment, which is to respect God. .. to give food in times of famine, to an orphaned...

I've long time refused the Gospel of John. But I took the effort to dive into the complex answer of this book on its inherent main concern,: Who is Jesus? The key is John's thesis that Jesus is not only Jesus, the man, but he "is" also the Word of God that existed before mankind. Many of the...

Ä An example of re-defining a good symbol into an evil one. There are more problems like that. For example, I heard my classmates saying "Wir haben einen Neger in unserer Klasse", translate "We have a Negro in our class". They said it with proud, because there were only very few Africans living...

What I wrote to @Aupmanyav before also applies to you. You, too, have fallen into your favourite subject. We should somehow try to focus on the subject of the thread, and not discuss everything anywhere. There would be a lot to say on the main subject.

In fact, everyone here knows that you are an atheist. Arguments against the existence of God are welcome in the thread "Does God really exist?", but not everywhere. Although threads tend to lose focus after a while, we should all not discuss everything anywhere (that doesn't only apply to you)...

I think this discussion thread already exists: Your religious/spiritual journey (sorry I didn't find out how to make a link to a thread)

It's not the same in my community. Maybe because it's a community of immigrants, many refugees, and only the younger have the power and the motivation to emigrate and seek a better and secure life somewhere although high fences and administrative obstacles try to hinder them. I'm 58 years old...