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posted August 04, 2015 10:27 PM            

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Islam/Muslim uses the Koran or Quran? They have the Mecca/Kabba, Muhammad was there prophet. They don't believe in many Gods, just one and are much more strict....what are some more differences?

Where do we find the teaching of the Dead Sea scrolls, is there a religion that teaches from these?

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posted August 05, 2015 02:09 AM            

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There are so many difference between Islam & Hinduism, and made more complicated in that there are different denominations among Hindus and Muslims both. IOW, the question really needs to be narrowed down.

And I don't know a lot about the Dead Sea scrolls, but as far as I'm aware no religion has officially embraced them. I understand that they're considered to have the same origin as the Hebrew Bible, though if that includes Islam (which shares plenty with Christianity and Judaism in that regards) I can't say. Some are new while others are copies of the standard stuff included in the Bible and the stuff that the Council of Nicea kept out of the official Christian Bible (typically destroying any other Bible that didn't conform, and often killing the Christians that preferred a Bible not approved by the Council or at least forcibly "converting" them to the type of Christianity approved by the Council under threats of torture and death if they don't comply).

In any case, mainstream religion is going to be very slow to incorporate the Dead Sea Scrolls if they ever do and as far as I'm aware it's just an interesting curiosity so far. I'm sure that somewhere is a sect that has embraced the scrolls (or what they think the scrolls say anyway which may be a delusion or intentional deceit by someone) but I never heard of them, and I do know that traditions are not lightly changed among the majority, and if any Bibles were published that included all the Dead Sea scrolls they would not be considered valid Bibles/Word of God by the majority of Christians (or Jews and Muslims, if applicable). Still, I don't think anyone considers the Dead Sea scrolls to be bad, either, and a book on them would not be considered out of place in many religious libraries (but more as Biblical archeology and a curiosity rather than as divine revelation, at least officially).

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posted August 06, 2015 10:04 AM            

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Thanks, Pix.

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posted August 07, 2015 01:52 PM            

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Very interesting.

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posted August 07, 2015 03:36 PM            

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The two things which emerge as major differences between H and I is that Islam only believes in a single god, Allah. There is no place for multiple gods in Islam as there is in Hinduism. However, Hindus would argue that Hinduism too believes in one god, but this god has many manifestations. In fact, all the people on earth are manifestations of god.

Secondly, Islam does not allow the worship of images of Allah, whilst in Hinduism image worship is the norm. Again there is a branch of Hinduism which regards the worship of images as detracting from the notion of God being an all pervading consciousness.

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posted August 07, 2015 04:03 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
... the notion of God being an all pervading consciousness.

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posted August 15, 2015 06:29 PM            

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Here's a pretty decent, simplified chart of the differences between the 5 major world religions, including Islam and Hinduism.

Islam is a lot more like Judaism and Christianity, at least in its roots, than it is Hinduism and Buddhism.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921143.html

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posted August 15, 2015 06:48 PM            

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This was helpful as a quick intro, but beware. Because it is brief, it misses out on key info. The beliefs section does not make logical comparisons, and is too selective.

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posted August 16, 2015 12:24 PM            

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Originally posted by Astro keen:
This was helpful as a quick intro, but beware. Because it is brief, it misses out on key info. The beliefs section does not make logical comparisons, and is too selective.

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