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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2019, 02:02 PM Jan 2019

'More merciful than Yahweh': Jack Miles on God in the Quran

From the article:

What you found is that Allah is more merciful, consistently so, than in the Bible. Is that accurate?

Yes, it is. A friend asked me, what was the biggest surprise you discovered in writing the book? I said, Allah is more merciful than Yahweh.

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'More merciful than Yahweh': Jack Miles on God in the Quran (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2019 OP

That's like saying smallpox isn't as bad as the plague. trotsky Jan 2019 #1

Of course he is. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #2

Tell that to the Muslims who know that the words al Lah refer to "the one God". guillaumeb Jan 2019 #3

So it can't be more or less merciful if it is Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #4

It's not a contradiction, because you just don't understand Major Nikon Jan 2019 #8

Maybe Muslims get a better deal? Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #9

Odd. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #5

In the name Stan Lee, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #6

Stanford Lordquinton Jan 2019 #7

No. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #10

His real name was Stanley Lieber edhopper Jan 2019 #11

Understood. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #12

He started as a very young lad edhopper Jan 2019 #13

You could have looked that up really easily. MineralMan Jan 2019 #14

And you could have addressed the actual topic. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #15

I did not participate in your thread until your useless question MineralMan Jan 2019 #16

Thank you. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #17

There is no need to thank me. MineralMan Jan 2019 #18

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

1. That's like saying smallpox isn't as bad as the plague.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:02 PM

Jan 2019

Good news, I guess?

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

2. Of course he is.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:37 PM

Jan 2019

He was created 2,000 years after Yahweh.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

3. Tell that to the Muslims who know that the words al Lah refer to "the one God".

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 07:07 PM

Jan 2019

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The God of Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus.

Voltaire2

(14,703 posts)

4. So it can't be more or less merciful if it is

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 10:03 PM

Jan 2019

the same tooth fairy.

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)

8. It's not a contradiction, because you just don't understand

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 01:42 AM

Jan 2019

Either that or you're misframing.

Voltaire2

(14,703 posts)

9. Maybe Muslims get a better deal?

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 04:35 AM

Jan 2019

I hadn’t considered that angle.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

5. Odd.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:33 AM

Jan 2019

My copy of Thor: The Dark World says the character of Thor was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Larry Lieber.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

6. In the name Stan Lee,

Reply to Act_of_Reparation (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 01:44 PM

Jan 2019

is Stan abbreviated from Stanley?
Or does he spell it Stanlee?

Stanlee Lee?

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)

7. Stanford

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 03:07 PM

Jan 2019

Or perhaps his parents were into the outdoors and named him Stanislaus.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)

10. No.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 07:47 AM

Jan 2019

It's the long form of "Sta"

edhopper

(34,790 posts)

11. His real name was Stanley Lieber

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 09:34 AM

Jan 2019

Larry Lieber was his brother.
He used "Stan Lee" early in his comic book career because he was saving his real name for serious novels he would write.
He never got around to those novels, but did alright in the Comic biz.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

12. Understood.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #11)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:00 PM

Jan 2019

I ma not a reader of comic books, and interesting that he distinguished between comic books and "serious novels".

edhopper

(34,790 posts)

13. He started as a very young lad

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:01 PM

Jan 2019

in the 1940s. Comics have gained some respect over the years.

MineralMan

(147,574 posts)

14. You could have looked that up really easily.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:04 PM

Jan 2019

Why didn't you?

Here's the very first listing in a search for Stan Lee on Google. His birth name is in the first sentence at that link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

15. And you could have addressed the actual topic.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:06 PM

Jan 2019

Why did you avoid it?

MineralMan

(147,574 posts)

16. I did not participate in your thread until your useless question

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #15)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:08 PM

Jan 2019

about Stan Lee's birth name.

I will not participate in it any further, either. Your new focus on Islam is puzzling, at best. I'm not interested in it.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

17. Thank you.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #16)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:10 PM

Jan 2019

MineralMan

(147,574 posts)

18. There is no need to thank me.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #17)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 03:12 PM

Jan 2019

I'm not interested in your current fascination with Islam.

You seem to be waffling all over the place with regard to religion these days. I see it as symptomatic of something, really. And it's not something I'm interested in. I am, however, interested in why you did not bother to look up Stan Lee's birth name, but instead went on a multi-post set of nonsense about it.

Google.

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