Water into Wine. I was driving, and the words came into my mind, You turned water into wine, my lord . . . Here are the words. They came with a melody. That was in 2017. But I have a hard time carrying a tune. 3 years later, a friend recorded the piece. There’s a link to the video at the end.
I'm no expert on Islam and since it's written in Arabic, depend on the scholarship of others to give a context for an overall view of it. Bill Warner researched and presented the most comprehensive study on Islam containing writings of both Muslim and non Muslim writers, as well as examining the beginning of Islam and how Mohammed turned it from a religion to a political system which became far more popular than its "religious" roots.
As a Christian, I've come to acknowledge the saying "The problem with Christianity is Christians", but when applied to Islam, it seems the biggest problem with Islam is not Muslims, it's Islam. Muslims are trapped in a system which does not allow one the freedom to leave the Qu'ran's demands of seeing non Muslims as "kafirs" or cattle. Islam has it's own Arabic word which describes a behavior peculiar to Islam; "Taqyyia", which means permitted deception in describing the goal of Islam to others. See, ordinarily Muslims are not supposed to lie, but if it's done to advance the goal of world domination, then it's OK.
While presenting the Religion of Peace by some Muslim leaders, they ignore over 100 verses in the Qu'ran which call for the fate of non Muslims by giving them three options in a Muslim controlled area
!. Convert. . Pay a tax for not being a Muslim (30%) which gives the non Muslim "protection". Maybe that's where the Mafia got the "pay for protection" idea. 3. Death if you refuse options one and two.
Warner uses both the Qu'ran and Hadith as well as other Muslim writings to give as comprehensive a picture as outsider can get of Islam and it's not pretty, but necessary to understand the dichotomy of proclamations of how peaceful Islam is while in reality, of all the conflicts going on around the world over 90% involve Islam.
Interesting that Muslims talk about how important Jerusalem is to Islam, but unlike the other "holy" cities of Mecca and Medina, it's not mentioned in the Qu'ran.
We agree. From all the evidence, for example as presented by the very scholarly Bill Warner, there are major problems with the Islamic religious texts. By the way, you might very much like the song, and especially the message - but also the melody.
I'm no expert on Islam and since it's written in Arabic, depend on the scholarship of others to give a context for an overall view of it. Bill Warner researched and presented the most comprehensive study on Islam containing writings of both Muslim and non Muslim writers, as well as examining the beginning of Islam and how Mohammed turned it from a religion to a political system which became far more popular than its "religious" roots.
As a Christian, I've come to acknowledge the saying "The problem with Christianity is Christians", but when applied to Islam, it seems the biggest problem with Islam is not Muslims, it's Islam. Muslims are trapped in a system which does not allow one the freedom to leave the Qu'ran's demands of seeing non Muslims as "kafirs" or cattle. Islam has it's own Arabic word which describes a behavior peculiar to Islam; "Taqyyia", which means permitted deception in describing the goal of Islam to others. See, ordinarily Muslims are not supposed to lie, but if it's done to advance the goal of world domination, then it's OK.
While presenting the Religion of Peace by some Muslim leaders, they ignore over 100 verses in the Qu'ran which call for the fate of non Muslims by giving them three options in a Muslim controlled area
!. Convert. . Pay a tax for not being a Muslim (30%) which gives the non Muslim "protection". Maybe that's where the Mafia got the "pay for protection" idea. 3. Death if you refuse options one and two.
Warner uses both the Qu'ran and Hadith as well as other Muslim writings to give as comprehensive a picture as outsider can get of Islam and it's not pretty, but necessary to understand the dichotomy of proclamations of how peaceful Islam is while in reality, of all the conflicts going on around the world over 90% involve Islam.
Interesting that Muslims talk about how important Jerusalem is to Islam, but unlike the other "holy" cities of Mecca and Medina, it's not mentioned in the Qu'ran.
We agree. From all the evidence, for example as presented by the very scholarly Bill Warner, there are major problems with the Islamic religious texts. By the way, you might very much like the song, and especially the message - but also the melody.
And, no doubt, it was the finest wine anyone ever tasted.