If GOD is OMNIPOTENT, God can LIE to US

I think this is the strongest argument against classical theism but let's apply it to islam.

If God is omnipotent and omniscient, he can lie to us and change our reality. So how can we know if everything said in islam (Charia, Paradise for believers) is true?

Let's say, for the sake of argyment, that Islam is true in the sense that a well-defined Allah sent a revelation and laws to Muhammad. What guarantee do I have that I will go to Paradise after following Islam?

Allah could send atheists to Paradise and Muslims to Hell,
Christians to Paradise and others to Hell,
500 pagans to Paradise, 200 Zoroastrians to Hell, and billions into infinite reincarnation. (Why not?)

Or perhaps he created Hell but has never actually sent anyone there. There are infinitely many logical possibilities that contradict your creed like this.

You cannot refute this by saying,

"If everything in our religion is true, then everything will happen as written in our text."

Because your God could modify every aspect of reality, our minds, or even your texts without us ever noticing it. Your creed would have no power against a God capable of doing such things.

So we don't have any rational reason to believe in islam even if islam is true !

Once you realize this, it becomes absurd to submit your life to a God who can do whatever he wants, regardless of what you believe or do.

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 12 days ago

Stirner could he have been a hedonist ?

If the abstract ideas as "State, God, Nature etc." are only spooks that we use to live together, he could not be able to say that pleasure and pain are spooks because they are not ideas but pure experiences.

Finally, maybe hedonism and egoism are very close ; what do you think about that ?

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 15 days ago

Someone tried a Bayesian approach of ETHICS ?

When i was thinking about argument for and against moral objectivity or subjectivity ; i asked myself if someone had a probabilist approach of moral actions.

For example,let's take a hedonist and empirist point a view of ethics

If we know that a action (like rape or murder) cause at 99,99% more suffering than pleasure for all concerned persons, i could qualify it at 99,99% evil and not 100% to avoid absolutism fallacy.

I don't know if i'm enough clear, but i want to know if "probabilist ethics" exist and who have already done it ?

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 23 days ago

DEBATES and CRITIQUE of ISLAM are really USEFULL ?

I personnally leaved islam in studying the story of a sahaba (Ibn Abi Sarh if you want to check) and the story of islam.

So after i debated with many muslims online, i even created a youtube channel and i think now that these debates are really useless...

I don't know how some ex-muslims dedicate all their free time to study this absurd cult, making videos while years, debating and support the offense of angry muslims etc.

After introspection, i don't want to talk about islam all my life, i want to really live, have fun, knowing peace, feel pleasure...

I have a dillemma, either continue to share my experiences and knowing of islam despite the mental pain that it causes
Either to remove entirely this religion of my life and ignoring it...

What do you think ?

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 24 days ago

Quran DENYING JESUS CRUCIFIXION is just PURE MADNESS

>4:157-158 and for boasting, “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” But they neither killed nor crucified him—it was only made to appear so. Even those who argue for this ˹crucifixion˺ are in doubt. They have no knowledge whatsoever—only making assumptions. They certainly did not kill him. Rather, Allah raised him up to Himself. And Allah is Almighty, All-Wis (Trad by Dr. Mustapha Al Khattab

In Islam, it is important to understand that the narrative regarding the Messiah is roughly as follows:

Jesus arrives with the Gospel and miracles to preach monotheism -> He is condemned to crucifixion -> But at the moment of his sentence, he ascends to heaven ->

-> Finally, Allah deceives the entire world, forcing it to witness a "fake crucified Jesus" mistaken for the real Jesus, who remains unharmed.

This illusion supposedly worked so well early Christians like Paul of Tarsus (in 50) and Ignatius of Antioch, Jews like Flavius ​​Josephus, and even Romans historians like Tacitus all together reported the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

This would imply that for six centuries from 33 to 622 AD the direct experience of the inhabitants of Judea and the shared historical knowledge of Jewish, Christian, and pagan peoples do not constitute proof...

... But a 7th-century Bedouin leader of a state, claiming that God deceived humanity for 600 years, suddenly becomes credible ?

In more Quran claims that Jews and Christians have doubts about the Christ Death but in fact in 7th century no one jew and no one christian ever doubt and it became a axiom for christian theology either for roman church (Nicee 321 Constantinople 385) or for Arians or Nestorians, crucifixion is the basis a christian creed.

And above all, this raises two crucial questions :

1. Why did Allah a so-claimed truthfullness God lied to humanity for 600 years in making humans believe in a fake Jesus crucified ?

2. Why does the Quran reproach us for believing in the historical fact of the crucifixion without "proof," while commanding us to believe Muhammad without any proof regarding this matter?

A neutral observer (an atheist like myself) has a thousand times more reason to favor the corroborating and independents accounts of Paul of Tarsus, Tacitus, and Flavius ​​Josephus over those of a Bedouin born 500 years later...

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 1 month ago

Quran DENYING CRUCIFIXION of CHRIST is absolutely pure MADNESS

>4:157-158 and for boasting, “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” But they neither killed nor crucified him—it was only made to appear so. Even those who argue for this ˹crucifixion˺ are in doubt. They have no knowledge whatsoever—only making assumptions. They certainly did not kill him. Rather, Allah raised him up to Himself. And Allah is Almighty, All-Wis (Trad by Dr. Mustapha Al Khattab

In Islam, it is important to understand that the narrative regarding the Messiah is roughly as follows:

Jesus arrives with the Gospel and miracles to preach monotheism -> He is condemned to crucifixion -> But at the moment of his sentence, he ascends to heaven ->

-> Finally, Allah deceives the entire world, forcing it to witness a "fake crucified Jesus" mistaken for the real Jesus, who remains unharmed.

This illusion supposedly worked so well early Christians like Paul of Tarsus (in 50) and Ignatius of Antioch, Jews like Flavius ​​Josephus, and even Romans historians like Tacitus all together reported the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

This would imply that for six centuries from 33 to 622 AD the direct experience of the inhabitants of Judea and the shared historical knowledge of Jewish, Christian, and pagan peoples do not constitute proof...

... But a 7th-century Bedouin leader of a state, claiming that God deceived humanity for 600 years, suddenly becomes credible ?

And above all, this raises two crucial questions :

1. Why did Allah a so-claimed truthfullness God lied to humanity for 600 years in making humans believe in a fake Jesus crucified ?

2. Why does the Quran reproach us for believing in the historical fact of the crucifixion without "proof," while commanding us to believe Muhammad without any proof regarding this matter?

A neutral observer (an atheist like myself) has a thousand times more reason to favor the corroborating and independents accounts of Paul of Tarsus, Tacitus, and Flavius ​​Josephus over those of a Bedouin born 500 years later...

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 1 month ago

QURAN'S ROMAN Miracle is not a MIRACLE and MATHS prove it !

1. Context

In 616, while Persian Sassanid Empire won the major battle against Byzantin Empire in Antioch (613) taken Jerusalem, and launched 2 compaigns to take Anatolia (615) and Egypt (616). Arabs are supporting the two empires. According to tafsirs, polytheists arabs supported persians, and monotheist arabs supported the "ahl al kitab" byzantin empire.

This context was extremely unfortunate for Byzance, they are going to lose Egypt with Anatolia and Persians are at the doors of Constantinople.

So Muhammad obviously supporter of Byzance will make a... "prophecy"

2. The prophecy of Muhammad

>(Trad. by Mokrane Gezzou translator of Tafsir Al Jalalayn)
30:2 - The byzantines have been vanquished
3 - in the nearer part of land. But they after the vainquishing shall be the victors
4 - in a few years (bid i sin means three to nine years) To God belongs the command before and after And on that day the believers shall rejoice
5 - in God's help He helps whomever He will; and He is the Mighty, the merciful

3. Meaning of the prophecy

So we need to define the terms to define the prophecy.

In 616 Romans losed, but they will win enter 619 and 625. So this is what we call a a priori prediction.

And when Romans will win Muslims will be happy about God's help, so a God's help while or close before Roman victory. (We can't rejoice about a thing that never yet happened...)

In 619 Sassanid Empire finished to conquer Anatolia (617-618) Egypt with Alexandria siege (619), and there are no major battles enter 619 and 622.

So the only battle with miraculous God's help according to tafsirs is Battle of Badr on March 624. And the decisive battle where Byzantine won against Sassanids is the Battle of Ganzak in June 624 won the 2 July 624 according to the byzantinist Illka Syvanne. A battle where byzantines destroyed on of the main temple of fire of zoroastrism Takht-e-Suleiman.

But this battle was only the second major battle of counter-offensive of Heraclius, Heraclius needed to win another major battle in Anatolia to invade Sassanid territories -> The Battle of Ophlimus in 622.

So the probabilty of Muhammad prophecy is the probabilities combined of the victories of these 3 battles... the formula is :
P(Badr) x P(Ganzak) x P(Ophlimus)

4. How calculate ? The Lineal Lanchester Law

A formula called Lineal Lanchester law permit to calculte the a priori probability of a battle with the effectives of two armies.

Inspired by it I will use a very simple null model : the a priori probability of victory is approximated by each army's share of the total forces engaged.

5. The calculation

Let's start for Badr where the numbers are the more precise

>Sahih Muslim 1673
When it was the day on which the Battle of Badr was fought, the Messenger of Allah cast a glance at the infidels, and they were one thousand while his own Companions were three hundred and nineteen >!(PS : i know there are other estimations at 313 or 317 but anyway it will not give much changes to probabilities...)!<

So : 319 Muslim against 1 000 Meccans = 1319 Total soldiers

P(Badr) = 319 / 1319 x 100 = 24,18% (less than 1/4)

For Ganzak according to the byzantinist James Howard Johnston byzantine campaigns's army are usually enter 15 000 and 20 000 soldiers since Maurice emperor, and Kaegi estimated it enter 20 000 and 24 000 soldiers

For Persians according to Kaegi and Syvanne the soldiers of Khosro II are numbered at 40,000.

So i will take the numbers 20 000 for Heraclius and 40 000 for Khosro

P(Ganzak) = 20 000 / 60 000 x 100 = 33,33% (1/3)

We need now the numbers of Ophlimus battle, but we have a problem... there are no numbers for this battle and we can only speculate...

>!We only know that byzantines were in number inferiority, that Heraclius leaded them personnaly since Constantinople, more moveable than persians not leaded by Khosro but their best general Sharnaraz and that Byzantines defeated them due to their mobility in ennemy's territory.!<

So Personnally with all my reading i can estimate byzantine army at 15 000 soldiers and Sassanid army at 20 000 soldiers. I think that this is the more plausible number, but keep in mind that this is only my personal notice.

P(Ophlimus) = 15 000 / 35 000 x 100 = 42,86% (3/7)

So let's have or final result !

24,18% x 1/3 x 3/7 = 3,45%
-> 1 chance on 29 !

6. Impressive but really surnatural ?

As we can see Muhammad had litterally 96,55% of chances to fail his prophecy and he suceed. This is impressive but really not surnatural...

There are predictions who are so much difficult and in all cases, a 1 of 29 event is not probable but very respectfull of laws of nature...

7. Comparisons

In 2016, bookmakers estimated that Leicester City FC have 1 chance of 5000 to win Premier League... one of most unprobable events in sport history...

Imagine the no-sense to say that when Abu Bakr bet against Quraysh on 29/1 he is listening to a Prophet a God, but when a women bet 10 pounds on 5000/1 odds, she is a simple human.

Political predictions have also nothing surnatural Piotr Dunorvo a Russian Politician said in a famous memorandum to the Tsar of Russia on 1914 that if he declares war to Germany, he'll make his army weak and lose his power towards a bolchevik revolution.

6 months later Nicolai II don't listen him declares war to Germany and in 1917 Vladimir Lenine takes Moscou and make this Bolchevik revolution...

8. Conclusion

As we can see there are nothing miraculous with roman's so called miracle, this is maybe a brilliant geo-political reading of the 7th century context ; but nothing exceptionnal or make ourselves think that this is a "divine revelation out of nowhere"

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 1 month ago

QURAN ROMAN "Miracle" isn't a MIRACLE and MATHS prove it !

1. Context

In 616, while Persian Sassanid Empire won the major battle against Byzantin Empire in Antioch (613) taken Jerusalem, and launched 2 compaigns to take Anatolia (615) and Egypt (616). Arabs are supporting the two empires. According to tafsirs, polytheists arabs supported persians, and monotheist arabs supported the "ahl al kitab" byzantin empire.

This context was extremely unfortunate for Byzance, they are going to lose Egypt with Anatolia and Persians are at the doors of Constantinople.

So Muhammad obviously supporter of Byzance will make a... "prophecy"

2. The prophecy of Muhammad

>(Trad. by Mokrane Gezzou translator of Tafsir Al Jalalayn)
30:2 - The byzantines have been vanquished
3 - in the nearer part of land. But they after the vainquishing shall be the victors
4 - in a few years (bid i sin means three to nine years) To God belongs the command before and after And on that day the believers shall rejoice
5 - in God's help He helps whomever He will; and He is the Mighty, the merciful

3. Meaning of the prophecy

So we need to define the terms to define the prophecy.

In 616 Romans losed, but they will win enter 619 and 625. So this is what we call a a priori prediction.

And when Romans will win Muslims will be happy about God's help, so a God's help while or close before Roman victory. (We can't rejoice about a thing that never yet happened...)

In 619 Sassanid Empire finished to conquer Anatolia (617-618) Egypt with Alexandria siege (619), and there are no major battles enter 619 and 622.

So the only battle with miraculous God's help according to tafsirs is Battle of Badr on March 624. And the decisive battle where Byzantine won against Sassanids is the Battle of Ganzak in June 624 won the 2 July 624 according to the byzantinist Illka Syvanne. A battle where byzantines destroyed on of the main temple of fire of zoroastrism Takht-e-Suleiman.

But this battle was only the second major battle of counter-offensive of Heraclius, Heraclius needed to win another major battle in Anatolia to invade Sassanid territories -> The Battle of Ophlimus in 622.

So the probabilty of Muhammad prophecy is the probabilities combined of the victories of these 3 battles... the formula is :
P(Badr) x P(Ganzak) x P(Ophlimus)

4. How calculate ? The Lineal Lanchester Law

A formula called Lineal Lanchester law permit to calculte the a priori probability of a battle with the effectives of two armies.

Inspired by it I will use a very simple null model : the a priori probability of victory is approximated by each army's share of the total forces engaged.

5. The calculation

Let's start for Badr where the numbers are the more precise

>Sahih Muslim 1673
When it was the day on which the Battle of Badr was fought, the Messenger of Allah cast a glance at the infidels, and they were one thousand while his own Companions were three hundred and nineteen >!(PS : i know there are other estimations at 313 or 317 but anyway it will not give much changes to probabilities...)!<

So : 319 Muslim against 1 000 Meccans = 1319 Total soldiers

P(Badr) = 319 / 1319 x 100 = 24,18% (less than 1/4)

For Ganzak according to the byzantinist James Howard Johnston byzantine campaigns's army are usually enter 15 000 and 20 000 soldiers since Maurice emperor, and Kaegi estimated it enter 20 000 and 24 000 soldiers

For Persians according to Kaegi and Syvanne the soldiers of Khosro II are numbered at 40,000.

So i will take the numbers 20 000 for Heraclius and 40 000 for Khosro

P(Ganzak) = 20 000 / 60 000 x 100 = 33,33% (1/3)

We need now the numbers of Ophlimus battle, but we have a problem... there are no numbers for this battle and we can only speculate...

>!We only know that byzantines were in number inferiority, that Heraclius leaded them personnaly since Constantinople, more moveable than persians not leaded by Khosro but their best general Sharnaraz and that Byzantines defeated them due to their mobility in ennemy's territory.!<

So Personnally with all my reading i can estimate byzantine army at 15 000 soldiers and Sassanid army at 20 000 soldiers. I think that this is the more plausible number, but keep in mind that this is only my personal notice.

P(Ophlimus) = 15 000 / 35 000 x 100 = 42,86% (3/7)

So let's have or final result !

24,18% x 1/3 x 3/7 = 3,45%
-> 1 chance on 29 !

6. Impressive but really surnatural ?

As we can see Muhammad had litterally 96,55% of chances to fail his prophecy and he suceed. This is impressive but really not surnatural...

There are predictions who are so much difficult and in all cases, a 1 of 29 event is not probable but very respectfull of laws of nature...

7. Comparisons

In 2016, bookmakers estimated that Leicester City FC have 1 chance of 5000 to win Premier League... one of most unprobable events in sport history...

Imagine the no-sense to say that when Abu Bakr bet against Quraysh on 29/1 he is listening to a Prophet a God, but when a women bet 10 pounds on 5000/1 odds, she is a simple human.

Political predictions have also nothing surnatural Piotr Dunorvo a Russian Politician said in a famous memorandum to the Tsar of Russia on 1914 that if he declares war to Germany, he'll make his army weak and lose his power towards a bolchevik revolution.

6 months later Nicolai II don't listen him declares war to Germany and in 1917 Vladimir Lenine takes Moscou and make this Bolchevik revolution...

8. Conclusion

As we can see there are nothing miraculous with roman's so called miracle, this is maybe a brilliant geo-political reading of the 7th century context ; but nothing exceptionnal or make ourselves think that this is a "divine revelation out of nowhere"

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 1 month ago
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This HISTORICAL ERROR of QURAN made the ISIS ex-N°2 LEAVE ISLAM (Dhul Qarnayn)

I know that there much reddit posts about this subject but this one will be (i hope) the most complete of all Reddit.

1. Intro - Who is Musa Cerantonio

Source for Musa Cerantonio

Musa Cerantonio a ex-ISIS's 2nd figure renounced the faith because of this error in the Quran!

Musa Cerantonio converted to Islam at age 17, having become disillusioned with Catholicism following a trip to the Vatican. He became a prominent preacher in the Middle East, appearing in major media outlets such as Al Jazeera and Egypt's Al-Ahram.

He gradually became radicalized, joined ISIS, and became the 1st leading Australian figure or even, according to the US military, the 2nd most influential figure of ISIS. And he was arrested by the Australian government for carrying out attacks in a part of Philippines controlled by ISIS.

However, in prison, this fanatical preacher re-examined the Quran and leaved Islam.What glaring error could have a man who had dedicated his life to fight for Islam and leave the faith ?

2. The historical error about Alexander The Great

In Surah 18 (Al Kahf), the Quran mentions an enigmatic figure named Dhul-Qarnayn, which means "the one with two horns."

In the Quranic narrative, he possesses several characteristics:

- He has two horns,

- He is a powerful king and conqueror,

- He believes in the monotheistic God,

- He travels to the West (the place where the sun sets),

- He sees the sun setting into a muddy spring where a people dwell,

- He sees the sun rising over a people vulnerable to the sun,

- He travels between two mountains,

- He builds a wall of iron and copper to hold back Gog and Magog, who are destined to return at the end of the Islamic world.

Well, you should know that all classical exegetes (Ibn Kathir, Tabari, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi...) have grappled with the highly probable hypothesis that Dhul-Qarnayn was Alexander the Great.

But this is where things become very problematic. For the historical Alexander was openly an idol worshipper, a pharaoh, and a promoter of pagan cults such as that of Marduk in Babylon.

How can this be explained ? In reality, the Quran describes a completely different Alexander a mythological Alexander conflated with the historical one, and depicted as a monotheist in Syriac legends.

We can demonstrate this through two specific texts and a cumulative argument :

- The Homily on Alexander by Jacob of Serugh (or Pseudo-Jacob), dating back to the 5th or 6th century.

- The Christian Syriac Legend of Alexander, which appeared between the 6th and 7th centuries.

Let us look at the striking similarities between the mythological Syriac Alexander and Dhul-Qarnayn.

3. Analysis of Jacob of Serguh homily

First, Alexander the Great is depicted with two horns on Persian coins as early as the 3rd century BC; the association between Alexander and horns was already established.

Next, in his Homily of Serugh describes Alexander the Great as follows:

He describes an Alexander who believes in God

>(P.181) And the believing king Alexander prevailed;

Building a wall of iron and copper against Gog and Magog to protect a people

>(P.183) And when Alexander had thus gained the victory, He buried the slain and took their arms. Then he courageously took pains and made a door.
Against Agog and the family of Magog, and bound them [inside]. He took iron and brass, a great quantity, and made it ready For the making of the door that he might shut [it] in the face of the people.

And this wall would confine Gog and Magog between two mountains until the end of time.

>(P.183) That he might shut in the peoples of the house of Magog until the end. The king in his wisdom measured from mountain to mountain, twelve cubits in the strength of his power.

This is already striking ; the link between Alexander and the barrier of Gog and Magog is clearly established.

But as if that were not sufficient proof, the Syriac legend explicitly identifies Alexander as Dhul Qarnayn.

4. Analysis of Christian Syriac Legend of Alexander

In the Syriac legend of Alexander, we first see Alexander wishing to explore the ends of the earth, which are bordered by a fetid sea described as resembling pus... a toxic and muddy sea.

>(P.145) Now this I desire to go and see, upon what the heavens rest, and what surrounds all creation
[...] and beyond these ten miles there is the foetid sea, Okyanos (the Ocean), which surrounds all creation [...] Its waters are like pus ; and if men swim therein, they die at once.

And, quite literally, the text portrays Alexander as a devout worshipper of the monotheistic God, praising Him for granting him horns to traverse the world and for enabling him to fight on His behalf :

>(P. 146) "And King Alexander bowed down and showed reverence, saying: 'O God, Lord of kings and judges... You have given me horns upon my head, with which I may overthrow the kingdoms of the world...' [...] Grant me the power of Your holy heavens so that I may receive strength superior to that of the kingdoms of the world and subdue them. I shall glorify your name, O Lord, forever, and the memory of You shall endure from eternity to eternity. I shall inscribe the name of God in the charter of my kingdom, so that there may always be a memorial to You. And if the Messiah, who is the Son of God, comes during my lifetime, I and my troops shall worship Him.

Then Alexander goes to Egypt to ask for blacksmiths, iron, and copper.

>(P.147) Alexander called Sarnakos the king of Egypt and said to him, "Give me seven thousand smiths, workers in brass and iron, to go with me."

Next, we see the same details : Dhul-Qarnayn sees near the "muddy spring" the sun entering the window of heaven; this is a poetic way of saying that the sun is setting it is the place of sunset.

>(P.148) So the whole camp mounted, and Alexander and his troops went up between the foetid sea and the bright sea to the place where the sun enters the window of heaven.

Then, the legend speaks of the East the place where the sun rises ; there is a people unprotected from the sun who hide in the sea to avoid being burned, exactly as in verse 18:90.

>(P.148) The place of his rising is over the sea, and the people who dwell there, when he is about to rise, flee away and hide themselves in the sea, that they be not burnt by his rays.

Then, logically, he heads east, given that he is already at the far west. He then takes another route toward mountains in the north, as in the Surah mountains located, according to the text, between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

>(P.149) And Alexander and his troops stood upon the top of the mountain and saw the four quarters of the heavens. And Alexander said, "Let us go forth by the way to the north"; and they came to the confines of the north, and entered Armenia and Adarbaijan and Inner Armenia.

And near this mountain there is a people who ask them for protection from the Huns, a people led by the… Gog and Magog

>(P.150) Alexander said, “Who are the nations within this mountain upon which we are looking?” The natives of the land said, M They are the Huns." He said to them, Who are their kings?" The old men said: "Gog and Magog."

Finally, Alexander grants their request by ordering his blacksmiths to build a barrier of copper and iron imported from Egypt.

>(P.153) And Alexander said to his troops, "Do ye desire that we should do something wonderful in this land?" They said to him, "As thy majesty commands we will do." The king said, "Let us make a gate of brass and close up this breach"... And Alexander commanded and fetched three thousand smiths, workers in iron, and three thousand men, workers in brass. And they put down brass and iron, and kneaded it as a man kneads when he works clay. Then they brought it and made a gate, the length of which was twelve cubits and its breadth eight cubits.

5. Recap

Let us recap :

Alexander the Great believing in God travels west (toward the sunset), where he finds the sun setting in a sea (a foul-smelling spring) ; he knows that in the east, a people can not protect themselves from the sun ; then he takes a third path to the north to build a barrier against Gog and Magog.

The story is almost identical, scene for scene, to that of Dhul-Qarnayn!

→ Consequently, it is impossible for Dhul-Qarnayn to be anyone other than this mythologized Alexander the Great.

6. Muslims in Mali recognized Dhul Qarnayn as Alexander according to Abu Abdelmalik

I would like to add an irrefutable detail confirming that the mythologized Alexander the Great is indeed Dhul-Qarnayn (the Two-Horned One).

Abu Abdelmalik, a researcher at ENS Lyon, demonstrates in his work "Le Roman d’Alexandre à Tombouctou (Mali)" that the link between Alexander and Dhul-Qarnayn was recognized long after the Islamic conquests of Mali even later than the 7th century.

>Abou Abdelmalik, *Le Roman d’Alexandre à Tombouctou. Histoire du Bi-cornu, le manuscrit interrompu* (ENS Lyon 2012), (P.294)

Alexander is portrayed as a Yemeni king—though also Greek—to whom God imparted counsel. He... ...embarks on a campaign against the Infidels, following a rather illogical route. Darius, King of the Persians, attacked him; he then wrote to the King of India to request support and assistance. Alexander—the "Two-Horned One"—ultimately defeated Darius, and subsequently the King of India. From there, he set out for the Maghreb, Andalusia, and so on

The epic incorporates elements from the Surahs and the text of Pseudo-Callisthenes—notably during a battle against jinn and demons—before moving on to Egypt, a wondrous land here identified as China, and other regions. The Two-Horned One builds mosques, receives counsel from Aristotle, and continues his warring! Then, the narrative comes to an abrupt halt on page 96.

Even centuries after the Islamic conquests, Alexander was identified with Dhul-Qarnayn.

As is evident, the equation of Alexander with Dhul-Qarnayn is neither an isolated, recent, nor "Islamophobic" interpretation ; it is a tradition deeply rooted in the Islamic corpus, extending as far as Timbuktu. The Quranic Dhul-Qarnayn thus derives directly from Syriac and Christian legends.

8. Anyway, The Quran is false

There are, therefore, two possible hypotheses:

The Quran is the inimitable word of God -> It bears a striking resemblance to depicting a story that predates the text itself, yet containing errors -> Contradiction

The Quran is a human creation -> Inspired by mythical tales from ancient Arabia/Syria -> Perfectly coherent and logical

9. Muslims counter-arguments refuted by 4 proofs

Muslims often counter-argue that since the Syriac legend dates to between 629 and 636, and Surah Al-Kahf is dated prior to 622, so it is impossible for the Quran to have copied that legend.

However, this relies on the premise that the legend was invented long after the Quranic account, and we have no fewer than four cumulative pieces of evidence proving this false.

1. There are coins depicting Alexander with two horns, dating back as early as the 3rd century BC; this association is therefore very ancient, originating in the time of Alexander the Great.

2. The Jewish historian Flavius ​​Josephus, who, in his *Antiquities of the Jews*, identifies Magog as the Scythian people.

>Antiquities of the Jews, Book 1, Chapter 6.1

Magog founded the Magogians, named after him, whom the Greeks call Scythians.

And according to Flavius ​​Josephus, these same Scythians—that is, the people of Magog—are held back by iron gates built by Alexander the Great.

>The Jewish War*, Book 7, Chapter 7.4

We have previously explained that the Alans are a Scythian tribe inhabiting the banks of the Tanais and the Maeotian Lake. At that time, they conceived a plan to invade and plunder Media and the regions beyond. They negotiated with the King of Hyrcania, who controlled the pass that King Alexander had closed off with iron gates.

So, as early as the 1st century BC... The belief among Jews and Christians that Alexander depicted with two horns built a barrier to hold back Gog and Magog was already circulating!

3. The attribution of a Christian homily in which Alexander indeed builds this barrier against Gog and Magog to Jacob of Serugh, a bishop born in the mid-5th century.

Even if Jacob of Serugh never actually wrote this homily, the fact remains that the author knew his audience would find it credible to attribute these beliefs to a 5th-century bishop ; this implies that such beliefs very likely existed at that time.

This is notably the view of Sidney H. Griffith, a specialist in Arab-Syriac Christianity, who states and I quote : "This tradition would most likely have been current orally well before the composition of either of the Syriac texts in writing."

4. The 4th piece of evidence is the Quran itself. Verse 18:83 reads:

>"They ask you about Dhul-Qarnayn."

We can see right away that the audience questioning Muhammad namely, the Jews of Arabia were familiar with this figure.

We also know that, whether during the Meccan or Medinan periods, Muhammad’s detractors criticized him for citing "legends of the ancients."

From Surah 68 (the second to be revealed) all the way to one of the final surahs, Surah 8, the polytheists, Jews, and Christians of Arabia leveled this accusation against him throughout his twenty-three years of preaching !

10. Conclusion

Given all this, what do you think is the most probable theory?

That the Quran is an inimitable divine revelation recounting a story extremely similar to Syriac legends ; legends that disbelievers in conflict would have rejected while simultaneously lying about the book itself.

Or that the Quran drew inspiration from the story of a mythologized, horned Alexander a tale that had existed for centuries and that, as a result, non-Muslims recognized it as a retelling of ancient legends containing historical errors.

Since the historical error is glaring even to a former radical from ISIS it is clear that Muhammad is a false prophet.

u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 3 months ago

Where to go when you're ARAB ?

Hi, i'm H20 living in France, i'm a arab from morocco and either in France where dating is so hard and Morocco where is very conservative i struggle.

I search a destination where arab mens are seen as cool or just a destination where dating is easier. I even ask myself are there any countries that like maghrebis mens ?

I have thinked at countries like Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo or Bénin, because i like curvy womens and i would like to date them.

So what do you think where i can go for it ?

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 3 months ago

(Syllogism) The Quran's Legacy is Contradictory (and why awl doesn't work)

Question : Did Umar give 4/6 to the sisters and 3/6 to the husband in accordance with the law of Allah?

Before answering et us consider the famous case of *awl* (proportional reduction of shares) found in the hadith of Umar discussed in fiqh texts :

A deceased woman with a husband and two sisters.

The Quran states: 4:12 – "And for you is half of what your wives leave, if they have no children."
4:176 – "Regarding the deceased who has neither father, mother, nor child*... if there are* two sisters (or more), then they receive two-thirds of what he leaves."

Look at the wording of the verse: "what he/they leaves" what does they leave ? -> 6/6, or 100% of their heritage. So We deduce :

>P1: "What he leaves" = 100% of his inheritance = 6/6.

Let us look at the inheritance rules :

>Husband = 1/2 = 3/6
Sisters = 2/3 = 4/6
Thus, 3/6 + 4/6 = 7/6 -> resulting in an excess of 1/6.

We therefore deduce P2

>P2 : Allah commands us to distribute 7/6, starting from an inheritance base of 6/6 ; specifically, 3/6 to the husband and 4/6 to the sisters.

But there is no need to panic, for we have awl a tool that allows us to modify the rule in the event of an excess. We change the common denominator of the shares :

7/6 becomes 7/7.
Husband receives 3/7 instead of 3/6.
Sisters receive 4/7 instead of 4/6.

We deduce P3:

>P3: Using awl, Umar distributed 7/7 starting from an inheritance of 6/6 ; specifically, 4/7 to the husband and 3/7 to the sisters.

From P1, P2, and P3, we draw the logical conclusion -

>-> C: Omar did not carry out Allah's command ; 7/7 ≠ 7/6 ; awl constitutes disobedience to Allah.

And here, Sunni Muslims, to defend Omar and the fuqahas (jurists), you have only 3 options : refute P1, P2, or P3.

Either refute that the inheritance equals 100% of the inheritance -> Absurd.
Or refute that Allah commanded 7/6 from 6/6 -> Good luck for altering the scripture.
Or refute that 7/6 ≠ 7/7, 3/6 ≠ 3/7, and 4/6 ≠ 4/7 -> Refute mathematics itself.

If you are unable to do so (and you will be unable), and you admit that Omar disobeyed Allah, then you must answer this question : Could Omar logically obey Allah ?

And to answer, you must demonstrate how "giving 7/6 from 6/6" is a logical possibility.

If you don't so, then you must admit that Allah's command was illogical and, therefore... contradictory. So can you answer my question.

>Question : Did Umar give 4/6 to the sisters and 3/6 to the husband in accordance with the law of Allah?

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 3 months ago

(Syllogism) The Quran's Legacy is Contradictory (and why awl doesn't work)

Question : Did Umar give 4/6 to the sisters and 3/6 to the husband in accordance with the law of Allah?

Before answering et us consider the famous case of *awl* (proportional reduction of shares) found in the hadith of Umar discussed in fiqh texts :

A deceased woman with a husband and two sisters.

The Quran states: 4:12 – "And for you is half of what your wives leave, if they have no children."
4:176 – "Regarding the deceased who has neither father, mother, nor child*... if there are* two sisters (or more), then they receive two-thirds of what he leaves."

Look at the wording of the verse: "what he/they leaves" what does they leave ? -> 6/6, or 100% of their heritage. So We deduce :

>P1: "What he leaves" = 100% of his inheritance = 6/6.

Let us look at the inheritance rules :

>Husband = 1/2 = 3/6
Sisters = 2/3 = 4/6
Thus, 3/6 + 4/6 = 7/6 -> resulting in an excess of 1/6.

We therefore deduce P2

>P2 : Allah commands us to distribute 7/6, starting from an inheritance base of 6/6 ; specifically, 3/6 to the husband and 4/6 to the sisters.

But there is no need to panic, for we have awl a tool that allows us to modify the rule in the event of an excess. We change the common denominator of the shares :

7/6 becomes 7/7.
Husband receives 3/7 instead of 3/6.
Sisters receive 4/7 instead of 4/6.

We deduce P3:

>P3: Using awl, Umar distributed 7/7 starting from an inheritance of 6/6 ; specifically, 4/7 to the husband and 3/7 to the sisters.

From P1, P2, and P3, we draw the logical conclusion -

>-> C: Omar did not carry out Allah's command ; 7/7 ≠ 7/6 ; awl constitutes disobedience to Allah.

And here, Sunni Muslims, to defend Omar and the fuqahas (jurists), you have only 3 options : refute P1, P2, or P3.

Either refute that the inheritance equals 100% of the inheritance -> Absurd.
Or refute that Allah commanded 7/6 from 6/6 -> Good luck for altering the scripture.
Or refute that 7/6 ≠ 7/7, 3/6 ≠ 3/7, and 4/6 ≠ 4/7 -> Refute mathematics itself.

If you are unable to do so (and you will be unable), and you admit that Omar disobeyed Allah, then you must answer this question : Could Omar logically obey Allah ?

And to answer, you must demonstrate how "giving 7/6 from 6/6" is a logical possibility.

If you don't so, then you must admit that Allah's command was illogical and, therefore... contradictory. So can you answer my question.

>Question : Did Umar give 4/6 to the sisters and 3/6 to the husband in accordance with the law of Allah?

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 3 months ago

Pourquoi les TROTINETTES ÉLECTRIQUES sont tellement mal vues SOCIALEMENT ?

C’est pas cher c’est très pratique dans les grandes villes avec des transports dysfonctionnels (comme Marseille ou Nice) ou juste pour se balader dans des quartiers très éloignés de chez soi…

Par contre tu vas à un date avec ; pas mal de femmes vont te regarder très mal ; tu vas au travail avec on te regarde mal aussi ; tu dis que t’en as une à ton pote, on te traite même d’homosexuel… (oui on m’a déjà dit « t’es un PD si tu achètes ça » )
Complètement lunaire !

Je peux comprendre pour les trots en libre service type Lime, ça peut être associé à la mauvaise circulation, au danger sur la route…, Mais les trots perso ça devrait passer… ah bah non juste en parlant tu te fais juger

Perso j’aurais préféré me payer une trotinette 300-400€ que de claquer 3700€ en auto école pour rater le permis voiture 3 fois…


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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 4 months ago

"Modesty" is a value built by slave morals

In a Nietzschean perspective "Modesty" is merely a value invented by weak men to stifle the morale of strong women through resentment.

We can take the example of mens who says :

"Waaah, they use their beauty without modesty on OnlyFans and earning thousands of euros"

"Waaah, they're prostitutes on Instagram"

You see this kind of powerless talk? Well, that's what I'm criticizing

This morality of strong women consists of expressing their will to power through the force of their seductive beauty, and impotent men hate it.

We can also take the example of radical sunni islam who hate women who shows their beauty to give the control to mens

>Sahih Sunan Tirmidhi According to Abu Huraira, the Prophet said: "If I had ordered anyone to prostrate to someone else, I would have ordered the wife to prostrate to her husband"

Anyway strong womens use their beauty and weak mens create "modesty" value to criticize women who use their power

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u/Frosty_Draw_2737 — 5 months ago