Wednesday, December 25, 2024

I Grew Up Muslim in a Catholic Town Mary Was Common Ground

Zeyneb Sayılgan: I had just finished teaching a class on "the Muslim Mary". Many non-Muslims who attended were puzzled to find out that Muslims had a connection with Mary at all, and had no knowledge of how important she is to our belief and practice. This came as no surprise. Half of Americans report they know "not much" or "nothing at all" about Islam.

Posted by Corky at 11:31 AM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

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I grew up Muslim in a Catholic community - and Mary represented common ground | Zeyneb Sayılgan

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-- The Guardian (@theguardian.com) December 24, 2024 at 7:12 AM

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It's a nice little read from, "Zeyneb Saylgan is the Muslim Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore".

Her story, really, and her daughter, Maryam, which is Mary's Arabic name in the Qur'an.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-24 05:24 PM

I suppose God can knock up any woman he wants to. Mary must have had quite the womb to merit the Holy ----.

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-12-24 07:40 PM

My understanding is that all powerful beings, if there are any, are all powerful and wouldn't need to get all sticky.

Happy Nihilism!

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-24 07:51 PM

Zeus had the right idea.

He turned into swans and bulls and cuckoos and a------------- and women couldn't withstand his mighty girth.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-24 10:29 PM

Making the Jesus saga more complex doesn't make it more true. It's still all superstitious nonsense but hey children love to believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny! Y'all belueve in whatever nonsense you want but science is real whether you like it or not though Republicans want to kill science education want to ill science educatiom and start teaching Christian theology.

#5 | Posted by danni at 2024-12-25 12:32 PM

It's still all superstitious nonsense but hey children love to believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny!

Thankfully. Most people grow up and realize Santa and the Easter bunny are just stories and fiction.

Unfortunately it's not the same for the Jesus.

Merry Christmas!

#6 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-25 01:23 PM

- but science is real

So are scientists who believe in God:

Huberman's Faith in God

www.youtube.com

www.hubermanlab.com

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-25 01:41 PM

A 16 year old unmarried pregnant female?

Mary would have been stoned to death if Joseph hadn't come up with that "son of God" story.

Best "Honest, I never laid a hand on her" virgin birth lie ever told. It's been viral for centuries.

Jesus was a real person who obviously believed the story himself.

However, he was in enemy territory. He was one. They were many. He shoulda kept his mouth shut.

#8 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-12-25 05:53 PM

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