I find out that Quran has many things to say about rules to follow in life many years ago. limited nos of wives to make them not to have too many wives they cannot feed. Restriction to eat pork since there was no refridgeration at that time and pork can go bad. Praying five times a day to keep people in good mind and also to keep them in line. Punishing people by cutting hands of thieves, throwing stones to adultery for women, keeping women under veil since they regarded women like animals and there was an ownership and they should not entice the men who were like beasts. Bible will be the same not to have polygamy and no abortion etc. At the present scientific modern age so many things have changed in our world shouldn't these old old OLD rules should be re edited and re write or BE DISREGARDED??
2006-08-02 02:52:43 · 15 answers · asked by fedup 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In my humble opininon both should be disgarded as the basis for religious belief systems. The books are archaic, full of contradiction, and historically accurate only to a point. FYI there are numerous versions of the Bible that attempt to "update" it and all fail to do so as there are as many books on how to read the various versions as there are versions. So far as the Quran goes it's also been rewritten into several versions and all have the same issues as the Bible. Yeah, there are some good life lessons in both books...but they're mostly fictional, allegorical, and metaphorical. Bottom line is these are STORY books and shouldn't be treated as anything more. PEACE!
2006-08-02 03:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 3⤊ 5⤋
If either one or both is the word of God, then obviously no. What you are attempting to do is to change the Bible to fit your beliefs of what is right and wrong, then what God thinks is right or wrong. For example, nowadays sex outside of marriage (adultery, premarital sex) is pretty rampant and that is part of our culture, so you might say that we should change the Bible to fit that. But God considers it wrong (at least if the Bible is God's word) and it is wrong no matter what century or what culture.
The Qu'ran may say no pork (and it may have been that it can go bad), but then it would have said no mutton (sheep) or beef (cow) as well, yet it does allow eating both of those. More likely they consider it against God's will over something else. Maybe the pig is sacred to God in some way. Or any number of things, things we might not even know about but that God may have a problem with. In essence, you are assuming things that may or may not be true, allow the beliefs to continue. These beliefs don't hurt you in any way, and may wind up being what God actually wants and you are trying to change things which may mislead many later. I'm not saying for sure either is right, but if one or both is you may wind up making yourself one of those antichrist's we hear so much about.
2006-08-02 03:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How does one go about updating the (alleged) word of a perfect being, whose words should, theoretically, remain up-to-date for all eternity. If he's so perfect, he should be able to see into the future a few hundred years. And if he did that (common sense, for a perfect being), he should know how to word things so that they stay relevent. Maybe religious adherence should be updated instead.
2006-08-02 02:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by drink_more_powerade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It needs an overhaul to include the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
"There are three essentials of the church: acknowledgment of the divine of the Lord, acknowledgment of the holiness of the Word [Bible], and the life which is called charity" (Divine Providence n. 259[3]).
2006-08-02 02:56:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Updated by who??
These books are the word o god and can only be edited by god right??
Gret real, these books have been updated by every king and queen since the beginning of time
2006-08-02 02:57:26 · answer #5 · answered by billyandgaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not so much updated as completely destroyed and stricken from the memory and history of mankind. Then we would finally have peace and harmony.
2006-08-02 03:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by davantshe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible cannot be updated
The Bible is God's word
God's word is eternal and unchanging
2006-08-02 03:18:01 · answer #7 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right, anything that is man-made needs updation. But GOD knwos the furute, therfore whatever GOD ahs made as a Law holds good at all times.
You think that Islam is out-dated??? Watch for yourself at:
www.irf.net
2006-08-02 03:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by flameslivewire 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both books have such increadable historic value that they should always be left as close to the origional as possible.
2006-08-02 02:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quran cannot be updated it has been presereved for 1400+ years
2006-08-02 02:56:31 · answer #10 · answered by Freezones 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋