In Mark 12:29, Jesus affirms the First Commandment revealed to Moses: “The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our GOD is one Lord.”
In the 2nd Book of Moses (Ex. 23:13), GOD commands: “Do not even mention the names of other gods”.
The Qur’an informs the Children of Israel it confirms the Truth existing in the Torah [Q2v41].
Muslims are commanded to reject “taghut” (false worship) in all its forms [Q4v60], and they say: "We believe in the scripture sent to Muhammad [saws], and we believe in the scriptures sent to previous prophets."
2006-10-10 15:07:01 · 12 answers · asked by Bible_Student_2 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are you serious? Are Atheist running out of insults? C'mon man, dig deeper.
2006-10-10 15:11:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Muslim Calendar.
Muslims follow the lunar calendar. This means they have twelve months of 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes each. The Muslim year is eleven days shorter than the solar year. As a result, Muslim months and holidays are not seasonal and rotate throughout the solar calendar year. The Muslim calendar is dated from the time of Muhammad's moving from Mecca to Medina - the "Hegira" -- and is designated by the letters A.H. (After the Hegira). Muslims living in Western countries that follow the solar Gregorian calendar usually keep both set of dates.
Why do Muslims follow the lunar calendar instead of the solar calendar?
Answer:
1. As per the Solar calendar, every year the months fall in the same respective seasons of that location. For example, the months of March, April and May in India will always have summer, while July, August, September will always have monsoons i.e. rains in western India. November, December and January will always have winter.
2. In the lunar calendar in different years the months fall in a different season.
The lunar calendar has about 11 days less than the solar calendar. Thus, every year, the month of the lunar calendar occurs 11 days prior to what it had occurred in the previous solar year. Thus, in a span of about 33 lunar years a human being will experience all the different seasons for one particular month of the lunar calendar. This is very important because the yearly activities of a Muslim are based on the lunar calendar. Certain months like Ramadhan and Hajj are very important to the Muslims. During Ramadhan a Muslim has to fast which includes abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. If the Islamic months were based on the solar calendar where the seasons were fixed, then people living in certain parts of the world would have Ramadhan in summer while in other parts of the world it would be winter. Some Muslims would have to fast for a longer period of time where the days are long while other Muslims would have to fast for shorter period of time where the days are short. If the seasons did not change, then Muslims living in some parts of the world may feel that they are at a disadvantage throughout their lives.
By following the lunar calendar, every Muslim has a taste of fasting in different seasons and for a different time period, in a span of his life.
as for me -- for this world i follow the solar calender and for my Afterlife i follow Lunar calender. this is 1427th year of Lunar Calender.
2006-10-10 15:26:33 · answer #2 · answered by marissa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question.
Rabbis have discussed it before and the conclusion was reached that if the name is divorced from any actual notion of the entity as a god then it's fine. (think about it, most people probably don't even know that january is from Janus etc.. etc..)
(But its also true that for that reason many jews try to only use the hebrew calandar as much as possible.)
cheerio
2006-10-10 16:38:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think the Jews follow their own calendar since they are in the 5400s, and I think the Muslims are in the 600s or 700s. As far as the other goes, I rather doubt very many people know who the months are named for. I know the days are named for a combination of Norse gods and goddesses and Roman gods and goddesses, but seeing how I don't PRAY to any of them, I don't see the problem.
2006-10-10 15:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't worship my calender.
And I'm smart enough to know the difference between the name of a month and an ancient Diety. It's really not that difficult.
2006-10-10 15:10:37 · answer #5 · answered by dave 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
as a matter of fact, judaism and islam both have their own calendars that they use. today may be october 8 2006 for you, but for jews it is Tishrei 18, 5767. i'm not sure what the muslim date is.
2006-10-10 15:16:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. Most people are ignorant that the days and months are named after pagan gods and goddess.
2006-10-10 15:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by nubins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now this takes the cake. It's not harrassing us for going to church on Sunday; not even about eating bacon. It's about a calendar.
Well....at least it's original.
2006-10-10 15:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by Esther 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which gods are in the calander? Just Tammuz, and since no one worships it anymore, it's OK.
2006-10-10 15:30:02 · answer #9 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I for one do not follow any false gods.
2006-10-10 15:12:35 · answer #10 · answered by Linda R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋