A place where a meteorite fell and was attributed to be a gift from the goddess Ishtar (Astarte)?
2007-02-06 17:51:03 · 10 answers · asked by dorkmobile 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Check these sites out...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone, http://www.adishakti.org/pdf_files/islam_and_goddess_worship_(notendur).pdf
2007-02-06 18:07:19 · update #1
My muslim friends accept this theory as truth. Why are some here getting defensive? I am trying to show that all religion blends together so much that the lines cannot be drawn in the sand so easily.
2007-02-06 18:09:51 · update #2
I acknowledge that the actual Q'aaba was built by Abraham according to Islamic custom, I understand Muslims do not worship the stone, they worship Allah.
I am not ignorant, nor do I claim anywhere that Muslims are pagans.
The entire point is that the Q'aaba was built to surround a meteorite that fell from the sky, and that PRIOR to Islam, the stone was worshipped as the goddess of the region, Ishtar/Astarte. This does not denigrate or lessen the importance of Islam. Don't forget that the Judaic tribes repeatedly returned to the worship of Pagan gods/goddesses. All of the prophets bemoaned this fact. How does a historical tidbit lessen what your faith is? I don't think it does, and I don't find anything wrong with researching and learning something you may not ahve known before.
2007-02-07 18:00:02 · update #3
m sorry but i think that is rubbish..
2007-02-06 17:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
your .wikipedia link is not point to anything to read it is some how related to a search for a black stone.
your other link is to a PDF file that is coming from a website whose home page states this
"Shri Adi Shakti:
The Kingdom Of God
Since November 1993 the spiritual experiences of children witnessing the mystical Kingdom of God thousands of times have been witnessed and recorded. All have independently corroborated and irrefutably identified Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi as the incarnation of the Sacred Feminine sent to deliver the Divine Message to humanity"
a very trust worthy source about religion.
Muslims are not pagans this is what you have to know, you can lecture for hours about this but you will not convince a single Muslim about that because they know what pagans believe in very well
BTW we as Muslims don't believe in this goddess Ishtar thing you are talking about
God bless
2007-02-07 05:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by Temsah 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Actually.. The Ka'aba was built by Abraham and Ishmael and Abraham wanted a starting point for people to walk around the Ka'aba as part of pilgrimage..
anyway..There was one rock that was from out of this world..that Black Rock it was sent down by Gabriel to Ibrahim ..
that's it it mainly..
Maybe in the pre-Islamic times when people strayed from religion they attributed the whole act of worship to one their hundreds gods.. but it was never built for any god but God..
2007-02-07 02:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by Razan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How many know that the Kaaba at Makkah is really ...
-A structure made of stone
-Is covered with a black cloth
-Is a man-made structure
-Is the place to which Muslims face when praying five times a day
-Was built by the Prophets Abraham and Ishmael (pbut)
-Was repaired in the days before Muhammad (pbuh) received Prophethood
-Is neither a meteorite nor a "gift"
-Is not worshipped by Muslims.
So it would be appreciated if ignorant people would STOP SPREADING LIES!
2007-02-07 02:16:25 · answer #4 · answered by mystery woman 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
At least you have realized that a meteorite fell but you have got the God wrong it was sent by Allah from heaven
2007-02-07 01:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by akband 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What is the religion that teach you to lie and give false information?
I will not be surprised, to know.
I know that the only teaching were you can't find people liying and honest is Islam
Even if they lie against Islam and make propagandas, Allah is in control, and guide whomever he wants to the true path of Islam >> the fastest growing religion in the world.
you are wasting your time.
2007-02-07 02:00:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
That is true.
But how do you explain the floating rock a the Dome of the Rock - if floats in the air!
2007-02-07 02:11:14 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is mention in hebrew bible as bakka as well as in quran.
Ka'aba is direction made by Abraham. Jerusulum was made after 600 years of death of Abraham.
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2007-02-07 01:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by Punter 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I heard that story before.
2007-02-07 01:57:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thanks for the info
2007-02-07 02:01:04 · answer #10 · answered by arveen paria arasuk 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋