God/Allah seems to have known only about Arabia and a few neighboring cities.
why is that?
2007-05-27 01:57:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
xmuslim here
2007-05-27 02:01:48 · update #1
Their world was very small.
I'm convinced that they believed there was a global flood because one certain middle eastern region had a larger than normal flood.
2007-05-27 02:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia was inhabited by Abos back then, theyve been there 40,000 years, and you can bet it wasnt called Australia then, and Columbus hadnt found America so that explains that bit, India who knows? Its obvious that the world was very underpopulated back then, and the earth hadnt been broken up into as many regions as they are now. Yours is a good line of inquiry though, keep looking and youll find some answers. A few things Ive always wanted to know about the bible is;
1. Did Adam and Eves kids have sex with each other?
2. Why doesnt the bible mention dinosaurs?
3. The word antichrist bothers me too....is the word 'anti' an english word? or an ancient Greek word? or is it an ancient Aramaic word perhaps? if the word wasnt around 2000 years ago then the word antichrist is a more recent invention.
2007-05-27 09:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religious books are about a specific people and their relationship with God. The Egyptian book was called "The Book of the Dead" because the afterlife was their focus.
The Hebrew book is called the Tanakh and is an instruction book for life on earth.
The Christian book is called the "new" testament. It was borrowed from the Jews and changed to become a book of instructions for gaining entrance into heaven.
The Muslim book is called the Quran. It was also borrowed from the Tenakh and includes lessons for peace on earth -- unfortunately a few extremists have converted it to a book of hate for others.
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2007-05-27 09:12:30 · answer #3 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Talmud says that creation began in Jerusalem, and the world radiated outward from this place. Medieval maps show Jerusalem at the epicenter of Asia, Europe, and Africa. The world flows into this spot, and all life's forces resonate here. From this place, the whole world is cast into perspective. "
I guess from that perspective, countries such as Australia, America, etc, etc are meaningless in comparison to Israel, which holds Jerusalem - the holy city of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It makes sense that if all life's forces resonate at that place, then the Bible/Talmud/Torah/Qur'an would focus on it and neighbouring areas.
2007-05-27 09:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because that's not where the events took place.
But actually, the CONCEPT that there was a whole world outside the Middle East is in the New Testament. One of the things that Jesus said was that it could be day in one part of the world, and night on the other. They were well aware that the world was a large place.
2007-05-27 09:06:43 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religious books are about God, lessons for the spirit and worship not geography lessons.
Seen as you are "so into the teaching of Jesus" where is his mention of Australia, America, India or china?
Or is it a little to convenient that you ignore what you want and praise what you want regardless of facts?
2007-05-27 09:27:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is your definition of a Religious Book?
I would assume you are referring to mainly Christian beliefs, that there is one God, the creator of all.
"There are many Gods if you look at religion around the world.
The number of major gods recognized around the world and recorded in world history are in the hundreds.
The number of religions, current and past, centred on these gods, is in the thousands.
The number of lives lost in the attempts to advance or defend religious beliefs is in the millions.
The number of humans negatively affected by this cultural anomaly is in the billions."
2007-05-27 09:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odd isn't it?
That the bible and other holy books are said to be the word of god yet they didn't tell us anything we didn't already know!
God missed the opportunity to tell us about germ theory of disease for example. Or that the world is round.
Maybe the fundamentalists claim the world WAS flat until recently? It wouldn't surprise me.
2007-05-27 09:05:44 · answer #8 · answered by Miltant_Agnostic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't people ask questions that can be intelligently addressed? About 90% of the questions I see in the R&S catagory are nothing more than insults with question marks. Whatever happened to respectful disagreements discussed between mature adults?
2007-05-27 09:46:38 · answer #9 · answered by bizriak 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i think you have made an error in assumptions. in the christian bible and the jewish bible there are references to other countries. the book of revelation talks about a nation with a large ARMY, even when china did not exist. A reference to Manasseh overflowing his borders is also recorded. and the promises to Abraham would be that He would be the Father of many Nations, and the number of them would be like the sands of the sea. And still God is greater than that.
2007-05-27 09:05:02 · answer #10 · answered by Priestcalling 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋