dorox:
I would really like to hear what madjnr has to say about Uncle Mo's flying horse.

SirWere:
How come the pictoral depictions of God (the christian one) looks remarkably like Zeus Let's start from there

johnydon22:
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Many of us here are very familiar with flying animals in antiquity or animals depicted to possess wings like birds.

The most popular of these stories is the story of Pegasus the flying Horse of Perseus son of the God Zeus in classical Greek antiquity.

we have all seen the movie depictions and many of us here won't deny having fantasized about riding such animal that has nothing to show that is not anymore than mere mythological fictional work of antiquity.



We also have the winged bulls of Babylonian mythology and then remarkably one so near is the tale of Muhammed (Founder of Islam) riding similar animal.

I am intrigued at this claim of Muhammed riding something similar to a flying horse named Buraq.


Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me. ... The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight.

—  Muhammad al-Bukhari , Sahih al-Bukhari


Then he [Gabriel] brought the Buraq, handsome-faced and bridled, a tall, white beast, bigger than the donkey but smaller than the mule. He could place his hooves at the farthest boundary of his gaze. He had long ears. Whenever he faced a mountain his hind legs would extend, and whenever he went downhill his front legs
would extend. He had two wings on his thighs which lent strength to his legs.

He bucked when Muhammad came to mount him. The angel Jibril (Gabriel ) put his hand on his mane and said: "Are you not ashamed, O Buraq? By Allah , no-one has ridden you in all creation more dear to Allah than he is." Hearing this he was so ashamed that he sweated until he became soaked, and he stood still so that the Prophet mounted him


According to these narratives God through Gabriel gave Muhammed one of his flying horse-like animals to ride to Jerusalem. . And muhammed was the ever first to ride such.

I find it intriguing that the classical story of Perseus which predates muhammed story by thousands of years. God (zeus) also gave Perseus a flying horse named Pegasus and Perseus became the only person to have ridden such.

These two stories quite similar in their claim of flying horse-like animals being ridden, what fascinates me is that people actually believe Muhammed really rode such an animal even though such has never been substantiated to be anymore than fictious mythical construct.

It reveals the dishonesty in Faith... Someone could believe such unsubstantiated outrageous assertion by faith against all reason.

A Muslim would laugh at anyone who asserts Perseus rode a flying horse but Muhammed rode one? then it is true .. "God is great" …lol.. ..

Imagine the absurdity in such belief. . . If one honestly believe someone rode a flying horse then why cant that person believe Perseus did or the dishonesty in belief stipulates one should cherry pick which myth to believe?

That's why i always say: "If something needs to be believed against reason by faith then there is no reason to believe it at all..."

Our muslim brothers, Do you honestly believe Muhammed rode a flying horse, if yes can you provide us independent empirical substantiation to back up your claim...??[/b]

oglalasioux:
The Prophet really travelled to heaven via Jerusalem. The bible substantiates this through the ascension of Elijah.

Science can also help us understand this
feat of the ancients. They shaped their flying machines like animals just as
Isaiah described the one he witnessed. We should not see the people of old as
backward. We are only beginning to rediscover their great achievements in
controlling and enhancing nature.

oglalasioux:
The Prophet really travelled to heaven via Jerusalem. The bible substantiates this through the ascension of Elijah. Science can also help us understand this feat of the ancients. They shaped their flying machines like animals just as Isaiah described the one he witnessed. We should not see the people of old as backward. We are only beginning to rediscover their great achievements in controlling and enhancing nature.

dalaman:
You are talking about flying horse when Mohammed divided the moon into two for the whole world to see.

johnydon22:


Hahahahahahaha people can lie shaa. . . . And people believe such ridiculous stories so mindlessly you wonder where people drop their brains before believing things like this..

But i know what it feels like to hold such absurd belief, its nobody's fault actually its the result of indoctrination and stark unknowing gullibility

after all many of us used to believe A Donkey talked to a man and he didn't find that usual and run like hell

johnydon22:


Hahahahahahaha people can lie shaa. . . . And people believe such ridiculous stories so mindlessly you wonder where people drop their brains before believing things like this..

But i know what it feels like to hold such absurd belief, its nobody's fault actually its the result of indoctrination and stark unknowing gullibility

after all many of us used to believe A Donkey talked to a man and he didn't find that usual and run like hell

dalaman:
You are talking about flying horse when Mohammed divided the moon into two for the whole world to see.

johnydon22:
[b]
Many of us here are very familiar with flying animals in antiquity or animals depicted to possess wings like birds.

The most popular of these stories is the story of Pegasus the flying Horse of Perseus son of the God Zeus in classical Greek antiquity.

we have all seen the movie depictions and many of us here won't deny having fantasized about riding such animal that has nothing to show that is not anymore than mere mythological fictional work of antiquity.



We also have the winged bulls of Babylonian mythology and then remarkably one so near is the tale of Muhammed (Founder of Islam) riding similar animal.

I am intrigued at this claim of Muhammed riding something similar to a flying horse named Buraq.


Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me. ... The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight.

— Muhammad al-Bukhari , Sahih al-Bukhari


Then he [Gabriel] brought the Buraq, handsome-faced and bridled, a tall, white beast, bigger than the donkey but smaller than the mule. He could place his hooves at the farthest boundary of his gaze. He had long ears. Whenever he faced a mountain his hind legs would extend, and whenever he went downhill his front legs
would extend. He had two wings on his thighs which lent strength to his legs.

He bucked when Muhammad came to mount him. The angel Jibril (Gabriel ) put his hand on his mane and said: "Are you not ashamed, O Buraq? By Allah , no-one has ridden you in all creation more dear to Allah than he is." Hearing this he was so ashamed that he sweated until he became soaked, and he stood still so that the Prophet mounted him


According to these narratives God through Gabriel gave Muhammed one of his flying horse-like animals to ride to Jerusalem. . And muhammed was the ever first to ride such.

I find it intriguing that the classical story of Perseus which predates muhammed story by thousands of years. God (zeus) also gave Perseus a flying horse named Pegasus and Perseus became the only person to have ridden such.

These two stories quite similar in their claim of flying horse-like animals being ridden, what fascinates me is that people actually believe Muhammed really rode such an animal even though such has never been substantiated to be anymore than fictious mythical construct.

It reveals the dishonesty in Faith... Someone could believe such unsubstantiated outrageous assertion by faith against all reason.

A Muslim would laugh at anyone who asserts Perseus rode a flying horse but Muhammed rode one? then it is true .. "God is great" …lol.. ..

Imagine the absurdity in such belief. . . If one honestly believe someone rode a flying horse then why cant that person believe Perseus did or the dishonesty in belief stipulates one should cherry pick which myth to believe?

That's why i always say: "If something needs to be believed against reason by faith then there is no reason to believe it at all..."

Our muslim brothers, Do you honestly believe Muhammed rode a flying horse, if yes can you provide us independent empirical substantiation to back up your claim...??[/b]

true2god:
You are an infidel, how dare you mock\question our beloveth prophet mohammed (shitt be upon him)? In my religion the wholly prophet said, 'there is no compulsion in religion' and he also said 'you have your religion and I have mine'. So why bother yourselve with my religion you kafir.

He flew on a horse to aljannah because you infidels are yet to manugacture aircraft then. Besides he has no need of visa to meet allahh in aljannah. What is your stress?

Our beloveth prophet is in aljannah enjoying his share of clean virgins having serves allahh very well. Whether you infidels like it, or not, you can never stop the spread of my religion around the world, islam is the fastest growing religion. And very soon all human being will be muslims and whoever refuses to accept allahh and his messenger (shitt be upon him), will die or pay the jizya (quran 9:29).

allahu snacks-bar.

Rilwayne001:
Pointless thread

parisbookaddict:


So u believe mohammed mounted a flying donkey....the muslim brain is one sad thing..remember he was the only withness.. perhaps he was high on hashish

So you believe donkey really talked as according to the bible?
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3007809_balaamandtalkingdonkey_jpegc9e7f5a772547edfbaf9bc643d5f1d90

So you believe as according to Judges 9:8 trees went out to
anoint a king?

So you believe Elijah was flown to heaven by a chariot of fire and horses of fire ?
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3007822_elijafirychariot_jpeg9db9f20384914022d3d236b3b83c9a6a

In John’s Revelation dream, which is conveyed to be an imminent and realistic future event, he sees crown-wearing locusts with faces of men, hair of women, teeth of lions,tails of scorpions, and wings sounding like chariots. These locusts also adorn iron breastplates in preparation for battle (9:7-10). Draw your own conclusions.

I assume you've not been reading your bible lately.

Perhaps those anonymous authors of the bible were high on pawpaw leaf..

parisbookaddict:


So u believe mohammed mounted a flying donkey....the muslim brain is one sad thing..remember he was the only withness.. perhaps he was high on hashish

Rilwayne001:


So you believe donkey really talked as according to the bible?

So you believe as according to Judges 9:8 trees went out to
anoint a king?

So you believe Elijah was flown to heaven by a chariot of fire and horses of fire ?


In John’s Revelation dream, which is conveyed to be an imminent and realistic future event, he sees crown-wearing locusts with faces of men, hair of women, teeth of lions,tails of scorpions, and wings sounding like chariots. These locusts also adorn iron breastplates in preparation for battle (9:7-10). Draw your own conclusions.

I assume you've not been reading your bible lately.

Perhaps those anonymous authors of the bible were high on pawpaw leaf..