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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read the Quran and was not tempted to convert, in fact quite the opposite.

DD read the Quran in high school and was, quite frankly, shocked. She actually told me, "this is not a religion of peace."[/quote]

I don't think you can read the Quran and say it is a religion of violence.  However, a huge amount of the Quran is devoted to the end of days and what happens if you go to hell--it is a bit harrowing, but not an exhortation to violence on earth; it is much like what one sees depicted in Hermonius Bosch's paintings that one finds hanging in museums.

In my view, if you've heard one harrowing description of the end of days and of hell, you've heard them all.  The Quran has many iterations of this, which is one of the reasons I find it overall not very interesting.  In Arabic, it is quite different because it is actually poetry so the language, meter, and sound all come together in a euphonious whole.

I suspect this is the real reason the vigilant defenders of the Quran, like some of the PPs here, insist you can't really understand the Quran unless you read it in Arabic.  It is not really about understanding the words, but about being captured by the beauty of the language.

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That's fine , I think we can all appreciate the beauty of the melodious recitation. I should point out that since classical Islamic law frowns on music and singing (which is why all Islamic countries have few orchestras or professional musicians apart from pop stars), Quranic recitation industry is one of the few halal outlets for the musically inclined. In a different country you may see that reciter rocking the Carnegie Hall.

But to me the actual meaning and substance of the Quran is incredibly tedious and repetitive. [/quote]

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