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Originally Posted by rhadin
If my device came with the Koran or with any version of the Bible, I would delete it. I'm not into religious persuasion.
The question really should be would I read the Koran to learn about it? To that I would say yes, just as I would consider reading one of the Bibles to learn about the religion it represents. But the truth of the matter is that none of the bibles or korans are particularly meaningful when it comes to understand religious views because each sect within a religion has a different slant on the meaning. For example, is the 6-days to create the earth incontrovertible fact meaning 6 24-hour days or is it parable? If God did dictate the Bible, why are there so many versions?
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The reason for reading the Koran is the same as the reason for reading the Bible - it gives you an understanding of the societies that base their cultural mores on that particular religious text. Regardless of whether one regards the Bible as having any spiritual meaning, its teaching underpin western society, and the same is true of the Koran and middle Eastern society. You cannot truly understand those societies without a knowledge of the foundation on which they are built.