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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I personally question the validity of the Qu'ran as an inerrant text. As I've already hinted at with my post about Muhammad quoting from later non-canonical and spurious sources in reference to Jesus breathing life into a bird of clay, the Qu'ran often quotes secondary sources and pseudepigraphal literature as if it were part of the received tradition. But (1) as our Muslims members have not made any claims here, I see no reason to pursue it, and (2) having not been raised in that tradition, I am woefully inadequate to properly address it.
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I'm in the same boat. The only address I made was the one above, where there is a specifically contradictory claim about Muhammed carrying on Jesus work (or whatever that wording was).
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Many believers have come to terms with modern scholarship and don't see it as an impediment to their faith, and I have no problem with that.
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Nor is it with mine. I challenge certain specific modern scholars, bolstered by arguments from other modern scholars, which is obviated by our previous discussion along these lines.
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As to fundamentalist being a derogatory term, there are any number of Christian churches where I live that quite proudly self-identify as fundamentalist. I take it you're not from the South.
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Indeed not.
As with many things, terms change or lose their meanings with time. Fundamentalism and Liberalism were both movements within Christianity in the early 20th Century. They are not necessarily aligned with the terms as we use them today.
-Pie