if I quoted any other non_Muslim's quranic rendtions, would you accept?
I would actually have difficulty accepting anything quoted by you. I would take Arthur Arberry over you any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Secondly, what's the purpose of fasting a whole 28 or 29 or 30 day month and not just few days or even a whole year, as per your Arabized Muslim version.
The purpose of fasting is mentioned in the quran.
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YUSUFALI:......
Thus doth Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn self-restraint.
PICKTHAL: .....
Thus Allah expoundeth His revelation to mankind that they may ward off (evil).
SHAKIR: ........
Thus does Allah make clear His communications for men that they may guard (against evil).
Arberry..........
So God makes clear His signs to men; haply they will be godfearing.
Secondly, it is a command of Allah to fast the whole month. And ofcourse the sunnah of the prophet is to fast all year round as much as possible.
Thirdly, what has moon got to do with fasting?
The moon doesn't have anything to do with fasting. It is just to determine the beginning and end of each month.
Fourthly, what happens if you don't see the moon?
Then you must be blind. If you are not and are still unable to see the moon, then ask someone who can. If you live in a community where no one can see the moon, like on jupiter or something, then you follow the scientific lunar calendar.
Fifthly, what benefit would the already poor and the starving incur from 30 days Rythmic Ramadan?
This has something to do with faith. The poor and those that are already starving are starving for the lack of food. In Ramadan, however, they will be starving for the sake of Allah. This hunger will reward them either here or in the hereafter. Although, as I said in the beginning of this sentence, it has to do with faith. The faithless don't need to fast.
the truth is that the Islamic GOD is the Moon God (a HE male chauvinistic supernatural fathomless yet fathomable deity) and I shall prove it to everyone from historic standpoint. Would you still believe?
Danish wrote:Thirdly, what has moon got to do with fasting? Fourthly, what happens if you don't see the moon?
the truth is that the Islamic GOD is the Moon God (a HE male chauvinistic supernatural fathomless yet fathomable deity) and I shall prove it to everyone from historic standpoint. Would you still believe?
Actually, you are the one I don' t believe. I have read enough arguments about the moon god theory and nothing sticks. You can take a shot too. I am waiting.