Monday, November 10, 2008

The Forces of Evil

I am writing about George Bush again ! I cannot help it for now he has become an interesting subject for religious study. You see, he speaks about evil as in "The Axis of Evil". By this he acknowledges the existance of the Force of Evil in God's universe. Incidentally Islam believes the same.

The only way to ward off evil is by having faith in God and complies with all His rules. I don't think that George follows all God's rules. There are not no so many God's rules in the Bible any way when compared to the Koran. The Koran talks about the waywardness of the Children of Israel and the Bible too talks about their rebellious nature. Now the Koran says any community that turns away from God, is denied the luxury of Divine guidance and succumbs to evil.

The Koran has a word for Evil Force and the word is "al-taghut". I would like to quote Muhammad Asad, translator of the Koran who says "al-taghut" apparently circumscribes the seductive force of certain evil ambitions or desires - like striving after power for its own sake, aquisition of wealth by exploiting one's fellow beings, social advancement by all manner of immmoral means, and so forth - any of which may cause man to lose all spiritual orientation, and the enslavement of his passion".

The description fits George Bush like a well tailored suit !

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