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Whatever happened to Deuteronomy 8? |
"You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." For centuries this was a normal and accepted part of Islamic Law. Basically it meant that graphic reprentation of anything was forbidden. There were to be no portraits, no landscapes, no illustrations for books, no still life painting, no photography, cinema or television. No blueprints for buildings or technology. Muslim artists and artezans were restricted to the use geometric designs to decorate their textiles, pottery and architechure. I remember as recently as recently as 1994 the Muslim Taleban footsoldiers going door to door in Afghanistan to smash TV sets, burn newspapers, magazines, posters and artwork on the back of that commandment. Now they parade posters of their Imams in the street and show videos of themselves on the internet. What changed? It is still haram (forbidden) for muslims, according to numerous narrations from the prophet. Most of the pictures you see are in shia countries though sunni countries have some. Its just ignorance really but many Muslims still uphold it. Christianity strangely doesn't since a particular roman emperor decided it would be ok. Previous to that it was forbidden in all Christian places too Maybe they realised it's the 21st century? That simply means do not carve idols, from my understanding, of anything anywhere ( Heaven, Earth, Hell. ) These words ought to be read and understood in their surrounding and proper context... The context is the Law of God. The 10 Commandments...this second commandment is to be understood in relation to God.. The scriptures prohibit any representation of deity, for any purpose...ultimately this is idolatry... the end times are near. the world we live in today will be more evil, more corrupt, more poverty etc. the world will worsen as the time jesus christ returns & the rapture takes place, things will get very bad. religion will worsen, there will be false prophesies, confusion on religion. people that believe in christ will fall away, will fall by the road side. As far back as I can remember Muslims have always posted HUGE portrait posters of their leaders. They also watch Tv, listen to radio and the like. You sound like the Taliban and would like the world to be serviles as the Taliban did/does. Such people want others to live in the dark ages without proper medicines and other helpful developments. God was talking to Jews (and Christians who are simply adopted Jews) about not making images to worship. This had nothing to do with illustrations like blue prints or books and written words - IF IT DID THEN there would be no Bible - and as for Muslims - they gravely sin by reading a printed Quran. What you say is as did the Early Roman Catholic leaders - Do what they wish (which rarely lined up with the Bible) and used it to push their own status of power. It made them feel powerful to have peasants at their mercy. Many Muslims like the Taliban type thinkers follow this same type of Power Hungering. They can beat people at a whim, make up any charge they desire. Kill people at a whim and make up any charge they desire, manipulating what God says to their own liking. Come the day of Judgment MANY will answer for these atrocities. Well first of all, Deuteronomy 8 is not in the Qu'ran. Secondly the taboo against the figurative depiction of real world objects, animals, people or God has not been consistently applied in Islam, and there is in fact no actual prohibition in the Qu'ran against it. There are denouncement of figurative representation in Hadith(Which is based in part on oral tradition) and so the prohibition exists primarily in Sunni Islam, while amongst Shia's it is less prevalent. The impression that islamic art only contained geometric patterns for centuries is a myth. Depictions of people and events have existed in many islamic countries for centuries, however it has often been referred to in art history textbooks to give examples of highly sophisticated non-figurative art. The depiction of God and the Prophet is considered blasphemous by most muslims these days, but medieval books on the life of the prophet have had illustrations of important events in the Prophet's life, although his face has been blanked out in most of these illustrations. |
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