@georgia @lizzie @waypastfuture @sathariel

He cheated on his 9 wives (2 of whom he would get a pdf file charge for if he were alive today) with an enslaved nun on the bed of a wife who was away for the day. Then when he got caught, he retrospectively came up with a verse to justify the rape, infidelity, and ignoring his wives on their day, and divorcing all his wives if they would continue to hold it against him. After which, Aisha reproached him by saying that basically he was making up verses to suit his personal interests. And he didn't say shit back. Like, she called him out to his face, and he backed the fuck down. This incident is what would eventually lead to her putting her father on the Caliphate throne by doing the exact same thing, making up hadiths. Later, she had 2 Caliphs after her father assasinated, and led the sunni faction in a war against Ali's followers, and caused all the division in the muslim community that people fight over to this day. Destroying the legacy of the man who destroyed her childhood, like an absolute boss.

@technicallydifficult @lizzie @sathariel @waypastfuture the tattariya upanishad contains a passage I used to say everyday, let me know if youre interested in seeing it

@technicallydifficult @lizzie @waypastfuture @sathariel I read that muhammad wore two suits of armor cause he was afraid of getting pwned

@Alex theres a lot I dont like about this comic lol

@lizzie @sathariel I shouldnt have said stature it means importance and height. I think it originally may have also meant age too.

@lizzie @sathariel wait its literally a reference to stature? thats hilarious

@lizzie @sathariel I think history has done James the just a disservice. hes even called James the lesser but he seems to have been a really outstanding person.

@lizzie @sathariel I mean divinely revealed law is divinely revealed law, whether or not you consider him to be the essential priest/offering/Logos/law, what have you. I guess a big difference is how he was beyond sin and preexistent. what do you think of the early church prohibiting blood, strangled animals, and food offered to idols?

@lizzie @sathariel I see jesus as a lawgiver in his teachings, even though he represents divine mercy more than divine justice.

mundaka upanishad (hinduism) vs the cloud of unknowing (catholic mysticism)

middle english is incredibly readable and a joy to read with modern spelling and a glossary.

@sathariel ive only read each gospel once though

@sathariel not really, jesus said not one jot or tiddle would be removed from the law and that he came to fulfill the law and the prophets. also two of his main teachings were the importance of love for God and love for neighbor, both of which are from the law. however paul in many of his writings spoke ill of the law (there is support for him being nomian and support for him being antinomian). also theres a rich jewish tradition back to the prophets of God saying "I don't want your freakin sacrifices, be good and pray to me", more or less lol

I mean imagine an abrahamic talking this way about part of their scriptures

shvetashvatara upanishad is so good

@wertimer not sure if I like those but I love pickled cucumbers so probably!

theyre smoked beets not roasted

that upanishad is so teresa core I can't even, even the focus on love and talking about the lotus of the heart