Reiterating the Perennial Question - For Which It is Postulated - There is Really No Answer

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Aug 31, 2022 at 14:53

In response to Reader Prashant's inquiry posted here, this observer opined:
[ how does one 'expose' the continued endeavors of the more devoted Muslims that are attracted to the more virulent aspect of Quranic teachings in that adherence to the theology it proposes remains the life force of true belief in the Quran? To wit: what is the life energy one is supposed to dedicate in order to be true to the Quran if there is no love in demonstrating that following its tenets always leads to death? Is there truth in that?
Dr. Pipes' forum here has spent much of his career and academic prowess in the (apparently thankless) process of examining and attempting to provide some clarity of how Islam has yet to fully acknowledge that the centuries of attempting to replace perceived religious inadequacies with the self-styled pronouncements of the Quran, which, in and of itself, does not survive the test of rational or supernatural authenticity thatmay be found in the Hebrew Holy Script. Claiming self-authentication does not fare well when looking at teh conflicting translation efforts of successor authorities such as al-Tabari and others as pointed out by Dhimmi No More.
Thus the point of Reader Prashant's inquiry: where does that authentication come from?

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