~Iraq - Very Interesting - Did you know?~

by FlyingHighNow 5 Replies latest social current

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  FlyingHighNow

  My dad sent these to me:
  

  1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.
  2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!
  3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.
  4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.
  5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!
  6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq.
  7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.
  8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.
  9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
  10. Amos cried out in Iraq!
  11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem.
  12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!
  13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been
  in Iraq also as the fourth person in the fiery furnace!)
  14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in
  Iraq.
  15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into
  Iraq.
  16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.
  17. The wise men were from Iraq.
  18. Peter preached in Iraq.
  19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called
  Babylon, which was a city in Iraq!
  And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most
  often
  mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second?
  It is
  Iraq!
  However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used
  in
  the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word
  Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris
  and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq means country with deep roots.
  Indeed
  Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in
  the
  Bible. No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy
  associated it than Iraq! Goofy people making things up again......>And also... this is something to think about,
  since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have
  read
  up on his Muslim passages.
  
  The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible) Koran (9:11) -
  "For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle.
  The
  wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo,
  while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the
  wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace."
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  Valis

  http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/quran.asp Claim: Quranic verse speaks of the "wrath of the Eagle cleansing the lands of Allah."
  
  Status: False.
  
  Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2003]
  
  

  Quran (9:11) -- For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.

  
  Origins: No, this isn't a legitimate quotation from the Quran (or Koran), the sacred text of Islam. The chapter and verse citation quoted above is a leg-pull , an obvious play on the USA's (the Eagle) launching of military action against Afghanistan and Iraq (the "lands of Allah") in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on America organized by Osama bin Laden (the "son of Arabia awakening a fearsome eagle"). That the chapter and verse selection match the date of the terrorist attacks (9:11) is another giveaway to the joke.
  
  Depending upon which translation of the Quran one uses, the section corresponding to chapter 9, verse 11 actually reads something like this:
  

  But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know.

  Last updated: 3 May 2003
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  FlyingHighNow

  Hey, Val thank you for pointing that out. I was thinking the other things interesting and paid very little attention to the Sept. 11th thing because you know that's just goofy. I think I'll edit and remove that part. It's the rest of the things that I posted this for. Again, thank you.
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  Valis

  Flying...it would be cool to visit all the places designated as World Heritage sites and some of the older civs on the planet...Maybe someday

  Sincerely,

  District Overbeer
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  FlyingHighNow

  Flying...it would be cool to visit all the places designated as World Heritage sites

  Yes, it would. Back in the 70s, the Oriential Institute in Chicago began constructing a fullscale replica of the gates of the wall of Babylon. It was awe inspiring. I seem to recall a WT publication that stated that you could drive chariots on the top of the wall, it was so big and wide.
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  Elsewhere

  lmao... what BS... the first thing I did after reading that was look at the Koran to see what 9:11 says:

  [9.11] But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know.

  http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/k/koran/koran-idx?type=DIV0&byte=282392