Jeffrey Lang – Read the Quran first

Jeffrey Lang
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The speaker discusses the use of the Quran as a reference to legal behavior and the importance of understanding the history and meaning behind it. They explain that the Quran teaches topics such as ethics, relationship between God and man, purpose of life, morality, and other truths. The speaker emphasizes the importance of learning from the story and using it as a reference.

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			We look to the Quran, we'll find
that 3%
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			3% you just take all the verses in
the Quran that are of a legal
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			nature,
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			and then count all the verses of
the Quran, take the quotient, and
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			you'll find out that about 3% of
them
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			are commands and prohibitions,
divine commands and prohibitions.
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			97% of the Quran teaches ethics,
the relationship between God and
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			man, the purpose of life,
morality, other truths as well.
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			The history of nations in the past
teaches us how to be self
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			critical,
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			how to use reason and faith. The
extreme importance of using reason
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			and faith teaches many, many major
themes.
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			You know what I was taught when I
became a convert? Rules, rules,
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			rules.
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			If I hadn't studied this religion
myself and entered this religion,
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			and all I received were rules,
rules, rules, I would have left it
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			the next day. Thank God I read the
Quran first.