So a quick search for "Love" on the obligingly provided Holy Searchables JJ [or someone else] added to this site, gets this little factoid.
Love appears 657 times in the Bible I searched [some standar protestant thingy, lacking the proper deuteronomic precious bodily fluids], of which 400 times was in the Old and 257 times in the New testaments [given their respective lengths, the concentration was far higher in the new. This is particularly the case given that "Song of Solomon" did a more than manly contribution to the presence of Love in the Old Testy. No SoS and the Old has about the same as the New].
Love appears 83 times in the Quran. My copy of the Quran, and a handsome embossed Saudi authorized published translation it is, is a pretty thick beast, somewhat longer than the King James bible I have [but their are printing differences, so let's just say they are comparable in length]. Of course Gabriel was much more verbose than Trinity Guy, so when we say that the ratio of Love , New Testy contra Quran, is 257/83, we are strongly underestimating it, but hey, let's go with that.
Now, if we made it a Messiah vs Muhammad deal, then [ remember the Q. is Gabby's word, not Mo's] we would have to make a search of the Hadithas/Sunna to get a count of how much Love old Mohmy (verbally) displayed. Anybody have a searchable Haditha/Sunna [complete and unexpurgated, ya know] at hand? Still, I bet you a Canuckistani Halal Lamb Donair vs a succulent Portuguese Ameijoas na Cataplana, that the only Kristos comes close to being a Jesus Freak.
No, Pepita, to indulge in your hated preemptive warfare, I will not do an item search of every Haditha and Sunna compilation the 6 fundamental scholars collated. Dredging up the effluvia of the March-August FCP was painful enough. Your go, Burkha Boy
Oops, I misread, "Love" appears 697 times in the Bible. The ratio heightens.
ReplyDeleteDoes the love in the Bible refer mostly to the one that dare not speak its name? Just asking.
ReplyDeleteIt must, because they dared not speak its name, so ipso facto.....
ReplyDeletelove by the pound - i like it.
ReplyDeleteYou did go for the gumbo-snorting type for a while there, I recalll.
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ReplyDeletewhen in rome, do as the romans.
ReplyDeleteyour appetite for guano caused you to not always be extravagantly picky either if memory serves.
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