I really, desperately need to consult with Salman Rushdie. NOW ... Its life and death. Someone, please....?
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I don't care what Islamic sect you are from... THAT is funny!
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Tell us a bit more about him.  Is he a prophet or a religious leader?  Is he the author of a religious book?\nThanks for the added info.  No, I can't say the name rings a bell.  Sorry and good luck.
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BOB:I EDITED IT. I'M LOGGING OUT. TYPE YOUR QUESTIONS. I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN THEM LATER.\n\nHey "Bob". Now, you need to know that the Koran is poetic. God also said that he kept the planets not colliding with each other. But we know that it is caused by gravity.\n\nGod also said that He is closer to us than the jugular vein. There is a hadith that said that He can ve contained in a pious slave's heart. Now all these references are poetic.\n\nThere are other translations, such as Pickthall's, that translated the word into "heavens".\n \nAccording to Yusuf Ali's translation, it is referred as "rain".\n\nMaybe, just maybe, that He was referring to comets and meteors. Maybe He said "the sky" because 1400 years ago, Arabs didn't know about comets and meteors. The verse also states that it can fall by His leave, His power, it can fall. There are records that meteors have hit the earth. But this is just my opinion.\n\nEDIT: Punishment for satan is in hell. Those verses are talking about the punishments waiting for satan in hell. The words did not say comets, but FIRE.\n\nBesides, you haven't stated your thoughts on the other translations by Pickthall or Yusuf Ali.\n\nEDIT:Oh, wait. I remembered your point of "air falling on earth" thing. Now, as you read it, you do realise that the verse states:\n\n....and the ships that sail through the sea by His Command?...\n\nIf there was a storm or strong wind, rain, etc (the sky falling, as if there was heavy winds, as described poeticly),surely the ship's sailing was to be affected and face possibility of shipwreck?
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Although it's really tough to find a particular quote if you are not aware of the author, but still i am attaching a link of the website, try finding your quote in the same.\n\nAll the best.
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Not sure.  Excellent book tho'.  Can't wait for the third one.  Check out Amazon UK.  They may have info you need.
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assuming you're talking about the salmon rushdie variety:\n\nhttp://www.wsu.edu/~brians/anglophone/satanic_verses/
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Email the editors with your request for a copy of this article: http://www.rd.com/talktous.do?wtGroup=RDCOM_FOOTER&wtID=TALKTOUS_SITE&lid=198\n\nGood luck!
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"The evil mastermind had hatched a sinister plot to achieve his dark goals of world conquest."\n\nHey, maybe I should be a writer!
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Sounds like a lot.  If it is life or death, what choice do you have.  Otherwise, it might be time to ask for a second opinion.
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It is terrible that this has escalated to a crisis situation, but we all have to go through this to a certain degree. I just answered a similar question five minutes ago, so I'm going to copy it in here. Here's the other guy's question:\n\n"What profession should I be? (read details)?\nI was thinking of becoming a lawyer or maybe joining the military.\n\nI'm a A-B student by the way dont come in here saying it's up to you blah blah blah just give suggestions if you can find out military pay and lawyer pay and list other jobs that have a nice salary and benifits thank you dont suggest to me any jobs that have much math btw "\n\nAnd here is my answer:\nIf you don't mind going to work each day to lie, cheat, steal, destroy, and do whatever necessary to win, then you might not mind being a lawyer. If virtue means nothing, if morals are unimportant, if purpose and meaning don't matter, then it might not bother you to be in the scuzziest proffesion in the U.S. There are no good lawyers; only snakes and (what do you call the things that live off of others and such the blood out). I'm not saying there are no good people who are lawyers, but when you call the lawyer out, he puts on the mask of Darth Vader, and is not coming to do what is good or right or honest or worthwhile. Lawyers build nothing, produce nothing, and destroy everything, and seclude things for special interests. \n\nNeither could I handle the military, and someone commanding me to do something every day. Your free will and creativity is stifled, smothered, and stamped out. \n\nYou want a decision? From the information given, since you cannot write a complete sentence and are lazy, and cannot communicate well, you would not make a good lawyer, and would make an excellent military target -- just point and shoot. \n\nNeither could I invade another country for some unspecified reason, when Congress has not declared a war. Neither could I break up my family and lay my life down for oil interests. \n\nOnly when Congress declares war, do we have authority to invade another country, according to the U.S. Constitution. Otherwise, we are the terrorist, like in Iraq, in Viet Nam, or Columbia fighting the Drug War. That's why our military are commanded to apply the U.N. patch before invading another country. They have pledged allegiance to protect the U.S., not some unspecified special interest group with ulterior motives. If it is right, then why the secrecy and conspiracy? You want to be a terrorist? \n\nFirst, learn how to write a specific question in a complete sentence. It will help you organize your thoughts. Don't get lazy on something so important and run your thoughts together and abbreviate, unless all you want are opinions. This isn't a chat room. Don't waste our time and make us guess or fill in the blanks. \n\nEvery college has counselors, and most colleges will give tests to match your aptitudes with your interests. I took a whole battery of tests for free that took three days to complete, and discovered that I am well-suited to Engineering. Of course, I knew that once they told me, but I was already enrolled in Business School, because Engineering seemed too hard, and involved too much math. If I hadn't taken those tests, I would probably be a bored bean counter today, hating my job and every new day.\n\nA piece of advice: never do something because it is easy or easier, and never fail to do something because it is hard or harder. You will have to challenge yourself to grow, and besides, your layman perception is not very accurate. How do you know what you're capable of until you try? Sure, I hated the math in college, and I struggled with it, and even had to take Calculus over once, but I got through it. What an accomplishment for me. You think I ain't proud, and full of a sense of completeness? Now instead of shying from things, I have to watch it that I'm not too Bigheaded.\n\nYour choices
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I met the writer of this book just weeks before his death. The book is 100% true.griping !!!!! I had to order it at Barnes + Noble\nTook one week. please get this book,You will not be able to put it down.Title\nNONE CAME HOME
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Read Wilton Barnhardt's "Gospel".  In my opinion, it is of the same ilk (this isn't a new genre at all) but better, as I prefer his prose.\n\nI also think you could include new author Elizabeth Kostova, who just published a thriller in the same vein.\n\nThere have been many other authors who have written what I call "conspiracy novels" about the nature of Christ.\n\nThere are also some old school books like "The Talisman" by Sir Walter Scott, and "The Robe" by Lloyd Douglas.  The Talisman is really old school (almost 200 years old) and traces a coin that was won in the gambling at Christ's feet through the ages and its transport to Scotland with the heart of Robert the Bruce (in reality, the coin exists, in the bossom of our Clan Chief, Lockhart, in Ayrshire, Scotland).\n\nPoke around, there is lots of material including one novel about the a new set of dead sea scrolls that has Jesus's bones turn up in the tomb of Joseph...etc.\n\nAnd according to court accounts, you can read "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", which Brown is accused of plagiarising (remember the flap about Harry Potter being plagiarised?
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please give me a difficult question
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yes! i am in desperate need of help...
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I asked a question similar to this as well. I reccomend reading or talking to a friend :P
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Maybe someone really needs there question answered
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I don't have a copy of it here but I would like to remind you - and the rest of the ummah worldwide - that it was a work of _fiction_! Like the DaVinci Code. I've read almost every fictional thing Rushdie has written and he never just sticks in sotto voce comments that are 'Rushdie's idea'. So you'll find that this comment is also put in the mouth of a fictional character.\n\nReally! You need to learn the difference between fiction and non-fiction! Check Wikipedia or something.