[B]Categories of Terms and Conditions[/B]



[B]Rules and Commands [/B]
My focus is not on rules and commands. My focus is on the terms and condition of a covenant [religious agreement, contract] which may contain various elements including rules and commands of various degrees.
Allah issued many commands, e.g. obey Allah, no partners besides Allah, kill enemies of Islam [kuffar] under certain conditions [vague]. etc.
There are various exhortations by...

All you gentle readers --- and all you rough ones, too --- gather around the computer campfire for my first Scattershooting in 2016. There are plenty of cans to kick around these parts, so let's commence to doing that.

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Well, sports fans were treated today to Houston versus Kansas City. Except that this is the Texans and Chiefs and not the Astros and Royals. It was painful to watch, even if I only watched the fourth quarter. I just...

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This really doesn't get talked about much in this space, but I do make an effort to go to church. That's been part of my life for a big chunk of it. Since my work schedule includes Sunday mornings (and has in recent years), I am limited to attending churches that hold services on Saturday. Nothing wrong with that, and I'm cool with that. I've been a member of a number of churches here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for years at a time, some large, some smaller.

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