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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: infinite59 on March 10, 2002, 07:03:01 PM
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Yo.... Nas is one of my favorite rappers in the game, and he's an ill cat, I like the way he carries himself in interviews... But dude is either confused, or trying to please everybody at once. Check this. On his new album he.
1. In the liner notes, he wears a crucifix (Christian) and simultaneously controdicts himself, knealing, sittin on his back legs, with his arms out shoulder length, the same exact way Muslims (Islam) pray at the end of our prayers.
2. Track 4, Smokin, he says.... Arabic at the beggining, and I'm still not very good at interpretting Arabic, but I know he is saying an Islamic prayer, and I believe it is...."There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his last messenger and prophet." And he dedicates the song to the "Gods and the Earths" wich is a 5% thing. Earths = Women... God = The earths first people.
3. On One Mic. He says "One God." Which is the foundation of Islam. One God, then he says, "Tell me how to do things his son did. Muslims don't refer to Jesus as the son of God.
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I've been talkin' with people about this alot. I came to the conclusion that he is just pleasing everybody and respects all three of those beliefs.
I wonder if he has ever addressed that in one of his interviews?
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Word. They should just ask him in an interview straight up.... or maybe it's better not knowing.
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i think your interpreting that "ONE GOD" thing the wrong way .
I believe in Jesus so to me Jesus is my "ONE GOD".
Just like a buddhist would say buddha is their "ONE GOD".
thats a little too much to single out Islam as the only folks who can live by that ONE GOD thing .
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I read in Rap Pages that he doesn't have one religion but takes parts from each religion and forms his own system of beliefs.
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see in my religon we had like 9 gurus/Prophets ... they never called themselvs God, or Sons Of God ... they did how ever say they were sent by god to preach about him etc ... kinda like Prophet Mohamed [p.b.u.h] of Islam... so we do belive in ONE GOD ... and not the Gurus/Prophets themselvs to be God.
Bout Nas mentioning diffrent things in his Rap...maby he jus belives in everything?? or is trying to show respect to diffrent religons, cultures etc... shit i dunno, he should be asked that in an Interview...peace...one
-{bLaDe}
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Word yeah.... I heard they asked Ghandi what religion he was and he said, "Muslim, Jew, Christian, Sik, Hindu" etc., something like that... but it could be misinformation.
And about Christians saying One God. What about the Holy Trinity? That represents God in three. The Father, the son, the holy ghost. Especially if your Catholic and praying to Mary. Islam believes that God (Allah) is all and all is him, everything is him, for he is the creator, so anything within his creation is him, and we all come back to him. And in our prayer rituals we say, God is one, Infinite being, he begetteth not, nor is he begotten, and there is no like unto him. And we unite under the unity of One God.
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Shit, Religion is confusing as fuck!
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Shit, Religion is confusing as fuck!
Isnt it offending to use 'religion' and f-word in one sentence?
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Isnt it offending to use 'religion' and f-word in one sentence?
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Shit, Religion is confusing as fuck!
u Moron!! *slaps suga foot around with a trout*
-{bLaDe}
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Good said MUTHA FUNKA
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Infinite, im me, and i'll talk to ya about the Trinity if you want.
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christians believe in only one god, the trinity, The Father: is god, the son: is jesus who IS the same god, the holy spirit; who is also the SAME god. Jesus isn't literally the son of god he's the same god, the term 'the son' is just a metaphore kine for is love of us "for god gave his only begotten son" its just saying that god loves us so much that he'd send his only son (which was the most pecious 'possesion' back then) to die for humanity.... jesus is the same god. think of the trinity like an egg , it's got three different parts the shell, the white , and the yolk, they all serve a different purpose but are one...an egg
catholics don't beleive in mary to be a god, they just consider her to be a high saint ....and in catholic religion they pray to the saints to have them talk to god and help their prayers get answered.... i'm not a catholic no more becuase they believe in a lot of loony stuff that's not even in the bible...but they beleivein only one god too
about nas, like someone already said, he doesnt have a religion, he just pieces shit together from all religions to form his own
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yeah I think Nas has respect for all religions and such, if you notice unlike many rappers, he keeps it real and raps about interesting topics and everything, either way hes tight as fuck
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yeah ive always wondered this about nas too, and yes religion can get really confusing
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I was gonna address the Holy Trinity issue but Jake has taken care of it well enough :)
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see in my religon we had like 9 gurus/Prophets ... they never called themselvs God, or Sons Of God ... they did how ever say they were sent by god to preach about him etc ... kinda like Prophet Mohamed [p.b.u.h] of Islam... so we do belive in ONE GOD ... and not the Gurus/Prophets themselvs to be God.
Bout Nas mentioning diffrent things in his Rap...maby he jus belives in everything?? or is trying to show respect to diffrent religons, cultures etc... shit i dunno, he should be asked that in an Interview...peace...one
-{bLaDe}
i agree wid ya. but mind u that there are 10 gurus in sikhism.
Peace