You've all seen them. They come in the form of an email or perhaps an IM. They may not always explicitly request you to forward them on to your friends, but sometime the information discovered inside is so compelling that you find yourself doing so anyway (well not me of course, I'm not a dumbass).
I recently recieved an email from a relative describing many facts about Biblical Iraq (as if we didn't all know that Iraq played an important part in the earliest of human civilizations.)
So the email described many of the Biblical events that took place in Iraq, fine, perhaps many people did not know about these things. What really got to me, however, was the little tid bit at the end, the icing on the cake that urged so many people to forward this email to their friends and family:
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And also..
This is something to think about! Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages.. The following verse is from the Quran, (the Islamic Bible)
Quran (9:11) -- For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there
was peace.
(Note the verse number...9.11)
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I was extremely doubtful about the accuracy of this quote, so I looked up 2 different sources of the Quran, and lo and behold what I descovered:
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11. But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practise regular charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do We explain the Signs in detail, for those who understand.
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And the second translation was:
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YUSUFALI: But (even so), if they repent, establish regular prayers, and practise regular charity,- they are your brethren in Faith: (thus) do We explain the Signs in detail, for those who understand.
PICKTHAL: But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion. We detail Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
SHAKIR: But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your brethren in faith; and We make the communications clear for a people who know.
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As I suspected, I was the only person to actually look up this verse and realize how far-fetched the original claim was.
I hate dumbasses.