You MUST surrender your heart and your lives & everything in your lives to God if you are going to be in Heaven with God. It is a COMPLETE SURRENDER. 💞
@HalalNation_@AllahGreatQuran@7signxx@David_Y3@MFaarees_
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@AbbakarAffan@salahudeen33#Islamic#Islam#Muslim#Allah#Quran
This is the oldest Quran that we have in our possession and was found in 1972. In this Quran half of it was erased and it was rewritten.
Page 1 (Left image) - Gives you a background of the Palimpsest (which just means the Quran was scraped off and it was written over on top. This gives you a photo of what this looks like and the technology used to expose what was written earlier on it.
Page 2 (Right image) - Gives you only a few things that were changed, but they are significant. Also text is missing. I have given this to you in Arabic and in English so you can examine for yourself.
I am showing this to you, not to hurt you brothers and sisters. But to show you the very truth that your Imams and Dawah guys hide from you. They don't want you to see this, because this is a danger to Islam.
My advice to anyone, if you know something is false, then why follow it? Just because of culture and identity? That's simply not enough. You must follow the truth and where the truth goes.
THIS IS THE TRUTH ABOUT ISLAM.
@asha_shar@mattbooty
This probably does not need to be said, but make sure you talk to @RockstarGames to make a patch for Xbox Helix for GTA 6 to support Helix and give a 60 FPS locked and all the goodness that is Xbox Helix and your handheld coming probably in 2028 as well.
I don't see PlayStation 6 console and handheld launching until late 2028.
GTA 6 as you are aware is the largest game in the video game industry and having 60 Frames Per Second locked is pretty huge for Xbox Helix at launch.
That's what I would do if I was in your position.
Love you all, keep up the great work.
@ballmatthew@asha_shar
I know you all are probably aware of this, but I thought I would run it by you all anyway.
If the PS6 and Xbox Helix are assembled in Vietnam as I am expecting, if you label the Xbox Helix as Windows 11 PC with Xbox Mode as it really is a computer, then you don't have to pay any tariffs as they are exempt from paying them on computers.
PlayStation would have to pay a tariff because it's only a closed video game system and not a full computer, so therefore a tariff would still be an issue.
Why is this important, because while the Xbox Helix is stronger than the PS6 and it's not even close, the fees can hurt. This can help you obtain a cheaper system just by getting rid of the tariff in Vietnam.
I am sure you know this already, I am just following through to make sure you are aware of the situation.
See this information below...
@ballmatthew@asha_shar
Because RAM is getting expensive and scarce, you need to take some drastic steps.
You have at least 2 products coming out in the future that is for the average person and Xbox Helix for the high-end.
What I would do, is sunset your current console lineup soon, but just let your fans know what's going on.
Like I said before, do not cut any specs of the next-generation devices, but just let things play out for the average person and for the person who likes having the console-PC hybrid.
However, RAM is going to be hard to come by and I know you are working on that. It is a hard situation, but you can deal with it. But you should tell your fans what you are doing so they don't think you are pulling out of consoles.
"We are going to sunset the current consoles due to pricing issues of RAM and storage, because they are currently scarce in the market we are putting them into the next generation."
It might sound crappy, but at least you are being transparent.
This way you can push all RAM and storage to next generation consoles and they matter to your future more than the Xbox Series do this generation. Just talk to ALL third-party developers before doing this so that they will understand.
I am glad I am not in your shoes.
This is so hard, but just don't touch those specs of Helix. I know you are tempted to do that, but just don't do it, because it's a way bigger mess.
LOVE XBOX, even when you are cutting some studios, I know you have hard choices to make and that does suck, but it's business and you have to do, what you have to do.
@ballmatthew@asha_shar
Thank you all for making exclusives a thing again. Yes, I know it's a pain, but it makes Xbox desirable and sells more consoles, that's one of the keys.
I know you want to make Helix affordable for most people and I agree you need to do that, but there are better ways to do that then to start cutting the console memory.
Please don't cut Project Helix down on memory. Launch with the 36 GB of GDDR7, but just offer hardware trade-in instead, so allow people to trade in their Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS5 Pro, Steam Deck, etc...
This is a much smarter way without compromising the hardware.
"Never compromise the hardware."
No more Xbox Series S consoles.
Want to sell more hardware/games get rid of the financial pain...
1) Offer rent to own software (You are all digital now, this should be easy. $10 to $15 a month with some discounts. Offer as a service, you do the math to make it work.
2) Rent to own hardware (with trade-in of existing hardware to get that price down)
3) Offer free online game-play. Right now you have to pay to play games online. The PC with Steam is FREE, this needs to be taken care of on Xbox.
4) Don't compromise hardware. They did that this generation and it never works. Just make it easy by breaking the amount up per month and bundle it with a service if you want to sell it. That's fine. But allow hardware to be traded in like a phone.
NOTE #1:
I want Xbox to win and you can't win by compromising the experience and making developers lives hell.
Go look at the damage that was done with memory being a problem on the Xbox Series S and you will see what I mean.
NOTE #2: You all have that cloud based thing you are working on that has less latency, that can be used for non-hardcore players.
I love the work you all have done and I am excited @ballmatthew what you will be working on in the future for Xbox.
I agree. Basically, it's this...
-Great graphics (Yay!)
-Tiny areas for video game tropes (Horrible)
-Out of date gameplay from 20 years ago (DMC)
-Quick-time events (Horrible)
-Tons of cinematics (too much is too much)
-A silly cube that doesn't fit the game. (Sigh)
I am not a hater, but it's 2026 and we need to let these small area video games with old outdated gameplay.
I was impressed with the graphics, but that's all that I was impressed with if I am being honest.
It's time for video games to grow up a bit.
Only having Great graphics doesn't make a game great. See Hellblade 2 for example.
Sony studios need to grow up a bit and not make game play suffer over graphics.
I don't want an open world, but I do want the game to not be locked in little small spaces and have quick-time events and have so much cinematics. The trailer today had so much of that 20 minutes to be dedicated to cinematics and quick-time events.
The cube looks like a beta test object.
Come on man!
This game just seems so outdated with everything other than graphics.
Sony's movie games! SMH... Let's try something unique Sony... RPG or something.
@ballmatthew@mattbooty
Hi Matthew, welcome to the Xbox Team.
Wanted to pass along a few things to see if I can add my two cents in...
I do know you have a local/cloud device for the low-end, but I did want to add something to help Project Helix to get off the ground when it launches...
The price is going to be high, so you will want to get this Project Helix into as many hands as possible on the high-end as well.
1) Allow people to trade in their current consoles such as the Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS5 Pro for a nice sized discount according to what they are trading in and then allow them to either pay the rest off or allow them to do this monthly. So, think the rent to own model.
Do research to see if this is in the USA only or if this could apply elsewhere. It would be nice if the entire world could benefit, but that's up to the research.
2) Exclusives are HUGE for console brand identity. Looking to buy a video game console is all about desire and cost. It's up to the Xbox team to get that cost down and that's about #1, while offering even more desire and that's exclusives. These exclusives can be Xbox and PC on day one. That's fine. Just no PlayStation and Nintendo and if you can't do that, then look at doing it for 36 months, that should be enough time, but I would think PC and Xbox is enough for sales.
3) Rent to own games. So, this allows you to sell more games as a first party, you let people pay let's say $10 to $15 a month for a single game and you can have discounts as well. This allows people to buy even more games. This could be for first party of course, but see if third-party studios could be good with this as well. If the industry raises prices, this is the best way to still get games in people's hands, but they just pay a little bit per month, so it doesn't seem like so much all at once.
NOTE: Basically, this is all about two things, reducing friction in the industry for both hardware and software and desire of both the console and the games. High quality exclusive games that you can't get anywhere else and you have this on both the Xbox and the PC at the same time.
Thank you Matthew for being on board the Xbox Team and making things better for everyone.
Tim
@asha_shar@mattbooty
About Xbox Helix Price.
Ultimately as you know you want that price at cost as close as you can or maybe you can ask and see if you can lose a little bit to get this into more hands.
You can also try a phone model in which you trade in your old hardware and finally you pay per month for the console (Rent to own). Rent to own software and hardware by making monthly payments.
The goal is to reduce the friction of buying a video game console & games which allows you to get the console and games into more hands.
Remember: Always reduce friction when you can and this increases the desire of the console itself.
Desire is huge for getting people to buy into your console and your ecosystem.
Having exclusive high quality games makes the console more desirable as well.
Imagine just having Elder Scrolls VI in late 2027 as exclusive for Xbox and PC while having next generation Xbox Project Helix features such as using Neural Rendering and path tracing in that game.
See how that can also increase desire?
That's really what selling the console is really like.
You delight hardcore gamers on Xbox by listening to them (like you are doing now) and fulfilling their own desires with the console.
@asha_shar@mattbooty
Hey you two... Great job so far.
I am very happy with the progress you have made in such a short period of time. Glad you are NOT sunsetting the brand, but you want to improve on it.
I wanted to add my 2 cents to add in a little help.
On the marketing side just wanted to add something that a lot of people forget.
What you want Xbox to be is a highly desired console and what that needs is high quality exclusive games that you can't get anywhere else.
Also free online game play like on the PC is another thing.
The Goal is to have the most high and valuable exclusives because that drives desire and a video game console thrives on desire.
This is why the Xbox Series S/X isn't desirable as it doesn't have exclusive games, you have to pay to play online and the high price is too much for the average consumer.
So, if you announce free online game play for the next console, high quality games that are exclusive and of course it can play PC games to give it extra value, it should for the right price fly off the shelves.
Also, I am sure you have the controller for your cloud service that goes directly to WIFI for the base device to get most people on board as well.
I would also advise after you get your brand manager for Xbox that you get them in touch with "Widen-Kennedy" so you can build a worldwide marketing plan for next year.
DESIRE FOR CONSOLE + FREE ONLINE GAME PLAY + HIGH QUALITY EXCLUSIVES + A GREAT PRICE = Gets people in the door to buy your video game console.
I am proud of you all and the team. Just keep on keeping on and remember DESIRE+PRICE IS ALMOST EVERYTHING when it comes to video game consoles.
Xbox needs to stand for something, because people don't buy something, they buy what they desire in a video game system.
That's all I really wanted to say... Thank you for improving the brand and making Xbox thrive into the future.
Love you all,
Timothy
Well, we can see the moon today and it's not split, but not only that brother, but I have studied your Quran and it's not some miracle, it's just old outdated information from 1400 years ago in Arabia that is from mankind.
The Quran isn't from God. Man wrote it of course, but I am not talking about that. The content of the Quran is from humans not from God.
You see, in the 1st century 2000 years ago, the New Testament was been written and almost all of it was written for the first time in the 1st century and some in the 2nd century.
Well this created a lot of interest from people and so some people wanted to be famous so they wrote their own false books themselves and distributed these "Apocryphal Infancy Gospels" for example. These are their own books, but also in the Quran as well, just not word-for-word copies.
For example here are a bunch of them and these are not in the Bible and are known to be false...
Protoevangelium of James
This is one of the clearest. Scholars repeatedly connect it to the Qur’an’s Mary material, especially Mary’s childhood, temple upbringing, angelic care, and the sequence around her guardianship and annunciation in Q 3:35–49 and related passages.
Reynolds says the Qur’an is following the chronology of Mary’s life as found in the Protoevangelium, and Graves says Q 3:45–49 in many respects resembles it.
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
This is another major one for the Qur’an’s Mary and Jesus infancy stories. The strongest overlap is the palm tree and spring miracle in Q 19:22–27, plus the tradition of Jesus speaking from the cradle in Q 3:46, 5:110, 19:29–33.
Reynolds explicitly ties the cradle-speaking tradition to Pseudo-Matthew, and he also lines up the palm-tree and fountain story with it.
Mourad adds an important caution: the overlap is real, but the best explanation may be a shared earlier tradition rather than direct copying from the final Latin form of Pseudo-Matthew.
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
This is the classic source behind the Qur’anic story of Jesus making birds from clay and giving them life in Q 3:49 and 5:110. Graves says the Qur’anic miracle is reminiscent of the Infancy Story of Thomas, where the boy Jesus makes sparrows from clay and animates them. This is one of the most widely recognized apocryphal parallels.
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus tradition, especially Jacob of Serugh’s Homily/Mēmrā on the Sleepers of Ephesus
The Qur’an’s Companions of the Cave in Q 18:9–26 is tied to the late antique Christian Seven Sleepers tradition. Reynolds sets Jacob of Serugh’s retelling directly beside the Qur’anic version and notes the Qur’an’s shrine-building ending fits the Christian legend’s denouement.
This is a very strong thematic parallel, even if the precise textual line of transmission cannot be reduced to one source only.
Alexander Legend / Alexander Romance tradition
The Qur’an’s Dhu al-Qarnayn story in Q 18:83–102 is one of the strongest non-biblical parallels in the whole book. Reynolds explicitly says the Qur’an here refers to Alexander as “the two-horned one”, cites the line “thou hast made me horns upon my head,” and shows parallels for Alexander’s journeys to the place of the sun’s rising and for the Gog and Magog barrier.
That does not mean the Qur’an copied one exact edition, but it is hard to deny the Qur’an is moving inside the Alexander legend world.
Cave of Treasures
This matters a lot for the Qur’an’s Adam and Satan material. Reynolds shows that in Cave of Treasures the angels prostrate before Adam, and the jealous rebel refuses because he is fire/spirit and Adam is dirt, which strongly parallels the Qur’an’s Adam-Iblis cycle.
He also shows overlap on Adam and Eve’s clothing/glory, their nakedness being exposed, and the “tree of life” angle.
Life of Adam and Eve
This is another Adam tradition reflected in the Qur’an. Reynolds notes that the idea of God forgiving Adam is found in the Life of Adam and Eve, which makes it a plausible background for Qur’anic Adam material such as Q 2:37 and related passages.
It overlaps with broader Adam lore, so I would rate this as strong but not as central as the Mary, Alexander, or clay-birds parallels.
Book of Watchers (1 Enoch 1–36)
This is a major Jewish pseudepigraphal background for the Qur’an’s angel and forbidden-knowledge material, especially Harut and Marut in Q 2:102.
Patricia Crone says it is well known that the Qur’anic passage and the later story about Harut and Marut are developments of the fallen-angel account in the Book of Watchers.
She also argues there are other echoes of the same Enochic tradition in Qur’anic angel material.
@CatholicDrip___ It's not important who did it.
It's one of those things that are small minded.
Like my dad beat up your dad.
Taking 1st century scripture and putting it in a book is not a big deal.
Because of the caliphate thing and treating others as second class citizens.
Then they take over and don't become a citizen.
What if Americans came in and took over the middle eastern countries and had beer and pork and had loud music, people wouldn't like that either, right?
Well Islam is like taking a culture, a law system, a political system from 1,400 years ago and enforcing that system on people today in the UK or the US or Canada.
@asha_shar@mattbooty
If you want to repair the Xbox brand, you have to have Xbox exclusives. This is a MUST.
For example... The Elder Scrolls VI must be exclusive to Xbox and PC. This will get the good will back and being an exclusive would give the Xbox platform an identity.
Remember, Exclusivity is always your Xbox identity.
PlayStation was given a taste of things to come, but your platform MUST have exclusive content always.
Also, like I said, go and get Wieden+Kennedy to help you build the Xbox brand worldwide. It's what I would do if I was in your position.
The highest quality exclusives + Wieden+Kennedy to help you build the Xbox brand worldwide is what you need to build upon as you launch a next generation video game console Xbox Helix.
@asha_shar@mattbooty
Welcome Asha to Xbox! My name is Timothy and I have some feedback for the Xbox group as far as Marketing.
What you all need is worldwide marketing and that isn't Microsoft's strong point.
What you need to do is hire a worldwide brand company and that company can really help you build out the Xbox brand to be global.
Wieden+Kennedy would be best to do this. They worked with Microsoft on Windows 95 as well as Nike with the "Just Do It!" campaign.
What you want to do is give reasons why everyone should own an Xbox worldwide.
This can start with the next-generation Xbox with the Hybrid architecture of 3D Raster + Path Tracing + Neural Rendering, because if you can make the games look drastically better and perform better than everywhere else it can make a difference, but it has to look night and day different and this can be done.
Wieden+Kennedy makes a ton of sense to start building up the Xbox brand and making everyone aware around the globe.
Everyone needs to know that Xbox is around and what they are working on and this has to be a global effort.
Thank you all for listening,
Tim
Remember when we were kids we would say something silly like "My dad can beat up your dad"?
Well, this is like that.
As a Christian none of this stuff is important.
As real believers in Christ we must focus on the important things.
What denomination you belong to isn't a big deal as long as it's teaching the right things that agree with scripture.
This is the most important thing.
Because If my church starts with Jesus is Lord, then over time it moves to Jesus is a prophet and then we eventually get to the other guy being Lord over our life then there is a serious problem right?
Churches can get corrupted over time and this includes entire denominations. This is why scripture is so important because it is the authentic truth gate keeper itself.
This is why you see me put together lists of what the Catholic Church violates with their magistrate.
I am not anti-Catholic as much as I want to open people's eyes on what the real truth is and most of the time Catholics on here won't listen.
It all just started one day by just asking a question...
Why do Catholics always talk about Mary so emotionally and treat her differently from what scripture says, well like I said I found my answer.
You see, I question why things are the way they are. Why Catholics are so different from Protestants.
Remember, I was Catholic too as a kid, but what happened to me is that the system didn't take hold over my life. I left before that happened. That was the Early 1970's though and it's 2026 now and so I can ask questions on ChatGPT and find out things I didn't know before.
I love Catholics, my family in St. Louis are Catholic and I grew up going to pro-life rallies with my mom and went on a bus to Toledo, Ohio and the Catholics were so sweet holding on to their rosaries.
But when I started to do research on A.I. I would come up with a lot of concerning things and all I wanted to do was show people that stuff so they could understand.
That quote only works if Rome has already proven that its system is the full meal. It has not.
Jesus warned about religious leaders who elevate tradition over the word of God, not the other way around (Mark 7:8-13).
The Bereans were called noble for testing teaching by Scripture (Acts 17:11), and Scripture says it equips the man of God for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
So no, reading and testing by God’s word is not “studying the menu.” It is how you keep from being served counterfeit food.
If your “meal” includes papal supremacy, Marian dogmas, purgatory, indulgences, and prayers to departed saints, then more ritual does not mean more Christ.
A bigger plate is not a better meal.
If the menu came from the King, and your church keeps serving dishes He and His apostles never put on it, the problem is not that others study the menu. The problem is that you learned to call additions “fullness.”
That quote only works if Rome has already proven that its system is the full meal. It has not.
Jesus warned about religious leaders who elevate tradition over the word of God, not the other way around (Mark 7:8-13).
The Bereans were called noble for testing teaching by Scripture (Acts 17:11), and Scripture says it equips the man of God for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
So no, reading and testing by God’s word is not “studying the menu.” It is how you keep from being served counterfeit food.
If your “meal” includes papal supremacy, Marian dogmas, purgatory, indulgences, and prayers to departed saints, then more ritual does not mean more Christ.
A bigger plate is not a better meal.
If the menu came from the King, and your church keeps serving dishes He and His apostles never put on it, the problem is not that others study the menu. The problem is that you learned to call additions “fullness.”
My last post for the night....
No, they were not pagans in error. Because there are a lot of Church fathers in the 1st century...
Over time like the 4th and 5th century the Catholic Church departed away from scripture and started adding their own doctrine. This is a problem for the Catholic Church today, but at the time Protestants left the church and formed their own churches because of the corruption of the Roman Empire that was dying in the western world and the western roman empire created problems for the Catholic Church that is still present to this day.
So, there is apostolic church fathers and there are church fathers through the 2nd and 3rd century that are like the 1st century...
Catholic Church isn't everyone...
Islam in some ways is like the Catholic Church because they are a "religious system", but at least the Catholic Church uses the Bible which didn't get corrupted, unlike your Quran which is fully corrupted.
Like I said, in the Bible (Genesis) Ishmael takes a wife from Egypt and in Islam he takes a wife from one of the tribes of Mecca, that's pretty far away.
So, the Quran is corrupted and is NOT an abrahamic faith, because it's not connected to Ishmael.
Anyway, I am going to bed now. Have a good night brother.
You are changing the text to make it sound worse than it says.
Numbers 31 is absolutely a harsh war text, and nobody honest needs to pretend otherwise.
But the Hebrew still matters. The word is מֶכֶס (mekes), a levy/tribute, and verse 41 says Moses gave that levy to Eleazar the priest as the LORD’s contribution.
The text does not say God sexually “took virgin girls for Himself.” That is your interpretation, not the wording. If you want to criticize the passage, then criticize what it actually says: a severe judgment-war text in ancient Israel. Do not smuggle in fantasy details the passage never states.
And if your standard is “human captives after war are morally horrible,” then be consistent and apply that standard to the Qur’an too. The Qur’an does not just narrate an ugly ancient episode. It gives an actual legal category for women “whom your right hands possess,” including captives.
So your outrage looks selective. You are attacking a difficult historical narrative in the Bible while defending a legal framework in Islam that speaks more directly about captives.
That is not moral clarity.
That is special pleading. The real question is not whether Numbers 31 is hard to read. It is. The real question is whether you are being intellectually honest with both books. Right now, you are not.