Thank You Very Much for your post, Azari.Crocus sativus wrote:monster_gardener wrote:Thank You Very Much for your post, Ibrahim.Ibrahim wrote:Equally feasible and ethically identical: everyone converts to Islam.Apollonius wrote:I'm in complete agreement with you Monster. I'm on record as recommending that Muslims convert to Buddhism, Christianity, or Epicureanism, but even Zoroastrism would be an improvement.
Not so...Equally feasible and ethically identical: everyone converts to Islam.
Especially on the ethical angle ......
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We all, born into a religion (exempting those imbeciles chosen one)
in that sense
if
starting with a blank sheet of paper, would have to chose one religion,
if so, for sure
Islam would not be the last choice
look, guys
all I have heard from you against Islam last few yrs, is, mostly the bloody history of Islam
Yes, bloody history
but, that is how sausage is (was) made (at that time)
Heart of the matter is : thought, school, philosophy, humanity, wisdom and many other aspect of a religion is what makes or brakes, and not the way it came to be
Have not heard from you guys any theological-philosophical argument yet against Islam
IMHO, debate about religion should be about thoughts and view of life and and , not about who killed whom and who rubbed whom
would a serious debate about Christian religion involve what (one of many) Pope was saying in Avignon ? ? .. Christianity is a thought , and the merit and validity of that thought must be debated .. same with any religion, including Islam .. how that thought and school was accepted has no relation to validity of that thought and philosophy
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IMVHO, Not so......We all, born into a religion
Except perhaps for de facto Worship of Oneself as G_D
Again I warn you, you are dealing with a Fool...(exempting those imbeciles chosen one)
Quite Right........starting with a blank sheet of paper, would have to chose one religion,
if so, for sure
Islam would not be the last choice
Some of the Aztec Gods & Similar Tribal Totems are worse..... Moloch for example......
OTOH IMVHO it would be much better to be very Sikh than to be very Muslim in Many perhaps Most instances......
IIRC you have read at least one my posts about Ghazali and my Continual Criticism of his Mischievous Occasionalism which can be used to justify just about any atrocityHave not heard from you guys any theological-philosophical argument yet against Islam
You corrected my spelling .....
I respectfully disagree......IMHO, debate about religion should be about thoughts and view of life and and , not about who killed whom and who rubbed whom
What results from the programming G_d or Angles or a Benign or Malicious Meme does on Chaos Monkey Killer Ape Humanz should be part of the debate....
To be fair, It may be very important whether the programing was partial/inept/corrupted and possibly done on a Chaos Monkey a bit more insane than we usually are...
If an Angel is not careful about who he or she talks to & how, somebody like Mecca Mike Mo & Islam May Result......
Perhaps Yes it would.........would a serious debate about Christian religion involve what (one of many) Pope was saying in Avignon ? ?
Remembering something about that Barber Monk, William of Occam.... inventor of the Universe's Sharpest Razor
IIRC he had some business with the Pope in Avignon.......
And the Pope didn't like the shave
William of Ockham gave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Ockham#Life
St. John calls it "The Word".......Christianity is a thought
And says that the Word became a Person/Chaos Monkey.......
Agreed.......and the merit and validity of that thought must be debated .. same with any religion, including Islam ..
Not so.....how that thought and school was accepted has no relation to validity of that thought and philosophy
If Memetic Medicine is not well accepted &/or has bad results like turning a significant number of the Chaos Monkeys to whom it is administered into Mobots....
Or Zombies like Voodoo can do
Then that is part of the debate about validity of use of that meme by Angels, Opossums* oops I mean Apostles and Chaos Monkey practitioners & patients......
*May be I do almost mean Opossums...
Sometimes memes are designed to be So Simple "even an opossum" can Self-Administer....
Like the Nembutsu Honen was Honest enough to say was designed for simple people like him.......
Or the Jesus Prayer.....
In its BASIC Form
100 Print "Jesus have Mercy on Me a Sinner"
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