Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, or do you just pick and choose from what other sources say?

(May 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, or do you just pick and choose from what other sources say?

Well... he would have to be thinking in order to pick and choose

(May 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm)Saerules Wrote:

(May 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, or do you just pick and choose from what other sources say?

Well... he would have to be thinking in order to pick and choose

Stop that. You know what I mean.

(May 30, 2010 at 3:42 pm)Paul the Human Wrote:

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(May 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm)Saerules Wrote:

(May 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, or do you just pick and choose from what other sources say?

Well... he would have to be thinking in order to pick and choose

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Stop that. You know what I mean.

I do I was trying to save him an impassioned response ^_<

(May 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, or do you just pick and choose from what other sources say?

lol if i talk from my head u say there r no evidence and if i get u evidence u say u r not thinking

What I'm saying is that you promised to refute misconceptions about women in Islam, but so far you have primarily posted quotes from your religious text and links to other people's thoughts. You have, from the beginning, tried to control your presentation in order to distribute just the right 'information' to make just the right 'points', but that method has failed to show that we hold misconceptions. When you are asked a direct question, you either ignore it or link to someone else's thoughts.

For the most part, what I am convinced of is that you might live in a very liberal Muslim household and/or society and, therefore, have a very biased perspective about it in general. Plus you are piously religious and drinking deeply of the qur'an flavored Kool-Aid. Not very convincing in my opinion.

(May 30, 2010 at 3:46 pm)mo3taz3nbar Wrote:

(May 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: Do you actually have any thoughts of your own, or do you just pick and choose from what other sources say?

lol if i talk from my head u say there r no evidence and if i get u evidence u say u r not thinking

Whoever would say that would be wrong. Your belief is evidence (not very good evidence, granted).

What people usually mean by 'evidence' is that they want it to be from a credible source (such as an impartial third party, or a scientific study). In an example of what I mean... the Catholic church claims it has done an investigation, and that the number of bishops who engage in pedophilic actions every year is ~1/510. While it's all well and good of them to give statistics... they remain not credible (to most of us), as not only do we have many more parties claiming the victim... but the investigation was headed by the one party most damaged if the statistics are viewed negatively... a party that has shown time and again throughout history that it is more than willing to lie to look good.

He didn't even respond to my post. Ah well.

Indeed, Sae. I would like to add, mo3, that I am not suggesting that you give up or anything. If any of us here hold misconceptions about Islam or the Muslim religion, we would be happy to have those misconceptions corrected. Truth is what we want. Perhaps a change of tactics might help get this back on track.

(May 30, 2010 at 4:00 pm)Tiberius Wrote: He didn't even respond to my post. Ah well.

Moving it up here, so he doesn't have to dig back for it Not to suggest that he will necessarily respond afterif he reads it again