(February 26, 2017 at 11:56 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:Quote:I proved
No; you didn't. Not even for another Muslim like me.
You're confused; mystic. Because you're a Shiite, you can't talk about God without associating Ali and his kin in the story; at the same time people really don't care about Ali.
The worst, most insulting thing to do, is to bring a total stranger and ask me to be his servant. That's the Shiite faith: being servant to Ali and his sons.
Mohammed and the Quran are such a different case. But you come, along with the government of Tehran to say otherwise.
With Islam -not Shiite Islam-, just "Islam", like in the Quran, the center of attention is God. Also called "Allah" in Arabic. He's a special case.
Being a "God". He's a special case because he is claimed to be the same Abrahamic God; AKA the father, Yahweh...
not Ali's 999 friend !
But what the hell is Ali? what the hell is the 12 Imam?
Like, who are these guys?
Do you really expect to say:
-I would bring a collection of papers called the Quran. Then, I would bring a roll of paper called "Shiite Hadiths". Then the result, is the Shiite faith. Believe me, or you're haunted by demons !
Oh..and you're normal?
This is why God is retarded.
Even his own followers don't agree. And God simply does not care to correct anyone.
Matt Dilahunty Wrote:The "What would change your mind" question came up again in e-mail. I've provided an answer many times, but the following version might be worth thinking about:
"I don't know what would change my mind, and I don't need to know. In fact, it would be arrogant for me to presume that I could even come up with an answer, because that presumes that I'm sufficiently knowledgeable that I can tell the difference between 'a vastly superior technology that is beyond my understanding' and 'the powers of a god'.
But, if there is a god, that god should know exactly what it would take to change my mind...and that god should be capable of doing whatever it would take. The fact that this hasn't happened can only mean one of two things:
1. No such god exists.
2. Whatever god exists doesn't care to convince me, at this time.
In either case, it's not my problem and there's nothing I can do about it. Meanwhile, all of those believers who think that there is a god who does want me to know that he exists - are clearly, obviously, undeniably... wrong."
My bold.
