(November 13, 2018 at 3:21 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(November 13, 2018 at 3:11 pm)Everena Wrote: As someone who has suffered through quite a bit of pain both as a child and as an adult, I would much rather have an explanation for the pain, rather than think it was just happening to me for no reason at all. And it has the benefit of a positive outcome as well.
Abused spouses have explanations for their pain and why they should stay and continue to be abused. They, too, are convinced doing so results in positive outcomes.
(November 13, 2018 at 3:18 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: If you are correct, it would be bad advice. If Quran is correct, it would be good advice to those who reached certainty.
If Quran is correct about what, Mystic? The only thing that counts is being correct in the matter of whether certainty is an indication of truth, the very issue at stake. Assuming it is would be begging the question. Assuming the Quran is correct in all things would also be begging the question. And the Quran is incorrect on some things, as well as being incomplete. So, no, that argument doesn't hold. In addition to being an indicator that it is bad advice on its own terms because the Quran is wrong on some things.
It's psychological advice for people who are certain. Was not meant to be an argument in itself.
