(October 10, 2011 at 11:55 am)ElDinero Wrote:
Those are good questions and I will answer them breifly:
1. I don't "know" what's going to happen to you after you die. But I believe that there is an afterlife. And if you get a punishment, then you deserve it.
2. No, I'm not offended if you draw a picture of Muhammad. Maybe just a little bit. But it doesn't really matter to me.
3. I don't think that the Quran is totally clear and precise. It does have a lot of verses which tend to be metaphorical and/or have controversial meanings.
4. No, apostates are not to be killed in Islam because this is not sound according to the Quran for may of the reasons mentioned below:
100+ Notable Islamic Voices on Apostasy; Preserving the Freedom for Faith; Affirmation of Freedom of Expression and Belief in the Quran.
(October 10, 2011 at 9:10 am)ElDinero Wrote: After clicking Rayaan's link and reading some of his posts on these matters, I begin to wonder what all the fuss is about. It's constantly trotted out that Rayaan is 'one of the better theist posters' here, which as far as I can tell basically seems to mean 'polite, has been here a while and posts pictures of himself'. Someone in that first thread makes the comparison to Statler Waldorf, and it's hardly an unfair one. Mindless arguments, logical fallacies and mental gymnastics. Colour me unimpressed.
Well, you can't judge me accurately by looking at a single thread that I made 10 months ago.
And to be honest, from a range of 1 to 10 in the Statler scale, I think that I fall approximately at level 3 (or maybe 4 at max) when taking into consideration all of my aspects and my style of posting in this forum. However, I'm also aware that some of you will have a higher number than that. And I truly have no problem with it.