RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
July 15, 2023 at 3:17 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2023 at 3:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 15, 2023 at 2:54 pm)Loaded dice Wrote: And there, we have it. All religions are similar, and of equal initial plausibility. Go figure.Neither of those are religious statements. They are both superstitious claims - and are both equally probable - in that both are completely false. Yes, though, I think that all religious claims are fundamentally equivalent. That equivalence is what identifies them as religious claims in the first place?
Consider the following example of religion A and religion B:
Religion A : "God created the world, and made 1=2"
Religion B : "God created the world"
Are religion A and B equally plausible, can we assign the same probability of being true to both of them ? Come on, I'm sure you can notice the difference.
Quote:I didn't know that every tribe have their own concept of God and their own exclusive belief system. You really are well-read in the anthropology of religion, aren't you ?I am. This might throw you for a loop, but atheists are commonly more knowledgeable about religion than the religious...and I'm kindof a nerd even in that rarified group. I love this stuff...and more, likely, than anyone as committed as you probably fancy yourself to be...to any one of the things in this stuff. Unfortunately, there's no money in the us in anthropology or religious studies...unless you're willing to con the faithful like a common imam - and that..I don't have in me.
Islam explicitly states that it shares many core beliefs with Judaism and christianity, as originally revealed. It may have escaped your notice, but some religions aren't completely isolated from each other. Your tribal conception of religions is a bit outdated, I'm afraid.
That "as originally revealed" is doing alot of work for you there, isn't it. It's a way of calling them liars while stealing their beliefs, lol.
Quote:Please address my remark and stop telling me what I should or shouldn't do.Aw, poor little you, victimized by me observing that you swirl further into the drain of inanity with every post, never realizing that you should stop, take a breath, and consider that you're causing harm to your own god concepts and intuitions.
God having a chosen people and excluding everybody else doesn't sit well with justness and benevolence. If you don't see why, I don't think you're equipped for any of this.
I'd say stick with your instincts, here. You probably cant explain why, in a 100% sound and valid argument, you think that's obvious. I'll even do you the solid of suggesting that you don't want it to be true, as I will immediately use that to argue against your own religion, in your own words.
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