New here

[Simsim]

Hi Simsim, if you don't mind me asking, which bit of the world are you from?

Hi Zen Badger.
I am from Egypt..... definitely from Upper Egypt.

You are most welcome Simsim. Please be aware that your discussions must have some foundation in science/ logic; they may also be from a personal perspective. Be warned that many here will tear you premise apart in an effort to get to the crux of the issue. Which is the only thing of importance.

This is the benefit of this forum. There is so much wealth of information here and I am glad that you feel you may benefit from the discussions.

I WILL take you up on your offer to translate Arabic for me Perhaps at a later date.

Again enjoy your stay here.

Many thanks KichigaiNeko.

Of course I love debating and discussions and I spent many years in this mode discussing the others in Arabic forums about most the political and theological issues.

I think I have a good scientific background, specially in physics and I have some theoretical and practical experience with metaphysical spiritual philosophies like Islamic Sufism.

Thanks again and I am sure I will enjoy my time here.

I am antithetistic but I don't 'hate religious people' either. Religious people annoy me, but I don't hate them (except, as you said, when they are trying to force their beliefs on others). I hate religion itself, and use antitheism (as in against theism) rather than antitheist (which might imply that I am against individual theists).

Well

What makes us hate religion is the effort exerted to impose the religion on the oneself and society. Not the religion itself because it is a historical idea. But when we find people want to impose these historical ideas in politics and consider them as an absolute reality, we then take an opposed situation to the religion.
We don't, for instance, hate the religions of the ancient Egyptians. Maybe we consider them nice and precious as a cultural heritage. This because there is no one who takes this culture as reality and wants to impose it and forces us to follow him !

Some of metaphysical philosophies are mature and precious heritage of the humanity (But, of course that doesn't make them real )

Regards

Howdy!

Hi Festive.