RE: A challenge about women and marriage in Islam
May 15, 2013 at 9:24 am
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2013 at 9:26 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 15, 2013 at 9:15 am)mo66 Wrote: It makes all the difference. Because then not following through on Divine legislation would mean disobedience to God, and disobedience means potential Divine punishment in the afterlife.So? If someone's god has a shitty idea, and the only reason that a person goes along with it anyway is because said god has fucking terrified them into compliance (an even shittier idea) - then I'd say the case for ethical anti-theism is very firmly made.
Quote:That's the whole point. You really think Muslims don't drink alcohol or eat pork because they don't like it? No, we know how good these things can be, but we don't give a shit because we don't want to fall into sin by disobeying God.How, praytell, would you know that? You don't mean to imply that muslims might be willing to disobey god when a pulled pork sandwich or shot of whiskey are involved (how else would they know anything about either) - would you? I mean if you're going to be disobedient - even just a little bit, enough to know about barbecued ribs....-, I'd say maiming falls before pork in priority.
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