RE: General argument for Islam.
April 6, 2015 at 8:31 am
(This post was last modified: April 6, 2015 at 8:36 am by The Grand Nudger.)
In our interactions..you've noticed that I've been strongly disputing the only tangible portion of what you call an argument, right? As you've been explaining it...Islam doesn't seem to have any particularly exalted wisdom......and the quran certainly seems to be very much like many other stories which have nothing to do with the quran....but somehow (as-in, through metaphor -so sayeth you-..which is also a description of a metaphysical reality -so sayeth you-) manage to speak to the human condition in precisely the same way to precisely the same effect - and often enough which all agree in their conclusions and implications.
-and, of course..that even if the claim of a unique revelation or book with exalted wisdom were true (in some alternate universe)...that still wouldn't prove anything about a god.
Are you a Tortoise and Hare-ist? A Jack and the Beanstalk-ist? Do woodlands animals organize marathons, and do giants own geese that lay golden eggs? These are the questions I find myself forced to ask.
-and, of course..that even if the claim of a unique revelation or book with exalted wisdom were true (in some alternate universe)...that still wouldn't prove anything about a god.
Are you a Tortoise and Hare-ist? A Jack and the Beanstalk-ist? Do woodlands animals organize marathons, and do giants own geese that lay golden eggs? These are the questions I find myself forced to ask.
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