(October 21, 2020 at 4:24 pm)Klorophyll Wrote:(October 21, 2020 at 2:46 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Let me help you help yourself. You don't intend to demonstrate or argue that any of these things that you're "clearing up" are misconceptions - they aren't. You want to argue that the misconception is, essentially, how anyone else thinks about anything. Yes, ofc I'm a non person according to magic book. Yes, ofc everyone else is going to hell. Yes, ofc islam uses terror to silence critics. It's not a misconception of ours that it does all of that, it's a misconception of ours, as you see it - if anyone is against it.
I think I laid out my case in enough detail for all the things you cited really being misconceptions. Besides, if Islam truly does say that everyone else goes to hell, then Islam is promoting for an unjust god, that is, a deity who will punish people for not believing in something they never even knew what it was. Muslim theology is sophisticated enough not to advocate for such a naive doctrine.
Eskimo: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to Hell?
Priest: No, not if you did not know.
Eskimo: Then why did you tell me?
Alter the relevant nouns, and the message remains the same.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
