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The most stupid misconceptions about Islam
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam
(October 22, 2020 at 3:31 am)Sal Wrote: 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.

To know about God and religion does generally give one a meaning to his life. A book I read recently, "The Denial of Death" summarizes the entire human civilization as one desperate attempt to construct a defense mechanism against our mortality. After presenting what the most significant psychologists offered as defense mechanisms, he argues that losing religion leaves humanity with obvious illusions to find meaning into. Science too doesn't serve as an immortality project, it doesn't give agreeable, absolute meaning to life. Besides, aside from the genius minority who succeeds at becoming a star in some specific research topic and immortalize their name, the rest of people can't really derive some genuine, long lasting satisfaction or sense of immortality from doing science.

(October 22, 2020 at 7:03 am)Nomad Wrote: Teleological arguments aren't evidence they're claims.  And they're claims made in the absence of evidence at that.

Oh and the appeanace of design doesn't and can't prove god, because it isn't evidence of design.  Plenty of random sequences can be made to look like patterns, especially if you cut away the bits that are more obviously random.

Well first of all, the evidence supporting these arguments is the very appearance of design around us. If appearance of design isn't evidence of design, then nothing can possibly be evidence of design. My computer appears to be designed, but I can't reach, by some formal syllogism, the conclusion that it is designed. I still know that design is the best explanation of what I have in front of my eyes. The same goes for the universe, we already unraveled a great deal of sophistication regarding the laws of the universe. How everything just fits together perfectly, to serve a specific purpose, like holding the matter together or keeping some mass in some specific orbit. If this doesn't point to a lawgiver, then nothing can possibly lead you to a lawgiver.

If one asks to actually "see" the lawgiver, then it's not going to be of much help, even if his wishes come true. As he would still have a way out by claiming he was bewitched or his senses are deluded. You can only follow the best explanation for the appearances that reach your senses, asking for more is downright stupid.
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The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 8:03 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Foxaèr - October 14, 2020 at 8:07 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 8:35 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by brewer - October 14, 2020 at 10:30 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 14, 2020 at 10:47 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by no one - October 14, 2020 at 10:47 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 11:48 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 1:16 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by brewer - October 14, 2020 at 1:43 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 3:02 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by brewer - October 14, 2020 at 3:19 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 3:45 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 4:00 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 4:17 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Brian37 - October 14, 2020 at 4:33 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 14, 2020 at 5:07 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 5:21 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Brian37 - October 14, 2020 at 4:13 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 14, 2020 at 5:38 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 14, 2020 at 5:43 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 14, 2020 at 5:52 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 15, 2020 at 10:54 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 15, 2020 at 11:59 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 15, 2020 at 2:55 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 16, 2020 at 11:37 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Angrboda - October 16, 2020 at 9:25 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 16, 2020 at 12:14 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by GUBU - October 18, 2020 at 5:07 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 1:06 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 2:13 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 4:24 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 3:31 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 7:22 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 8:20 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 9:29 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by GUBU - October 22, 2020 at 9:40 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by GUBU - October 22, 2020 at 7:03 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 5:50 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 6:29 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 6:39 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 6:56 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 6:18 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 21, 2020 at 7:31 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 6:57 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 8:50 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 9:26 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 9:38 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 9:39 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 10:04 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Sal - October 22, 2020 at 9:36 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 10:40 am
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by R00tKiT - October 22, 2020 at 12:51 pm
RE: The most stupid misconceptions about Islam - by Deesse23 - October 22, 2020 at 1:56 pm

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