tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post1024926783885013904..comments2023-11-23T18:05:15.094+00:00Comments on Rational Islam? - Letters to a Muslim: Bangladesh - Allah, take note...Spinozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06059865902367641577noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-82418784890019919322014-11-11T21:07:42.746+00:002014-11-11T21:07:42.746+00:00Anybody who has to get their morals from the rambl...Anybody who has to get their morals from the ramblings of a group of bronze age goat herders on pain of eternal torment is truly sick. johnraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-13202784474583694962014-08-16T15:16:58.006+01:002014-08-16T15:16:58.006+01:00SI said
"Islam is perfect, Muslims aren'...SI said<br /> "Islam is perfect, Muslims aren't." <br /><br />I see certain Muslims are starting to imitate and resemble 20th century totalitarians, funny they said the exact same thing i.e. <br /><br />"Fascism is perfect, fascists are not"... Fascism wasn't responsible for its evil it was just fascists<br /><br />Or <br /><br />"Communism is perfect, communists are not"... It wasn't communism responsible for the gulags, and the misery it caused it was just communists.<br /><br />This line of thinking is dangerous for it can excuse certain destructive religions and ideologies from taking responsibility from the crimes and destruction it caused. If we didn't blame fascism for its role in eugenics and the resulting holocaust, we would still have fascist Germany.<br /><br />The same line of thinking can be used for those many Muslims who criticize and hate democracy for some of its flaws, well i can say "Democracy is perfect, but Democrats are not"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-51265019373482203072013-07-29T08:41:52.723+01:002013-07-29T08:41:52.723+01:00"We know that God (whether He be the one foun..."We know that God (whether He be the one found in the Jewish Bible, the New Testament or the Qur'an) is obsessed, above all else, with being given due recognition by mankind for His creation."<br />True. But what is the form of that recognition? In the Tanakh at least, recognizing God means the following:<br />He judged the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?" Declares YHWH. (Jeremiah 22:16)<br />For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.(Hosea 6.6)<br /><br />Varmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247099642223986449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-30499088504973010622013-07-27T18:23:18.569+01:002013-07-27T18:23:18.569+01:00How else would you describe torturing for an etern...How else would you describe torturing for an eternity those who have the temerity to believe in another god, then?<br />I'd say "jealous" is pretty fair.Spinozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06059865902367641577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-47938538196822863622013-07-27T15:39:32.936+01:002013-07-27T15:39:32.936+01:00Are you seriously going to start talking crap abou...Are you seriously going to start talking crap about GOD now? "He is a jealous God." Wow. NO! Do you know what or who God is? I would like to know what gives you the authority to talk about Islam like you are an expert on its sinfulness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-19276728755212684712013-05-19T17:23:39.624+01:002013-05-19T17:23:39.624+01:00what is there, but cannot be seen is the fear and ...what is there, but cannot be seen is the fear and the absolute need to confirm in these countries where they are a state police. Its the same as Stalin's Russia or Hitler's Germany - even if you disagree with the status quo: to admit this is death. Therefore you have to be seen in support of the state laws and principles, otherwise you are in dangerJasminehttp://jasminesyard.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-16610491296323673012013-05-09T14:17:47.123+01:002013-05-09T14:17:47.123+01:00For a non-believer, I see little point in assessin...For a non-believer, I see little point in assessing the merits or otherwise of a religion in isolation from how it affects behaviour and quality of life. If certain aspects of the source of authority, whether the reported deeds of a person or the words in some texts, are these days ignored or sanitised, it seems like a waste of time to criticise them, except insofar as showing a believer the inconsistency of their position. Similarly if good bits are ignored by most followers, such merits are not so interesting.<br /><br />What's usually more worth worrying about is the diversity of interaction of a religion with people, baring in mind human nature and our weaknesses. Even a most beautiful religion could be hopelessly naive and utopian. It seems to me somewhat artifical to consider either the religion, or its believers separately. For the non-believer, there is no metaphysical entity out there called Islam. What is real are texts, artifacts, a diversity of ideas and mental states derived to some degree therefrom in the heads of individuals and actions that are or were to some degree caused by them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-87740240673470597822013-05-09T11:34:51.222+01:002013-05-09T11:34:51.222+01:00"Islam is perfect"
What possible proof/..."Islam is perfect"<br /><br />What possible proof/evidence do you have for such a statement?<br /><br />Whereas there is plenty of evidence to suggest it is the product of its time an location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-71486243232363640232013-05-09T09:47:30.280+01:002013-05-09T09:47:30.280+01:00Death toll from factory now reached over 900.Death toll from factory now reached over 900.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229990984320313018.post-64576945949655604132013-05-09T01:26:01.999+01:002013-05-09T01:26:01.999+01:00My dear friend Spinoza,
Islam is perfect, Muslims...My dear friend Spinoza,<br /><br />Islam is perfect, Muslims aren't. <br /><br />Let's try and stick to rational thinking.<br /><br />As for the <br /><br /> 'He is a jealous God; there is nothing worse in His book(s) than worshiping other gods, or shirk as it is known in Islam', <br /><br />try think about like this instead: There's only room for one at the top! <br /><br />SInoreply@blogger.com