Finally a Muslim with the guts to say it - Page 2

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-17-2007, 02:16 AM

"Muslin religion" is a particularly interesting if infelicitous typo.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-17-2007, 08:57 AM

Maybe it wasn't a random typo, maybe God made her type that.

Cloud · 07-17-2007, 09:12 AM

(whistles nonchalantly). I have no idea what you all are on about. I never make typos! (cough)

Happy Monkey · 07-17-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Except, rkzen, that as a practical matter people behave better if they credit an afterlife -- one with a connection to this life.

That's not a reason to believe. That's a reason to trick people you don't trust into believing. If you use that reason for yourself, you are trying to trick yourself into believing.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-17-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

(cough)

What was that jingling sound?

Cloud · 07-17-2007, 06:33 PM

the music of the spheres, man!

Perry Winkle · 07-17-2007, 08:52 PM

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[My morals] are ... snip ... my own sense of truth.

So, basically, something you pulled out of your ass. Just like Christianity, Islam, Judaism, ad nauseum.

skysidhe · 07-17-2007, 09:48 PM

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I personally think the Muslim religion has been twisted by evil men into something it really wasn't intended to be.

Isn't that what happens all round? Men fight for religious rights. Would women?

It makes me wonder if women were the religious leaders if there would be all this chaos and war?

Well maybe chaos at times but I am sure our nesting instinct would take over. I wonder how that would look.

Cloud · 07-17-2007, 10:56 PM

yes, women would, and have, fought for religious rights. But I don't think they've been involved much in the decision making of the Muslim heirarchy.

the Muslin heirarchy, perhaps.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-18-2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

That's not a reason to believe. That's a reason to trick people you don't trust into believing. If you use that reason for yourself, you are trying to trick yourself into believing.

Whattaya mean, trick? Why would I try and trick myself, do you think? Do you really think I have to? Frankly, I never worry about whether other people have religious faith or not -- though their behavior can certainly give me a clue. My motivation here is utilitarian. The people who credit an afterlife tend to be better behaved, and are taking a larger perspective rather than staying rooted deep in selfishness. Try looking at it from that viewpoint and see if I ain't right on this one, too.

Happy Monkey · 07-18-2007, 12:29 AM

No, you're not. Whether belief makes someone behave in a certain way has no relationship with whether it is true or not.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-18-2007, 12:52 AM

You haven't tried yet, I see. Quit dicking around.

piercehawkeye45 · 07-18-2007, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

The people who credit an afterlife tend to be better behaved, and are taking a larger perspective rather than staying rooted deep in selfishness. Try looking at it from that viewpoint and see if I ain't right on this one, too.

How did you get to this, I'm curious?

I have found people who believe in an afterlife and people who don't believe in an afterlife to be perfectly equal morally.

TheMercenary · 07-18-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

"Muslin religion" is a particularly interesting if infelicitous typo.

A true man of the cloth.

yesman065 · 07-18-2007, 09:21 AM

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How did you get to this, I'm curious?

The movie First Knight (1995) with Sean Connery and Richard Gere.
Little antiquated, but...

07-17-2007, 08:57 AM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe it wasn't a random typo, maybe God made her type that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-17-2007, 09:12 AM	#18
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	(whistles nonchalantly). I have no idea what you all are on about. I never make typos! (cough) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!" Last edited by Cloud; 07-17-2007 at 01:43 PM.

07-17-2007, 06:33 PM	#21
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the music of the spheres, man! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-17-2007, 10:56 PM	#24
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yes, women would, and have, fought for religious rights. But I don't think they've been involved much in the decision making of the Muslim heirarchy. the Muslin heirarchy, perhaps. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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07-17-2007, 02:16 AM	#16
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	"Muslin religion" is a particularly interesting if infelicitous typo.

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Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	You haven't tried yet, I see. Quit dicking around. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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