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Archbishop of Cantebury - STFU !
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostWe've already got Shariah Law!I am not qualified to give the above advice!
The original point and click interface by
Smith and Wesson.
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman View PostNo we haven't, those that want to abide by it have a Sharia arbitration service.
For example, in the limited sense that that is true, it is not new. Again, some Jews have been submitting to the Beth Din for years (do I mean millenia?), is that upsetting anyone too? If it's not , because it's not quite the same, in what way is it not the same? That (which is not a rhetorical question) is a much more interesting question.
Among the thoughts for an answer: no Beth Din has ever tried to make me stop eating bacon rolls. Neither AFAIK has any subjugated women. If a faith attempts to do so in our country, it is everone's concern.
Or is it?Comment
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Originally posted by expat View Post
Personally I am an atheist,
Are you absolutely convinced that God (or similar) doesn't exist? Because there's no proof either way."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostAs much a Faith as any of the other major religions.
Are you absolutely convinced that God (or similar) doesn't exist? Because there's no proof either way."Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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He should stick to God bothering and leave the real world to someone else.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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Originally posted by Ruprect View PostHere we go.. are you trolling MM?
Most people who say they are Atheists are actually Agnostic."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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So public figures aren't allowed to have their own opinions about politics?
Being anti-materialist is sensible and biblical. Not that being wealthy is bad, but that putting it above everything else is.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostJust wanted to say that. Sorry if you're a god-botherer.
"The Archbishop of Canterbury speaks in support of Karl MarxRuth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has spoken up in support of Karl Marx, defending key aspects of his critique of capitalism.
Dr Williams warns that in the face of the credit crisis, the financial world needs new regulation and says that our society is running the risk of idolatry in its relationship with wealth. "
First it's Sharia law, now Communism, and if anyone's bothered, the breakup of the Anglican church. This guy needs a nice easy job in a uni somewhere, far away from the scissor draw, so to speak. He is a menace.Comment
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View PostAs much a Faith as any of the other major religions.
Are you absolutely convinced that God (or similar) doesn't exist? Because there's no proof either way.
I was speaking briefly, and loosely, in order to get to the point that I was making at the time. On this point, I do not hold a faith-based conviction on the existence or otherwise of god. I actually resent being held to the word "atheist" because it is capable of being seen as "just another -ist".
My position (actually I resent the implication that I must have a "position") is that I do not have much reason to think about the question of god. Some people do, but I do not really know why. Some of those seem to think that I should believe in the existence of a god, but none has yet come up with anything to convince me. So I go about my business without much reference to this "god" concept.
If you ask me whether I believe it, I suppose I might ask whether you believe in Martians. Yes, it would be important if they did exist, but on balance I see no reason to think that they might; if any evidence ever comes in, I'll react to it then. Meanwhile, I don't believe in Martians: that does not make me a rabid faith-based believer in Martian-nonexistence.
PS an agnostic AIUI is someone who was neatly described as someone who believes that he does not know the nature of god, and believes that you do not know either.
I do not find much use for the schoolboy 3-way classification of believer in god at one pole, believer in no god at the other, and "agnostic" in between who does not know.
Belief in god is not a neutral idea with 2 opposing possibilities. It is a claim made by believers, which some of us are not convinced by. We do not take up an opposing faith, we simply remain unconvinced. That to me is an atheist. I think you may suspect me of being an antitheist.Last edited by expat; 25 September 2008, 13:01.Comment
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