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Attractive to you. You have gone away from Christianity and towards Buddhism so you might be against Abrahamic religion in general. Your idea of "attr...

The first sentence is wrong. I read an account of how an African-American in the 19th century killed a KKK member in order to defend his family agains...

I wouldn't even necessarily find it dumb. If you want to talk about it, insha'Allah we can talk about it. You're free to criticize ideas. I just don't...

No, I wouldn't find it personally insulting. There's a difference between addressing ideas and addressing individual people.

If the forum is to be consistent, we need to start censoring people who promote atheism. I'm not actually advocating that but that is what it would lo...

Ah more rationalization on your part for why you think you're entitled to insult believers. From your perspective you're entitled to do what you want ...

Then persuade me of your position on the issue.

I don't know, in any case this is a different issue and I have no interest in persuading you of that.

I try to be respectful towards people. I'm not about insulting people personally.

Persuasive to who? Persuasive to you? Can you present an argument persuasive to me that there is no God?

Very, very weak. This is weaker than a twig. It is based on lacking comprehension of my perspective rather than any valid refutation. It's a mere stra...

Don't you come from a Western background? And more specifically, I think you come from European ancestry. I am not sure but I bet I'm right. When you ...

You might not like religious types but we're at least consistent with our premises. Our conclusions follow from our premises. Furthermore, I respect y...

You make really good points. Ehh...Trump and Hillary... I detest them both.

I agree with this post.

Okay. Hmm. Glad to be talking to someone interesting. I don't deny that there are atheists who believe in objective morality- in moral realism. I deny...

That's interesting that you bring that up. The Quran actually addresses that in Surah Al Kahf. It's also a theme which runs throughout the Quran. In S...

I'm fine with discussing with you and I enjoy it. You're free to your own beliefs and I'm fine with disagreement as long as it's respectful. I try to ...

Actually, that's exactly what it entails. Ah- now your logical gymnastics make sense. So apparently, it seems you are more interested in "winning" tha...

Okay, if you want to argue about semantics, you can argue about semantics. Lots of snark, no substance. How often atheists are condescending without a...

I don't get the anti-Russia stuff. I don't particularly feel opposed to Russia. I don't believe the Russians-hacked-the-elections thing either. Anyway...

I think that asking this indicates that one is out of touch. I think one has to have a finger on the pulse of the people to understand. However, the l...

You find it liberating? That doesn't verify the truthfulness of a proposition. I see conclusions in the post but I don't see solid premises leading to...

yes... people who believe in religion... religion entails that view.... I don't see a push to silence Marxists, Aristotelians, Stoics, etc.... but if ...

woah.... I doubt Ibn Rushd was modern or a secularist..... He was a Muslim who into philosophy.... there's this preconceived notion that people have t...

Yes I'm against secularism. It's not a secret.

Subjective morality would mean morality is not real- it would be "morality" without basis. If you want to argue that baselessness is a basis and get i...

Normative according to whose norms? You mean according to the norms of the Enlightenment. I don't care about the "Enlightenment".

There is no contradiction.

Maybe your idea of "real Christians" are liberal "Christians". Real Christians certainly believe their faith is factual.

I believe that death is not the end and we shouldn't fear death. I doubt my beliefs on death alone are going to cause my life to end. Everyone is dest...

You don't know that. You don't know who is guided and who isn't. You not being guided doesn't mean no one is guided.

Well that is what you think. Allah knows what is in the human heart.

It is an understatement to say that Islam is far superior to mere sliced bread. Yes, I'm well aware that God tested Abraham (PBUH) in that way. But I'...

Hopefully you find something more interesting than semantics to argue about. But yes whether God exists or not is a matter of fact. Either that God ex...

You are a Catholic?

Well if they don't believe their faith is factual then they aren't very Christian.

It is more complex than that. Allah chooses who He guides and Allah is Just.

The million-dollar question goes unanswered. How do we derive morality from a secular point of view?

Humans in general are not moral. Read Revolt of the Masses if you want to learn more. Not everyone believes in the goodness of the mob. Maybe ideally....

It's unsound. It doesn't add up. I'm not a dictionary. This works: val·id ?val?d/Submit adjective (of an argument or point) having a sound basis in lo...

Silliness. There is no secular basis for morality. Explain how it's possible and how you derive rulings.

Philosophical according to what? According to what you define as philosophy? I don't care.

Well if you have no desire to commit a sin, then that's not really much of a test. The test is not what do you do when you don't have the desire. The ...

You have your framework, I have mine.

And what are those methods?

No idea. Marrying your cousin is different than marrying your sister, though. I think it's better not to marry a cousin, though. https://islamqa.info/...

Thank you for confirming what I've been saying about the atheistic position.

Strange. I thought I posted a response. Anyways, I will be very brief insha'Allah. By the logic you are espousing, I think people will only be able to...

Okay, if you don't want to examine the evidence, you don't want to examine the evidence. It is what it is.