When it comes to "essential properties" I find that "belief" is an essential property for one to "believe" that 'Satan' is 'God' (equivalent: evil is ...
Technically we all are: that is what time is (a circle) so I'm with you regardless. I'm not sure I understand where you are coming from here. Yes - kn...
Should it not follow that if satan *requires* "belief" to confuse "believers" into "believing" that "belief" is a virtue, thereby allowing one to beco...
I don't understand anything you are saying there, unless it's just rhetoric. "Belief is not a virtue" does not necessarily render belief "bad". It sho...
It summarizes them only with regards to the problem of "belief" and, in this case, the conscience because I find the conscience is precisely the thing...
I'll follow up with another in case it is not clear below. Islam is relevant to everything because it is waging a war against "unbelievers" for not "b...
I can make attempt. Two statements: i. "Belief" is necessarily not a virtue, and ii. "Belief" is not necessarily a virtue are different. Statement ii....
You correctly identified what you are yourself doing: deflecting (away from Islam). I am not painting myself as the good anything: that would be Islam...
I am not an atheist and would place atheism in the same category as theism: both asserting what is not known to them. But I appreciate the clever atte...
It's not that it must be, it's just that it is. There is no apologetics needed to discern that sex is a fundamental necessity and can be approached fr...
Let me go one by one, as it is obvious to me you take exception with my critical views of Islam. Muslims self-identify as "believers". The point of th...
This problem of "hate speech" is yet another problem of projection and scapegoating: people who themselves hate accuse others of hating. If a person w...
I find the word 'Elohim' (translated "GOD") to be comprised of three components: el - towardness o - conduit him - sea (as in: expanse) which I find a...
I meant to imply that historical claims (ie. "facts") can be manufactured or manipulated to suit a particular ideologically-driven worldview. It certa...
I understand and it is the same - my only contention is that "belief" does not necessarily require facts, only assertions. If you replace 'fact' with ...
Yes it is true. It is also true that the historical claims suit a particular religious worldview. I'd argue against this in good spirit. I don't know ...
I find that Adam tried to blame his own iniquity on the woman. He was asked a question by god regarding his own conduct, and he could have either take...
If someone has reason to "believe" in something, I'd rather them forget the "belief" part and give me their reason instead. The reason is: "belief" ca...
Yes there is, but it is subtle and difficult to talk about because there is an element of *personal attachment* involved that applies to some, but not...
Understanding fear is superior to suffering it - this is precisely the grounds upon which I understood that the Judaic expression "fear of god is the ...
It wouldn't make sense if there were not people who "believed" that "belief" *is* a virtue, but they do. Religious institutions indoctrinate people in...
I take gnostic as 'knowing' thus 'a gnostic agnostic' means "what I know, I know, what I do not know, I do not know" and for me the rest is "belief" w...
I appreciate your response. Thank you for your response - I do not take things personally anymore, as I find this would be ones own personal fault bef...
I did not provide reasoning for a "lack of belief" anywhere - that "belief" is not a virtue does not mean lack of a belief. I understand "belief" has ...
Hello. No - it can be just the opposite, a rejection of "belief" replaced with a desire to "know" no matter what the truth happens to be. For example,...
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