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That is not ijitihad. He is simply saying that they interpret the scriptures for a Sharia decision, which I also said. So why are you arguing? Ijitiha...

No. It is simply demographics. If the more powerful males all appropriate several females, that leaves a large number of incels in the population by d...

I am always scratching my head about this American obsession with their slavery history. They did not invent slavery, their history is relatively shor...

The natural birthrate being roughly 50/50, that by definition leaves a number of male incels, unless you limit the polygamy to the ruler only. And as ...

I do not know where you "know" that from, but I have not seen that statement from any current leading cleric, either Sunni or Shia. Unless they define...

In both Sunni and Shia doctrine, the age of ijitihad is over. Again, I don´t know where your confusion is. Wishful thinking perhaps?

Monogamy is preferrable to polygamy, because it promotes a stable society. Polygamy by definition leaves society with a lot of incels, which mean aggr...

Shariah is the practise of law based on the Koran, the Haddiths and the Sunna. When you base your legal system on Koran, the Haddiths and the Sunna, y...

Post your "clear question in simple English".

No, but the context of her book was to contrast Japan`s society vs American one. And in the West, the moral system is linked to Christianity of course...

"Bernie" is unacceptable to the swamp, so he will of course be ditched. I don´t know why you people even debate this.... TDS again? Afaik, I keep the ...

It makes completely sense if they prefer Bernie. And why wouldn´t they? In the event, everybody is meddling in everybody elses affairs, so the this fa...

Depending on the moral system. I.e. in islam, yes slavery is completely moral. All you do is underlining that it is society-dependent.

Agree.

"God" here is simply meant as something that you can not hide from or lie to. I did not imply Yahweh, Allah, or any of that sort, although in the cont...

It is still Shariah, and Shariah only. That they began codifying it does not change that. Your Wiki article does not reference any other sources than ...

I did not see a question. All I saw was that you changed your metaphor from "vanilla ice cream" to "cookies". You can change it to pickled fish if you...

Depends on if you define majority or plurality as "most votes". The Bernie fans take one position, the swamp the other. Whatever happens, one thing is...

Do you read before posting? I simply pointed out that omniscience and free will are mutually incompatible.

What else does Saudi use? Any reference?

Incorrect. Saudi Arabia and ISIS use Sharia alone. The Koran is the constitution there.

The "rest of what you said" was: For example, if offered vanilla or chocolate ice cream and I choose chocolate cuz I hate vanilla, thats my exercise o...

The "reasoning for the claim" is a repetition of the same claim, not proof of any sort. So again: Yes, me knowing what you are going to choose by defi...

Come again? If it is predetermined what you chose, how is it still a choice? Think!

OK, but please try to do in future without making false attribution, like "alcontali" is so fond of. It really makes communication impossible.

I never said anything about Barrack Obamas and Aung San Kyuis ridiculous Nobel prizes. What are you talking about? Please try to do without misquotes ...

Hey, hold the horses! What "personal invective" am I guilty of? Not been calling anybody names here, afaik. I am not into that. If you want say I am g...

Sorry, meant to say "not recognized". The Ahmediyya had the temerity of adding another spiritual leader after Mohammed, which makes them unacceptable ...

Well, Alcontali is quiet on the question of STEM Nobel prizes by muslim scientists, so let me answer..... drum roll..... the answer is 2 (TWO!). And o...

Well yes, you can do that. What I pointed out is that Ruth Benedict uses a different definition, which I find more useful. In her definition, guilt is...

That is one way to look at it, another is that "guilt" imposed internally, regardless of the social situation, and that shame involves feeling towards...

Omniscience and free will is mutually incompatible. So take your pick.

Pakistan has a population of 200 million; of course there are universities. Talking about this mythical elevated interest in STEM fields, can you tell...

Really? https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16258-how-to-stop-creationism-gaining-a-hold-in-islam/

You are not a very prophet. Islam growing massively, and not because of some intellectual success, but because of the combination of demographics and ...

I do not know what you are waffling about about, and I suspect neither are you. I pointed out a numer of facts about islam, which you first denied and...

Where do you get the "workaholics" from??

....and every time I have quoted an islamic scholar, you said you don´t know them and anyway in islam there is no scholarly authority. Go figure.

Actually, I have read them all, plus plenty of interpretations by leading clerics (which you admitted to being completely ignorant of).

Islamic scriptures are a wildly incoherent collection of oral transmissions. The only system-wide premise that you will find is "good is what is good ...

You should not generalize about "religion". There are very different ones out there.

Christians have managed to extract an enlightened, positive ethical system out their befuddled books. As is evidenced in the real world, by the progre...

Religious ideology is not a "serious STEM field". It is mass psychology, and the masses of islamist fanatics out there in the real world do not know o...

Ah, the Old Testament. But those are old Jewish stories preceding Christianity by 3000 years or so, so I never understood how that is part of "Christi...

Order killings? Are you sure of that? Afaics, Christianity includes the concept of sanctity of life. Islam, in contrast, does not.

Islam does very clearly classify moral issues and does give motivation to follow (brutal punishment on on one side and 72 virgins on the other....). H...

Well, if you want to base your argument not on any statements by clerics but solely on the literal contents of the Koran, you end up with systems like...

I did not say anything about a pope. Why do you keep misquoting me? However, I am sure you know that various clerics in the islamic world carry variou...

Carried out by Nazis, applauded by muslims, and also assisted by muslims. Read up on the Nazi muslim SS troups that the Al Husseini recruited, i.e. in...

You trying to change the topic. The holocaust was not as "natural disaster". It was carried out by Nazis and assisted by muslims. And in the eyes of t...