Benkei

To add to my lists of dislikes: authority based on hierarchy or tradition. The basis for authority, other than merit, is one of respect and that has t...

I can appreciate the explanation of the distinction and saw that in any case you understood my intended meaning. As long as understanding is reached w...

Aside from the impossibility to check this, there was A Roman and Greek empire before that, which did well without Christianity. In fact, it could be ...

Semantics. You can replace religious experiences with spiritual if that reads more comfortable for you. I'm using the term as William James did in his...

You said it was unequivocal. It isn't. Hence it's only unequivocal to some. In this case you in order to reinforce a point some people don't share.

only for people with an agenda.

I'm treating it as any other text : generic words superimposed over a world so complex it defies comprehensive understanding. The idea a book can be t...

I'm sure it is but that's neither here nor there. Even in the more mainstream interpretation of "to hit" for daraba there's a ton of discussion how, r...

That's fine. I think that's a bit the point that there isn't an accurate representation to be had just like it isn't possible for the Bible.

My friend doesn't belong to a particular sect but like (many?) other progressive Muslims believes the historical, patriarchal interpretations controll...

That's not what Muslim friends tell me and seems a bit weird a claim from a non-Muslim to begin with. Can we not read and think for ourselves? Don't s...

eh... They're groups not persons? Al Islam in this case, or am I missing something?

I'm merely representing other existing interpretations and then I do have an opinion on which I think is better from a normative viewpoint (which is p...

>:O I just gave you a translation in English that already compares three distinct meanings. Edit: in any case, you're missing the point as I've contin...

Am I to interpret that as an argument for a Christian Europe in favour of a secular and atheist Europe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeYzNvTVd38&feature=youtu.be "Islam is not the number one paradigm explaining Arab society, hypocrisy is."

Actually she has mellowed out since then and sees a struggle between the jihadist (Medina Muslims) and Reformists to win the hearts and minds of the a...

Let's take the original then. "idribuhunna" has about 52 distinct meanings and you're sticking to the one meaning "beat women". Whereas one of the mea...

According to whom? You? How's your Arabic? Or, which translation are you using? You are painting a caricature (again). There's exactly one verse in th...

and more of the same. What is wrong with you? You used to be a nice person not someone who apparently takes pleasure in mocking others and calling the...

That almost amounts to an argument. Thank you for pointing out a typo. How's your Dutch by the way? You've seen her on television all those years and ...

Ayaan. Sigh. Ayaan has repeatedly misrepresented a lot of facts and from what I last heard continues to do so, to meet her agenda, which I suspect is ...

And he's like the Pope so every Muslim should think this. Oh wait... I didn't even watch the video because it's obvious it will state whatever your na...

Some nice examples but you fail to causally link this to Islam. Just as the USA claims to be the best county in the world, when we know it isn't, the ...

Beats quoting yourself verbatim or repeating yourself.

Point 4, ok when it concerns religious rituals in a group. I don't agree where it concerns clothing in public places unless they are acting in an offi...

Preaching to the choir in my case. I expounded a bit here: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/61466#Post_61466

http://al-quran.info/?x=y#6:151 Starting from there the Qu'ran states: Avoid idolatry Honor your parents Reject infanticide Live a pure life in every ...

George W. Bush is a Christian and started wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama escalated into Pakistan (and Yemen?). John F. Kennedy escalated in Vietn...

I get called "Jesus" in exasperation at work because I'm an annoying git who's always right.

I'm pretty sure I'm saying what I intend to say but might be a translation thing, so let my try to explain. It's the underlying relationships between ...

Corporations are accidental relational structures between people and whether people work in structure Apple or structure IBM is irrelevant. That corpo...

I must ask: how do you know? :P

Tru deat.

I suppose the tongue in cheek smiley was necessary with my comment. Of course it's about taste, the point I was trying to make (vulgarly) was it takes...

It sets a norm of you would allow the discrimination and as such could result in old-South discrimination against blacks but then against gays. So pre...

That's because you're a disagreeable old man and to the multitude of things we already disagree on you wanted to add another. That was to be expected,...

There's nothing bizarre about what I'm saying but your interpretation of it certainly is. Insulting other people claiming freedom of speech is an abus...

We're in agreement there so I suspect you're interpreting something in my text I didn't intend there. I think it's quite easy to compare countries in ...

I didn't say he was.

Bullshit. Northern Europe: the closest thing to paradise on earth. Unless you're an egotistical materialist consumer of course.

That was in Germany from 1933 to 1945.

A majority supported it and a vast majority just voted remain to the extent that was on the table in the elections yesterday. I'm not sure whether you...

Oh that must be why gay Muslims joined the Amsterdam gay pride last year in fear of rejection by their Muslim families. Dutch Muslims are as negative ...

The thing is, I realise I'm part of a society and I'm all too happy to do with a little less income and cookies if that means others don't have to wor...

Also, I disagree with this, otherwise the whole reason to have a political nomination procedure would be invalidated. Republicans want and expect cons...

I'm curious. In what way do you think the USA would be better in many regards?

I always find it interesting when anglo-saxon lawyers insist on something being written down. Considering the historic approach to jurisprudence that ...

But the money was less than what reported in those stories and it was sent before the group turned political (that happened "immediately after the gra...

So I searched for this and really no reputable newspaper reported it. So digging deeper, politifact reviewed this claim as: mostly false. http://www.p...