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by Age
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:38 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem
Replies: 5
Views: 45

Re: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem

Okay. So, just get married if you want to. Yes, I pay the mahr sign-on bonus and I respect the iddah notice period when applicable. I also provide (weekly) nafaqah, with all other expenses paid for. It works much better than casual sex, which I consider unsatisfactory and often even unnatural. If y...
by Age
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:06 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem
Replies: 5
Views: 45

Re: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem

Okay. So, just do not get married, again. It is perfectly fine and even commendable for Muslims to get married under the terms and conditions of Islamic law. Okay. So, just get married if you want to. However, it takes an substantial and even heroic effort to prevent western governments from overru...
by Age
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:45 am
Forum: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem
Replies: 5
Views: 45

Re: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem

The title of the article is only partially true: Marriage is Increasingly an Institution of the Highly Religious: Why That Might Be a Problem For Muslims, civil marriage and especially civil divorce is considered to be an attempt at overruling Islamic law. It should never be done out of free will. ...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:59 pm
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: What Is Free Will?
Replies: 2
Views: 46

Re: What Is Free Will?

What we can see here is just another example of if free will, determinism, and/or even God exists, or not, is solely depended upon how one is just defining the words being used. Also, if people are in agreement, or disagreeing and/or fighting, thus if they are in peace or in disharmony is, again, gr...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:42 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

Anyway, the Universe, Itself, is always evolving, in Creation.
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

Okay. So, again, why say things that you do not, literally, mean, and especially so in a philosophy forum of all places? My point in that post and when I mentioned the metaphorical aspect of 'to' in a previous post was to point out that we are all using metaphorical language. 1. If you all, suppose...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

Why do you believe this assertion of yours here? You are relaying a truth that you neither believe nor disbelieve. So, do you believe that all so-called 'oracular situations' 'a truth' is being relayed that is neither believed nor disbelieved? You do have one belief and this was not it. If you say ...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:24 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

Do you have some sort of fear of just expressing what the actual thing is, exactly, which you are referring and/or alluding to? For, once again, I have absolutely no idea what you are referring to or alluding to here, which is somewhere in 'the thread'. No, I don't have a fear around that. I discus...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

It strikes me that another example of a dead metaphor might be useful. evolve comes from to unroll, roll out, roll forth, unfold. We make terms out of our local, time-bound experience and build from these. It may seem like corner of the universe is metaphorical and evolve is literal, but actually h...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

I neither believe nor disbelieve 'that'. One would have to first 'have a mind' to be able to 'change their mind'. 'I', for one, certainly do not 'have a mind'. Why do you ask questions that I have already informed you of what the answers are, exactly, and already? Now, if what you human beings are ...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

Do you have some sort of fear of just expressing what the actual thing is, exactly, which you are referring and/or alluding to? For, once again, I have absolutely no idea what you are referring to or alluding to here, which is somewhere in 'the thread'. No, I don't have a fear around that. I discus...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:30 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

What the Universe is actually made up of and how the Universe actually works is very simple, everywhere and always. Do you believe that? I am not sure how many times that you need to be told and informed of some thing before you are able to learn, comprehend, and understand that thing. I neither be...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:36 am
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: 0 is not a number
Replies: 32
Views: 472

Re: 0 is not a number

What is the difference, now, between 'natural numbers', 'numbers', and, now, 'real numbers'? Natural numbers: can be reached by successive succession, starting from zero: 0, 1,:2, 3, ... Regular expression: [0-9]+ For a different base, appropriately replace the digit matching pattern [0-9]. Integer...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:24 am
Forum: Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics
Topic: 0 is not a number
Replies: 32
Views: 472

Re: 0 is not a number

And, what is the difference between 'natural numbers' and 'numbers'? Natural numbers can be reached through consecutive succession: 1,2,3,... , except for 0 which can only be axiomatized to be a natural number. The natural numbers are closed under addition and multiplication. So, adding two natural...
by Age
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:21 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Creation - Evolution
Replies: 305
Views: 3410

Re: Creation - Evolution

Atla, Age is saying that mere cause and effect automatically is creation and evolution. Like you randomly throw the pieces of a 1000-piece puzzle into the air, and all of them fall into the right place and create the picture. I do not need you to tell me what Age is saying. I can figure it out for ...