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I don't really care if you change your mind or not. I suspect you're not going to go on a murder spree any time soon, (not that you'd last 10 minutes in a fight with a real psychopath probably). :D Well, this is a philosophy site, Gary, as you know. And the idea is that people will give logic and e...

Christ seems to have made it pretty clear that war and strife are not options we have in order to follow him. 34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mo...

Again, I don't know. If there is a God, then maybe I don't have a choice which God is the 'true' one. If there isn't a God, then I would just hope that there can be peace in some way shape or form. I mean, maybe there isn't a God or maybe God is one that isn't worth worshiping. I couldn't tell you....

Well, if the Christians were overrun by the Muslims, then Jesus' message would have been lost and people would be further away from God than if they had fought back successfully. The non-religious question is ... are you/we better off living in a society which comes from a Christian tradition than ...

Were you not looking for a philosophical discussion on the picture as you stated? Sure, initiated by Flannel's explanation of the picture. Pictures require commentary, as suggested by the forum, or least it once was, I haven't bothered to look since I first saw it, since it's a totally rational sug...

If you look around, there is more peace than war. There is more reconciliation than conflict. Possibly, however, there are a lot of wars going on nonetheless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts I mean, I understand that sometimes we have to fight. However, as an American ...

Atla wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:34 pm

I'm agnostic, just to be clear

Thirteen Muslim countries officially punish atheism or apostasy by death

Seems pretty ridiculous to me. Not sure what to do about it. Suggestions are welcome.

I don't know. If there is a God, and it was Jesus and Jesus commanded us to turn the other cheek, then I assume it wasn't a good thing. If there isn't a God and Jesus commanded us to turn the other cheek, then it could be either, I suppose. I'm agnostic, just to be clear, so it's difficult for me t...

It looks like an instruction to kill us, yes. Should we kill them back or should we give the other cheek and seek peace? The only reason you are not a Muslim now, is because Christians have fought back. In hindsight, was that a good thing or a bad thing? I don't know. If there is a God, and it was ...

Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:11 pm Walker's Mum, (might be his aunt too), has a message for you.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ExmditA-rCA

Hopefully, she'll sit Walker down and have a rational discussion with him. Doesn't look like anyone else can.

I don't see the logic in that. Why shouldn't people have differences? "resolving differences" is a colloquial term for seeking peace between people with otherwise difficult to reconcile differences that are causing friction and strife or else potential strife. It was not intended on my pa...

Really..Belinda is insisting this can be interpretted in some other "light" -what is your interpretation? “Kill them [unbelievers] wherever you find them… And fight them until there is no more unbelief and worship is for Allah alone” My interpretation is that Muslims are pretty stirred up...

What the hell is that supposed to mean? How does... “Kill them [unbelievers] wherever you find them… And fight them until there is no more unbelief and worship is for Allah alone” ...get interpretted in any way that is not literal? I interpret Belinda's post as trying to interject rational discours...

If there is a God. IF... Then we're all God's children and we ought to resolve our differences. If there isn't a God, then it's entirely up to humanity to resolve our differences. Either way we ought to resolve our differences.

Quran 2:191-193. “Kill them [unbelievers] wherever you find them… And fight them until there is no more unbelief and worship is for Allah alone” I interpret that as Muslims being instructed to kill anyone that doesn't believe in Allah. How do you interpret that? In some countries the education auth...