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    There is no free will in Islam

    Free will. Colourless green ideas sleep furiously, too. "Free" being such a poorly defined idea, that either asserting it or denying it, are both equally odd.
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    You have no right in Western Society not to be offended.

    "Another night Tube means more options for Londoners to exploit the nightlife of one of the world's greatest cities. But with half of its nightclubs closing in the last five years will there actually be anywhere left to go "out out" at 2am on a Sunday?" Last call: What's happened to London's...
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    You have no right in Western Society not to be offended.

    A society based on reason, as the OP claims, or smoke and mirrors revolving around vested corporate interests? "In the UK, in 2014 there were 8,697 alcohol-related deaths." Alcohol statistics "Alcohol, more than any illegal drug, was found to be closely associated with violent crimes...
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    Victimless Crimes & The Economy

    I think you'd have to try the policies one by one, and test results. Rather than a sudden overhaul based on "sound principles". Like some libetarians and anti-statists have nice sounding rhetoric, but I am not quite sure you ought to suddenly revolutionise fairly proficient societies on the...
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    Is it Plausible that a Real God...?

    Pre-existence - Wikipedia IFAIK in Islam there was a pre-existence where we all acknowledged our creator. The closest sign we may have is that we have a "innate belief in God" ie a fitra. Like buber's "I-thou" we can accept or deny it, but its there.
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    Answer to Paradox of Stone

    The answer is that lifting is a causal mechanism. It involves mechanical process. . So God can create something unliftable, in the context of things for lifting it made available. There is a crane (lifting device) and a tower block, the crane cant lift it. Otherwise, "lifting" loses its...
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    God's Infinite Love and Hiroshima

    And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which...
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    John William Draper, a contemporary of Darwin, called it the "Mohammadan Theory of Evolution..!!!

    The closest to evolution in the quran, afaik: And within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs...
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    Garden of Eden

    I think that "the garden" in Islam, the world is a fractal of it and of hell. Not an exact fractal, but a similarity, a fraction.
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    I'm an aatheist. I lack belief in atheism.

    People have their causes for lacking belief, usually other beliefs which are not made explicit.
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    Religion as "structural coupling"

    I read "yoga" was called such because we "link" or "join" or "yoke" to the cosmic spirit. But prior to that there must have been everyday technology, which the concept of a link was based on. And a reason why it was regarded as similar. The idea seems then to be related to domestication...
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    Religion as "structural coupling"

    I like to relate faith to neuroscience, and "trust" hormones. Like you'd have faith in a rope if you felt it was secure. Security and faith being correlates of oxytocin a brain hormone. The "safety" of the rope ("its secure" ) being a projection of a psychological state (i.e, "I feel secure...
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    Religion as "structural coupling"

    Thatks I can get that , but I am wondering about etymology. Before we had all the modern day distinctions, what caused people to call "yoga" yoga for instance?
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    Religion as "structural coupling"

    I read a book by F Capra (The Web of Life) and he said life was coupled to its environment. Like a train carriage is coupled to the next, we are systems coupled to our environment. In the definition of religion we have the idea of a "link" or "join" (yoga) and "bind" (religion) and "to hold...
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    What's Wrong With Joel Osteen?

    I find him a inspiring speaker. Something atheists could do with, maybe. A life coach attitude rather than an interfaith sniper.
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    Is There a Cure for Metaphysical Dogma?

    Well if metaphysics is a disorder, maybe its all the same, of zero logical value??? I am not sure metaphysics needs to be cured.
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    Karma & Works Are Literally the Same Word

    Good point. Just a phase we're going through.
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    Does It Pay To Be Good?

    It does pay to be good. Who to? To the person you are good to, and you are an option, and ought to be first choice - because in direct experience all value is realised most closely.
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    New survey: half of Canadians think religion does more harm than good

    On what basis are these participants forming their judgements? Probably, the mainstream media... And its well known that religion often gets bad press.
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    Answers In Genesis on Facebook

    Isn't it true, some militants not only want to destroy creationism, but take the whole church with it? Like an "outdated theory" .
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