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  1. BrightShadow

    Impeachment articles now filed against Biden.

    I agree that the parties have drifted apart quite a bit over the last couple of decades. The characters currently representing are not the kind who would willingly try to resolve differences amicably. However, in order to work together and move forward -" something has got to give". Ruling...
  2. BrightShadow

    Impeachment articles now filed against Biden.

    Not sure if it is possible at this point but the two parties need to look for common ground and not burial ground!
  3. BrightShadow

    Islam: when is a person considered a Muslim?

    Who are you following? Are you following some clerics who believe in the authenticity of that Hadith or are you following the Quran (the word of God of Islam)? If you want to believe in that Hadith that suggests Muhammad directed to kill apostates - then I don't believe you can also claim to...
  4. BrightShadow

    Islam: when is a person considered a Muslim?

    There is no problem with Quran telling Muslims to obey the Messenger (Muhammad) but I think it is about following harmless things for extra credits such as extra prayers and maybe everyday rituals. I doubt Quran would tell any Muslims to adopt any directives without convincing evidence that...
  5. BrightShadow

    Islam: when is a person considered a Muslim?

    Anytime! When someone looks through a sunglass with blue lenses - the whole world will seem blue and when he looks through an orange lenses - it would look orange. Why look through these lenses if he wants to see clear? Why doesn't he want to see clear? I think many people including many...
  6. BrightShadow

    Islam: when is a person considered a Muslim?

    God in Islam clearly tells Muslims that they do not bear the burden of the wrong choices others make with their religious convictions. God knows who strays from His path! So, it is a personal issue with their God and it is something that he himself will take care of. In other words - He would...
  7. BrightShadow

    Islam: when is a person considered a Muslim?

    It is mind boggling to me that anyone claiming to be a Muslim would believe their God directed them to kill apostates when their primary doctrine (Quran) consisting of 114 chapters does not mention that at all. In fact, it does the opposite. It mentions - "there is no compulsion in religion"...
  8. BrightShadow

    Islam: when is a person considered a Muslim?

    If I want to learn something about a religion such as Islam - I would examine its primary doctrine first. In this case it is the Quran! I would not listen to its practitioners first because in my opinion 99% are clueless as to what they are really following! I don't believe anywhere in Quran...
  9. BrightShadow

    Bayesian Argument and the PoE (Supporting PoE Post 3)

    Yes! A murderer in USA would be considered the same in UK but action and non-action is not the same! A Murderer's action and a all loving and perfectly just God's non-action because he wasn't present - is not the same! An omnibenevolent God is not obligated to stop Evil where he choose not to...
  10. BrightShadow

    Bayesian Argument and the PoE (Supporting PoE Post 3)

    I recently came across this term "PoE". I still don't know what the "problem of Evil" argument really attempts to show. But lets say it attempts to show a logical contradiction between two concepts. In one concept a omnibenevolent God exists and in another concept Evil exists but these two...
  11. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    Jesus never spoke Greek. So when some anonymous writer decided to write about Jesus in ancient Greek language decades after Jesus was gone - it is fair to say that the message already got distorted by that initial translation and then when you retranslate that into English then the verses went...
  12. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    I think you are incorrect! If you do some research you will see that two different spellings are used for "Father" and "Word". The two different spellings clearly do not mean the same! The Greek word "Theos (θεός)" is used in once instance and the Greek word "Theon (θεόν)" is used with "τον •...
  13. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    If you do some research you will see that the actual meaning of [John 1:1-18] got corrupted in the translation. In my opinion the translation was done in a deceiving fashion where Jesus is addressed as "the God". In the verses [John 1:1-18] the word that is used for Jesus in the original text...
  14. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    So, are you in agreement that Jesus denied being God in Matthew, Mark and Luke? Are you saying Jesus only claimed to be god in John? Okay according to John - Jesus denied being God in the following verses... Jesus denied the doctrine was his. [John 7:16] that means he denied being God. Again...
  15. BrightShadow

    The man who never cheated

    Give her some space! Just my opinion!
  16. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    It is not the only setting where he denied divinity or asked to hide his (so-called) true nature. Question still remains - why hide it even temporarily? Why not come down and declare he was god and the purpose of his visit. Why try to change minor things such as misconception about Sabbath etc...
  17. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    If Jesus was God or son of god, he obviously didn't want us to know or be aware of it. So why try to outsmart God/god? If he was indeed a god then a question arises - why wouldn't god want public to know who he really was? Why play hide and seek? Why tell his disciples not to tell anyone? If...
  18. BrightShadow

    Clarifications on Christianity

    Anything writings that suggest divinity of Jesus should be taken with a pinch of salt in my opinion, because the person in question has outright denied it! In my first post (#73) in this thread - I did acknowledge that there were lots of doubts floating around surrounding Jesus' divinity and...
  19. BrightShadow

    Trinitarians will win anyway?

    I think actually it will be the other way around! If Trinity is true then Unitarians will be just fine like the rest of the believers of any monotheistic religion because Jesus didn't decisively declare that he was God or son of god. He did not try to prove his divine status. He actually did...
  20. BrightShadow

    Special Pleading and the PoE (Part 3)

    I think through out the history of our ancestors - God has sent numerous prophets who have genuinely tried to deliver God's message to us. If we are going to take biblical message into account then in my opinion it should be fair to say that the message got distorted and went through some...
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