“History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.”
De Lacy O’Leary, Islam at the Crossroads, London...
Seeing as you claim to have studied Islam, I'm surprised you forgot the following:
O you who have believed, let not a people ridicule [another] people; perhaps they may be better than them; nor let women ridicule [other] women; perhaps they may be better than them. And do not insult one another...
On the contrary, Islam is very robust and able to deal with any mockery, but as we know, sadly not all Muslims are able to give a verbal/civilised response.
Outside of debate and moderated discussions, practising Muslims do not mock other faiths, nor do we flock to the big screen to watch blasphemous remakes of Biblical stories. In that respect we have every right to ask others not to mock our beliefs.
We welcome questions and banter, but there's...
Angels conform to your first paragraph as perfect beings without Freewill.
Man has been taught the difference between right/wrong and given free will to make decisions leading to our accountability. By all means take it up with Him in the hereafter. Everyone reading this will be there to see...
How does this equate with being taught the difference between right and wrong, then left to decide using free will. I agree with your post, but it has little to do with GOD being held to account for the actions of humans using their free will as Serp was trying to show..
That's right, in Court here on Earth, someone could put forward those arguments, either genuinely or through use of deception to attempt to sidetrack their use of free will, but in the ultimate Court, they can not hide a single thought, much less what their heart conceals, so will receive...
Yes indeed. Also, our free will would become pointless if GOD stepped in, rendering our existence irrelevant. He already has Angels, who worship Him without question and without Free will perfectly, why bother creating man with all his flaws!
Ok so a person has been abused, grows up and goes onto be abuser themselves. I'm pretty sure, such a person would have been able to keep their unbalanced views from getting attention, allowing the to get close to their victim. This shows they had control and rather than get therapy and help...
The vast majority of people devoting 100% to GOD know this life is but a short test, and the Soul will be given new garments and live for eternity in bliss. The evil in the World is from man's use of free will, but every action has a consequence and GOD is fully aware of what every soul does...
As I said, we're looking at beliefs, mainly yours and mine rationally and I'm trying to see if your views resonate with me.
So Billions of people know of their pasts lives in order that they learn from them?
I can agree with this.
Seems no different to me. Pantheists believe everything is...
As it stands, I'm using my brain to arrive at my belief in GOD, and you choose to await answers, (theories) from men to tell you what they think, the answers are based purely on a naturalistic world view. As I said before, you have your way, and I have mine.
Even Dawkins uses his brain to...