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  1. Aquitaine

    Can a human be more compassionate and merciful than God (in your opinion)

    I'm so glad I'm not a believer in such a wicked ideology: putting non-believers in hellfire? Just sounds like a scare tactic if I'm honest, I don't buy it. Also, is it not true that in Islam hellfire is temporary, and eventually the tortured are allowed in to paradise?
  2. Aquitaine

    The British Empire (largest Empire in the History of the world )

    Empires are bound to act like jerks.
  3. Aquitaine

    Should Europe take in 200 million climate refugees?

    The only people who should be able to advocate mass culling are those who'd be willing to go themselves, in my opinion.
  4. Aquitaine

    What the Heck is Going on in France with the Burkini??

    Banning the Burkini seems like a bizarre knee-jerk reaction. But then again I've heard the French aren't big on public displays of religion.
  5. Aquitaine

    What Does it Mean to be Enlightened?

    I suppose there is a lot of truth in that: just look at how people treat those who have differing political or religious views. It takes a lot for someone to - genuinely - accept a differing opinion as equal.
  6. Aquitaine

    Is it religiously wrong to commit a suicide?

    Using your example: the very decision to specify which creature the "type" of soul is born in to drastically limits it's capacities for individual "free" expression for the assessment of its behaviour. To compound the issue, free will is further reduced by active bonuses/penalties based on...
  7. Aquitaine

    What Does it Mean to be Enlightened?

    I've always viewed those who claim to be so as somewhat arrogant: as though they're "higher" and have access to superior knowledge.
  8. Aquitaine

    Terrorist kills Imam & assistent outside Mosque NY

    My apologies, I misinterpreted your comment.
  9. Aquitaine

    Terrorist kills Imam & assistent outside Mosque NY

    Could you please elaborate?
  10. Aquitaine

    Is it religiously wrong to commit a suicide?

    I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree here. I cannot see how having a god intervene with such a level of pre-determinism can then accurately assess its subjects "free will" and reward/punish them for it. It seems inconsistent.
  11. Aquitaine

    Terrorist kills Imam & assistent outside Mosque NY

    I swear these threads are created with the sole intent to stir up debate over the term "terrorist/terrorism", almost like it's a contest.
  12. Aquitaine

    Is it religiously wrong to commit a suicide?

    Since I'm asking about Tumah's beliefs, I thought it was obvious: orthodox Judaism.
  13. Aquitaine

    Is it religiously wrong to commit a suicide?

    Why, what is wrong with such a question?
  14. Aquitaine

    Is it religiously wrong to commit a suicide?

    One has to wonder what would be the point in a deity granting "free will" to creatures - whilst rewarding/penalizing them depending on certain behaviours - if he's already predetermined what kind of "function" they will perform and how long they'll live.
  15. Aquitaine

    Punishment: men vs. women.

    I did some brief work for a small business owner who drove a luxury car. I remember once informing her that she was illegally parked and that a parking warden was nearby, here response was: "I'd rather just pay the fine and keep the car parked there for convenience". Absolutely no deterent what...
  16. Aquitaine

    Is it religiously wrong to commit a suicide?

    That sounds very deterministic.
  17. Aquitaine

    Punishment: men vs. women.

    Punishments should be equal. Physical retaliation (to being attacked) should be determined by the the attacker's weight, size, durability and threat level.
  18. Aquitaine

    Sell Your Oil Stocks. True Perpetual Motion Is A Fact....I Kid You Not

    Pardon my ignorance of Physics but aren't perpetual motion devices basically impossible and even under ideal theoretical conditions amount to a zero-sum state?
  19. Aquitaine

    What should the West do Now about Islamic Terrorism?

    Is any of this being done in the name of Atheism? Were the policy makers indoctrinated and radicalised by Atheism? Is there even a central - or any - authority on Atheism from where people can be radicalised?
  20. Aquitaine

    What should the West do Now about Islamic Terrorism?

    All I'm saying is that trying the same old gung-ho tactics won't work.
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