@Skwim read thru the thread. Don’t just take the OP and run off that. A lot more has been said since the OP - the discussion has moved on a lot since then!
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It was a compliment. Colin is, in fact, like you, Amish. He lives in London, where I also live. And he's a good man! Quite funny too. Although sometimes he laughs at his own jokes for longer than required, which is a touch annoying but hey, that's Colin!
Hmmm, here goes...
...Worship, supplication and whatever deed is performed for pleasing God, has a direct effect on the person worshipping and society also. In fact these are the highest training and ethics in the school of Islam because the worship of God creates a sense of thankfulness...
Thanks, a pleasure to share, and the banter here has been very interesting so far! Nice to meet you. Apologies to all - i've not had the time to check in lately due to work etc and striking that all important balance in life, but I have the flu and am up (can't sleep) so I thought I'd visit...
The topic is about the existential crisis which atheists face, and theists too - whether they be monotheist or polytheist! As demonstrated in my posts here. The OP was an opening to stronger, more genuine lines of enquiry and not pushing any schoolboy narratives, as you would seem to suggest.
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Of course, I would say mine is ;) and you would argue yours. Let's not reduce it to that, instead, can we try and understand the "why" from each other? That would be more fruitful.
Your sense of morality has grown over several decades, just like anyone elses - the teachings regarding these...
Yes, you're correct, and I was hoping to get some insight. We're getting there, slowly :) I think.
It's all relative, lol. I like your way of thinking, it works for me - as for evidence - I go beyond simply the empirical benchmark when I consider "evidence". For me, my own subjective...
Good to read you again :)
So, you have to make it up? Like a fairy tale?
lol at the peaches prayer and cream... you don't like peaches and cream? rubbish, everyone likes peaches and cream! unless they are lactose intolerant lol.
Ok, back to being serious, I would like to ask - if you are...
With all due respect, I'm not trying to offend anyone, and have already apologised if I have unintentionally offended anyone in this thread. So I do wonder why you would bring up Allah, Muhammad pbuh or Imran Hussein with such contentious undertones in your post! Maybe it is because you have no...
Sorry.
Ok, fair. We won't go into that. Best to let sleeping dogs lie, as the saying goes.
Forgive me, I wasn't clear. I'm saying that for a theist, accountability being the main theme of the afterlife - could lead to an existential crisis as well.
Ok, I'm pleased it worked for you. Though...
thank you, I did read your post. It's very interesting actually. As I mentioned, I do understand that theists can also experience an existential crisis as well, but the nature of it would be totally different - ie, it would revolve around the idea of "accountability". Most religions in the world...
To the atheists who have posted that they suffer no such thing, and assume that I had painted you all with the same brush, I apologise, this was not my intention. I believe that even those who believe in a deity or deities can suffer existential crisis, but of a different sort (judgement).
Once...