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  1. raph

    How do you see it?

    The Bahai religion is basically that, so I am in. We see spiritual truth in all religions, and we are against irrational/fanatic religion.
  2. raph

    How should we deal with intolerance?

    The book is probably causing intollerance. I don't know, how it affects muslims to always read (Jews) after "people who Allah has cursed", but I guess that most of the muslims are ignorant of the real meaning, and think that all Jews are evil. But maybe I am ignorant of the general muslim...
  3. raph

    If a creator exists, why worship it?

    You are assuming, that He has no interest in us. You are rejecting every form of contact, that He has done, and then you say, He doesn't care. He does care about contacting us, but He doesn't really care about proving it to atheists. You will suffer greatly sooner or later, if you cling to this...
  4. raph

    What do you think of the virgin birth of Jesus ?

    I believe it, but I didn't vote because I don't know, if it is explainable by science. There are female animals, that clone itself, without a male sperm. Maybe this is somehow possible with humans too, trough a wierd mutation or something. But it is a miracle either way, and maybe it is against...
  5. raph

    How should we deal with intolerance?

    icehorse, you are probably using the most intollerant Quran translation there is. I agree that putting (Jews) after every verse that talks about people who Allah has cursed, is intollerant. But that is a problem with muslims and not with the Quran. The stuff in parentheses is taken from...
  6. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    I don't think, that any definition of an absolute being, allows another absolut being to exist beside Him. I don't know if other "gods" appeared. I can't rule out the possibility, that there are beings, much stronger than humans, that appear like God to us. YHWH has appeared multiple times in...
  7. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    Yes of course. People describe everything in their cultural context. A true God would be no exception. There can only be 1 absolute God, it doesn't matter how you call him. Which enemies? As far as I know, whenever YHWH appeared, he has won against every other God. I dont know, what you mean...
  8. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    Why would they be clearer and less at odd with each other? So it is impossible for YHWH to exist, because the Bible could be clearer? Maybe there are other reasons for it. One reason could be that YHWH made the theistic doctrines unclear, so the unbelievers have something to nag about. There is...
  9. raph

    If a creator exists, why worship it?

    This! God doesn't need our worship. We need to worship him and only him, because whenever we worship creation, perishable dust, we will suffer. At the latest when we die, we will lose everything besides God and will suffer greatly, whenever we lose stuff, be it in time of death or while we are...
  10. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    Because we can apply attributes to the first cause. If this cause created the universe, it must be very powerful, or we can say all powerful because it created everything. Humans cant even create a bacteria in a virtual world. The first cause created the whole universe, therefore it must be waay...
  11. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    This argument always arrives at an uncreated God. The first cause must be an uncaused cause, because else we would have an infinite number of causes.
  12. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    I made a claim that everything inside reality has a cause. Thats what we observe. We dont observe anything outside of reality, therefore we cant say that thing outside reality must have a cause. Why is your standard higher? You are an atheist because noone can prove that God exists. It is the...
  13. raph

    Your best argument that god exists

    There are of course no real proofs that God exist, but for me it is enough, to not be an atheist. 1. I think, that in this world, every effect has a cause. So I think there needs to be a first cause, that is not subject to cause and effect, for the world to exist. 2. Prayers work sometimes and...
  14. raph

    If Jesus is separate from G-d, how is that monotheism?

    From what I understand of the Trinity, questions like this thread are wrong. Trinity is 1 God, 3 Persons = Monotheism. It is not logical and it never claims to be. God is not logical, so you cant ask logical questions like "1=3?", regarding the Trinity. But I don't think, that the Trinity is a...
  15. raph

    Self-Harm for Religious Purposes

    I think that self harm can cause disattachement to the material world, which is good. But in my opinion, there are better ways, to reach such a goal. Fasting, charity, prayer, meditation or work have the same or even a better effect, and are better for a society. I think, sacrificing one self in...
  16. raph

    Please look to understand Islam isn't so bad.

    The stuff in parentheses is an interpretation and not found in the arabic text. It is probably true, that Allah says somewhere else in the Quran, that he is angry at jews, and that christians have gone astray. It is maybe a valid interpretation. But the point is, that muslims never say the word...
  17. raph

    Why Hadith can NOT be part of Islam

    Okay I want to make this clear to you: God does not tell you how to pray. People 100 years later, after God sent down a book, tell you how to pray. Conclusion: You don't follow God, if you pray exactly like the people tell you, because God never told you how to pray. Follow God and not people...
  18. raph

    Please look to understand Islam isn't so bad.

    I know that some muslim scholars will disagree but I find no abrogation in Quran. For example 9:29 seems to abrogate every peace verse, but we can also interpret it with harmony with peace to be about defensive war. (I remember reading in a tafsir that this verse is about a time when Rome was...
  19. raph

    People who aren't worshipping Jesus, who are they worshipping?

    Nothing said about God can be rational, because God stands above rationality, he created rationality. The only way, that we can have contact to God is through "bridging the gap". God is so abstract, that we can never understand him. Even, when he spoke to Moses he was "bridging the gap"...
  20. raph

    People who aren't worshipping Jesus, who are they worshipping?

    The point is, that all the power is given to him, by Him who actually has power himself. If Allah wanted, Jesus would be dead. But Jesus could never kill Allah.
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