If I may, aside from using humor in a gentle way, perhaps sirat's point may have to do with the idea that, hand or not, miserable and short or not, all life (from his point of view) is a gift of God that we should enjoy and appreciate.
Which I agree with, other than the God part. However, I...
I don't think I said anything about anybody inheriting anything. What I said is, the great majority of Muslims (Christians, Jews, Mormons, Hindus, etc.) were raised in families and places that follow that religion, and we see that you are no exception. It's quite simply, a fact.
Do you honestly...
I agree with you, but I do feel compassion for creationists. First, they've been lied to by all the people they most trust. Second, they believe their eternal salvation depends on denying scientific knowledge. That's going to produce some pretty strange views.
I'm going to question whether free will = freedom from the chains of cause and effect. If that is what it means, then I deny it exists. How can we ever get away from cause and effect?
So I was reading about Watson, the computer. Watson plays Jeopardy against human opponents. Say the answer to...
Well, if archeology ever comes across evidence that the Jews were slaves in Egypt, I'll change my position.
If archeology finds evidence that they didn't, will you change yours?
[btw, As a Jew, I was gobstopped to learn this. Shook my whole world.]
Uh. o.k., fascinating. And what religion was the family you grew up in?
I'm not complaining. I'm explaining why some non-Muslims converted to Islam.
I didn't make any claims about what you inherited. I just asked what religion your parents were.
Yay, secular enlightenment! How much better the...
Yes, and for some unfathomable reason you brought up culture. All I asked, and really I thought it was a pretty simple question, is what religion your parents were.
Wow, use whatever definition you like, Bismillah. I had no idea this was such a complicated question. I'm sorry I brought it up. Apparently it's a sensitive subject for you. If you don't want to tell us what religion your parents were, you don't have to. I see you were raised in a Muslim...