Okay let me clear this up, since I am pretty sure you picked up your English through Hollywood movies.
Fact: is something /event .... that has happened/could be proven logically and PHYSICALLY.
Poetry: Poetry is a style of written/spoken literature.
Please clear up why you got offended.
As a Muslim and MATURE individual , I do not get easily offended, just because I did not fully understand the other person doesn't mean I have to be offended...
Well I always respect people's beliefs but not faiths.
The literal meaning of Faith= The blind and EXTREME beliefs without the presence of evidence.
Hell , I am a Muslim but I am not faithful.
It just hurts to see many Muslims (Many of them I personally know, and my relatives included), are somewhat aggressive towards people just because they do not have the same "thoughts".
What's offensive about my reply? well Yes the Holy Scriptures are REALLY written in a poetic style, what is offensive about describing the literature type of books?
I really would love to be in your intimate conversation about Scientific facts vs Imaginative Hypothesis' but the last thing I want is to be e-Bashed by non-factual thousands of years old poetry.
He wrote the Selfish Gene one of the seminal books on evolution in the 1970s as well as many others. I recommend the Blind Watchmaker as a superbly written science book. Recently he has drifted into the God arena and wrote the God Deluision a few years ago. Another interesting read
I don't know if you are a child abuser either but that doesn't make you a child abuser does it.
If your faith in one god, ignoring the other 6900 since the Sumerians, makes you happy then good for you. I'm not hear to change your faith or beliefs, you are free to believe in whatever you want no matter how ridiculous
great,.. if you don't know, this doesn't men there's no god. because if you are wise enough, you should believe there's someone created all of this....
next step,. you have to know,.. because this answer will not relief you in the judgement day... this is an faithful advise...
I am wise enough and comfortable enough to say I don't know. I don't need to fill the void with fantasies, such as sun gods, moon goods, animal gods, gods in the image of man etc.
before man have no resources to identify his God, therefore; he send them prophets with miracles.
nowadays, science and networking is the prophet. we know more, we share more ,.. we are accountable.
look around you, it's full of evedances , not only the universe, look at your self, can you control your breath?? or your heart,..etc... they work according to rules,.. created by the creator of your body...
Men believed the universe revolved around the earth until we knew better, same with the universe. Just because we don't know everything doesn't mean you can make something up to fill the gaps! That's what children do!
QDC, in your company, going home before the end of shift is a sin. it's a rule put by the owners, known by all staff, and violators are being punished (and that's why we adhere to rules). then you can have an organized company of say 100 people.
so why you cannot imagine the whole universe have an owner who put rules, and have a judgement day,.. ??!!
Why is not atheism acceptable here? It's a point of view, the same as believing in god or believing in fast cars or the bottom of a whisks bottle. If you are scared of atheism then your faith must be weak
Surprised to see this posted. I've read his books for 20 years and the Science is fascinating. Nevertheless, I'm not sure that atheism can be explicitly expressed openly here.
Not really ,he is not full of himself , imagine yourself in his shoes? dozens and dozens of people try to debate logic and scientific facts based on thousands of years old scriptures.
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Well I guess the "you are entitled to your own opinion" is no longer valid when there is no logical come back.
and chris hitchens on religion. Also very much admire AronRa. Favourite show is atheist experience - check it out
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It's fine if you want to disagree with me that is your right but you can say what I write is baseless, you have no evidence for that!
You just summed up everything I wanted to say!
Cheers mate.
You are entitled to your own opinions but not your own facts. Religion has no basis In facts
Okay let me clear this up, since I am pretty sure you picked up your English through Hollywood movies.
Fact: is something /event .... that has happened/could be proven logically and PHYSICALLY.
Poetry: Poetry is a style of written/spoken literature.
Please clear up why you got offended.
As a Muslim and MATURE individual , I do not get easily offended, just because I did not fully understand the other person doesn't mean I have to be offended...
I am not picking anything up.
Did you or did you not say: "but the last thing I want is to be e-Bashed by non-factual thousands of years old poetry"?
You didn't say it's written in a poetic style, you said the words "non-factual" and "poetry".
Yes I (and many others) get offended when you accuse the Holy scriptures of being poetry.
Well I always respect people's beliefs but not faiths.
The literal meaning of Faith= The blind and EXTREME beliefs without the presence of evidence.
Hell , I am a Muslim but I am not faithful.
It just hurts to see many Muslims (Many of them I personally know, and my relatives included), are somewhat aggressive towards people just because they do not have the same "thoughts".
What's offensive about my reply? well Yes the Holy Scriptures are REALLY written in a poetic style, what is offensive about describing the literature type of books?
Are you faithfully trying to pick a fight here?
This is getting really out of control.
Yes you're entitled to your own opinion but please respect other people faiths!
I really would love to be in your intimate conversation about Scientific facts vs Imaginative Hypothesis' but the last thing I want is to be e-Bashed by non-factual thousands of years old poetry.
He wrote the Selfish Gene one of the seminal books on evolution in the 1970s as well as many others. I recommend the Blind Watchmaker as a superbly written science book. Recently he has drifted into the God arena and wrote the God Deluision a few years ago. Another interesting read
Never heard of him.......who is he? and no I can't be bothered to google him.....
I don't know if you are a child abuser either but that doesn't make you a child abuser does it.
If your faith in one god, ignoring the other 6900 since the Sumerians, makes you happy then good for you. I'm not hear to change your faith or beliefs, you are free to believe in whatever you want no matter how ridiculous
great,.. if you don't know, this doesn't men there's no god. because if you are wise enough, you should believe there's someone created all of this....
next step,. you have to know,.. because this answer will not relief you in the judgement day... this is an faithful advise...
I am wise enough and comfortable enough to say I don't know. I don't need to fill the void with fantasies, such as sun gods, moon goods, animal gods, gods in the image of man etc.
before man have no resources to identify his God, therefore; he send them prophets with miracles.
nowadays, science and networking is the prophet. we know more, we share more ,.. we are accountable.
look around you, it's full of evedances , not only the universe, look at your self, can you control your breath?? or your heart,..etc... they work according to rules,.. created by the creator of your body...
Men believed the universe revolved around the earth until we knew better, same with the universe. Just because we don't know everything doesn't mean you can make something up to fill the gaps! That's what children do!
will, you can see the authorized direct boss,.. but owners, who put the rules,..no,.. this rpresents the prophets.
if you see God and angels,.. then who will be Unbeliever ..!!
science is a systematic rules,.. then there should be a ruler,.. there's no rules without rulers,...
One day I might if there is evidence. So far no evidence of a designer or ruler of the universe
The difference is I can see and hear my boss. The same does apply to the universe, except the laws of science.
Science bullying god since 1540
Are you serious here? did you just try to apply logic...or was it sarcasm ? I am confused.
QDC, in your company, going home before the end of shift is a sin. it's a rule put by the owners, known by all staff, and violators are being punished (and that's why we adhere to rules). then you can have an organized company of say 100 people.
so why you cannot imagine the whole universe have an owner who put rules, and have a judgement day,.. ??!!
simple isn't it
What are sins? What you consider a sin, is not what someone else would think it is a sin. Sin is a human made concept for control
If Heaven Kitty and Satanic Kitten do not exist, then why cats keep publicly have intercourse? Answer? because they can!
so if God is not there, then Satan is not there,..so why people are making sins,...?? answer that is you can,.. :P
Believing in God and Angels? Damn! that is too mainstream!
I believe in the flying spaghetti monster, and JoJo of the sea!
It's like an angel pissing on your tonsils
Ironically people do have banners that say 'Dawkins is our God'
I only believe in VB and Carlton
Dawkins believes satan doesn't exist so that is good for all of us
but isn't satan the ultimate rebel and the original freedom fighter braveheart
yes, sure atheism is not acceptable here like Satanism...
I have strong disagreements with what he says but I agree with his main point...also I don't particularly mind his aggressive approach
Faith is the unshakable belief at the absence of evidence, so basically I am not "faithful".
But to answer your question, Atheism is something not welcomed in the GCC countries especially, and Iran.
Why is not atheism acceptable here? It's a point of view, the same as believing in god or believing in fast cars or the bottom of a whisks bottle. If you are scared of atheism then your faith must be weak
Yeah, but I guess here is acceptable at some extent.
Anyhow , his books are made simple for the simple common minds, a genius he is ,I must confess!
Do you have any of his books please?!
Cheers.
Surprised to see this posted. I've read his books for 20 years and the Science is fascinating. Nevertheless, I'm not sure that atheism can be explicitly expressed openly here.
Not really ,he is not full of himself , imagine yourself in his shoes? dozens and dozens of people try to debate logic and scientific facts based on thousands of years old scriptures.
It must be tough.
Especially his hate e-mail.
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No. I personally find him a bore and too full of himself..