Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 99
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Re: Case in Point...
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I've heard a few testimonials from westerners that lived in Saudi Arabia (or some comparably religious Muslim society) who, on the subject of Islamic treatment of women, insist that the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 09:24 PM
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 09:22 PM
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,656
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:28 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,656
Re: \"Atheism for kids\"
Good books. Philosophical. And that's a bad thing, by religious standards.
I love how most atheists are fine with their kids being exposed to Christianity, and have no trouble with the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:37 PM
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 890
Re: Maximum understanding
Totally impossible. Experts in their fields disagree on basically everything. I have hope for economics developing into a reliable science, but it will probably take centuries. Political science,...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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Anyone take my "Koran challenge" yet? Trip report?
Open this book up and read what it says. Seriously.
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Recommend a good online translation?
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 99
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Re: Case in Point...
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Also I'm suprised people think that the roots of this belief/practice are particularly religous.
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It's a chicken/egg problem. The roots of the belief go back thousands of...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,795
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,739
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:33 AM
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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Yet, he feels inadequate to opine on the Koran?
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Not having read the Koran implies not having read the Bible now? The Christians are in trouble - then again, they never...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:14 AM
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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LOL!! But seriously... How do you reconcile your current beliefs with such a passage? How do you think, "Well, that's BS, but this part is not,"?
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It's the New...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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For they have been swayed away from their true calling by Allah, blessed be his name, and lead them straight into the arms of the dessert demons.
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My favorite kind of...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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Sounds like you’ve been reading Farenheit 451.
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Yeah, censorship is cool. That's what I'm always saying.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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Are you sure about this? Don't you follow the God of Abraham? I thought giving away one's daughter was pretty routine in the biblical days.
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The Bible's rife with this...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 6,325
Re: Case in Point...
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It doesn't matter. When a book actually says, "if she refuses to have sex with you, stone her to death," it's irrelevant that most worshippers think it really means this or...
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