On 1 June 2015 at 12:32, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 June 2015 at 06:37, John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com> wrote: > > LizR: > > I find it "funny" if so many thinking minds on this list (and around the > > world?) take your > > > > "...You are simply assuming the truth of what you have so far failed to > > demonstrate." > > > > seriously, YET the list continues in this endless self-assured worldview > > debate - some times even including views from OTHER 'religions' as well. > > So far I have not seen any justification to 'beheadings', 'floggings', > > 'stonings' and other brutal activity recalling the medieval > inhumanities, as > > pertaining to the "goodness" of the God believed by such perpetrators. > They > > believe to be honored for their brutality and inhumanity by eternal > bliss in > > Heaven. > > Any remarks to that? it may be even more relevant than the Creatorship > etc. > > JM > > I think Samiya would say that if God thinks beheadings, floggings and > stonings are good, then they are good, by definition. > > I suppose if there really is a God, a Heaven, and a Hell (though I find the idea abhorent and illogical that any loving God would allow Hell to exist) then it's possible to come up with a rational explanation for why they might be good. As Larry Niven had a character suggest in a short story, a rational reason for suicide would be that there really is a Hell, and it gets worst the longer you put off going there, "Abolish all doubt and what's left is not faith, but absolute heartless conviction." -- Lesley Hazleton, author of 'The First Muslim,' a new look at the life of Muhammad. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
