Re: Believing in Divine Destiny

2007-02-27 Thread Wei Dai
> A year ago or so Wei Dai put an end to religious discussions on the list. I don't remember if I did that a year ago or not, but I certainly think the current discussion is off-topic. This mailing list is based on the premise that all possible universes exist. Unless someone can think of a con

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny

2007-02-27 Thread Brent Meeker
John Mikes wrote: > Stathis: > You, of all people, should realize that one belief system cannot reach > over to > another one. Logic - mindset is different, "facts" come in different > shades, "evidence" is > adjusted to the 'system', a belief system is a whole world. > Brent makes the same mist

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny

2007-02-27 Thread John M
Stathis, you argued 'my points' in your usual eloquence. What you missed IMO: the 'seeming rationality' of the pro-Q'ran argument is in the rationality (?) of the faithful mindset. It starts from premises as 'truth' what you would question. "I" find your position reasonable and OK for our mino

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny

2007-02-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On 2/28/07, John Mikes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stathis: > You, of all people, should realize that one belief system cannot reach > over to > another one. Logic - mindset is different, "facts" come in different > shades, "evidence" is > adjusted to the 'system', a belief system is a whole world.

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny

2007-02-27 Thread John Mikes
Stathis: You, of all people, should realize that one belief system cannot reach over to another one. Logic - mindset is different, "facts" come in different shades, "evidence" is adjusted to the 'system', a belief system is a whole world. Brent makes the same mistake: to argue from his 'scientific'

Re: Believing in Divine Destiny is one of the pillars of faith, and, in accordance with this belief, everything in the universe is determined by God, the All-Mighty. While there are countless absolute

2007-02-27 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
[EMAIL PROTECTED], I rarely pass up an opportunity for religious debate, but I am honestly overwhelmed by your recent posts. I hope you have not done all this work just to be relegated to the list archive. How did you find us, anyway? Stathis Papaioannou --~--~-~--~~~-