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» 14/06/2017 12:02:40 AM Thankyou Joe. Kactuz?.....
» 14/06/2017 12:01:56 AM Thank you Joe. Kactus?.....
» 13/06/2017 11:36:03 PM Joe There is such a thing as choosing the least of two evils. The refugees that Abbott r.....
» 12/06/2017 10:52:40 AM Kactuz says: "Grateful? You want evidence, motivation, context? Evil is evil, indepen.....
» 8/06/2017 11:11:27 PM An example from the Quran on how Muslims should conduct themselves with Allah, those in ne.....
» 8/06/2017 11:04:24 PM Kactus Thank you. I'm pleasantly surprised that you have attempted to support your accusa.....
» 7/06/2017 12:08:07 PM Before you start kactus, you can tell us who you studied hadith under or at least what sch.....
» 7/06/2017 11:41:12 AM kactus: "Having read the hadith and all early Islamic histories, I can say that all s.....
» 7/06/2017 11:07:19 AM Ok Joe, Lets see if you are true to your word. Violent religious extremism in the name .....
» 7/06/2017 1:43:41 AM The article is incoherent none-sense. I'm presuming that Gary Johns is trying to make a ca.....
» 30/05/2017 10:19:27 AM Lol Joe In other words you obstinately adhere to beliefs without any rationale justificat.....
» 29/05/2017 3:49:01 PM "Christian terrorists. IF and WHEN it happens. But there a bit thin on the ground. &q.....
» 29/05/2017 12:34:37 PM ...continue "Maybe one bright light in this ghastly mess is that, once they have com.....
» 29/05/2017 12:30:40 PM Joe I support free speech more than you. I believe people should be able to put their vie.....
» 28/05/2017 9:15:43 PM Joe I was talking about being constructive and not inciting violence. Good people of all f.....
» 28/05/2017 2:51:08 PM "Violent words can lead to violent acts" Mayor of Portland in response to fatal .....
» 27/05/2017 10:42:22 PM Joe You illustrated my point beautifully ...and on cue Thankyou.....
» 27/05/2017 4:06:03 PM Bazz : "Grateful, I and I suspect most others never heard of the doctors comment.&quo.....
» 25/05/2017 11:20:34 PM Joe, I understand where you're coming from. I'm all for a society which allows a range of .....
» 15/05/2017 9:36:01 AM "Notorious US white supremacist Mike Enoch has announced plans to visit Australia as .....
» 12/05/2017 3:25:04 PM cont.. As for "Then what went wrong ? Why is the Middle East such a dismal failure ?.....
» 12/05/2017 3:20:50 PM cont... Bazz "Grateful said; Actually its a beautiful religion. Oh yes just like it i.....
» 12/05/2017 2:17:11 PM Bazz First, let me comment on the way in which this discussion is being conducted. I thin.....
» 1/05/2017 7:07:58 AM continue... In relation to your point about agency, consider any of the above-quoted hadi.....
» 1/05/2017 7:05:34 AM AJ, I have not shifted the burden of proof. Science has. Correct me if you think I’m wrong.....
» 29/04/2017 9:05:19 PM ...Over to you Mr Phillips.....
» 29/04/2017 9:01:09 PM Regarding Euthypro's dilemma, its all good bro!. Because of our desires being thwarted we.....
» 29/04/2017 8:06:51 PM AJ: "I didn’t say sickness is good." True, you said sickness is evil: "The.....
» 29/04/2017 3:45:14 PM A J Phillips wrote(I've added the numbering): 1.Good and evil are labels that we put on h.....
» 28/04/2017 9:42:19 AM cont.. Not surprisingly, some rulers thought poorly of the system because, being rulers, .....
» 28/04/2017 9:41:39 AM The premise of Gary John's article is wrong. The Western experience with Christianity cann.....
» 10/04/2017 7:22:52 PM cont... Of course in "more civilised Western society" we would prefer to have g.....
» 10/04/2017 7:20:50 PM Joe said: "Come off it, Grateful, some of us have read the Koran: time and again, Muh.....
» 10/04/2017 11:24:51 AM When migrants come to this country they are taught "better a good neighbour" is .....
» 9/04/2017 4:15:10 PM Let the circus continue..........
» 9/04/2017 4:13:21 PM According to another report (14/146) a group of Jews asked for permission to enter upon th.....
» 9/04/2017 3:42:16 PM Hadith (traditions or narrations) reflecting the Prophet's view in regard to freedom of ex.....
» 9/04/2017 3:00:59 PM Quote: Opponents of Islam claim it denies freedom of speech and censors those who insult .....
» 2/04/2017 10:30:47 PM Rumi's answer to questions asked by a disciple - What is Poison? He replied with a beauti.....
» 6/01/2017 3:51:53 PM Rumi's answer to questions asked by a disciple - What is Poison? He replied with a beautif.....
» 26/12/2016 9:06:35 AM AL, have you heard of Redgum? One of my favourites: "I was only 19": https://w.....
» 26/12/2016 8:52:12 AM AL: I haven't read Mr. Duetsch's book, The Beginning of Infinity, so i cann't really comme.....
» 26/12/2016 8:28:46 AM David: <<Grateful, the problem with your argument is that what you yourself believe .....
» 26/12/2016 8:10:03 AM Jayb, I'm not interested in the interpretations of ideologues, murderers or misogynists. .....
» 23/12/2016 10:32:03 PM Continue.. <<How did the Emir respond to such unbridled savagery? Not with bitter v.....
» 23/12/2016 9:05:53 PM Continue…. <<Testimonies abound as to the atrocities perpetrated by French forces. .....
» 23/12/2016 9:05:05 PM Continue.. Kiser writes: <<It would be profitable to dwell at some length at one o.....
» 23/12/2016 9:03:06 PM Jayb: What more can you want than Esteemed Middle Eastern mullars reciting the Koran on Ut.....
» 22/12/2016 9:51:30 PM Grateful said : if you are to say that Islamic teachings support something you need to pro.....
» 22/12/2016 3:15:56 PM Jayb, there are 2 reasons why you would fail to fess up to the authorship of your post, ht.....
» 21/12/2016 1:29:04 PM Deflecting Jayb. A bit of panic setting in? Who is the author of "your" post: .....
» 21/12/2016 12:30:10 PM David: Grateful, I wonder what your take in this is then? Radical group calls for global I.....
» 21/12/2016 12:09:02 PM Bazz, Actions speak louder than words: "Five schools across Sydney are bucking the t.....
» 21/12/2016 12:08:01 PM Jayb, you are the one deflecting. Consider these 2 paragraphs from your post: <<Th.....
» 19/12/2016 6:01:58 PM But Jayb you are being dishonest in not providing the name of the person who is interpreti.....
» 19/12/2016 2:57:28 PM Jayb, I'm very strict with my kids on being honest, even if it is against themselves: Tw.....
» 18/12/2016 5:11:51 AM An important source of Islamic teaching is Al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences......
» 17/12/2016 10:55:56 PM Jayb From those Muslims I do know the 'plan' is to raise children who respect their paren.....
» 17/12/2016 9:52:29 PM I've found a forum where people of different faiths can have intellelligent and purposeful.....
» 17/12/2016 8:15:30 AM Jay Did you read about the hsc results and look at the photos of students who have had th.....
» 16/12/2016 10:56:29 PM Jayb As Toni said the side of reason and civilisation. Not the side of barbarity. Peopl.....
» 16/12/2016 12:24:55 PM Toni: I'll be on the side of the civilised people, fighting every step of the way against .....
» 15/12/2016 6:23:12 PM Continue… "The expression ..( and do not transgress) towards the end of the verse, ac.....
» 15/12/2016 1:52:26 PM Continue… " The command in this verse is that Muslims should fight only those disbe.....
» 14/12/2016 11:59:13 PM Jayb: "Ch 2 v191. Fight against them until idolatry is no more and Allah's religion r.....
» 14/12/2016 8:22:34 PM ..and I think he's saying: When the proverbial hits the fan I wont know what happened Is .....
» 14/12/2016 4:44:43 PM Jayb:"No comment on this, my friend. Why is that?" Because you make up stories .....
» 14/12/2016 11:36:03 AM Jayb: <<OH! I believe the old adage, "Do unto others as they would do unto you......
» 13/12/2016 10:48:22 PM Bazz and Jay if what you say has any truth then I'm sure there will someone to refute what.....
» 13/12/2016 6:06:02 PM David: Quote Its ultimate goal is to create an Islamic world." and don't you lot out.....
» 13/12/2016 8:52:08 AM Pilgrim Your position please: ideology or religion?.....
» 13/12/2016 8:49:05 AM Jayb: "grateful: And what if we don't go? Then Australia should use the Islamic meth.....
» 12/12/2016 9:24:28 PM Jayb And what if we don't go? Pilgrim State your position. Do you regard Islam as a relig.....
» 12/12/2016 1:25:53 PM Jayb: Then my apologies though I still contend that Islam is not right or good for Austral.....
» 11/12/2016 8:59:14 PM Lol. Not an intelligent conversation in sight......
» 11/12/2016 11:09:02 AM Pilgrim: <<Let’s return to what the Author wrote: she is clearly concerned about wha.....
» 10/12/2016 11:18:07 PM Pilgrim, Your premise is that the violence stems from the Qur'an and your only objection .....
» 10/12/2016 2:22:36 PM Runner: <<great to hear of the arrests grateful. In Iran or Saudi Arabia under Shari.....
» 10/12/2016 9:29:03 AM Runner: <<I don't think it takes to many brains to think of whether you would like y.....
» 9/12/2016 10:30:24 PM Pilgrim, I don't mind running with your religion v ideology stunt. My reading of it is th.....
» 9/12/2016 9:41:39 PM OK, I'll presume from the lack of response to the previous post that people can not challe.....
» 9/12/2016 1:40:18 PM Continue…. The author concludes: "The statistics show that the prophet’s marriage t.....
» 9/12/2016 7:29:09 AM Source: Was Muhammad a pedophile ? <https://islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com/2009/05/31.....
» 8/12/2016 12:06:16 PM continue... From the inaugural lecture of the Legatum Institutes History of Capitalism se.....
» 8/12/2016 12:05:43 PM AJ: <<As for the virtues of Islam that you mention, you and moderate Muslims like yo.....
» 8/12/2016 11:10:47 AM Jayb, I think domestic violence, child abuse and sexual harassment in the workplace are s.....
» 7/12/2016 10:39:14 AM Jayb: <<Grateful: Are you arguing that because Ayesha was under-age in terms of Aust.....
» 7/12/2016 10:05:15 AM Continue… Next question: What basis do you have for saying she had Stockholm Syndrome? Fro.....
» 7/12/2016 9:39:16 AM AJ:<<Are you denying that Ayesha was nine when Muhammad (torment be upon him) first .....
» 7/12/2016 9:27:39 AM David: <<Grateful, how can you say that Islam is a beautiful religion when so many M.....
» 6/12/2016 10:18:02 AM AJ & Jayb: One final note: Here is a Muslim blog that addresses the many issues around A.....
» 6/12/2016 9:55:19 AM AJ:<<So what if the atheist (or theist for that matter) that argues against paedophi.....
» 6/12/2016 9:22:03 AM AJ: Siding stepping the issue: You and many others are side-stepping the issue: your way .....
» 6/12/2016 9:21:15 AM AJ: says: "Your argument again is just one big Tu quoque fallacy. And not all paedoph.....
» 4/12/2016 11:09:18 PM CONT.. From "How paedophile rings operate in Australia" we read: <<Dr Fr.....
» 4/12/2016 11:05:50 PM The evils that we see today, and that we've mentioned, arise because people see themselves.....
» 4/12/2016 12:40:23 PM Hi Jayb: Still waiting for your evidence to support: "As far as Muhammad goes it's .....
» 3/12/2016 11:31:07 PM Bazz:"The Arabs are a degenerate people driven by their religion & a false sense of s.....
» 3/12/2016 10:50:53 PM Answer: Mary was 12-14; Joseph: 80-90 This is a lesson in the complete and utter hypocris.....
» 3/12/2016 10:22:58 PM Could i ask whether anyone knows how old Mary was when she married? And how old was Joseph.....
» 3/12/2016 10:21:41 AM Jayb just parrots hate mongers without offering evidence. If he is going to make such clai.....
» 2/12/2016 11:05:18 PM Jayb:"Started by a lying Camel Train thief who Raped a child. " Jayb, we best t.....
» 2/12/2016 5:13:18 PM ...And for those who care for the Islamic perspective on Mary and Jesus they can read vers.....
» 2/12/2016 4:53:38 PM I identified the following claims by Babette Francis: 1. ISLAM KEEPS MUSLIMS UNEDUCATED 2.....
» 14/08/2016 8:27:05 AM Just wanted to share: My life with Asperger's: Daniel Wendler at TEDxUniversityofArizona .....
» 9/08/2016 11:16:28 PM An example of what it means to follow the shariah: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/08/02/jewe.....
» 9/08/2016 12:29:55 PM Alan B says: " As long as the Koran makes it permissible to lie to the infidel with c.....
» 9/08/2016 11:27:37 AM Get over it guys, join the path to peace, community and a better future for our children: .....
» 23/07/2016 6:18:04 PM cont.. The Mufti’s tafsir, or interpretation, is as follows: “Left behind in Makkah wer.....
» 23/07/2016 6:14:44 PM OzSpen quotes from the Qur’an the following verse to argue “core Islam promotes violence t.....
» 2/07/2016 6:29:25 PM Yuyutsu You'll appreciate the following Al ghazali's "Alchemy of Happiness". I .....
» 2/07/2016 6:08:53 PM If I can change for the better and be able to raise children free of these social diseases.....
» 2/07/2016 3:47:22 PM So it's just part and parcel of Australian culture.Does Australian culture need to change?.....
» 1/07/2016 10:34:53 PM Don Battan...i blame you for all this attention. If you hadn't had brought forth such a su.....
» 1/07/2016 10:34:56 AM I think the pre-occupation of AJ with the "man" rather than the "ball".....
» 1/07/2016 10:27:47 AM Thank-you for that refreshing dose of bigotry Jayb. You need to get out and about, and mi.....
» 1/07/2016 8:58:18 AM Yuyutsu and David: great reads . Thanks Look up Daniel Kahneman,Nobel prize in behaviour .....
» 30/06/2016 8:55:21 PM Jayb: <<It shows me that Islamic People are "over emotional" ....... They .....
» 30/06/2016 9:01:12 AM Interesting bit of information " Leading scientists still reject God Research on th.....
» 30/06/2016 6:37:35 AM I just wanted to share. Apologies for not staying on topic......
» 30/06/2016 6:25:37 AM [5:19am, 30/06/2016] Sadaf Quran: 💖 What is love 💖 Love is when Bilal (Rad.....
» 29/06/2016 7:29:56 PM Play your games with someone else AJ. I can't see you as anything other than fraud and sla.....
» 28/06/2016 6:30:00 PM AJ: <<And yet you somehow don’t understand how and when exactly to utilise the null .....
» 28/06/2016 2:08:29 PM Jayb, What your saying is correct. But what i was saying is based on what i know of mysel.....
» 28/06/2016 11:36:09 AM AJ<<Yuyutsu, You still haven’t mentioned when you had the privilege of seeing this .....
» 28/06/2016 10:07:51 AM AJ:<<If adults talk like what?>> Following your example, kids would learn to .....
» 27/06/2016 6:14:00 PM If adults talk like this, what hope for the children......
» 26/06/2016 10:33:30 PM Yuyutsu and David f Keith Ward's lecture "Why there almost certainly is a god: doubt.....
» 25/06/2016 1:03:36 AM Yuyutsu & others This 3 min video indicates how Al ghazal went sort spiritual truth http.....
» 24/06/2016 6:01:30 PM Yuyutsu "Dear Grateful, I am impressed by Ghazzali. Thank you." Until recently.....
» 23/06/2016 11:35:19 PM Science cannot explain the laws of nature because science is limited to explaining things .....
» 22/06/2016 6:03:58 PM Return to the article, Don Battan concludes his first section, "Origin of the Univers.....
» 21/06/2016 6:25:59 PM Jayb wrote: <<The "Rules" were important for the Peace & Good Governance i.....
» 20/06/2016 6:54:03 PM Yuyutsu wrote:<<Dear David,I agree, nice thoughts, though you posted your last comme.....
» 20/06/2016 6:17:25 PM cont.. This is how AJ responded to just a mention of Antony Flew's name: <<But, ye.....
» 20/06/2016 6:16:10 PM My guess is that once AJ read my reference to "sonnet" he realised the game was .....
» 20/06/2016 6:14:49 PM AJ: "Since I have some posts up my sleeve, I figure I might try to nip this in the bu.....
» 19/06/2016 3:33:05 PM AJ: << Oh dear! You’re not resorting to the fine-tuning argument now, are you?>&g.....
» 19/06/2016 2:19:24 AM Jayb wrote: <<I don't feel it proves that there is a God.>> I don't like the .....
» 18/06/2016 4:05:50 PM AJ you are degrading anyone who poses a threat to your point of view. Why? Why not make an.....
» 18/06/2016 12:30:49 PM AJ: <<By the way, the irony of you providing a link to a guy claiming that the Bible.....
» 18/06/2016 12:10:57 PM AJ Why do you refer to Schroeder as a "character"? According to Antony Flew, S.....
» 16/06/2016 5:35:48 PM Would any of the atheists (or agnostics) like to comment on whether the following video, &.....
» 15/06/2016 4:58:15 AM Prediction: AJ will not take a position, just like he will not be willing to state the con.....
» 15/06/2016 4:57:34 AM In reply to <<So how does Stenger arrive at the default position of “God does not ex.....
» 15/06/2016 4:42:43 AM cont... For those seeking Allah: "How should a heart be illumined whose mirror but .....
» 15/06/2016 4:41:21 AM <<How is it that you can have disbelief as your default position with regards to eve.....
» 13/06/2016 1:38:43 AM The preceding 3 posts, by the way, also addresses the following statement from madmick &q.....
» 13/06/2016 1:28:06 AM cont.. The god I’m referring to created space and time and is eternal. The god has purpos.....
» 13/06/2016 1:27:21 AM cont.. For example, “ "There exists a pearl which is ten times larger than the next .....
» 13/06/2016 1:25:22 AM AJ: "Default positions don't change. If you use reasoning to arrive at a different po.....
» 10/06/2016 7:33:11 PM AJ: "Like I said earlier, scientists don’t accept claims until they’ve been disproved.....
» 10/06/2016 6:56:06 PM In responce to : <<Are you prepared to clarify your position relating to what consti.....
» 9/06/2016 5:57:27 PM Let me pose a challenge to atheists. Are you prepared to clarify your position relating to.....
» 5/06/2016 2:06:16 PM AJ: <<<<Your actions speak louder than your words.>> Are you suggesting.....
» 5/06/2016 10:56:52 AM AJ: <<<<With free will the notion that there is no compulsion in religion is m.....
» 5/06/2016 10:19:42 AM AJ: <<So we've just come back to that dreaded brain-injury dilemma again.>> I.....
» 4/06/2016 10:02:16 PM <<You have not provided arguments as to why free will requires a god or a spiritual .....
» 4/06/2016 1:06:55 AM In response to <<..you acknowledged the need to assess the strength of evidence offe.....
» 4/06/2016 1:04:49 AM cont... Can we say there is a stark choice. If you argue that our existence is solely con.....
» 4/06/2016 12:33:01 AM AJ:<< But if you really must know, the main reason I don’t read the Qur’an is becaus.....
» 2/06/2016 4:09:13 PM AJ: <<I don’t know what it would take to convince me that a god exists. But what I d.....
» 31/05/2016 8:43:16 PM AJ:<<Simply stating that this Dr. Maurice Bucaille thinks that such vague verses (th.....
» 30/05/2016 8:26:28 PM AJ: <<The existence of free will, if it even exists at all, does absolutely nothing .....
» 30/05/2016 8:14:53 PM cont.. • The Gospels – explores sources and history of the text of the gospels, genealogy.....
» 30/05/2016 8:14:26 PM AJ: "My point was one of necessity, not choice. I don't need to read any holy scriptu.....
» 29/05/2016 12:48:31 AM AJ: "Correct, I haven't read the Qur’an and I don't need to either. " That's tr.....
» 28/05/2016 11:19:16 PM AJ: "Sorry, grateful, but the evidence you have provided is pretty weak given the all.....
» 27/05/2016 5:38:44 PM cont.. Some examples include: ” We made from water every living thing. Will they not the.....
» 27/05/2016 5:35:22 PM In response to <<This [Quranic verse] implies nothing can exist without God and in.....
» 26/05/2016 2:27:41 PM AJ: <<<<It is impossible for God to create a situation in which He is not God&.....
» 25/05/2016 11:21:53 PM AJ: "And I have no need to go back in time and shoot myself, but that wouldn’t stop i.....
» 25/05/2016 7:21:59 PM Jayb: "Yutsie you're just plain weird mate. Just as well there is no doG. Opps, dysle.....
» 25/05/2016 7:12:05 PM AJ: "All you’ve done is gone from a paradoxical concept to a contradictory statement......
» 25/05/2016 2:13:33 PM AJ, why can we not simply say God cannot create a rock that he cannot lift BECAUSE HE IS O.....
» 24/05/2016 4:32:19 PM AJ: “You need to clarify this. “<<If someone is a believer by choice but because of .....
» 24/05/2016 4:22:28 PM AJ,there are two things that are impossible for God. Firstly, there are those things that.....
» 24/05/2016 2:19:19 PM AJ wrote: "I don't think you’ve really thought this through properly." Correct......
» 24/05/2016 8:25:16 AM AJ wrote: The existence of an omniscient god may not stop someone making choices (I’ll eve.....
» 23/05/2016 11:34:41 AM David Are saying i cannot answer the question and this is because it is not a real questio.....
» 22/05/2016 11:06:10 PM Interesting that those who ascribe culture, art, cults and religions to evolution are not .....
» 22/05/2016 10:52:43 PM Leo, returning to your post, you mentioned: “Perhaps whatever our brain or personality ty.....
» 22/05/2016 8:52:38 PM David f wrote: "How do you know an ant or an elephant has no choice or responsibility.....
» 21/05/2016 6:39:47 PM Be grateful for such insight and use it wisely. If you find yourself caring for people o.....
» 21/05/2016 6:23:39 PM "No. You can choose to go for a walk, but the God already knew you made that choice. .....
» 21/05/2016 8:23:02 AM AJ says That’s a big topic that is still hotly debated. More importantly, it has little-to.....
» 21/05/2016 1:04:48 AM AJ, consider the definition of free will once again: “When a choice can be made that is n.....
» 19/05/2016 1:34:09 PM cont... To exercise free will we need an existence that is independent of our existence i.....
» 19/05/2016 1:33:43 PM Jayb wrote: <<grateful: I’d argue that if our beliefs are solely the product of “en.....
» 17/05/2016 11:03:17 PM Leo wrote” <<“In relation to the comment you made, grateful,:” several elements in y.....
» 17/05/2016 10:27:09 PM Yuyutsu states: “It is not enough to issue general statements telling "this is not .....
» 15/05/2016 10:44:25 PM Yayutsu: In other words, you can not provide evidence from traditional Islamic teachings, .....
» 7/05/2016 8:50:33 PM Anti and Leo, there are several elements in your posts that point to narcissist personalit.....
» 7/05/2016 4:28:45 AM Yuyutsu, you still haven't offered evidence for your view that “the Quran as we know it to.....
» 7/05/2016 3:53:44 AM cont.. If on the other hand, there is no spiritual existence then my ‘choice’ must be asc.....
» 7/05/2016 3:52:28 AM Thank-you Pogi for a very thoughtful and thought-provoking response. You ask “ Can you est.....
» 6/05/2016 12:28:45 AM David f stated (way back at the beginning) "The Bible is also a creation of the human.....
» 5/05/2016 11:53:54 PM Yuyutsu states: “I appreciate that neither yourself nor Sheikh Nuh Keller or the Sufi trad.....
» 5/05/2016 11:46:41 PM Yuyutsu, Thankyou for the information. I did my own research and found this article “Saudi.....
» 5/05/2016 11:26:23 PM Pogi wrote: “Credibility is not enhanced by advising us that during the middle ages great .....
» 4/05/2016 10:48:55 PM Newton was a follower of Jesus, the Prophet, and not the Church. Look at the extent of his.....
» 4/05/2016 10:46:19 PM Battan says "Isaac Newton, the greatest scientific mind of all time, was a Christian .....
» 4/05/2016 5:33:29 PM Jayb states: "I order to support my Statement I give you the... "Koran."&qu.....
» 4/05/2016 10:22:52 AM Jayb states: "I won't include the Koran as it is just a load of Misogynistic Crap.&q.....
» 12/04/2016 11:22:41 PM Young Arabs' support for Islamic State sliding: survey "Washington: Two years after.....
» 12/04/2016 11:14:44 PM cont... "The movement which interrupted their authority has developed for well over a.....
» 12/04/2016 10:53:18 PM Cont….Some FSA brigades were hesitating in their fight against ISIS, but after it was expl.....
» 12/04/2016 10:44:57 PM BAD NEWS for MacGarvie and other supporters of ISIS "Young Arabs' support for Islami.....
» 4/04/2016 4:33:44 PM "Why because you list other opinions? Just because it is printed does not mean it is .....
» 4/04/2016 1:31:30 PM Shadow Minister says “The Oxford History of Islam is published by a branch of Oxford Unive.....
» 4/04/2016 1:29:29 PM JBowyer says “Grateful what is all this "Sources nonsense?” It’s about finding out wh.....
» 3/04/2016 11:48:07 PM So Shadow Minister, coming back to your statement: "Islam was spread by the sword in.....
» 3/04/2016 1:20:02 PM …continued As for the second part of Shadow Minister’s statement: “..the problem is that .....
» 3/04/2016 1:17:11 PM Back to the issue raised by Shadow Minister: "Islam was spread by the sword in exact.....
» 3/04/2016 1:10:57 PM Luciferance, in relation to your question concerning fatwas, Melbourne University’s Nation.....
» 2/04/2016 8:59:30 AM cont... ...and you are saying Oxford University would lend its name to a book with an edi.....
» 2/04/2016 8:56:07 AM Shadow Minister, Lucerface, JBower Where are your sources? SM. such fear of the truth, t.....
» 2/04/2016 7:28:32 AM Lucerface wrote: "" ...and, above all, the intrinsic appeal of the Islamic belie.....
» 2/04/2016 7:16:52 AM Shadow Minister states "You quote "imminent" historians, that are largely u.....
» 31/03/2016 11:06:59 PM Shadow Minister: "Islam was spread by the sword in exactly the same way that Christia.....
» 31/03/2016 1:24:40 PM Runner says: "grateful,can you name one place on earth where Islam has produced a pla.....
» 31/03/2016 11:40:12 AM Luciferace, I seems I misinterpreted you. I thought you were advocating vigilantism. I'd.....
» 31/03/2016 5:39:43 AM Jay and Lucerferace, I wasn't thinking of Section 18c , but the AFP. You are talking about.....
» 30/03/2016 1:05:10 PM The above post is addressed to Jay of Melbourne, with apologies to Shadow Minister.....
» 30/03/2016 8:19:03 AM Jay I simple answer will suffice. "Solution" was your word not mine. Australia,c.....
» 29/03/2016 10:49:00 PM Shadow Minister wrote "There's no solution to the problem , repatriation and ethnic c.....
» 29/03/2016 10:31:23 PM In response to Shadow Minister who wrote: “When I hear an imam state to his followers that.....
» 28/03/2016 10:43:09 PM Jay states: "Grateful, OK is the IS magazine "Dabiq" a reliable enough sour.....
» 28/03/2016 10:14:21 PM cont... Charlemagne was familiar with the Bible, as were the clerics that justified his b.....
» 28/03/2016 10:07:44 PM cont.. There also appears to be a double standard here. Are we to infer from the actions.....
» 28/03/2016 9:55:37 PM Shadow Minister, My interpretation of your syllogism is as follows: Most ISIS fighters ha.....
» 27/03/2016 10:48:58 AM JBowyer Bernard Lewis was (he recently passed away at 99) one of the leading historians of.....
» 27/03/2016 2:03:54 AM Actually Bazz you wrong on two counts. Firstly, you are wrong in assigning the blame for .....
» 26/03/2016 5:33:48 PM Lol! Luciferace, You've got a nerve. Complete contempt for scholarship and the facts. A.....
» 26/03/2016 4:34:55 PM Bazz and Jay Have you ever had the opportunity to think critically? to analyse, evaluate,.....
» 26/03/2016 8:24:36 AM Jay: "These are realities, ok?" OK.....
» 26/03/2016 1:07:33 AM Dear Bazz, runner, Kactus, Luciferase I offer you an opportunity to demonstrate your comm.....
» 24/03/2016 9:21:41 PM Kactuz (every 2nd night?), since you have spent 10 years on this forum venting against Mus.....
» 24/03/2016 9:10:20 PM "Yes, let's not forget one's options, convert to Islam, be taxed and give up your son.....
» 24/03/2016 1:06:08 PM Bazz, Your ability, or perhaps willingness, to reason is severely limited so i will try to.....
» 24/03/2016 9:55:38 AM Dan Please accept my apologies for my previous. i misread your post. Just a note on your .....
» 23/03/2016 8:32:04 PM Runner and Dan, what do you know about Islam or its history? It cann't be much if you woul.....
» 23/03/2016 5:05:02 PM Actually Islam is about freedom of religion and tolerance. The historical record speaks fo.....
» 23/03/2016 10:58:49 AM Luciferace, I may agree with your sentiments if i had a better idea of where you are comin.....
» 23/03/2016 9:04:33 AM I'm not sure whether I understand what Mal is getting at. But given his statement "My.....
» 11/12/2015 8:20:49 AM Hi Yuyutsu In another post i responded to Joe with a challenge. He is yet to take me up, b.....
» 11/12/2015 7:57:25 AM Joe you asked "Are you asking me to find any instances of inconsistency, or contradic.....
» 11/12/2015 7:24:02 AM Hi Joe You asked that I present my views for scrutiny "and if they are solid, they w.....
» 10/12/2015 5:26:26 PM Joe, are you running away? You asked that i be prepare to offer my views and "and if.....
» 9/12/2015 7:14:26 PM Joe said . "so in his own words, he praises himself ?" I could not have said it.....
» 9/12/2015 6:14:05 PM Oh Bazz, you've argued me into a corner...I give up. Please show mercy!.....
» 9/12/2015 6:11:26 PM Joe said "One of the problems with an 'appeal to authority' is that it means nothing .....
» 9/12/2015 4:32:03 PM Speaking of half-wits.........
» 8/12/2015 6:06:23 AM continued.. "As for Allah creating acts, we believe that the real doer of everything.....
» 8/12/2015 6:05:17 AM "One thing that's bugged me, more about Christian church services really: if people b.....
» 8/12/2015 6:01:38 AM "And of course, if he's lived forever, how come it took him so long to create the wor.....
» 8/12/2015 4:43:58 AM Joe, i love you mate (for the sake of Allah :-) ). First, "No, I don't understand .....
» 6/12/2015 4:44:36 PM Corrections (Sorry, the original was written in haste) Hi Joe, I'm suggesting that we bot.....
» 6/12/2015 4:40:37 PM Hi Joe, I'm suggesting that we both not follow the path of ISIS followers and interpret th.....
» 30/11/2015 6:21:48 PM cont... The value of humans consists in their ability to persuade, to convince and be con.....
» 30/11/2015 6:21:32 PM cont... Why is it a value? Because all people admire it, even those who do not exhibit it.....
» 30/11/2015 6:20:31 PM Joe, you ask "Again, there doesn't seem to be any acknowledgement, not really, that a.....
» 29/11/2015 4:31:05 PM Joe wrote: "The threat of more tomorrow, with the slightest encouragement. " P.....
» 29/11/2015 4:26:52 PM The Prophet personally granted a Covenant to the Monks of Mount Sinai affirming rights and.....
» 29/11/2015 3:46:36 PM Hi Joe, You requested "early Islamic scholarship" in relation to "freedoms .....
» 21/11/2015 8:13:25 PM Joe wrote: " I'm trying to interpret them: is it foretelling the French demolition of.....
» 21/11/2015 7:48:54 PM Joe wrote: "Other Enlightenment values, hard fought for and painfully and slowly deve.....
» 21/11/2015 7:31:10 PM cont... “When one keeps hold of all the facets of the medieval confrontation of Christian.....
» 21/11/2015 7:30:42 PM Joe wrote "[I should add, by the way, that I am glad to acknowledge the contributions.....
» 20/11/2015 3:07:31 PM Joe The problem is not whether I interpret the Koran differently from another. The problem.....
» 20/11/2015 2:34:16 PM Joe, You and Bazz provide a very unusual response to my previous post. Originally i had s.....
» 20/11/2015 11:30:01 AM Correction: You have no reason to believe that ISIS represents Islam or that I am a suppor.....
» 20/11/2015 10:31:14 AM "What we need, grateful, is muslims like you to loudly denounce ISIS' actions and to .....
» 19/11/2015 1:36:28 PM As for role of Islam in the Enlightenment, I presume you would agree there would never hav.....
» 19/11/2015 1:26:59 PM "Are you then suggesting that ISIS are a bunch of Islamic fascists ? If so, I fully a.....
» 19/11/2015 10:01:33 AM Loudmouth "So let's be honest: what does 'true' Islam stand for ? That Allah owns all.....
» 18/11/2015 12:06:57 AM " Perhaps they are perverters of Islam, betrayers, corrupters of its basic principles.....
» 16/11/2015 1:01:52 PM Loudmouth has failed to support his assertions with scholarship. He would if he could, but.....
» 2/11/2015 10:25:42 PM Lego Its simply a matter of discriminating between those who seek truth and those (the big.....
» 1/11/2015 10:06:06 AM Joe, Your an intense character. Perhaps there is an element of racism on your part, but I.....
» 1/11/2015 7:08:19 AM To the bigots; those on this forum who are seeking to dehumanise, stigmatise and incite vi.....
» 11/06/2015 10:30:09 PM LOL It used to be dating services that found goods pickings on these forums. Now its some.....
» 11/06/2015 10:13:40 PM Last week i attended lectures and the question was asked of the visiting Shaykh from Jordo.....
» 17/02/2015 11:30:09 AM cont.. Following the advice of the Shaykh to spend my time on more constructive pursuits,.....
» 17/02/2015 11:29:38 AM Salaams I thought it useful to provide what I consider a reality check: the teachings of I.....
» 29/11/2014 2:18:09 PM Loudmouth you write "In the past day or so, the Taliban have killed six random people.....
» 29/11/2014 1:52:57 PM Loudmouth and Jules Let's test your view of Islam with a small exercise. Reconcile your de.....
» 28/11/2014 3:43:10 AM cont.. I suppose another point to make about your list of crimes, is that have you thought.....
» 28/11/2014 2:26:33 AM cont.. A second point is illustrated by the role of the Kurds in the conflict with ISIS. .....
» 28/11/2014 2:25:54 AM Loadmouth, Clearly it is a scourge that needs to be wiped out and a perversion of Traditi.....
» 26/11/2014 4:54:37 PM LOL...what a rant! I think with some people there are personal issues playing out. Not the.....
» 25/11/2014 7:14:19 PM Since no-one who has made the accusation that Islam was 'spread by the sword' has come for.....
» 24/11/2014 8:05:49 PM cont.. The hadith itself is as follows: "Nu’aym b. Hammad records in his Kitab al-F.....
» 24/11/2014 8:01:23 PM For those who like to see in the actions of ISIS and co. the manifestation of the true tea.....
» 24/11/2014 7:37:42 PM The Islam that Ibn Warraq targets is Wahhabiism, it is not traditional Islam. What is trad.....
» 23/11/2014 3:16:07 PM cont.. To reinforce the point, consider the wording of the covenant issued after the Prop.....
» 23/11/2014 3:05:47 PM cont.. Even more ironically, the author has takes the following statement from the Prophe.....
» 23/11/2014 3:03:25 PM cont.. In fact, this verse appears in the Qur’an 2:190 and is in fact an “early Medina Sur.....
» 23/11/2014 3:00:08 PM I'd like to offer a complete refutation of the articles central argument. The author's con.....
» 3/10/2014 12:49:47 AM Thanks Pericles. However, I wasn’t out to prove the existence of God. I was responding to.....
» 2/10/2014 1:31:30 AM Extropian1 writes: <<On the basis that "God does not exist" is allied with.....
» 1/10/2014 12:13:25 AM Pericles writes, in reply to >>Man is different from nature. He has choice. If he is.....
» 30/09/2014 11:37:45 PM Extropian1, writes: "Grateful writes; "If a scientist were able to "create.....
» 28/09/2014 9:06:33 PM Extropian1, I will not pretend to be your peer, or even close, in the content, nature and .....
» 28/09/2014 5:10:21 AM Pericles you write: ">>Virtue and sacrifice can only be rational if there is a .....
» 26/09/2014 6:38:42 PM By the way, this week's New Scientist leads with an article on "Imagination", di.....
» 26/09/2014 6:37:45 PM cont.. Extropian 1 Justice is an artificial concept devised by humankind. It does not exi.....
» 26/09/2014 6:37:19 PM Thank-you for the thought-provoking and challenging responses. And I acknowledge each one .....
» 23/09/2014 11:12:23 PM "We have evolved to have ethics, to exhibit humane behaviour, to invent religions and.....
» 22/09/2014 11:33:16 PM ...and the intellectuals: UWA. Male intellectuals seeking female companionship? Lol.....
» 22/09/2014 11:22:25 PM A comment on the advertising on this forum. It seems to target men looking for female comp.....
» 22/09/2014 10:16:23 PM Extropian1 You say "Science advances, improves, refines, conquers" What is the o.....
» 21/09/2014 12:32:11 AM Based on the comments so far I'd have to agreed with the author. This is a stupid nation i.....
» 9/02/2014 2:03:05 AM WmTrevor <<Which book is Dawkins admitting to never reading? Also. does that mean,.....
» 9/02/2014 1:25:24 AM Pericles, “Is this making any sense to you at all?” No you are making no sense. OSAMA BI.....
» 2/02/2014 11:40:43 PM Pericles, Foyle defines a secularist as "a person who seeks evidence to support his .....
» 1/02/2014 8:52:38 PM UOG, Since you have taken an interest in the compatibility between the Qur'an and the the.....
» 1/02/2014 7:57:04 PM Hi atheists, In my previous post I described Richards as a fundamentalist on the grounds .....
» 1/02/2014 6:12:00 PM The author, Robert Burrows, is clearly onto something.. Yes fundamentalists stick rigidly .....
» 5/01/2014 11:03:45 PM Yuyutsi, you wrote: "Scripture, being finite in volume, cannot give answers to what .....
» 5/01/2014 10:33:28 PM greatfull..thank you for that real..life story i..prefer the mosus/satan/revelation..it re.....
» 5/01/2014 10:20:13 PM cont.. Also your statement "God sends those who drink alcohol to hell", is not .....
» 5/01/2014 10:14:54 PM Hi Yuyutsu, Thankyou for the thoughtful response. Its always good to meet a fellow-travel.....
» 1/01/2014 2:26:05 PM A small but poignent reminder of what people do when they have no guidance or fear of bein.....
» 30/12/2013 8:42:41 PM Everald, the best explanation of God’s mercy that i have come across, that addresses the q.....
» 30/12/2013 8:39:06 PM Cont ... The embrace in fact was between two brothers who had not seen each other for mor.....
» 30/12/2013 8:38:33 PM The author wrote: “I hold the view that religions are predominantly about a love that unit.....
» 17/12/2013 3:52:29 AM cont.. AJ, While you ponder this question, lets consider what you mean when you say the “.....
» 17/12/2013 3:50:21 AM AJ Philips, you write, <<“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is .....
» 16/12/2013 8:25:25 PM cont.... Furthermore, Islam encouraged most forcefully their emancipation Abu Hurayra sa.....
» 16/12/2013 8:24:29 PM SPQR, I am please that you used that article about a former Kuwaiti parliamentarian becaus.....
» 15/12/2013 10:31:15 PM cont.. Finally, you asserted in your earlier post that God had stuffed things up because .....
» 15/12/2013 10:23:03 PM AJ Philips, Before responding to your posts can i ask that you be upfront about your sour.....
» 15/12/2013 12:39:13 PM AJ Philips You say: <<'Context' is an old apologetic pulled by Christians too, and i.....
» 14/12/2013 12:36:44 PM Typo in the last quote: "diversity" should read "adversity" :-).....
» 14/12/2013 12:30:14 PM cont.. Nevertheless, an atheist cannot deny the Hereafter as part and parcel of the ".....
» 14/12/2013 12:29:22 PM cont... The example of the butterfly in the Hadith commentary illustrates that we cannot .....
» 14/12/2013 11:10:03 AM AJ Phillips, Jon J. The following hadith with commentary will help us put the issue in co.....
» 12/12/2013 1:39:52 PM Jon J you state " But as long as you carry an official banner for an all-knowing, all.....
» 27/10/2013 6:43:48 AM cont.. Returning to your other point. You agree that the “extremist” tag cannot be suppo.....
» 26/10/2013 7:49:31 PM Vickie you have just admitted that the book “Islam and Modernism”, which you originally ba.....
» 26/10/2013 1:01:09 PM Thanks Vickie, In the previous post, I challenged you “to read the Mufti’s statement in f.....
» 26/10/2013 1:33:14 AM cont.. As for David's remarks about Mufti Taqi Usmani, this is what David has to say in h.....
» 26/10/2013 1:17:25 AM Hi Vickie, Having skimmed through David Clark's submission to the BoT Review and his othe.....
» 24/10/2013 8:52:24 PM I’m not sure how a Napoleoni’s endorsement of Sharia economics would help address the prob.....
» 23/10/2013 8:24:38 PM cont.. In the last chapter of her book, Napoleoni predicts "The gold dinar will beco.....
» 23/10/2013 8:02:55 PM cont... Now let's see what she has to say about Sharia-compliant finance and the future of.....
» 23/10/2013 7:58:15 PM But we come back to the point of misrepresentation. Consider the transcript of Napoleoni's.....
» 23/10/2013 4:34:25 PM Hi Vickie, Perhaps you missed this in my previous post, so I'll repeat it here: Vikkie, i.....
» 21/10/2013 6:09:17 PM oops sorry. i meant "elicit" or "enlist".....
» 21/10/2013 5:33:42 PM Vikkie, why resort to misrepresentation if what you are saying is the truth, if what you a.....
» 20/10/2013 9:46:11 PM "And I certainly disagree that sharia law itself can offer equitable moral outcomes w.....
» 20/10/2013 9:30:46 PM Hi Vickie, "Conventional loans generally do go straight to the car company, bank fin.....
» 20/10/2013 12:55:59 PM cont... Third, a loan cannot be repaid with another loan. Remember, a further debt can onl.....
» 20/10/2013 12:31:49 PM Vikkie, thank you for your response In relation to the Islamic injunctions agains interest.....
» 15/10/2013 6:37:37 PM Thanks for your reply Vikkie, However, i am still skeptical about your interpretation of .....
» 14/10/2013 7:57:00 PM Hi Vikkie, Returning to the topic after a bit of a break. I came across the following sayi.....
» 8/10/2013 7:07:21 AM cont.. 1st Reading on Jewish scripture "The Torah expresses regulations against the .....
» 8/10/2013 7:06:54 AM Hi Vikkie, I'll be heading off somewhere for a week, by when i return i'd like to examine.....
» 7/10/2013 12:17:21 PM "So these are some of the concerns Grateful. Kind regards Vickie (PS - unable to resp.....
» 6/10/2013 9:30:25 PM Sorry, a correction to Item 5 :-) Item 5: Asset-backing principle would mean that if a cl.....
» 6/10/2013 9:24:51 PM ...cont Item 5: Asset-backing principle would mean that if a client were unable to make th.....
» 6/10/2013 9:24:21 PM Vickie, Here is 35 minute presentation "The future of Islamic Finance in Australia&qu.....
» 26/09/2013 2:15:22 PM SPQR I repeat: I already mentioned Wahhabiism whose adherents have been denounced for viol.....
» 26/09/2013 7:47:01 AM SPQR I already mentioned Wahhabiism whose adherents have been denounced for violating the .....
» 26/09/2013 1:35:04 AM cont... As for her quotation of Prof. Mahmoud el-Gamal, Rice University, I've read his bo.....
» 26/09/2013 1:34:07 AM My impression in reading Viki's article is that she is not speaking as a Christian, but as.....
» 7/06/2013 11:40:20 PM ...Banjo, you say: “There is no good or bad, right or wrong in nature. There is only what.....
» 7/06/2013 11:35:10 PM Banjo, you stated: “I do not know what a "fitra" is. As regards "instinct&.....
» 3/06/2013 2:41:58 PM Sorry, a correction to the last sentence: Personally, I think your response actually rein.....
» 3/06/2013 2:39:58 PM Hi Banjo, You say: "Morality is a system of cooperation within the community based .....
» 2/06/2013 2:19:59 AM Banjo, you say "As I indicated above, apart from the odd exception, the ideas and be.....
» 29/05/2013 9:57:15 PM ....or is how we experience life and death a sequence of purely random mutations passed on.....
» 29/05/2013 9:32:36 PM Lord, said David, since you do not need us, why did you create these two worlds? Reality .....
» 27/05/2013 3:16:55 PM Just to add to the my previous post: The only way to avoid a clash of ignorance is to fig.....
» 27/05/2013 3:08:58 PM Bazz, This weekend my wife had planned to go to the city with friends. The event was cance.....
» 27/05/2013 12:57:21 PM Hi Banjo, Thanks for the reply. Thoughtful and thought-provoking. Let me think about it f.....
» 26/05/2013 3:41:28 PM Hi Banjo, The “freedom” that you speak of requires an act of creation. If to say “I choos.....
» 26/05/2013 10:24:47 AM Just to add to the previous post, a modern commentary on the Prophet's covenant with the M.....
» 26/05/2013 10:15:00 AM Bazz, like Greg, your notion of Islam representing an extremist ideology is borne out of i.....
» 26/05/2013 1:40:00 AM Hi Shira, A nice piece. As for atheism you'll find contradictions which are ably illust.....
» 25/05/2013 6:40:23 PM Greg, your view of Islam as an extremist ideology is based on ignorance. To illustrate con.....
» 25/05/2013 6:38:57 PM Greg you quote from the Talmud: "He who saves one life it is considered as if he save.....
» 8/03/2013 11:33:31 PM Recently, Islamists were driven from the town of Timbuktu in Mali. In their wake, they lef.....
» 16/06/2012 11:15:44 PM I'm against same-sex marriages because marriage is there to provide the legitimate avenue .....
» 9/10/2011 1:57:47 AM Keen writes: <<Since capital is destroyed when trade is liberalised, the watertight .....
» 8/10/2011 4:09:48 PM Keen writes: <<Since capital is destroyed when trade is liberalised, the watertight .....
» 31/07/2011 7:52:27 PM Hi Kerryanne, I've just had a chance to read your posts. Thanks for a number of interest .....
» 31/07/2011 7:30:52 PM <<Hello Grateful & welcome to OLO are you convinced RSPCA are wrong? http://www.gra.....
» 25/07/2011 9:47:54 PM Thanks Kerryanne, My interest stems from being Muslim and I'd like to see the evidence on.....
» 24/07/2011 5:20:39 PM According to the RSPA ``All available scientific evidence points to the fact that animals .....
» 28/02/2011 11:38:46 PM You see Pelican, I simply asked of Mac that he provide the evidence to support his stateme.....
» 28/02/2011 6:53:27 PM Mac you were asked for serious scholarship to support the statement that Islam is intolera.....
» 28/02/2011 3:53:02 PM Pelican Mac has given us a good opportunity to illustrate the importance of the truth in .....
» 28/02/2011 11:14:02 AM Pelican <<Some good points but it does not change the fact that some cultures do pra.....
» 27/02/2011 10:03:05 PM I thought i should correct misinformation being spread by the author of the article and ot.....
» 27/02/2011 8:32:29 PM I think the previous post is enough to illustrate my main point: Atheism leaves society de.....
» 27/02/2011 8:22:15 PM The point about alcohol is illustrated with the following recent article (http://www.smh......
» 26/02/2011 11:39:38 PM Grim you say: <<On the contrary grateful, it is religion which leaves people defence.....
» 26/02/2011 8:11:10 AM Cronus wrote: <<It rather strikes me Atheism is the truly arrogant position to adopt.....
» 25/02/2011 9:17:52 PM Pericles wrote: <<Atheists do not "leave society helpless" against evil. T.....
» 23/02/2011 6:09:01 PM QUOTE Intriguing position, grateful. >>If you assume that “humans evolved from anot.....
» 20/02/2011 8:37:14 PM cont.. On the second point, honour killing, Sam Harris has obviously not read, or more th.....
» 20/02/2011 8:33:22 PM Foyle you state: Neither my parents nor my children have abused alcohol and I like you obj.....
» 17/02/2011 11:36:57 PM cont.. By the way National Geographic report scientific work that contradicts your number.....
» 17/02/2011 11:26:56 PM Foyle wrote: “How else could the scientific method interpret the confirmed sequential, but.....
» 17/02/2011 9:55:08 PM Foyle wrote; <<In an over populated world wasting depleting resources I do not wors.....
» 17/02/2011 9:47:47 PM <<In an over populated world wasting depleting resources I do not worship growth, &g.....
» 14/02/2011 6:19:20 PM Foyle, Just to be sure the message is received loud and clear: Atheism is destroying the.....
» 14/02/2011 5:26:45 PM cont.. And of course you just have to look at the papers to see the impact: (http://www......
» 14/02/2011 5:10:59 PM cont.. Along the same lines, McCleary summarises the research as follows: (http://www.hoov.....
» 14/02/2011 4:55:38 PM Foyle stated <<You comment about the morality and ethics of the western world and at.....
» 13/02/2011 11:59:32 AM Foyle stated << The Muslim caliphate may have had a hey-day while the Western World .....
» 13/02/2011 6:27:20 AM Foyle, <<Why do I not debate your supposed evidence? It is because I have read real.....
» 12/02/2011 10:51:07 AM cont.. So for the lady who broke her nose (it was an accident by the way), yes of course .....
» 12/02/2011 10:28:24 AM Foyle you wrote: <<You didn't disprove Epicurus with your examples. For example why.....
» 11/02/2011 10:49:36 PM Foyle, you said <<You missed much of my point. The HIV virus jumped between the gree.....
» 11/02/2011 10:42:15 PM David wrote: <<You say Allah has the answers to everything, apparently. Then I am as.....
» 11/02/2011 10:33:22 AM <<grateful, And can you name some countries where Islam has great influence has a s.....
» 11/02/2011 8:01:03 AM <<What would you think of a person who would only suffer the company of toadying, ob.....
» 10/02/2011 10:10:35 PM cont.. When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and ke.....
» 10/02/2011 10:09:46 PM Foyle, Baiting once more. Reason with me, don't degrade yourself by resorting to insults......
» 10/02/2011 7:39:46 AM cont.. Foyle, With the examples I gave I refuted Epicurus’ aphorism by refuting the propo.....
» 10/02/2011 12:14:42 AM Foyle, you state: <<Grateful, You have fallen back to the idiotic 'we cannot know .....
» 6/02/2011 3:05:12 PM Foyle: <<every observable effect has a physical cause.>> Why any such law shou.....
» 5/02/2011 8:08:50 PM cont.. Secondly, consider the following example. Suppose scientists initially claim that .....
» 5/02/2011 8:08:00 PM Foyle, you write: <<Of course evolution is a scientific theory. It is supported by s.....
» 5/02/2011 12:00:55 AM Foyle, You dodged the key point: "Human-beings evolved from another species" is .....
» 3/02/2011 11:14:47 PM Foyle you wrote: <<The evidence that would satisfy me that a god exists would be if.....
» 3/02/2011 11:06:48 PM Foyle (and other atheists), In my previous post I said that my null hypothesis would be &.....
» 3/02/2011 2:51:01 PM "Truly, God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in th.....
» 2/02/2011 5:20:20 PM Another interesting article by a seasoned ME journalist, Chris Hedges "What corruptio.....
» 29/01/2011 1:13:17 AM <<Grateful, You and Sheikh Nuh both string a lot of words together but they do not m.....
» 27/01/2011 9:14:49 PM cont... That is, nothing guarantees the primacy, the objectivity, of these categories ove.....
» 27/01/2011 9:14:19 PM Foyle you write: "Grateful and runner, You both dispute in one way or another evoluti.....
» 27/01/2011 6:10:57 PM Foyle you write "Get used to it runner and grateful, evolution is now as well proven.....
» 27/01/2011 2:39:55 PM Hi Brian, The title of your book caught my eye: "From Faith to Reason" I was r.....
» 26/01/2011 12:24:18 AM Joe, What do you make of Turkey?.....
» 25/01/2011 9:09:44 PM Joe, Your apology is as appreciated as it was unexpected, so I should also apologise for f.....
» 24/01/2011 9:09:07 PM The follow is part of an article written by Yvonne Ridley Wednesday, 29 November 2006 Q.....
» 24/01/2011 5:22:38 PM Joe Lane, How can you imagine yourself to be progressive when you need to resort to such i.....
» 24/01/2011 3:36:47 PM Just a word on the use of the term "Islamist". According to the web (and this is.....
» 23/01/2011 2:49:53 PM Here is Robert Fisk's take on the situation: "The brutal reality about Tunisia" .....
» 29/12/2010 7:39:05 PM OUG, Thought this might interet you: among the summer activities organised for the Musli.....
» 27/12/2010 2:18:47 PM Yes OUG, its a beutiful description of Mary and the birth of Jesus. Crabsy, I think you .....
» 26/12/2010 5:08:07 AM Crabsy, The reality of our situation can only be apprehended through the heart and God wil.....
» 25/12/2010 3:43:40 PM Crasby, I re-read your post in light of your explanation. You are definitely onto somethin.....
» 24/12/2010 10:59:17 PM Crabsy, Only what exists can insist, but it need not insist To say God "does not exi.....
» 22/12/2010 10:23:34 PM [Deleted. See above.].....
» 22/12/2010 10:22:02 PM [Deleted. See above.].....
» 22/12/2010 9:47:25 PM [Deleted. Refers to thread above.].....
» 22/12/2010 4:35:29 PM On faith: Karen Armstrong said, “Faith was not an intellectual position but a virtue: it w.....
» 21/12/2010 5:18:00 PM In this article, there is a good lesson here for Christians on what happens when you devia.....
» 10/12/2010 9:48:54 PM <<Your grandparents will tell you that the problem comes down to the lack of respect.....
» 8/12/2010 11:54:51 PM I wholly support "rabble rousers or reason" against the "believers in stupi.....
» 30/11/2010 4:35:52 PM "This is not so for Christianity because it does not contain a dualism between spirit.....
» 29/11/2010 5:57:43 PM Pip's article reflects a real concern for the welfare of women and, as she says,it is so o.....
» 28/11/2010 12:34:06 PM About sin, the Prophet Muhammad (peace & blessings be upon him) has said, "By the O.....
» 23/11/2010 7:00:42 PM Parents need to spend more time with their children and stop pretending material things wi.....
» 20/11/2010 11:04:18 PM <<By that I mean we can disagree vehemently yet appropriately. Disagreement must be .....
» 14/11/2010 10:21:21 PM Suzeonline No problems. We all learn from each other. What you said reminded me of a favou.....
» 14/11/2010 9:22:38 PM Suzeonline, I wasn't born a Muslim and i know from first-hand experience just how Aussie b.....
» 14/11/2010 8:16:19 PM Vanna said: <<For a male in the workplace, drawing the line basically means not touc.....
» 28/10/2010 5:21:10 AM cont.. Pictures of the Albanian Muslims in the exhibit tell a lifetime of stories. As a y.....
» 28/10/2010 5:20:08 AM <<Thank heavens Jews don't issue Fatwas.Posted by Dan Lewis, Thursday, 14 October 20.....
» 9/10/2010 10:48:47 AM ..and steve, nor did you respect my right to speak and express an opinion when you targete.....
» 9/10/2010 10:13:46 AM << I don’t believe in gratuitous insults or in hurting people without reason.>>.....
» 9/10/2010 8:47:34 AM <<It would probably be a good idea, then, for you to explain this as you frame the &.....
» 9/10/2010 4:37:17 AM Otokonoko, Yeh, i figured that out. Thank-you for the good advice anyway :-) Pericles, Un.....
» 8/10/2010 1:30:17 PM Stevenlmeyer, You make a good point. That's all i am seeking. I just wanted a critical per.....
» 8/10/2010 8:53:35 AM Stevenlmeyer, Just to add, this is the first time i have returned to the post after been .....
» 8/10/2010 8:37:24 AM <<GRATEFUL! I have never before been angry with anyone on OLO. This is a debate for.....
» 8/10/2010 7:07:09 AM Otokonoko, let me repeat waht i said to Pericles <<Pericles, Let me be explicit. Us.....
» 7/10/2010 11:15:37 PM Philo, You stated that Islam has a corrupt understanding of God. In the Aqueeda al-Tahaw.....
» 7/10/2010 10:28:58 PM Given the absense of a denial I guess it is agreed that the verses are consistent with wha.....
» 7/10/2010 4:27:21 PM Stevenlmeyer (or any other scientist): So are these verses inconsistent with what we und.....
» 7/10/2010 3:31:58 PM Also Nicnoto makes a valid point......
» 7/10/2010 3:27:00 PM Thanks Steve, the information is useful, the insults not......
» 7/10/2010 1:07:53 PM Pericles, Let me be explicit. Using the term 'sister' personalises it and people should f.....
» 7/10/2010 11:20:43 AM Pericles, No apologies are warranted. People like steve prefer to foster hate (evident in.....
» 6/10/2010 8:24:09 PM I was reading a brief article entitled "What is the speed of time?" by Mohamed .....
» 3/10/2010 3:25:32 PM <<It is because economists, in the main, are indoctrinated into the myth of eternal .....
» 2/10/2010 11:06:12 PM <<What does atheism mean for social and economic development? Absolutely nothing. .....
» 2/10/2010 10:13:29 PM <<All religion is man made, mainly by the politicians of some ancient age for their .....
» 21/09/2010 11:54:38 AM Mac: << "That's why I say Muslims are special"-this is a ridiculous chauvi.....
» 20/09/2010 10:08:22 PM Mac, Your remarks were about the Qur’aan, the Prophet and his companions: all HISTORICAL......
» 20/09/2010 10:04:55 PM It is people like stevenmyer who should not be appeased. Their behaviour is selfish and c.....
» 20/09/2010 10:02:43 PM My sister, 32-year-old Marwa el-Sherbini did not have a body-guard to protect her from the.....
» 20/09/2010 7:11:37 PM cont.. The authors turn next to the assessment of how differences in religiosity affect e.....
» 20/09/2010 7:11:09 PM Religion and Economic Growth "For given religious beliefs, increases in church attend.....
» 20/09/2010 7:09:54 PM The topic was inspired by the following article: Religion and Economic Development: by Ra.....
» 19/09/2010 12:20:21 PM <<grateful. I think we should end our dicussion we're not making any progress becau.....
» 19/09/2010 7:51:40 AM <<LOL Horus Well put!Posted by stevenlmeyer, Saturday, 18 September 2010 1:50:40 PM.....
» 19/09/2010 7:39:02 AM Mac: <<I disagree with your definition of 'Islamophobia',the term was invented to si.....
» 19/09/2010 6:49:55 AM Mac: "I respect your right to believe, however,what some Moslems don't seem to under.....
» 18/09/2010 7:38:04 PM Several questions for Atheists. Atheists tend to argue are follows: <<The world is.....
» 17/09/2010 6:38:51 PM Mac, please provide the full reference to O'Neal. i couldn't find it in your posts. Ta in .....
» 16/09/2010 6:51:58 AM I'd agree that Wahhabis present an existential threat to civilised way of life, whether yo.....
» 16/09/2010 6:50:19 AM Arjay, Thanks for the Justin Raimondo link I think you're right about greedy men at the t.....
» 12/09/2010 10:43:39 PM Mac, i'd love to ask you to quote passages fronm the Qur'aan that you would regard as &quo.....
» 12/09/2010 10:42:51 PM CONT.. Carl Pyrdum (http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2010/08/professor-newts-distorted-his.....
» 12/09/2010 10:38:38 PM Mac wrote: <<(1)There is no evidence that the personal god of the Quran even exists.....
» 12/09/2010 10:17:52 PM Arjay: You would interested in this: “The “meaning” of 911 – it’s not what you think”: ht.....
» 10/09/2010 7:17:06 PM Arjay: <<Stevenlmeyer,Perhaps the Zionists should stop the gradual genocide of the P.....
» 10/09/2010 6:14:35 PM stevenlmeyer, Like Jones your intention is to steer a path towards conflict. I can site h.....
» 10/09/2010 5:37:16 PM MAC: <<I wish the loony had actually burned the Quran,this apparent backdown will si.....
» 10/09/2010 4:29:31 PM A question: People have been arguing that Jones has a right to burn the Koran. This is sup.....
» 10/09/2010 2:30:01 AM Some interesting new information on this Jones character: Pastor in Koran furore accused .....
» 10/09/2010 1:40:16 AM <<If we look around the world, the number of conflicts involving religion are many. .....
» 7/09/2010 12:14:23 PM Briar Rose: the article was posted here: http://muslimvillage.com/forums/topic/60805-intel.....
» 6/09/2010 7:33:30 PM Briar Rose: <<How many of us engaged in this argument actually know a woman who wear.....
» 6/09/2010 12:01:00 AM Yabby, Your last post must be a joke! Your insistance that i am irrational riven with anxi.....
» 4/09/2010 11:50:04 PM <<*A religious person is not in denial of his belief or trying to get rid of his rel.....
» 4/09/2010 11:24:14 PM MindlessCruelty <<These are rather extreme meassures to bring about abstinence.>&.....
» 4/09/2010 9:34:54 AM Yabby <<Religion works on a similar level. Hope and fear are the drivers. Many peopl.....
» 4/09/2010 9:16:26 AM Yabby <<*An addict does not want to be an addict* Well not quite Grateful, for of c.....
» 4/09/2010 9:07:59 AM MindlessCruelty: <<We’re addicted to materialism, what is “trendy”, “cool” and “sexy.....
» 4/09/2010 9:06:54 AM Mindlesscruelty: <<If they gave up drugs of their own volition, yes, undoubtedly ev.....
» 4/09/2010 8:38:50 AM cont... << 24 August 2010: A new research report commissioned by the Alcohol Educat.....
» 4/09/2010 8:37:57 AM Perecles: << You're still not listening, grateful. >>If the majority of Austr.....
» 1/09/2010 6:20:21 AM cont...2/2 As for a religious person, i can only speak for the practicing Muslim. If we w.....
» 1/09/2010 6:18:49 AM Yabby: <<There you go Dotto, a perfect description of the deeply religious! They liv.....
» 1/09/2010 1:14:44 AM By the way, the description of me as dishonest and manipulative is offensive and really ha.....
» 1/09/2010 1:11:07 AM If the majority of Australians were to forgo alcohol and gambling (and do so WILLINGLY the.....
» 31/08/2010 7:04:47 AM Shadow Minister wrote: <<"If Australians willingly gave up alcohol (and other d.....
» 30/08/2010 1:24:03 PM <<Poker machine regulation is a sensitive issue within Labor, and a South Australian.....
» 30/08/2010 5:02:30 AM Indeed, JC Morgan and Cornflower, you have also yet to address the topic. Along with Peric.....
» 30/08/2010 4:55:18 AM Pericles is still preoccupied with policing my intention. LOL!.....
» 29/08/2010 6:51:59 AM Suzeonline <<The answer to your question, Grateful, is NO. Our funloving society wo.....
» 28/08/2010 11:05:02 PM Here is the question again: <<If the majority of Australians were to forgo alcohol .....
» 28/08/2010 5:04:03 PM Pericles, I'm also interested in your response to this question: If the majority of Aust.....
» 28/08/2010 4:42:57 PM Thanks Dotto, You have your wine and butter and chocolate. The difference is that if we a.....
» 28/08/2010 3:47:15 PM <<grateful, I don't see any abuse or innuendo evident in Pericles' or Cornflower's p.....
» 28/08/2010 3:19:41 PM So i guess it be accurate to say that most people would not be willing to forgo alcohol an.....
» 28/08/2010 5:49:19 AM Hi all, The above question is addressed to everyone not just suze. Bugsy and Mikk, do yo.....
» 28/08/2010 5:33:37 AM <<No, I don't believe banning alcohol and gambling would be of much benefit to socie.....
» 27/08/2010 10:48:02 PM I would be interested in people’s responses to the following statements and questions: If.....
» 23/08/2010 11:09:06 PM Richie 10: <<Could anyone tell me if honor killings have any place in this debate. A.....
» 23/08/2010 10:48:03 PM AGIR <<@ Grateful, you said: "I understand where you're (@ cornflower) coming .....
» 23/08/2010 7:44:56 PM Finally, Let's put our cards on the table. Who here can say that they have expressed conc.....
» 23/08/2010 7:38:57 PM AGIR <<.. "Show her face to the security guard"? if she can show her face.....
» 23/08/2010 7:29:11 PM Rich 10: <<Could anyone tell me if honor killings have any place in this debate. As .....
» 22/08/2010 7:46:48 PM cornflower <<So what, don't you imagine that there are men and women in the general .....
» 22/08/2010 3:36:06 PM Pericles: <<I see no reason why the existing rules on face-concealment should not be.....
» 22/08/2010 3:31:24 PM AGIR:<<Hi Grateful... you can woffle all you like about 'origins' and Wahabbis...but.....
» 21/08/2010 6:30:56 PM cont...3/3 Shiqaqi's familiarity with things Western fits a common pattern. The brother o.....
» 21/08/2010 6:29:42 PM cont...2/3 I would just add that for these extremists many Muslims would be regarded as i.....
» 21/08/2010 6:26:48 PM Concerning “suicide bombers” the historical record is clear: suicide bombers do not have t.....
» 17/08/2010 3:13:25 PM A useful article "Australian burqa ban doomed to failure" by Ahmed Kilani from :.....
» 15/08/2010 5:38:03 PM cont.. (28) Then she pointed to him. They said: How can we talk to one who is in the crad.....
» 15/08/2010 5:37:37 PM cont.. From surah Mariam: And make mention of Mary in the Scripture, when she had withdraw.....
» 15/08/2010 5:35:33 PM Its the same message and the same God, but obviously we regard the notion that God needed .....
» 15/08/2010 2:40:11 PM Salaams, David F Its unfortunate we did not go deeper into the research surrounding the r.....
» 14/08/2010 2:41:31 PM The hadith comes from Sahih al-Bukhari: Sahih al-Bukhari (Arabic: صحي&#.....
» 13/08/2010 11:43:14 PM cont.. <<Hercules then requested that the Prophet’s letter be read. The observations.....
» 13/08/2010 11:42:30 PM cont.. <<"Hercules, on hearing this testimony, turned to his translator biddin.....
» 13/08/2010 11:40:28 PM David F, <<Dear grateful, You have cited no evidence. You have told stories about t.....
» 8/08/2010 10:14:11 AM cont.. In relation to woman, as i said to Philo, have a bit of a wander through a universi.....
» 8/08/2010 10:13:04 AM cont.. <<You are asking me to believe your religion when you want me to accept that.....
» 8/08/2010 10:11:46 AM cont.. <<Mohammed and the others invent religions and want other people to believe .....
» 8/08/2010 10:10:43 AM <<You are prejudiced against atheists. Atheists can be moral and have respect for hu.....
» 7/08/2010 11:53:52 PM Finally, Philo Concerning education and woman please read the following article : http://.....
» 7/08/2010 11:51:44 PM Philo, Concerning your remark <<Why is that Muslim men treat non Muslim women as no.....
» 7/08/2010 11:49:01 PM Philo, The pamphlets are quite accurate. Prior to Islam woman were treated as chattel to t.....
» 7/08/2010 11:46:11 PM David F The only thing i have 'demanded' of you and others is a discussion based on reason.....
» 1/08/2010 11:40:33 PM David F. I'll pick up on a few points briefly. i hope to return later, but Ramadan will b.....
» 1/08/2010 7:35:14 AM cont 3/4 For example i know atheists who would ascribe to beliefs about Islam no matter h.....
» 1/08/2010 7:29:54 AM cont...2/3 I can only think of three ways of responding. The first: demonstrate there is .....
» 1/08/2010 7:27:34 AM David, you wrote: << "In Islam, there is right and wrong and we do have a consc.....
» 31/07/2010 9:38:33 PM David F. <<If you can't tell right from wrong without a religion then religion is yo.....
» 31/07/2010 9:10:37 PM Steve:<<Be my guest grateful. I'm sure you can do it better than me.>> Steve,.....
» 31/07/2010 7:40:56 PM <<Grateful, Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the difference between Christianity and Islam. Chri.....
» 31/07/2010 7:28:45 PM <<Are you an exception? Were you the child of non-Muslims and having examined many r.....
» 31/07/2010 5:24:08 PM <<Grateful, you are a true and faithful servant of the DIVINE COMEDIAN.>> Ste.....
» 31/07/2010 2:25:05 AM cont..3/3 We obviously have a lot of common ground <<Facts are stubborn things; and.....
» 31/07/2010 2:24:29 AM cont..2/3 David do you know of an explanation for the Qur'an other than it being Divine re.....
» 31/07/2010 2:23:06 AM <<I do not subscribe to the position that right and wrong are absolute. It is an unr.....
» 18/07/2010 1:07:55 AM David F, Thanks for the clarification. Then you ascribe to a notion that right and wrong a.....
» 17/07/2010 11:28:43 PM cont..2/2 Earlier remarks on this thread that the majority of Muslims are child abusers ar.....
» 17/07/2010 11:07:41 PM OK since there i noone willing to apply to their own view, religious or irreligious, the d.....
» 3/07/2010 4:39:52 AM Almost forgot, David F I did respond to your question about atheists by quoting a verse .....
» 3/07/2010 4:09:01 AM Miranda Divine has written a piece today which begins as follows (http://www.smh.com.au/op.....
» 3/07/2010 3:27:49 AM To counter the vilification of Stevenlmeyer and innuendo of AGIR about the Prophet, Muslim.....
» 3/07/2010 2:58:53 AM stevenlmeyer, i have thought about the notion of outlawing vilification a bit more (i wa.....
» 3/07/2010 2:48:58 AM I wrote the above a while back. Although I suggested "others consider how they would .....
» 3/07/2010 2:23:31 AM I think the ugliness of fundamentalism is not just in the language but the attitude or men.....
» 20/06/2010 8:12:43 AM PS: David f. thank-you for the sensible discussion. Also a typo in my last post: The ".....
» 20/06/2010 8:12:01 AM Given the obvious political agendas of stevenlmeyer and AGIR i do not think they can claim.....
» 19/06/2010 10:44:47 PM <<You wrote: “at least being aware that He [Allah] is aware of all that we do. That.....
» 19/06/2010 9:01:57 PM AGIR: If you are saying Islam supports child abuse then you are wrong. Furthermore, in a.....
» 19/06/2010 4:17:00 PM <<Truth is not subjective by definition, something is either hot or cold, green or y.....
» 19/06/2010 12:46:55 PM Steven says: <<For once we are in accord. I have been following Muslim Village Foru.....
» 19/06/2010 10:39:29 AM Severin, You are an inspiration. Perhaps we should be focusing less on manifestations of .....
» 19/06/2010 7:31:10 AM Steven said: <<All I know is that you've evaded a key question. You've given a ".....
» 19/06/2010 12:04:46 AM Steven, buzz posters privilage: Democracy: "Well may we say God save the Queen...for.....
» 18/06/2010 11:17:20 PM AJ Philips: 'hounding' was in reference to AGIR, so my apologies for the confusion. Steve.....
» 18/06/2010 9:43:35 PM In case anyone missed it, this was my earlier response to AGIR & AJ Phillips accusation th.....
» 18/06/2010 8:46:40 PM Thank-you David F and Pelican for responding to my last post. David F i wouldn't class my.....
» 18/06/2010 2:35:23 AM stevenlmeyer: i'm aware of the issue but haven't given it much thought. besides its way of.....
» 18/06/2010 12:25:56 AM Dawkins quoted by Foxy: "Christianity, just as much as Islam, teaches children that .....
» 17/06/2010 10:32:20 AM I really appreciate everyone's input and endorse Pelly. I agree wholeheartedly with CJ Mo.....
» 16/06/2010 5:53:37 PM Thank-you everyone for your contributions, not withstanding more sour grapes from AGIR. I.....
» 16/06/2010 11:17:18 AM Below is an example of how the Fundamentalist/Moderate divide is currently playing out in .....
» 16/06/2010 9:23:26 AM AlGorisRich you seem to have a bad case of 'sour grapes'. The grapes are not sour, Mr Fox......
» 16/06/2010 12:43:27 AM What is fundamentalism? This is my take: Fundamentalists know all there is to know, being.....
» 15/06/2010 11:56:25 PM Cornflower, This is how the Fundamentalist/Moderate divide is playing out in Somalia FUN.....
» 15/06/2010 10:43:14 PM Cornflower: <<Like Roman Catholicism, the fundamentalism is in the religion and libe.....
» 15/06/2010 10:03:38 PM AlGoreisRich said <<I guess it depends on who we encounter, experience etc.. and I .....
» 15/06/2010 9:48:01 PM 2/2 cont.. She also spoke out against a call by the federal MP Bronwyn Bishop for the hija.....
» 15/06/2010 9:45:47 PM MAHA KRAYEM ABDO, a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia, does not like to thi.....
» 15/06/2010 9:27:01 PM Mr Mohamed Hassan OAM Medal of Order of Australia 2007 Recognised for "his great a.....
» 14/06/2010 10:45:46 PM AlGoreisRich, Thank-you for the advice. So now it seems we are agreed that we should all b.....
» 14/06/2010 12:53:27 PM QUOTE grateful Thanks for your input. As an Atheist I am intrigued by those who go on to.....
» 14/06/2010 10:47:18 AM 3/3 cont.. Khalid ibn al-Walid (r) asked the Prophet (s), “O Prophet of Allah (s) this ma.....
» 14/06/2010 10:41:53 AM 2/3 cont...The first Kharajite QUOTE "In order to know the good among the people, o.....
» 14/06/2010 10:30:52 AM In responce to AlGoreisRich: QUOTE Grateful is misdirected though, he seems to think posi.....
» 13/06/2010 9:59:20 PM Mahboba Rawi, the sister mentioned in Foxy's article, runs a charity for Afgan woman and c.....
» 13/06/2010 2:07:53 AM Thank-you Foxy for the names. i didn't realise. Also, how could we forget Hazen El-Masri.....
» 13/06/2010 1:35:42 AM For the last 7 years Muslims have organised meals for the homeless on a monthly basis in S.....
» 12/06/2010 7:44:34 PM Hi Foxy, First let me express my (belated) gratitude for your initiative and I will do wh.....
» 12/06/2010 5:44:57 PM "Isn't it funny though? If I were saying this in a mosque in the Middle East (or Aust.....
» 12/06/2010 2:26:42 PM I should have explained why SC finance would be beneficial to the Australian community &qu.....
» 12/06/2010 1:13:23 PM The collective contribution of Muslims engaged in the provision of Shariah-compliant finan.....
» 12/06/2010 3:48:57 AM Prince Charles has also recently had something positive to say (and learn): "June 11.....
» 12/06/2010 3:30:57 AM Muslims do not drink and they raise children who do not drink. This means that other Austr.....
» 12/06/2010 2:40:31 AM The burqa is not worn in Australia. Nor is it worn in France. It is worn in Afganistan but.....
» 11/06/2010 10:32:52 AM Irfan asks: "Why don't we have a consistent thread of resistance to racism running in.....
» 22/05/2010 10:23:11 PM SecularGuy: Quote Apostasy... forcing people (under the threat of death) to submit to your.....
» 22/05/2010 10:20:59 PM TBC you wrote: QUOTE Surely, if all this is worth doing, it's worth doing, and there shou.....
» 5/05/2010 1:59:08 AM Here is more from the Qur'an to persuade those with an open mind that the Qur'an cannot be.....
» 4/05/2010 1:40:03 PM you tell me!.....
» 4/05/2010 12:34:07 AM A thoughtful piece secularGuy. However i would take exception to anyone describing my beli.....
» 3/05/2010 10:26:28 AM I should have taken more care to observe who i was replying to. I thought it was Orange Do.....
» 2/05/2010 11:37:41 PM Because its about CHOOSING to follow Him. How would we be able to choose if we knew with a.....
» 1/05/2010 10:41:33 PM 2/2 cont.. QUOTE Two properties of rocks contribute to the support of mountains, mountain.....
» 1/05/2010 10:29:47 PM One more for Occams razor. From Maulana Muhammas Ali’s (1874–1951) translation of 1917: .....
» 1/05/2010 7:30:15 AM TBC: quote Can you lead the way with a examples of what this means, 'holding your tongue',.....
» 30/04/2010 3:10:20 PM Let me rephrase: If you are an atheist what do you teach about guarding the tongue, or, i.....
» 30/04/2010 10:06:38 AM Is there anyone else with their perspective on the question of ethics. What do athiests t.....
» 29/04/2010 11:55:01 PM BlueCross wrote: quote Well, don't leave us gasping 'grateful', enlighten us all on what y.....
» 28/04/2010 11:48:08 PM "5.In their place, implement a compulsory primary school course in ethics, critical t.....
» 25/04/2010 12:09:14 AM 2/2 cont No. The description turns out to be consistent with what scientists have discover.....
» 24/04/2010 11:56:56 PM Orange Donkey you write: QUOTE: While irrelevant is arguably a little extreme, this is a l.....
» 21/04/2010 11:08:12 PM 2/2 cont.. AJ Phillips, returning to an earlier remark you made: QUOTE <<Approaching.....
» 21/04/2010 11:07:34 PM AJ Phillips, you write: QUOTE <<Here we have a claim which can be put to the test. I.....
» 21/04/2010 12:53:04 AM 2/2 cont A second example: Ibn Warraq, described by Richard Dawkins as a "true scho.....
» 21/04/2010 12:38:30 AM QUOTE: Atheists simply accept that there is no credible scientific or factually reliable e.....
» 8/04/2010 11:43:57 PM If "NAPLAN results to identify under-performing students" then it can be used to.....
» 3/04/2010 3:50:14 AM Sorry George, I'm not a student of Fethullah Gülen and i do not know much about his backg.....
» 3/04/2010 2:11:21 AM Thank you Dan S, Since you apparently know Daniel Scott quite well, would you be able pro.....
» 31/03/2010 11:33:37 PM George, You sound like someone looking for knowledge, so a sincere thank-you for you ques.....
» 30/03/2010 11:30:09 PM Dan in response to: "By your understanding, Jesus was not crucified by the Romans. Th.....
» 30/03/2010 11:05:27 PM QUOTE ... could I ask for your opinion on Daniel Scott? ...he told me about the persecutio.....
» 28/03/2010 11:36:48 PM My turn to respond to Dan S de Merengue. :-) First an apology to you brother if i caused .....
» 27/03/2010 10:34:12 PM Posted by Dan S de Merengue: QUOTE Did you see Dawkins’ performance on the ABC’s Q&A the .....
» 27/03/2010 2:27:52 AM I have been looking at the essay that John Perkins delivered to the Atheist conference. th.....
» 27/03/2010 1:09:01 AM I have been reading some of the essays writen by John Perkins (http://home.alphalink.com.a.....
» 25/03/2010 12:05:38 AM 2/2 cont QUOTE Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem live under different regulations t.....
» 25/03/2010 12:03:31 AM I've been busy, i see that you are persisting with the questions and still have not figur.....
» 23/03/2010 10:25:35 PM I was reading the following part of Nick Moodie's Essay dealing with Islam: "This ta.....
» 20/03/2010 7:59:30 PM David, It is share of total permits received by non-Jews and how this proportion compares .....
» 20/03/2010 1:16:15 AM Sorry David, but I'm interested in a serious test of the proposition of whether there is d.....
» 20/03/2010 12:00:04 AM It is a very sad to see the way this author is demeaned for simply standing up against a c.....
» 19/03/2010 10:03:02 AM Shadow minsiter, i would be last person to advise people to go to church Concern the ath.....
» 18/03/2010 11:16:49 PM cont... Your reaction reinforces my view that you are in fact complicit in actions which .....
» 18/03/2010 11:15:42 PM I detect two absurd suggestions in your reponce which indicates that you are clutching at .....
» 18/03/2010 12:20:41 AM cont.. I can agree with you on the government, although my understanding is that they are.....
» 18/03/2010 12:15:32 AM Divergence, you say "Loss of our freedom of speech is a very high price to pay so tha.....
» 17/03/2010 11:28:38 PM The "all Jews" is based on the videos (Jews speaking in Hebrew along with other .....
» 16/03/2010 9:46:39 PM ..just to add. If there is no discrimination then we would expect the allocation of permi.....
» 16/03/2010 9:41:50 PM David, Although your definition of "Arab propaganda" itself smacks of racism, l.....
» 15/03/2010 9:11:20 PM "The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions" also takes donations: http:/.....
» 15/03/2010 9:07:40 PM David you say: “You are becoming quite tedious quoting Arab propaganda - and even worse be.....
» 15/03/2010 12:45:18 AM Here is an except from a report providing the statistics on house demolitions from the &qu.....
» 15/03/2010 12:13:50 AM cont...2/2 And before you exclaim that i have indeed lead a sheltered life, in fact the o.....
» 15/03/2010 12:11:54 AM Jon J wrote: QUOTE: "How would you protect our children?" Protect them from WHA.....
» 14/03/2010 1:59:22 AM Stezza wrote: "What specifically do you want proven wrong about? Whether humans are a.....
» 13/03/2010 11:51:01 AM Dear Simon Wright and Jon J Your solutions? How would you protect our children? ..as we.....
» 13/03/2010 2:06:21 AM cont... Almost one year later, that part of the park is still in ruins. The other half of.....
» 13/03/2010 1:59:07 AM Dear David Singer, In a previous article you described with elation the prospect of the di.....
» 6/03/2010 10:44:34 AM cont.. It seems to me, the West really has not being able to decide whether they are figh.....
» 6/03/2010 10:44:06 AM King Hazza, While i agree with your remarks regarding the comparison with the IRA, two poi.....
» 5/03/2010 10:16:50 PM Could i just clarify one point? These sorts of bans are intended to do what? What is the.....
» 27/02/2010 7:05:30 PM 2/2 Cont... At the very least a Muslim would have to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” th.....
» 27/02/2010 6:52:14 PM QUOTE: DavidF Dear grateful, There is absolutely no evidence for the existence of any sup.....
» 26/02/2010 11:21:07 PM QUOTE grateful wrote: "Perhaps a more useful question would be: What does Judaism, C.....
» 24/02/2010 10:33:21 PM DavidF You say: " I think it is up to those who maintain there is a God to show that .....
» 23/02/2010 8:24:37 PM David you asked me to substantiate my claim that the essay “relies so heavily on a fundame.....
» 22/02/2010 8:22:30 PM David Fisher's essay relies so heavily on a fundamentalist style of discourse that it make.....
» 5/02/2010 11:49:40 PM CONT... On arrival of local community representatives police removed their masks but refus.....
» 5/02/2010 11:44:15 PM David , You say: “Regrettably in telling the story of Khirbet Tana you fail to mention th.....
» 4/02/2010 11:41:29 PM QUOTE Israeli forces demolish 17 buildings in northern West Bank 10 January 2010 http://.....
» 4/02/2010 11:37:16 PM Danielle and David, Can we start by not demarcating people in terms of their "ethnici.....
» 3/02/2010 8:35:48 PM Danielle, You state: "Gazans don't even come close to being "Palestinians"......
» 3/02/2010 7:51:45 PM Danielle, Like i said the barriers have never been geographic except in so far as they hav.....
» 28/01/2010 8:00:28 PM Cont...2/2 When they heard Umar's voice, Khabbab hid in a corner of the house and Fatimah .....
» 28/01/2010 7:59:06 PM A “geographical barrier to Islam”? This is a poorly conceived strategy. Consult serious s.....
» 28/01/2010 5:31:26 AM QUOTE Cont. Residents also suffer from the ongoing threat from settlers from the nearby s.....
» 27/01/2010 10:25:28 PM The human beings of this village certainly need some social services (source: http://palso.....
» 26/01/2010 11:22:08 PM Why not ask why there is a need for social services in the first place? If Palestinians di.....
» 12/01/2010 9:25:28 PM David F, Thanks for the thoughtful response. I agree that when it comes to the question of.....
» 11/01/2010 8:38:50 PM David F I'd just like to add that I have read the views of anti-Zionist Jews (over the int.....
» 11/01/2010 7:36:42 PM “What is hateful to thyself do not do to another. That is the whole Law, the rest is Comme.....
» 21/12/2009 4:21:53 AM Herman and Paul, Shaitan has certainly got you guys by the “short an’ curlies”. You beli.....
» 20/12/2009 12:11:56 PM Paul Tang, if Ali Sina says the Prophet married his daughter-in-law then Ali Sina must be .....
» 19/12/2009 11:50:02 PM Stevenlmeyer, Based on wikipaedia Andrew Bostom appears to be a doctor in medicine who is.....
» 19/12/2009 11:35:51 AM I have been asking those who make charges against Islam or provide their own interpretatio.....
» 18/12/2009 10:20:23 PM Hi Phillip, Can you name the source, the historian, you use as the basis of your descript.....
» 18/12/2009 12:26:30 AM The Prophet said: "None of you has achieved faith until he loves for his brother what.....
» 17/12/2009 1:35:39 AM Stevenlmeyer, You state that the Prophet was a "psychopath" and the Qur'an is a.....
» 16/12/2009 11:39:59 PM Phillip Tang wrote the following: QUOTE About Prophets al-Razi wrote: “The prophets—th.....
» 13/12/2009 5:04:57 AM The fact that Herman and one or two others are prepared to say 'this or that' about the Pr.....
» 10/12/2009 6:02:17 PM Herman, do you want a sample of the true source of what you refer to as the “power of Isla.....
» 9/12/2009 11:26:46 PM Hey guys, I just simply asked for you to cite leading scholars to support your opinions a.....
» 9/12/2009 3:27:26 PM Herman as i said yours are not interpretations backed by scholarship and obviously you are.....
» 8/12/2009 9:02:38 AM Herman, You make it sould a bit like "Simon says" Unlike Herman, Grateful says:.....
» 7/12/2009 9:57:35 PM For those saying Muslim leaders have been slow in denouncing terrorist acts : http://www.u.....
» 1/12/2009 11:23:38 PM would someone care to help me put some flesh (i.e. concrete examples) to the following rem.....
» 28/11/2009 1:51:49 PM In relation to Halal processing, general information can be obtained here: http://www.hala.....
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