Here in the UK the crazy blasphemy law was repealed in 2008, it should never have been a crime in the first place. One should be able to say exactly what one wishes about any religion and its god, especially as they are more than likely to be human creations which don't exist in reality.

There's been a few threads on Islam of late so I thought I'd start one too. This thread considers the role of charity in religion generally and particularly its role in Islam. I'm interested to hear how your religion or worldview considers charity and the redistribution of wealth to assist those in need. What are your thoughts about Islam's approach?

Zakat is a form of alms-giving and treated in Islam as a religious obligation or tax, which, is considered by many Muslims as next in...

As god, or at least an aspect of god, who could walk on water and change water into wine, I would think Jesus could have easily stopped any of the suffering he was going through, either by preventing the torture itself or by stopping himself from feeling any of its effects.

That he did not seems to indicate it was all staged to do, what? Why was it necessary that Jesus appear to suffer in death? An appearance that, to me, seems a bit counterfeit.

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"A 2015 sculpture of a crucified Ronald McDonald — called “McJesus” by artist Jani Leinonen — created a stir over the weekend at Israel’s Haifa Museum of Art. On Friday, hundreds of Arab Christians clashed with police over what they claimed was an offensive piece of art that mocked their faith.
The sculpture has actually been in the museum since August, as part of an exhibit featuring the intersection of religion and modern culture. Even the government has lobbied for the museum to take...

if the concept of god is ever loving,just and merciful,then it is impossible to exist, because being loving,merciful and just at the same time contradicts itself, if he is only ever loving he is then not a free being and is therfore a robot and all its expression is artificial! if he is all the above plus omnipotent,omniscient,omnipresent, that god is impossible to exist because all these attributes can't exist alongside eachother and therefore renders him as unrealistic and impossible as a...

What happens if or when researchers cannot find anything new to research? Look at CERN, that multi billion dollar facility required to find out things that most people don't care about. It takes a lot of money just to advance Physics that teensy bit. Maybe all of the low fruit has been plucked and to advance further will be prohibitively slow and expensive. Maybe Science is fast becoming a ponzi scheme for new signers, and maybe research jobs are about to dry up? Compare the problems of...

Why the contradiction in the two creation accounts of Genesis 1:1-4:26?

The two creation accounts are given in different order, but that doesn't make them contradictory. The first account is a chronological account (Genesis 1:1-2:4) and the second account is a topical account. (Genesis 2:5-4:26) The first account is a chronological description of the creation of the heavens and earth and it's inhabitants. The second account describes the human race and the fall into sin, introducing various...

Do you have experience with what is called psychic powers? if you have, would you like to share? or is it to personal and should not be shared?

This is not a tread about if psychic powers are real or not.

Let's cut to the chase. Raelians believe Extra-Terrestrials created life on Earth and all of our religions and we will discuss creating life.

They say the most recent creation was in the past 25,000 years. That's fine, but they say other creations could have gone on earlier on earth. Atomic isotope levels have only been measured over the last 100 years, so perhaps their measurements changed together drastically at different times. It's kind of like measuring how fast a child is growing...

I've noticed Muslims, whether they be from Sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent or Arabia, don't ever blame themselves for their wrongdoings.

They condemn Israel, complain about American foreign policy, say 9/11 was an inside job and say ISIL is a grand Israeli conspiracy.