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  1. Syphros

    The Genesis account of creation.

    [/LIST] Who created God then? [/LIST] The third law of thermodynamics makes this impossible. [/LIST] Ground existed long before the oceans condensed. [/LIST] Bacteria always come first. Plants and animals evolved independently at the same time. Although cynobacteria (that photosyntheses)...
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    Is the hijab unnecessary?

    I have a few points to make about this. Hijab as a political icon shows the intent of muslims to prevent integration in a western country. However, they expect our women to wear hijab when we visit their country. I would in fact argue that Muslim women are deceived by the males in Islam. I see...
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    Is Islam a violent religion?

    Frankly, some of the responses here make me reconsider the amount of hate for muslims there is. And M O N S T E R, stop giving tolerant Atheist's (like myself) a bad name. Take your intolerance and grumble in private. Your "moron" comments are foolish, arrogant and inconsiderate. I want answers...
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    Is Islam a violent religion?

    Here is a website I found. Can any muslims please enlighten me on these claims?
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    Women in Islam

    Does she get any time to get to know her husband before her marriage? If she doesn't like him can she stop the marriage or does she have to get a divorce afterward? It seems a bit cruel that the woman cannot pursue her own relationships. Is a previous friendship required/preferred between the...
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    Atheism and Afterlife

    But is only this stage of becoming conscious? People need to shed their fear of death as a terrible thing. I intend to plan my own funeral. If no such afterlife exists, the legacy I leave behind will live on. It is my single commentary about our materialist reality. It doesn't matter, it's...
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    Women in Islam

    Peace, Thank you for spending time writing this article. I have a few questions about modesty that I didn't have a chance to mention in my previous thread. Due to the disputes in Iran, I have become interested in Iranian Policy. How is Iran viewed by other Muslim cultures? Does the state have...
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    Atheism and Afterlife

    I would choose an afterlife of solitude over reincarnation. That's only my earthly opinion. Experiences seem to follow similar themes, peoples traditional view of death, e.g. tunnel and light. I have a theory that consciousness lives on in a non-materialistic form after death, a bit like a...
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    Atheism and Afterlife

    After reading this article it reinforced my Humanist Ignostic position to the point where 'death anxiety' is troubling me. The is no proof for the existence of God so therefore God in a supernatural sense cannot exist. You cannot disprove the existence of flying pigs so the no proof for God not...
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    Religion - A Cultural Competition

    Polytheism! Shoot! I forgot about them. Yes it does... Each God has his own messenger perhaps. In the Old Testament (and the Torah?) G-d himself said he is a jealous god and that the Hebrews should worship only him. The possibilities of other Gods is limitless. I can imagine Zeus and...
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    Religion - A Cultural Competition

    While your religion is a fascinating, I tend to believe along the lines of humans can't define God. God is the unknown and it is not our purpose to know. Some religions have done awful things so I have lost faith in many namely Iran's treatment of it's citizens and things like the Crusades...
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    Religion - A Cultural Competition

    A question I have asked myself for a long time is: Why are there so many religions? Surely if there was only one God, it would manifest itself in one person. Gautama Buddha claimed to have found enlightenment by abandoning materialism. Moses claimed that there was one God and brought...
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    Women in the Qur'an and other scriptures: A comparative study

    Wow, you could scrape the hostility of the walls. Interfaith dialogue is very important when dealing with this issue. Intolerance is one thing, but this debate seems fierce. This proves my frustration, as long as you see every other religion as wrong or misguided, how on Earth do you expect to...
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    The Afterlife

    I have a problem with all the afterlives mentioned in religious texts. I hope someone can enlighten me. If an afterlife exists, with a judging God, all non-believers go to hell right? All of those who deny existence of your God or prophets go to hell? All those who live as good people, who...
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    Hey, Syphro here! How are you?

    Hey, Syphro here! How are you?
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    Messiah Prophecies

    How come Jews didn't accept Jesus as the messiah? Many Christians say that he fulfilled many Jewish prophecies. Are the fact the Jews still don't believe he is God part of this prophecy?
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    Is God insecure?

    eh? I write like this it is not a quote.
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    Is God insecure?

    Ahhh, maybe only Abrahamic! D'oh!
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    Is God insecure?

    I know it is a bit of a strange question, but bear with me. First, assume that everything in your relevant sacred text is true. God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent and the perfect creator of the cosmos. He created us with an immortal soul. However, if he is all the above things then...
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    Intelligent Design and Jesus

    Why do all the websites promoting intelligent design over evolution always reference to the Bible and Jesus as the messiah? These websites cite: A number of prophecies, archaeological evidence and the complexity of life as proof for intelligent design and Jesus' divinity. Are these Christian...
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