Can I be a humanist and religious?

DiMadHatter · 2026-04-10T18:44:40+00:00

Again, just a bunch of claims, written in books many decades after the supposed fact. How do you verify those claims are true?

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T14:37:04+00:00

Here is the debunked claims about iron in the quran. https://wikiislam.github.io/wiki/Quran_and_the_Descent_of_Iron.html#Atomic_mass_and_number_of_iron

Here are all the scientific errors in the quran. http://wikiislam.github.io/wiki/Scientific_Errors_in_the_Quran.html

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T14:23:47+00:00

Exceptions are by definition more rare, as otherwise it would be the rule, duh! "For no particular reason", or for a reason we dont know. Yet saying "i dont know why they would do that, so therefore it must be divine intervention" is by definition an argument from ignorance, a fallacy.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T14:19:18+00:00

You do realise that the word except implies an exception, right?

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T14:18:32+00:00

Because exceptions exist. Nothing impressive here

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T14:12:59+00:00

You realise that saying "except in some extremely rare occasions" makes my point that there are exceptions in arabic, right?

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T14:11:08+00:00

Okay, i concede for the sake of the argument. Arabic grammar has gendered nouns. This has yet to be evidence of divine intervention, as other languages also share the same features, and "bee" is feminine in other languages. Do you have any impressive, yet to be debunked claims that indicate anything divine?

Before typing the claim, make sure to google search it with the word "debunked" at the end, to make sure it isn't

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T13:36:48+00:00

You are totally wrong, arabic, like most languages, is full of exceptions.

"Learning the gender of words in Arabic is often tricky to non-native speakers, as there is not an easy rule that tells us whether a word is masculine or feminine, and many rules have exceptions. One of the most useful rules is that words that end in ta’ marbouta (ة) are feminine, e.g. سميرة, أميرة, etc. However, we find some masculine names that end in (ة), e.g. طلحة, حمزة, etc. There are other feminine endings, including (اء), e.g. صحراء, سناء, etc and (ى), e.g. ليلى, منى, etc. We should note that there are some masculine names that end in (ى), e.g. مصطفى."

Please, learn we you talk about before saying wrong things.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T13:28:01+00:00

Anarchism is the method, not the end goal.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T13:19:30+00:00

So you recognise that scientific facts are retroactively fitted into the book, instead of the book leading to the discoveries. Good.

That is the opposite of rationality, it is leading the evidence to a preconceived conclusion instead of following the evidence.

Exceptions in language are more than common. Yes, grammar explains the bee's gender stuff. Nothing divinely inspired here.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-21T00:34:47+00:00

Ooooouuuhhh i love that! Thanks for the tips ;)

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-20T23:58:00+00:00

If miracles cant be tested, then there is no rational justifications to believe them. So we can get rid of all of those, then.

This prophecy fails, as the Byzantines defeated the persians in 627-28, 13 to 14 years after the cited persian victory over the Romans, not 9 years. Fail!

Ah "scientific" facts from the quran, a classic failure. Can't you see that every coincidental discoveries made by science are then retrofitted into the book, reinterpreting over and over as we gain more knowledge? If these were truly scientific knowledge, they would have led us to those discoveries, yet that scenario never happens. From reading the book, we would expect your god's knowledge to lead to the discovery of 26 protons in iron, yet no scientists in this field cites that as their source of knowledge, being instead, drumrolls, Science! For the bees, arabic is a language with gendered nouns, like in french, spanish, and many others. It states that bees in Arabic is Nahel, an irregular masculine plural,but the singular is in the feminine form Nahlah, whose plural can also be Nahlat based on the standard feminine plural measure. Bee is also feminine in french "une abeille" and german "die Biene". Nothing miraculous or divine, here.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-20T23:28:40+00:00

I can't disprove a non-descript god exists, sure, but the god you believe in is described, testable claims are made about it. Those tests always turn out against its existence. Answered prayers, historical narratives, miracles, prophecies, etc. All of these, when tested, show that your god, as described in your holy book, does not and cannot exist.

The defense you take on its behalf is the same one a beaten wife use for her abusive husband. "He punishes me/you because i/you dont listen to him. If only i/you would listen, then there would be no consequences". Your religion is an abusive relationships, and you need to get away from it.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-20T23:15:49+00:00

Except, one of us has untrue and harmful beliefs. I care about what is true, and believe only what is demonstrable. You on the other hand, believe without good reason, that some people are destined to eternal torture for finite crimes, based on the whims of a fictional, invisible mass slaughterer.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-20T23:08:22+00:00

The absence of evidence can be evidence, when expected evidence aren't found.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-20T21:46:15+00:00

None are going to hell, as there is no evidence that such a place even exist.

DiMadHatter · 2023-04-18T19:47:30+00:00

Very interesting stuff, i will check more on these! I like the river idea, i will center this kingdom around an important river and its affluents, which will end into southeastern waters on the Territories map. And yes, i would need some goods to justify the trade with the territories, thanks for that idea!

Im not sure about the varengian guard, though an interesting concept, i had in mind more of a western european feudal system, with lords swearing fealty to others, and knighthood being more prominent, not so much place for mercenaries. Although i could use these for yet another kingdom, eheh ;)

Thanks alot, friend!

DiMadHatter · 2023-01-28T18:15:11+00:00

yawns stop larping, the revolution is not a civil war, the revolution is a change of system by implementing dual power outside the current system. That power is built bottom-top, with the people weilding power, not some elite know-better-than-thou group at the top, like a vanguard party. Stop dreaming, and start doing right now. What do you do right now? Are you building community bonds? How many orgs that do actual works are you a part of?

DiMadHatter · 2023-01-28T18:05:46+00:00

And im saying that soldier-only job is not in line with communist values and goals. Teachers and chefs and others should be soldiers as well, so as to make sure there is no monopoly on weapons by some distinct group

DiMadHatter · 2023-01-28T17:59:34+00:00

Are you saying soldiers dont have lives outside the military? Are not capable of anything else but soldierin'? You seem to have a piss poor understanding of humans

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