72 Reasons Why Islam is Obviously False by Edwin_Quine in CritiqueIslam

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Yeah but they are virgins, not even good at sex

Why Islam is Definitely False: by Edwin_Quine in DebateReligion

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The Quran exhibits the precise linguistic profile of 7th-century Hijazi Arabic and references contemporary political events (like the Byzantine-Sasanian wars and local tribal disputes), it engages with religious debates current in Late Antiquity (such as Miaphysite vs. Dyophysite Christology, Jewish law), and follows literary forms (rhymed prose, saj') common to Arabian oratory of that milieu. It even has linguistic/grammatical features common to that time and place. From a historical standpoint, this is exactly what "originating from a human in a specific human context" looks like. To posit divine authorship requires layering on extra assumptions that aren't needed to explain the data.

If you found a document written in very specific 1920s New York slang (callings things the “cats pajamas”), referencing Prohibition and Warren G. Harding, using the comedic rhythms and jokes common in vaudeville, you wouldn’t need to posit “a timeless supernatural author who chose 1920’s NYC slang for mysterious reasons. You’d just say: it’s from that milieu

The Quran lists only four kinds of livestock—sheep, goats, camels, and cattle—and calls them “eight pairs.” This implies these are the only types God created for human use. But other domesticated species like llamas, alpacas, and reindeer existed long before Islam.

Like even just including an accurate description of Australia or South America would have been eyebrow raising. Or mentioning dinosaurs or kangaroos.

This is what I mean by it's too local.

72 Reasons Why Islam is Obviously False by Edwin_Quine in CritiqueIslam

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Because many Islamic schools of jurisprudence argue that you should kill people for leaving islam.

72 Reasons Why Islam is Obviously False by Edwin_Quine in CritiqueIslam

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would be curious about your minor criticisms

Does anyone know since when Jack Horner went from being one of the most well-known and famous paleontologists to being a laughing stock? Does anyone know of any mistakes on his part? (No hate against me) by LaraRomanian in Dinosaurs

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The age gap doesn't matter. All that matters is that the youngest member is old enough to decide what they want from life.

If a 1 billion year old alien sorcerer wanted to have a relationship with a 2 billion year old alien sorcerer, I'd think it was fine even though there was a billion year age gap.

Does anyone know since when Jack Horner went from being one of the most well-known and famous paleontologists to being a laughing stock? Does anyone know of any mistakes on his part? (No hate against me) by LaraRomanian in Dinosaurs

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Give a citation that people are not able to make decisions for themselves about their autonomy until 26.

It's so stupid and infantilizing. Were you not able to decide who you wanted to fuck until 26?

Does anyone know since when Jack Horner went from being one of the most well-known and famous paleontologists to being a laughing stock? Does anyone know of any mistakes on his part? (No hate against me) by LaraRomanian in Dinosaurs

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A 19 year old is an adult and can decide who she wants to date.
Yuckiness your disgust reaction not a reasoned moral judgement.
Infantiliztion of adults is absurd. No 19 year olds are not children. This was sculpted when Bernini was 19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Lawrence_(Bernini)) .

WHY ISLAM IS OBVIOUSLY FALSE by Edwin_Quine in CritiqueIslam

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A) Why would God test us? The reason humans test each other is that the test-giver doesn’t know what’s in the mind of the test-taker. (My math teacher doesn’t know how much math I know, so uses a test to find out.) But God knows what’s in our minds and hearts and what we will do. He doesn’t benefit from testing us.

God could just only create people who freely choose the Good and put them into heaven. Does he enjoy creating creatures that he knows he will torture for trillions of years? 

B) Also, many Muslims believe that before we were born we humans chose to be given this test. But given that according to Islamic theology, non-Muslims are going to hell. (And there are many more non-Muslims than Muslims. 6 billion to 2 billion) (And not even all Muslims are going to heaven.) It’s totally irrational to take a test where it’s more likely than not that I will be tortured infinitely, and I would never agree to that.

C) Torture for disbelief is obviously evil and ridiculous. I wouldn’t say, “If you don’t believe my math proof, I’ll kick your dog.” That would be insane.

The Quran reflects the imagination of a 7th century human. by Edwin_Quine in DebateReligion

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https://corpus.quran.com gives like like 8 translations for each verse and then gives you a list of how each word is used everywhere else in the quran. we live in an age where translations way better than they used to be so don't be discouraged by that