On 20 April 2014 16:01, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:34 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 20 April 2014 15:15, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Chris, I was replying to Spudboy100 who refuses to consider the Quran >>> because of the 'jihadis' 'behavoir' . The point I was trying to make is >>> that some people, from all religious persuasions, do strange and at times >>> horrible things. We need to look past people and their behaviours, and >>> examine the religious texts to evaluate for ourselves what it is. We are >>> all responsible for our own beliefs and actions. We come to this world >>> alone, we will leave it alone. What religious label we are born in, which >>> religious label or not we choose, eventually we all must face death alone, >>> and whatever's beyond that. Wishing it away because some people are poor >>> ambassadors or poor communicators of the message, won't change things >>> according to our wishes. We humans have intelligence and a vast wondrous >>> world full of thoughts and ideas and science and signs... we must explore >>> everything we can for its own merit before discarding it. >>> On this Everything list, I see earnest seekers exploring almost >>> everything, but somehow they stop short of scripture, especially Quran. I >>> understand much of this has to do with a filtered view of history, >>> long-held prejudices, popular media, as well as the actions of people who >>> poorly understand or use the religion, etc. >>> >> >> This is, at least in my case, due to a distrust of taking the authority >> of centuries-old texts when there is little to no evidence that any of them >> contain more than - at best - a slight grain of truth, and when from a >> present day perspective it is clear they were created for reasons well >> understood by psychologists (in particular, for social control). >> >> >>> The thing is, to understand everything, we must be willing to explore >>> everything. >>> >> >> Including Uri Geller, UFOs, a thousand people who want to "prove Einstein >> wrong", Borley Rectory, the people trying to sell me something from >> Nigeria, the Loch Ness monster, Ouija boards, Thor, Zeus, Odin and so on - >> yes, no doubt one shouldn't dismiss anything, but life's too short not to >> prioritise. >> > > Too short, yes! Prioritize, yes! Especially because if there is a purpose > to this life, and especially if there is more to life after death, and if > this short life is but a test, whose result is eternal, then we better > study earnestly. Difficult, yes, impossible, no! > > Hmm. Pascal's wager, no less. So which of the 1000s of Gods people have invented, I mean discovered through divine revelation, should one bet on (and why) ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
