Telmo, I admire your self-control in 'religious' topics. Do you indeed have a well fitting definition of religious?
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Kim Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 2 May 2014, at 6:05 pm, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 02-May-2014, at 11:03 am, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 5/1/2014 9:08 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >> Proof is the domain of science. Scripture guides the way for those who >> believe. For those who believe theology to be a valid area of study, it is >> interesting to find that though the scriptures may be ancient, yet they are >> still relevant to modern age / scientific knowledge, and thus should not be >> discarded, rather a careful study has much to offer to those seeking a >> Theory of Everything. >> >> >> Bruno's a big proponent of studying theology; so maybe you'll convince >> him. >> >> Not trying to convince anyone. Just sharing so that whoever finds it >> worth considering considers. >> Samiya >> >> >> The only thing you are sharing on this list is your deep personal >> emotional need for people to show respect for your "holy book". Like all >> those smitten by some ancient text, you are only vaguely concealing the >> fact that you are out to proselytise for your favourite religion. You are >> clearly a soldier in the army of Islam and you are out to convert the >> infidel. I must say you are getting pretty boring. You have tried every >> conceivable angle by now to fixate everyone onto the Qu'ran and you simply >> won't give up until people love you for your deep religious fervour. Buddy >> - it simply ain't gonna happen in this place. You are not advancing >> anything other than arguments from authority as you have been told multiple >> times by now. This kind of thing cannot be concealed by any amount of >> contrived scholarly nonsense, most of which serves only to bore people on >> this list to death, mainly because of the selective and tendentious >> reasoning behind your posts. I'm afraid there isn't much meat in your >> sandwich. >> > > I had a friend from Saudi Arabia who opened a cafe* near my house at the > time. He practiced Islam but was very discrete about it. He was a smart > guy, and willing to discuss his beliefs without any intent to proselytise. > He never started that conversation, I was the one curious about it. Once he > was insisting with me that I should try some new import beer that he just > got. I asked him how could he encourage me to drink, if he was my friend > and believed that to be a sin. He said: "you are lucky. you don't know any > better, so Allah doesn't mind". So I follow his advice to this day and > steer clear of any religious enlightenment that could interfere with life's > little pleasures! :) > > Cheers, > Telmo. > > * in the european sense, so it also served booze > > >> >> Kim Jones >> >> >> >> >> Brent >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
