On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:24 PM, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Telmo, I admire your self-control in 'religious' topics. Do you indeed > have a well fitting definition of religious? > Dear John, I don't have a good definition. I do have a distinction though: good religious feelings come from contemplating how much we don't know, bad ones come from pretending we know what we don't. Cheers, Telmo. > > > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. 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