> On 29-May-2014, at 9:59 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hate to use the argument from incredulity, but it really IS hard to imagine > that someone who's so petty they don't like gays could have made this...
Yes, with our limited knowledge, we cannot understand why sexual orientations and other desire-related personal matters could be of any significance, but if we can be reasonably sure that the majestic being who has created all this is guiding us to abstain / restrain, then it must be for our own good. Being as tiny as we are, I don't think our actions affect the Creator-Sustainer in any way... any harm we cause is only to ourselves. Samiya > > > > > >> On 29 May 2014 16:54, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 5/28/2014 9:31 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: >>> Quran (33:35) clearly states that there is forgiveness and vast reward for >>> all men and women who submit, believe, obey, speak the truth, persevere, >>> who are humble, who give alms, who fast, who guard their modesty and who >>> remember Allah much. >> >> Clearly stating something has no bearing on it's truth. The above is >> nonsense. Why should forgiveness be needed? - and if it were it would have >> to come from someone who was harmed; not from an imaginary superbeing who >> can't possibly be harmed. And why should anyone submit...to whom? Where is >> the virtue in giving up your own moral judgement and living by someone >> else's. Of course when you take these questions seriously the answer is >> obvious: "Allah" is just extrapolation of every despotic Mesopotamian king. >> He's vain, jealous, cruel, ruthless, demanding and ignorant. >> >> 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.
