On 12 June 2015 at 15:17, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:44 AM, John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If this "John" is me: >> >> to keep my reply short (concentrate on Islam) Why should I study scripts >> the followers of which behead, flog, stone, dismember live humans and claim >> full credit for such cruelty in the afterlife? >> > > briefly (concentrate on science) The same reason why people should study > the sciences the followers (scientists / engineers / technicians / > governments / military / businesses) of which experiment with, damage, kill > live humans and animals, destroy ecosystems, etc. and claim full credit > for being leaders of human civilisation! > >> >> A reasonable person should run away from such inhumanity, especially >> after our centuries of enlightenment. >> > > 'our centuries of enlightenment'? really? creating deadly weapons of mass > destruction and using them, poisoning the planet and creating imbalance in > the ecosystem, rendering entire species extinct, toying with the weather, > ... enlightenment??? and where can we run away from it all? except in > trying to find meaning in this suffering and trial? > > A person's concern for their own future should be reason enough to > urgently explore the scriptures! > > Two very good answers, even if I happen to disagree with them. -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
