Khaled, You'll get no argument from me (nor from the Archbishop). Did you listen to what he said ?)
That's why I couldn't understand your "beg to differ". You are begging to agree in fact. Sharia tradition is no less traditional that Christian tradition, they're both just social / cultural traditions correctly subject to intellectual revision and not at all fundamental. Ian On 2/14/08, Khaled Alkotob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Ian] > > You'll have to explain your final comment > > "As for making faith the core for morality, well I beg to differ" > > > > What do you beg to differ about ? > > Well first of all I should have said 'religious faith' > > Wrong is wrong as defined by the intellectual level and not some > religious doctrine. > > Stealing or killing should be shunned and avoided not because of > religious doctrine but because it does society harm. > > Yes some of these religious laws tend to coincide with the universal > laws. > > The fact that modern society looks down on capital punishment, while old > religious scriptures ( some religions) tend to favor it in certain > situation, goes to show that intellect trumps religious laws. > > Sharia law may have been fine and dandy 1600 years ago, but some of it > does not go well today. > Stoning adulterers may have kept the village entertained for an afternoon > 2000 years ago, doing so today may seem out place. > > Khaled > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
