I don't take offense at all.
cool!
I fully expect that you would believe your holy book over something I say. When your holy book tells you that there are no people who completely lack belief in your God, and then I come along and tell you I completely lack belief in your God, I'm not really offended when you go with your holy book and see what I am saying as a lie.
i AM NOT saying that you are lying. that would be rude. i am merely instructing you on the proper viewpoint.
Makes perfect sense to me that you would then tell your brothers and sisters in Islam that there are no atheists. What confuses me is when you try to tell
me that.
it is our obligation to instruct others on Islamic monotheism. first, i'm dying from heart disease, so it is not like i can put this off. second, it isn't like i went out and found you somewhere where it might be considered inappropriate to discuss it. you come here, this is an Islamic message board. so, imagine that i'll be dead by year's end, i'm not going to Canada anytime soon, and i doubt you'll be in Auburn, WA anytime soon; when or where else might seem like a more appropriate place?
I know that I don't believe in your God and nothing you say or believe is going to change that reality.
so, you consider yourself a god? you ABSOLUTELY KNOW what is going to happen in the future? got any stock tips?
It would be like me telling you I am a millionaire. You may be absolutely convinced I am not. But if I have the money in my hand, telling me that isn't going to sway me very much
our only responsibility is to deliver the message. it is NOT our job to "sway" anyone. me, being a tad short on time, will be a little more direct than some others. not sure how much time there is to "beat around the bush".
Theism and atheism are a major divide, like having hair or not having hair is. Then on top of that, for those who have hair, you have hairstyles. There are some very big differences between religions, but they all have that one thing in common that I lack, a belief in the supernatural. Unless of course we are talking about eastern philosophies that I really wouldn't call religion.
Yes, of course, but not huge differences in outcome.
With polytheism you may have different people with different Gods, and they may war, or they may be accepting of each other. With monotheism you have people who insist there is only one God, their God. Their God is the only God, and so their God is the only God it is tolerable to worship, which has caused a lot of conflict.
They are pretty serious about their religion. They accept me though, and I think it actually may be bolstered rather than inhibited by their religion. They see that I treat their daughter well and that I am stable and do good in the community. That seems to make them like me.
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