I would respect more, the man or women who stood between the person who was going to be stoned, and the crowd, than anyone who said a bunch of things in efforts to convince people of this or that, regardless of what book they base their thinking on. They would be people standing idly by while a great injustice occurred.
Because of that punishment, people started to avoid "committing adultery". It may seem a bit harsh but a fee strong rules can make this better. As my native language isn't English, I don't know how to explain correctly!
Both you and BADecker are not righteous, but self righteous. I am not willing to suppose that in one case, it is due to the teachings of a religion and in the other it is a basic personality attribute. Most likely it is simply the personalities.
This is not really good.
Odd, really that it would be the likes of me, an atheist to be saying such things. If it comes to the point that an atheist feels obliged to an extent, to lecture devout Christians and devout Muslims on proper thinking and behavior, then so be it.
Analysis.
Because of that punishment, people started to avoid "committing adultery". Were this true, then we should bring back the punishments of drawing and quartering, the rack, the Iron Maiden, the cutting out of tongues, tarring and feathering, and all other atrocities of the past.
Clearly this is nonsense.
This post is evidence that atheism is really man making himself out to be God. If man wasn't so bold as to say that God didn't exist, then he might possibly be acknowledging that God did exist. In such a case, he would not be placing himself on the pedestal as God.
When an atheist says that there is no God, he is lying. Why? He doesn't have enough knowledge to say for sure that there is no God. Yet he is making himself out to be God by making such an assertion that he is not qualified to make, that God doesn't exist.
Lying atheists.
Suit yourself.
Both you and BADecker are not righteous, but self righteous. I am not willing to suppose that in one case, it is due to the teachings of a religion and in the other it is a basic personality attribute. Most likely it is simply the personalities. This is not really good. Odd, really that it would be the likes of me, an atheist to be saying such things. I am only reflecting on you and Zahir's respective attitudes. What am I to call it but "self righteous?" Both of you are certain you are right, and I just watch your discussion objectively, because I am not involved with it.
Hey, like noted, it does seem odd.
Well, what can you expect? Atheists, just to be atheists, especially in front of all the evidence presented here
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10718395, gotta be kinda odd just to be atheists.
Not saying there are not a good percentage of self righteous atheists, either.
There certainly are...
Surah 2 - Al Baqarah :
For those of you who ask for signs, have We not shown you enough already. Look around you, look at the stars, look at the sun, look at water, these are the signs for people of knowledge
to support my claim from an unaltered book for over 1400 years back.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question14.htmlhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/09/08/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth/#.VRJN6vyUe6Mhttp://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/09/18/how-the-earth-moves-and-how-do-we-know/if you so say the Quraan took from the Bible. you should know that the First Bible does not exists. you have millions of versions of the Bible. and in the Bible written in Hebrew which was the language it was written in the beginning, ,
there is no Caps letter. which makes it this way..
Jesus never said he was Son of God. but son of God. which totally change the meaning of everything. he never CLAIMED to be Son of God. and we all humans ARE son of God.
from reading the Quraan and understanding facts, al-Khwarizmi, who founded the discipline of al-jabr, discovered algebra. so you all who are nowadays using technology, should at least give a minimum of Respect to the Holy Book despite your Religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRw25KZG0vEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEcocSZnk1ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUzLQluUy7Qif anyone else want to debate. please