Religion

Mariana

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14. Who cares if it's true?

Wed Sep 26, 2018, 12:00 PM

Sep 2018

I can't tell you how many times I've heard some religious person say something like, "Do you really want to believe there's nothing after you die?" or "Do you really want to believe there's no eternal justice?" or "Do you really want to believe everything is a matter of chance?"

And I think, what the hell does what I want to believe have to do with anything?

Apparently some religious people are able to decide to believe something just because they want it to be true. Maybe the author is one of those people.

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6 Things I Love the Most About the Quran (And Why I Choose to be a Muslim) [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2018 OP

And: guillaumeb Sep 2018 #1

I read the Patheos article Karadeniz Sep 2018 #2

To clarify, the author is a Muslim. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #6

catching up Karadeniz Sep 2018 #3

This is the koran Waseem loves: Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #4

Whataboutism? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #7

If I were discussing something other than the Koran Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #9

Again, you are engaging in whataboutism. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #10

No, he's not. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #11

And you obviously misunderstand it also. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #17

Obviously. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #20

No he isn't. trotsky Sep 2018 #12

Gil's making up his own definitions for words again. nt. Mariana Sep 2018 #13

Yep. trotsky Sep 2018 #15

Considering that a misuse of the term whataboutism is standard for the choir, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #18

I GOT A BINGO!!! trotsky Sep 2018 #22

You have proven that you also misunderstand the term. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #19

So do you like the Koran as represented by the excerpt Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #16

I'm I'm reading this correctly, you like the "message" of the Koran... brooklynite Sep 2018 #5

I thought that the article was very interesting. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #8

Thank you for reminding everyone that you are indeed a Christian. trotsky Sep 2018 #23

Who cares if it's true? Mariana Sep 2018 #14

I know, right? Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #21

Yes but ... Mariana Sep 2018 #24

We all do it, to a degree. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #25