Trying to have a debate about freedom of speech as opposed to religious dogma without investigating said religion would be sillier.Originally Posted by Watchman
Re: UK press caving in under Muslim threat
Trying to have a debate about freedom of speech as opposed to religious dogma without investigating said religion would be sillier.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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Re: UK press caving in under Muslim threat
I always think that the problem with religious debate is the problem with the texts themselves.
Who chose the final books to go in the Bible for example. There were many more available, so who got the final cut? And seeing as how this was done by a man, how do we differentiate between the ones in the bible, and those that hapen to be written at the same time?
I imagine that the same can be said of Islamic scriptures. Someone has decided which ones are more worthy of holiness than others.
Very interesting...
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The early rulers of the Caliphate not too long after the Prophet passed away to be exact, far as I know.
Not really - the dogma loses out by default, right ?Trying to have a debate about freedom of speech as opposed to religious dogma without investigating said religion would be sillier.
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