And that is the problem - finding the 72 virgins.
'Hey, Sis, Dad says you're better in the sack than Mom, but I think it's the other way around'
definition of religion
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And that is the problem - finding the 72 virgins.
'Hey, Sis, Dad says you're better in the sack than Mom, but I think it's the other way around'
Tenpenny, when a Muslim terrorist blows up a car, a building, a plane etc and blows himself up, he gets 72 virgins when he goes to Heaven.
But I am not sure how it works for a female terrorist, what does she get when she blows herself up. There have been a few cases. Does she get 72 male virgins? I don’t know what good would be a male virgin.
So much "religion," so little "charity."
A wiser man than I said (and I paraphrase), "You can tell an apple by its taste, a flower by its scent, and a religious man (Eg. Christian) by what he does."
A wiser man than I said (and I paraphrase), "You can tell an apple by its taste, a flower by its scent, and a religious man (Eg. Christian) by what he does."
I would say you can tell a man by what he does, but then, I'm not in the nasty habit of weighing people's worth out by their beliefs like some do.
Indeed it should, as should have been the first letter of the post you replied to.
So if a man be weighed by his actions, and if a man's religious beliefs drive his actions, then his actions provide a measure of the worth of his beliefs.
Not really, since humans are flawed and prone to doing things that even they don't believe are wrong or healthy. Even atheists will act against their personal moral code. Does it mean their moral code is worthless? No.
To say the value of a system is judged by how well people stick to it would mean that the food guide is worthless. ;-)
Ahhh,,,,
So, the beliefs of Christians, Moslems, Jews, and others are not to be judged by their deeds!
Must be hard to hold an intelligent conversation with all this childish bickering going on around you.
But it does not necessarily provide an indication of his beliefs' validity. Few people have the fortitude to make their belief the focus of their entire being. IOW, they stray.
Indeed Spade, that is the only way to judge a religion. Forget what it says in their Holy Book (Bible, Koran etc.), see what they do in practice. Whether it be Crusades, Inquisition, persecution of scientists in the Dark Ages, Witch burning, killing of non Muslims, stoning women to death, 9/11 attack and so on.
Religions are judged based upon what they do, and not what they preach.