
By the way, here are some of the books that I recommend.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by Rowling.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
They may be just as useless as Bertrand Russell for most, but with a lot more entertainment value.
First, you are talking about 2 pieces of the same ayah so I am not sure what you are referring to when you talk about Quran's ayats are not always taken to be logically connected one after the other.The reason why Imam is translated as book by notable translators is that they are trying to logically connect the last sentence of the ayat (And we have vested all things in Manifest Imam) with the previous sentence (And we write what they send before and their footprints that they left behind). Since God says he is writing, then it must mean that all the writing is in a book. They reduce God to a double entry book-keeper. However, Quran's ayats are not always taken to be logically connected one after the other. This is well established.
That is precisely the problem with you. The point was $8.95 would be a waste for most of us on Bertrand Russell.So I do not understand the point of your post.
And anotherAs porus said it may be time to reject all supernatural belief systems and start anew without primitive tribal boundaries. I have consistently said that secular humanism is the only solution to end this centuries old war of this religion against that.
So what happened to "free to hold any belief you want"?You are like an ostrich who has buried its head in the Bukhari sand: you don't seem to be aware of anything beyond him and his pals.
Dear kalim: I am not sure if I have been using any coercion to convert you to whatever I believe in, have I? Well, then I am a humanist too. And what you believe in is bull crap. Believe in what I believe in or you will go to hell. Justifiable coercion or truth?Dear anajmi: There is no contradiction in having complete freedom of belief and trying to convince others to change their view point. Again, as long as the "other" does not feel any (justifiable) coercion, this is completely in line what a humanist will do. Otherwise we will all be trapped in a sort of nihilism.
Well, I am the one more interested in the hereafter, and am preparing for it, you are the one unable to look beyond your nose.only a small fraction of humanity makes any attempt to look beyond their noses.
I have no idea. Isn't he?Is SHAKIR Sunni?
If you feel that I have been using any (justifiable) coercion to convert you then I apologize, however I do wish to convince you to change your beliefs, now that I know that is what a humanist is supposed to do.There is no contradiction in having complete freedom of belief and trying to convince others to change their view point. Again, as long as the "other" does not feel any (justifiable) coercion, this is completely in line what a humanist will do. Otherwise we will all be trapped in a sort of nihilism.