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The below is taken from a washingtonpost.com article (may need to be a member of washingtonpost.com to read this article). The question and potential answers are taken from a recent fourth grade Saudi text book. So how many true believers do we have on this board? Check the article for the *CORRECT* answer. With friends like these, who needs enemies. The Saudi Guide To Piety Quote:
Is belief true in the following instances:
(a) A man prays but hates those who are virtuous.
(b) A man professes that there is no deity other than God but loves the unbelievers.
(c) A man worships God alone, loves the believers, and hates the unbelievers.
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Originally Posted by AndrewC  The below is taken from a washingtonpost.com article (may need to be a member of washingtonpost.com to read this article). The question and potential answers are taken from a recent fourth grade Saudi text book. So how many true believers do we have on this board? Check the article for the *CORRECT* answer. With friends like these, who needs enemies. The Saudi Guide To Piety | I choose B but thats simply the understanding of christianity, it being a saudi text book, it doesn't come as surpirse that muslims would chose C.
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If you could find me 100 muslims or christians who genuinely loved others beyond their immediate family or favourite celebrity / current masturbatory icon I would be surprised.
And I don't care whether the "others" who they are supposed to love are believers or non believers. | |
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Mmmmm, theocracy.
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I don't see the relevance of the title... Since when does hatred/love of the virtuous or unbelievers have anything to do with the truth value of the mystical claim?
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Originally Posted by Infinite Chaos If you could find me 100 muslims or christians who genuinely loved others beyond their immediate family or favourite celebrity / current masturbatory icon I would be surprised.
And I don't care whether the "others" who they are supposed to love are believers or non believers. | Since when have there been people who DO genuinely love others beyond their family? | |
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Originally Posted by DarkWizard12 Since when have there been people who DO genuinely love others beyond their family? | How about myself for starters. | |
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Originally Posted by Lachean How about myself for starters. | You love me? | |
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I'm sure, if you take into account the three manifestations of love considered by the Greek philosophers; Eros, Philia, and Agape...it isn't beyond belief that people do love outside their family and even friends.
I certainly do.
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Originally Posted by Lachean I don't see the relevance of the title... Since when does hatred/love of the virtuous or unbelievers have anything to do with the truth value of the mystical claim? | Join the club. The argument doesn't make much sense.
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