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    More Testimonies: Why I Left Islam

    Godless atheist? atheos atheos in Greek. God, I'm sure "love your neighbor as yourself" is a metaphor for hating atheists and liking only Christians, and maybe Jews and Muslims, no?
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    For Muslim. Why do you call God "Allah"?

    The tetragammon is one of those words that never really should have vowels with it. Derivatives actually show that it was Yeh (Yehoshua) although it could be Yah (yashua) but I seriously doubt that Tiberian or any other modern Hebraic pronunciation is 100% exactly like the Jews of antiquity...
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    For Muslim. Why do you call God "Allah"?

    Eloi is Aramaic, but Eli is Hebrew, the root word "El" DOES NOT MEAN GOD. No, it means power, or strenght, or might, and is used transfiguratively to mean god. Like in Old English, the word "god" actually meant "good" and was used thus accordingly. If anyone would read the Septuagint, they would...
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    God and the Jews

    yes, though a quick caveat that I'm no biologist. My specialty is in Western culture and her origins, so I could be wrong and I would prefer to defer any of my statements to more knowledgable people, however, since I am here and they are there and we are all together, the simplest solution I can...
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    Atheism and Heaven

    do you deny that there is no god? what? yes?! Oh my!
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    Atheism and Heaven

    What if Osama bin Laden was right? Then you'd be down there with us! That really make it HELL!!!
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    Atheism and Heaven

    I wonder where Dante puts us in hell?
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    Atheism and Heaven

    at least I'll be in good company...you, me, Einstein, Lance Armstrong, the entire Greek and Latin classical geniuses, Gandhi... ;)
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    Atheism and Heaven

    sorry Chief117 - but you're wrong: Deuteronomy 30:11-14
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    Atheism and Heaven

    rugerfan - many have died opposing Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, why not this brutal dictator?
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    God and the Jews

    sinner/saved - examples? Jarrodinabubble - my point exactly (see religion icon below my name) kaitsu - can we not do that with other religions? I mean, like language, can not religion be some sort of developed trait within humanity? Religion has been with us since the dawn of man, why...
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    Atheism and Heaven

    WashedClean - you're right, why would I ever want to worship a genocidal maniac for? to all else - if Jesus is the "only" way, and the law doesn't save, what was the purpose of the Torah then?
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    Atheism and Heaven

    ah, its all bs anyways. Just wondering if there were any loopholes/
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    Atheism and Heaven

    JJB - let me rephrase, is there any way for an atheist when s/he dies to go to heaven.
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    Atheism and Heaven

    Not technically true. They only don't believe in God.
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    Atheism and Heaven

    What about Romans 2:6 For he will render to every man according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and...
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    Atheism and Heaven

    According to the scriptures, is there any way an atheist can go to heaven?
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    God and the Jews

    Why isn't God found in places where his word hasn't reached yet?
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    Nudity in context

    What about in places where nudity is the de facto standard? Many African and South American cultures don't have clothes. How can that be non-consensual or exploitive?
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    Nudity in context

    When is nudity ever immoral? There can be times when it is offensive to other humans, but that doesn't make it immoral. There are times when farting can be offensive to other humans, but that doesn't make it immoral.