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In reply to the discussion: Rumi and the Vision of the Qur'an [View all]MineralMan
(146,317 posts)83. Whose mind is locked in that way?
The unknown is the most interesting thing of all. Uncertainty about origins and other unknown information has no boundaries. It is the theists who are bound by their faith in some Creator. My universe needs no such entity.
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What about the free will of people who don't want to be murdered in a religious dispute?
trotsky
Jul 2018
#7
It is not a personal attack to reference threads where your own quoted text contradicted your claim,
trotsky
Jul 2018
#20
What makes you feel that you have this insight into the mind of the Creator? eom
guillaumeb
Jul 2018
#26
It should be obvious to everyone by now that gil's rules only apply when he wants them to.
trotsky
Jul 2018
#107
It's a ridiculous apologetic made even more ridiculous by its definition of "free will".
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2018
#77
Like the Creator, I give my children vague, non-literal, and contradictory instructions
marylandblue
Jul 2018
#9