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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

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8. such an abdication of personal responsibility

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 11:52 AM

Jan 2016

If you win, it's Allah's will.
If you lose, it's Allah's will.
Why bother?

I don't think these countries will ever get out of poverty and despair until they start to shed that mental straightjacket they've been lugging around for centuries now. Are the countries of Asia and the Middle East some of the poorest because of Allah's will?

Which are the most successful countries on Earth? Those who rely on science and humanity and not those who cannot see past their holy books.

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What It’s Like to Live in the Capital of the ‘Caliphate’ [View all] onager Jan 2016 OP

Just don't forget, ISIS has nothing to do with religion. trotsky Jan 2016 #1

Yeah, its not like it has Islamic in the name or anything. progressoid Jan 2016 #2

Of course not! Neither did the Inquistion... onager Jan 2016 #3

ISIS is like a cancer RussBLib Jan 2016 #4

Update: ISIS Fighters Suffer Pay Cut onager Jan 2016 #5

"God is the guarantor of success" hahaha RussBLib Jan 2016 #6

"God is the guarantor of success" is the core-part of their belief. DetlefK Jan 2016 #7

such an abdication of personal responsibility RussBLib Jan 2016 #8

I've been reading lately on how the scientific method developed... DetlefK Jan 2016 #9