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Hello Asqy I :) Are you from Queensland?

haha that Swan remark came out of no-where

Black is the way to go for a first suit I think. It goes with anything and it is the most flexible for any situation. I recently obtained my first suit -- Pierre Cardin dark navy (but it looks black, you honestly cannot tell that it is navy), with subtle white pinstripes. Very nice...

If the issue was the abortion of all black males, and it was said that it would be "cruelty to dogs", then that might be acceptable given modern black slang use of the term "dog". If the connotations of the language used clearly conveyed such humour in those circumstances then that would be...

The question is always one of degree. These things can only be determined according to the circumstances and context. Calling all black people animals is well beyond the threshold of acceptable political incorrectness.

I think you mean facist. And you're wrong anyway. Why do you think Australia has anti-vilification and anti-discrimination laws? Strange, because I don't think the target of that joke would find it particularly funny. I'm not going to bite your heads off for it I'm just warning you - racism...

You too. There is a difference between being politically incorrect and being blatantly racist.

Careful mister.

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Science is the pursuit of truth. It attempts to explain the world as we know it. Believing in something contrary to science is completely foolish without some justification. If I told you that I could fly you wouldn't believe me. Why? Because it is contrary to science: we know humans cannot fly.

Evidence that there was a church/belief in Christianity back then proves nothing about the actual validity of that belief. People trust secular historical accounts because secular historical accounts don't try to make us believe things that are scientifically implausible and far-fetched.

Wasn't it Marx who said that religion was the opium of the masses? :)

You haven't estbalished that there are no aliens living among us either :) The onus is on you to show that you're right, not for us to prove you wrong.

Okay well basically I am wondering why you believe in Islam. That involves why you believe in Allah, why you believe the Qu'ran is the final word of God, etc. Those are the beliefs of Islam, but why do you believe that those beliefs are true? (Nothing against Islam specifically, I would...

Actually, Zahid, I think I ought to apologise. If you do not want to discuss your beliefs and are uncomfortable in doing so I am completely fine with that -- I don't want to push anyone into a discussion that they don't want to be in. Despite my acerbic disagreement with religion I realise...

No, that is the belief of Islam. I asked why you believe in Islam (ie. why you believe it is the final word of Allah ).

Why do you believe in Islam?

Firstly, "righteousness" is to be equated with morality, not accuracy or truth. Secondly, again no response to my argument has been made. It just suggests that you have none. You may believe that you are right but you fail to provide any grounds for that belief. You can therefore understand...

No I think you're mistaken there. Can you please point me in the direction of those comments because I am sure that I would never say something like that without qualifying it. Either you have completely exaggerated it, taken it out of context or oversimplified what I said. Edit: Ok

I say the following with respect, but I do believe my comments are called for. No, my definition of reason is justifying beliefs with logic and evidence. This is objective. 2+2 will always equal 4. Reason includes logic and similar forms of reasoning such as deductive, inductive, modal, etc...