"Putting the fear of death to the side, (no small task) does anyone think it possible that part of the anger over conflicting “God-models” is because the human mind runs the image of God with energy directly tied to the ego and self-consciousness? Sort of a case of “Prick my God, prick my ego?” Could you even find a way to insult a Zen master or a Sufi mystic? They would probably welcome it. "

If someone disbelieves in a FALSEHOOD to start with, isn't that basically a DOUBLE FALSEHOOD?

Allah did not create man in his own image. That for sure is a ludicrous statement to begin with and perhaps, the beginning of non muslim confusion regarding matters pertaining to the Creator.

<link>

True.

Ever even heard of a "Buddhist Crusade" or "Taoist Inquisition" or jihad???

Maggie Porter:

If someone disbelieves in a FALSEHOOD to start with, isn't that basically a DOUBLE FALSEHOOD?

What the hell kind of logic is that? Seriously, lay off the cough syrup..we're worried about you.

Let's look at this with some examples and perhaps you can see the flaw in your double-secret falsehood system:

Hypothetical Bob states: The earth is cube-shaped

My response: I don't believe you Hypothetical Bob.

Now, if I disbelieve that I'm now ultra-double false?

Or more correctly, I disbelieve the falsehood and have made no other additional statement other than that.

Well, Spike, I don't believe that you disbelieve Hypothetical Bob - so I claim Triple Falsehood (with Oak Leaf Cluster)!!!

Primate:

Well, Spike, I don't believe that you disbelieve Hypothetical Bob - so I claim Triple Falsehood (with Oak Leaf Cluster)!!!

I just wanted to find out whether this would be considered a Major Falsehood, or just a Light one.

;-)

Frankly, I think that Maggie has slipped a gear.

WTF is her point??!?

SoreLoser:

Frankly, I think that Maggie has slipped a gear.

WTF is her point??!?

She's a drive by. Message: Islam is the only one True Way (tm)

You always think other religions are better than the local ones because they are far away but they all have the same problems with fanatics and wackaloons.

link

With about 10 seconds of looking.

Cute.

I was scanning the article and got this strange picture in my head: "Seventeen llamas burst into a chapel in Gandan monastery in March and tore down two clay statues of protective deities..." The picture of 17 llamas bursting into a chapel in order to attack clay statues was worth the read!

Yes, but were they Specially trained Ecuadorian Mountain Llamas? Maybe Venezuelan Red Llamas? Mexican Whooping Llamas? Maybe North Chileans Guanacos (closely related to the llama)?

That freakin' Llama song is running through my head again.

They brought their inlaws??

No the inlaws supported them but didn't show up, though I did hear that the Dolly Llama was with them.

It's clear that they weren't "True" Llamas ;]

Ever even heard of a "Buddhist Crusade" or "Taoist Inquisition" or jihad???

Yes. The book reviewed at that link is worth reading if you are under the impression that Buddhism is immune to that sort of thing.