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Act_of_Reparation

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25. We all do it, to a degree.

Reply to Mariana (Reply #24)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 02:31 PM

Sep 2018

We play video games, watch movies, read books... we consume media whereby we briefly experience the world as we'd like it to be (you knnow, fun) rather than how it actually is (well, shitty). Religion isn't any different. It's escapism, but without the reality check.

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6 Things I Love the Most About the Quran (And Why I Choose to be a Muslim) [View all] guillaumeb Sep 2018 OP

And: guillaumeb Sep 2018 #1

I read the Patheos article Karadeniz Sep 2018 #2

To clarify, the author is a Muslim. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #6

catching up Karadeniz Sep 2018 #3

This is the koran Waseem loves: Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #4

Whataboutism? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #7

If I were discussing something other than the Koran Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #9

Again, you are engaging in whataboutism. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #10

No, he's not. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #11

And you obviously misunderstand it also. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #17

Obviously. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #20

No he isn't. trotsky Sep 2018 #12

Gil's making up his own definitions for words again. nt. Mariana Sep 2018 #13

Yep. trotsky Sep 2018 #15

Considering that a misuse of the term whataboutism is standard for the choir, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #18

I GOT A BINGO!!! trotsky Sep 2018 #22

You have proven that you also misunderstand the term. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #19

So do you like the Koran as represented by the excerpt Voltaire2 Sep 2018 #16

I'm I'm reading this correctly, you like the "message" of the Koran... brooklynite Sep 2018 #5

I thought that the article was very interesting. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #8

Thank you for reminding everyone that you are indeed a Christian. trotsky Sep 2018 #23

Who cares if it's true? Mariana Sep 2018 #14

I know, right? Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #21

Yes but ... Mariana Sep 2018 #24

We all do it, to a degree. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #25