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I meant : how is Augustine himself relevant to the Baha'i faith? :)

you know I don't think that :p lots of stories like that. it's really absurd, at times, I honestly feel I'm living in some sort of warped reality. Sometimes, things get so weird, so outlandish that I really wonder if it's real or not. I know people who wake up every day, open the window, and...

Wow, thanks Earl. Great link, really informative. I always thought answers.com was a shitty site, but apparently, I was wrong :p I think they took quite a few things from wikipedia (or was it the other way round?) but it completes the wikipedia article rather well. I agree - it seems to me...

Oh God, you told your husband kos emak? LMAO, what did you tell him when he asked who taught you this expression? I should have warned you, seriously, this particular expression is to use only in veeeeery delicate situations. Men don't like to hear someone tell them something about their...

I agree 100% on the social equality thing. There's this beautiful part in the Confessions about stealing and divine justice. I'll have to look it up and post it, but he basically says that if a poor man, dying of hunger, steals to feed himself, his family, then he has, true, wronged human laws...

I'd like to be Kate Bush Because it must be such a mind-blowing experience, to go through the head of one of the most brilliant, innovative singers-songwriters. Seriously. What's it like, being the awesomeness that is Kate Bush? :cool: Other than that, I'd also like to be the following : A...

The Dreaming has nothing to do with "dreams' - if I understood that well. :) I don't know. Part of it is what Wil said, creation myths. But it's also a worldview, a certain concept of time (the Everywhen, past, present and future together, are one...), a set of values and morals. I found a...

WHAT? You don't know any swear words?! :eek: What a shame! shame, shame, shame! haram! The Arabic language is at its most beautiful when it comes to swear words! Okay, perhaps not "most beautiful", but definitely at its most creative! I don't know if the Egyptians swear like we do, but...

Do you refer to the closing of the gates of ijtihad (spelling?) ? It is an eye-opener. It helps us separate what is political or traditional from what is in fact religious. Islam becoming a reactionary faith because of political necessities. Have you read Irshad Manji's wonderful book, The...

Just wanted to point out how very beautiful this last statement is. It made my day. Seriously. Thanks juan ;)

Yes, demographic threat... Don't know why I said democratic. :rolleyes: And I'm preeeeetty sure it was Netanyahu. here : Netanyahu: Israel's Arabs are the real demographic threat - Haaretz - Israel News :D Oh well, we're not doing any better on our side of the border. And YES! I was AMAZED...

One of the argument is that the Western woman is barren (:rolleyes:) because she is uncircumcised. And Muslim women bear more children because they're circumcised. oh, and may I just say LOL to the last statement? I think it's the funniest thing I ever heard in my life. In the West, 100 % (no...

Yes, if there is one thing one should concede to the Israeli government, it's that it IS a democracy - to a certain extent, true, but I mean... The fact that Ilan Pappé is allowed to publish his provocative book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (which I haven't read yet, but I really want...

Aren't you taking existence for granted then? :p I thought the ultimate truth was that there is no ultimate truth. Or is that a contradiction in itself? ;) If there IS an Ultimate Truth (caps, please, we're using BIG words!:D), it's probably out of our reach... for the time being?

I've been reading quite a lot about the Dreaming in Indigenous Australian mythology. All Indigenous Australian peoples share this concept of The Dreaming, which I find fascinating, but which I have such a hard time understanding. I can't honestly say I fully comprehend what The Dreaming is...

That's the point, 17th (what's short for your nick? 17th or Angel? or none? :P). It's not faith, it's tradition. It has nothing to do with religion. Stupidity pretty much ignores religious boundaries. Wil, should the guy who just recently stopped smoking refrain from telling others to stop...

You won't believe what I can hear at times : "Yeah, European women. They're good for having fun when you're young. But once you want to settle down, get serious, you have to marry a nice, local, Arabic girl. Because you know how these Europeans, they're mostly sluts. You don't want to marry a...

Fair enough. I'm not saying all "Westerners" (yeh, the quotation marks were definitely necessary there :D) that are interested in Buddhism are superficial. I'm only stating that fact that in mainstream "occidental" culture Buddhism is reduced to a set of pretty, neat notions that can be used or...

Funny, I wonder what the " exceptional circumstances " are, that require mutilating a girl... It's weird, how is it the norm in Egypt and not in Middle-Eastern countries? It's also strangely sick, when you think about it, that these women who are not circumcised do it to their own...

It's probably not your case, but you gotta admit that part of the Western interest in let's say Buddhism is only very superficial and part of the fascination is due to the fact that "it comes from far far away". And I hope I don't burst a bubble if I tell you that yes, when people are...