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It is legitimate but it is also of the sophomoric category of questions. As for Islam that you mention, there are no such issues in Islam. Stephen Fry is argui
by eternalban 10y ago
It is legitimate but it is also of the sophomoric category of questions. As for Islam that you mention, there are no such issues in Islam.
Stephen Fry is arguing the same position that Satan does in the Qur'an, pointing out 'errors' in God's judgment.
The Angels question God too in the Qur'an, but they do it very politely ..
- kristianc 10y agoYes - and I agree with you, it's banal and in some ways a very Stephen Fryish question to ask - but asking a simplistic question is not to my knowledge, a crime.
- SomeStupidPoint 10y agoWell, clearly it is a crime. The debate is over if it should be a crime.
- eternalban 10y agoI wasn't addressing the crime bit. Positively, blasphemy laws are designed to keep such conversations limited to informed circles, and negatively of course they are a means of maintaining doctrinal control over the masses.
- tim333 10y agoHmm... >Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment... >They shall have a curse on them: whenever they are found, they shall be seized and slain (without mercy). [Quran 33:57–61] You could argue calling Allah “stupid” and an “utter maniac” might annoy him, hypothetically.
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- eternalban 10y ago"Allah and His Messenger" is a technical term. You are likely misreading this as indicating 2 distinct points of view as in "A and B both think X". > You could argue calling Allah “stupid” and an “utter maniac” might annoy him, hypothetically. It depends where you do this. In general Allah claims, very much like Krishna, to have perfect 'detachment', so arguably IT does not give a fig.