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Not true. The majority of people who actually believe Jesus will return are Muslims who believe he will oversee an earthly kingdom for 7 years. The world doesn'
by tboyd47 1y ago
Not true. The majority of people who actually believe Jesus will return are Muslims who believe he will oversee an earthly kingdom for 7 years. The world doesn't end with that event.
- cvoss 1y agoNot sure if you are making a nuanced claim about the proportions of self-identified adherents who actually subscribe to orthodoxies, but the population statistics generally cut against your claim. https://www.statista.com/statistics/374704/share-of-global-population-by-religion/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/374704/share-of-global-p...
- tboyd47 1y agoIf not "the majority", then a proportion conceivably large enough to affect the polymarket results.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoIsn't that subset of the population also very likely to believe that gambling is haram?
- username332211 1y agoIsn't the entire field of Islamic finance legal (moral?) loopholes that turn the haram into halal?
- tboyd47 1y agoNo.
- tboyd47 1y agoTouche
- sb057 1y agoTechnically, prediction markets aren't gambling, they're soothsaying, which is a form of witchcraft punishable by death.
- Dylan16807 1y agoDon't you need to be using magic for it to be soothsaying?