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by azth 5y ago
What are some examples of unneeded complexity?
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by azth 5y ago
Very cool. What's your backend stack written in if you're able to share?
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by azth 5y ago
That's a straw man. Because money would only be lent for charity, people will actually engage in proper non parasitic financial transactions for business.
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by azth 5y ago
Switching to a usury free economic system is a start.
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by azth 5y ago
They can change their culture such that they socialize over tea or something not harmful.
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Yet, driving has been getting safer and safer with cars that crash better, have monitoring systems, pre collision breaking, etc. This is not possible with drinking.
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by azth 5y ago
That's correct, all intoxicants are prohibited in Islam. The word (khamr) refers to any substance that masks a person's thinking ability (the word "khimaar" is a face veil, and both khimaar and khamr derive from the same
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by azth 5y ago
> But claiming there is no ‘safe’ level does not seem an argument for abstention. There is no safe level of driving, but government do not recommend that people avoid driving. False equivalence. Drinking is not necessary for life (and it
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by azth 5y ago
Increases socialization only because the culture is required to socialize over alcohol. In other societies, we socialize over tea and coffee.
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by azth 5y ago
> They ask you about wine (khamr) and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit." https://quran.com/2/219 > O you who have beli
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by azth 5y ago
It's not anti-Semitic, let's be honest with ourselves.
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by azth 5y ago
This is another reason why it is destructive to run society on a usurious financial system.
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by azth 5y ago
It's an ill formed question. By definition, the Creator exists outsides the realms of His creation, and thus, is not bound by its laws.
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by azth 5y ago
Part of it is the widespread use of subpar languages for large scale development. Python, javascript, golang, etc. are all very bad languages to use in large scale dev. They may be relatively quick to get things off the ground, but once thi
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by azth 5y ago
It's actually hard and absurd not to believe in a Creator.
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by azth 5y ago
Hedging against government induced inflation. Easy money transfer across borders without a 3rd party. Those are two pretty strong values.
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by azth 5y ago
I'm not interested in the incarceration rates in the US (the legal and social system is so messed up it's difficult to find a starting point - Europe is not different either for the record), the discussion is about what is a valid
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by azth 5y ago
Drink tea instead. In the Gulf countries, there are many cafes that serve Chai/Karak tea and people socialize while drinking it.
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by azth 5y ago
> but how much physical harm did people suffer Is physical harm the only harm that matters? > Are they on the street now, begging for dinner? That's not how justice works.
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by azth 5y ago
> I probably would have had a middle eastern airline on the list before I did a project with them last year. After that, I learned a lot that made me stick to the list above. Are you able to elaborate? My email address is in my profile i
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by azth 5y ago
> That wasn't going to happen to my dad, either, and he kept a length of iron pipe at hand to beat the student into letting go of the controls. That's awesome haha. Hope your dad is well.
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by azth 5y ago
> - Has lower-level officials that accept bribes How many countries does that leave? And why only low level, why not also high level? Doesn't that rule out the US as well? > - Has had airlines and planes for fewer than 5 decades
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by azth 5y ago
It doesn't have to be active sex life tracking, there are other ways. When cheater are punished, it will make others less likely to cheat. Win win for everyone.
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by azth 5y ago
Why are you being downvoted?
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by azth 5y ago
Then perhaps cheaters should be punished, and not parties not involved in the cheating?
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by azth 5y ago
Sure. * https://quran.com/102/8 (the worldly pleasures include: health, wealth, free time, food and drink, safety, housing, etc.) * https://quran.com/90/8-18 * https://sunnah.com/r
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by azth 5y ago
> I think the main problem we view depression as a disease when it is a symptom with several possible causes. I agree. The fact that depression and mental illnesses highly correlate with lack of religion and rise of the secular nation is
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by azth 5y ago
> The modern "progressive" thought-process is to feel guilty about having a good education. This is what happens when there is a lack of religion and belief in God. In Islam, we know we're going to be asked about the bless
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by azth 5y ago
How is it usurious?
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by azth 5y ago
Hopefully crypto will become more real in the future and offer a way out of the corrupt usurious fiat system.

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