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The fear--that life without God is meaningless--has long been recognized by theistic & atheistic philosophers alike & it seems unthinking to simply dismiss it in such an offhanded way. The

So, get this: a nurse just complained to me about "a Muslim family" that recently lost a loved one in our ER... & she was implying how inconsiderate it was

This is a very important thread. Thank you very much for putting this out, as I see this claim bandied about even amongst academics. As an aside, I have turned

This is why WikiIslam is *not* a reliable source to use. Here again, we see the gullible & credulous approach to the historical sources, especially when it can be weaponized

It is certainly true that modern Muslims are split on the issue of Ḥadīth. Nineteenth-century Islamic modernists, such as Sir Sayyid & Cherāgh ʿAlī, pioneered Ḥadīth skepticism, with none other

Did someone pay you to throw me this softball? Well, thank you for teeing me up this way. Much appreciated! In point of fact, there is actual scholarship on this