You're going to have to be more specific.
No it took 1400 years and not for lack of trying. It was access to TNT. That's it. If Muslim had access to the means to destroy these statues they would have been destroyed much earlier - as it was attempted in the past.
I agree
Thinking that polytheism is the only tenable forum for approaching the issue of multiple faiths is characteristic of atheists attempt to place (mono)theism in a weaker light.
not sure what makes you think explosives never appeared on the scene until the early 21st century.
And if you stop to compare that with communities (even islamic communities of the same region eg - In July 1999, Mullah Mohammed Omar issued a decree in favor of the preservation of the Bamyan Buddhas. Because Afghanistan's Buddhist population no longer existed, which removed the possibility of the statues being worshiped, he added: "The government considers the Bamyan statues as an example of a potential major source of income for Afghanistan from international visitors. The Taliban states that Bamyan shall not be destroyed but protected.") who didn't consider it particularly islamic to do so, you might have an introduction to the role political climate plays in determining such affairs.
Ever watch Battlestar Gallactica?
Pretty much. These statues aren't exactly a 30 min drive from Starbucks.
ever wondered why the introduction of sci-fi doesn't radically alter the framework for the soap opera genre?Ever watch Battlestar Gallactica?
not too sure what you are looking at to suggest that we have progressed. If anything, we suffer more than ever under the duress of attachment to the ephemeral
never the less, this was issued by a taliban spokesperson
once again, ... if you stop to compare that with communities (even islamic communities of the same region ) who didn't consider it particularly islamic to do so, you might have an introduction to the role political climate plays in determining such affairs.
Well, I was thinking more along the lines that the antidote to certain memes is making it's way into the pop-culture. If you want to inoculate for certain memes... that's where you'll do it
Strange that after a thousand and something posts about how religion is a fiction, at the end of the day you take recourse of one.Well, I was thinking more along the lines that the antidote to certain memes is making it's way into the pop-culture. If you want to inoculate for certain memes... that's where you'll do it
If you can manage a better version of the q, you don't need me to tell you
If you don't share the rationale that there is one, it will probably prove a difficult topic for you to approach.
lost... me... again...Strange that after a thousand and something posts about how religion is a fiction, at the end of the day you take recourse of one.
Some questions to bring you back to reality.
In case you haven't noticed, although besieged with problems about its definition, atheism can be historically investigated.
We're just a couple of leaves in all this LG.
Well, to be fair I'm referring to mainly Western societies. Not that this matters that much. The fact is, when compared to even a generation ago, people are moving away from monotheism. There was a paradigm shift in society whereby people began to slowly think of racism as wrong. Think about it, only a couple generations ago, not only was racism correct, it was natural - White people were the superior race in all ways imaginable. White Culture was superior. Christianity was Superior. Even our languages were superior. Now a days people don't think like this anymore.
Sounds like a Rock Band actually the link points out it depends on one's working definition of atheism
That says nothing about whether it is progressive, sustainable or for that matter, even indicative of world populations.
Or alternatively, racism has simply taken a deceptive flavour.
Probably because they have already been assimilated by white culture
Even if your analysis of the role of eurocentricism in contemporary culture was correct, you have a completely incoherent argument on your hands.
I'm not sure how that analogy lends strength to your opinion as to which way the current is flowing.We're like floating leaves commenting on the state of river.
Michael
Bunch of over the top atheists rekindling a type of idealism that kicked the bucket due to events in the 20th century. Even though you may distance yourself from them, your idealism rings closer to their ideology than you might expect.PS: WTF is a "New" Atheist?
The link also points out thatligh said:
me said:
How would tons of scriptural references cause one to expect anything in real life? We note that the expectation - more atheism among the more prosperous bourgeois - has been contradicted; but then its derivation from scriptural reference was bizarre in the first place.light said:
Perhaps its the new atheists love of their meta-narrative that caused you to overlook the sub title
much the same as the normative descriptions that surround any claim offer a clue how it does and doesn't function
an ease going life born of contentment with ephemeral material facility and spiritual inquiry are a poor combination.
OK: How would tons of scriptural references cause one to take particular interpretations of them as normative descriptions surrounding claims of how real life does or doesn't function?light said:
We weren't talking about spiritual inquiry.light said:
An interesting hypothesis, which needs only some evidence. I see little support for it, though, and much contradiction - for starters, atheism seems correlated with education and scholarship, not material wealth, in every culture in which theism is the societal norm.light said: