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(82,333 posts)31. Do you think this should be taken literally?
We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
-Sam Harris (10 October 2005). "Bombing Our Illusions". The Huffington Post
-Sam Harris (10 October 2005). "Bombing Our Illusions". The Huffington Post
Do you support flushing books down the toilet that you don't like (not that it's likely you would ever advocate burning them.)
I am bemused by people who exhibit such difficulty in reading, in determining when something is literal and when something is not. It's as if some great griphold on a world view is at risk if someone can easily tell the difference when reading words.
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Huh? What rule? I merely observed that the right half of that chart was invalid.
stone space
Oct 2016
#34
I don't know anything about your rules, except that you appear obsessed with them.
stone space
Oct 2016
#42
The discussion may have no point, other than to spin in well-worn circles
struggle4progress
Oct 2016
#15
So your argument would be, then, that warring parts of the Bible shouldn't be taken literally.
Goblinmonger
Oct 2016
#11
If I tell you that I believe in the 1st Amendment's guarentee of Freedom of Religion, will you...
stone space
Oct 2016
#20
No, the challenge here is to explain why certain parts SHOULD be taken literally...
trotsky
Oct 2016
#7
What "rule" is required to believe that swords should be beaten into plowshares?
stone space
Oct 2016
#21
I do sometimes wonder if trolls have a special tendency to put words in the mouths of others
struggle4progress
Oct 2016
#14