http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com Where Ideas are Valued.. and Evaluated Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:51:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Discussions often operate on the level of arguments, or statements. One party makes an assertion, and the other party dismisses it as "not making sense," "being flawed," or a number of other reasons for not accepting the assertion. What is often overlooked is the frame of reference used to justify ... http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/08/31/frames-of-reference/ This post is not about whether it's moral or immoral to die. I think we know the answer to that question! It's about how Muslim preachers remind people of their impending death in order to jolt them towards morality. The basis of the argument is that you will soon be held accountable by ... http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/08/28/the-ethics-of-death/ To completely rely on your reasoning does not mean that you must ignore the signals your emotions provide. There are two important ways in which your emotions can support your reasoning (there is a third way, in the form of intuition, which I will leave for a separate post): 1- What ... http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/07/27/listening-to-your-emotions/ I have already stated that, in order to understand Islam correctly, we must take into account the meaning God intended to convey to mankind, and the message brought by Prophet Muhammad as he understood it, and not as the Muslims understood it. Our intention is to bridge the gap between the ... http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/07/26/understanding-islam-is-islam-a-divine-religion/ To begin our discussion about, and study of, Islam, it is important to begin with a definition. It seems that today Muslims are offering different definitions of what Islam means, such as "Peace" or "Submission to the will of God." What interests us at this point is not the linguistic ... http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/blog/2008/07/26/understanding-islam-islam-and-the-muslims/