Musing about a difference in the understanding of morality by Muslims and Christians. And ending with a better understanding of the Muslim interpretation of the attempted sacrifice by Abraham, based on a fate made actual by God.
Continue July 29, 2007
This concerns the Muslim notion that it is the result of an action that determines the morality of that action, and that “patience” is needed until the final result of an action is known. Here, to test that notion, I toy with the idea of the “Lie of Gabriel”.
Continue July 27, 2007
Musing about Kant’s socially practical idea of a church for the moral development of the human societies.
Continue July 27, 2007
Kant’s call for a church for the moral salvation of the human race and why he chose Christianity to provide this church as opposed to Islam.
Continue July 23, 2007
The Islamic conception of morality as a function of the end result of any action, i.e., the end justifies the means; and how this differs from the Christian conception of morality as a function of the intention.
Continue July 22, 2007
Musing about the need for reward in the reconciliation of morality and prudence,
Continue July 22, 2007
Different expectations of the convert to Islam and to Christianity.
Continue July 9, 2007
The Achilles heel of Islam is the lack of clarity in the communication, and the reasonable assumption that God would have done a more masterful communication, unless ulterior motives are at play. The assumption is reasonable because a more masterful work has been produced, namely the NT, e.g., Romans 13:8-10.
Continue July 9, 2007
Musing as to how a dog might consider the relationship the master’s hand and a terrible, pain-inflicking rolled up newspaper in that hand.
Continue July 4, 2007
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