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Originally posted by spellbound
reply to post by Welfhard
Get real..I am NOT interested in converting anyone.
I am NOT interested in a lot of crap - if you read my posts you will see that.
Surah al-Maidah, Verse 48
To every one of you We have appointed a right way and a traced-out Way. If God had willed, He would have made you one nation; but that He may try you in what has come to you. So be you forward in good works; unto God shall you return, all together; and He will tell you of that whereon you were at variance.
Originally posted by babloyi
However, I had pups a while back, and someone left me a litter of kittens. When the pups were finally walking about, I had the kittens in the same yard. Now they don't seem to go so crazy with cats anymore, and even the older dogs seem to have calmed down (perhaps after noting the lack of reaction from the younger pups?). Coexistence yay!
Originally posted by babloyi
Reducing it to the label of 'eating of red berries' doesn't diminish the argument.
I could provide a similar example with older animals if you like? What would be the explanation then? A friend of mine also has dogs. He got a buffalo a couple years back, and now they seem to get along okay. I brought my dog to his farm once, and she ran like hell (in the opposite direction ) when she saw the buffalo.
Now I suppose you could explain this away as well with "familiarity breeds complacency", but then....if there is such a natural evolutionary development (that must go back a long long time), then it seems pretty silly that even the slightest change in the parameters can render it null or unprovable, and thus, it would be very much irrelevant.
Originally posted by babloyi
reply to post by Welfhard
Hahah...you hide it well, then.
I think I've been a lot more touchy and argumentative than you so far. Which is odd, because I generally tend to assume the best of people until they prove otherwise (and sometimes even then).
Originally posted by spellbound
Why are we born with the natural desire to bully and kill our fellowman?
If God is Love, surely he would have created us without these evil instincts.
And they definitely are instincts. Even little kids love it if someone is embarrassed and humiliated.