— Alex (@DiscipleOf_JC) February 23, 2025
1:06:00 Syntax matters.
1:09:00 The patience of Job
1:10:00 Philosophical arguments for belief in God using rationalism and empiricism
1:28:00 CLAIRE KHAW speaks on Descartes objective in making God accessible through reason alone.
1:30:00 Descartes did not make the transcendental argument, apparently.
Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative and his principle of universalisability.
1:33:00 Empiricism and rationalism is contingent on God.
1:35:00 To win the argument, the theist or atheist has to show their morality is superior to the other.
1:40:00 Presupposition
1:41:00 Socratic questioning
1:42:00 Ontology and epistemology
My presuppositions:
(i) The Koran is the best available guide to humanity.
(ii) God is useful to Man in his government, morality and spirituality.
(iii) If all religions are created by wise men, it would be wise to choose to wisest religion of all.
1:43:00 Ethical monotheism is superior to polytheism.
1:44:00 My agnosticism
The teleology of God
1:46:00 Deductive logic is rationalism, inductive logic is empiricism.
1:47:00 Valid and sound arguments
1:48:00 Black swan event
1:49:00 Inductive logic is about probability.
1:50:00 Deductive logic is about being able to tell the truth of the assertion ab initio.
1:51:00 Valid arguments that are unsound.
1:52:00 Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. Therefore Socrates and Jesus are mortal.
1:54:00 The probability of Californians enjoying surfing.
1:56:00 Everything created has a purpose.
1:59:00 Evolution or divine creation?
2:02:00 Did God create the Universe?
2:03:00 The definition of evolution
2:06:00 The Uncreated Universe according to Greek philosophers
Several Greek philosophers entertained the idea that the universe was eternal and uncreated, rejecting the notion of a distinct beginning or a creator. One of the most prominent was Aristotle (384–322 BCE). In his works, particularly Physics and Metaphysics, Aristotle argued that the universe was eternal, with no beginning or end. He posited that motion and time are perpetual, driven by an "Unmoved Mover"—a timeless, unchanging cause that sustains the cosmos without creating it in a singular event. For Aristotle, the idea of something coming from nothing was illogical, so the universe had to exist eternally.
Another key figure was Parmenides (born around 515 BCE), a pre-Socratic philosopher. He suggested that reality is one, unchanging, and eternal. In his poem On Nature, he argued that "what is" cannot come into being or perish because that would imply it emerged from "what is not," which he deemed impossible. His view implies a universe that simply is, without a creation point.
Heraclitus (around 535–475 BCE), another pre-Socratic, didn’t explicitly call the universe uncreated, but his concept of an ever-flowing cosmos governed by logos (a rational principle) hints at an eternal process. He famously said, "This cosmos, the same for all, was not made by any god or man, but always was, is, and will be—an ever-living fire." This suggests a self-sustaining, eternal universe.
These thinkers contrast with later philosophers influenced by Judeo-Christian ideas of a created cosmos, but among the Greeks, the notion of an eternal, uncreated universe was a significant thread.
2:07:00 Many people deny logic when it clashes their own preferences.
2:09:00 You'd like to believe that good will be rewarded and evil punished in this life or the next, wouldn't you?
2:11:00 Logic needs to be restricted by moral restrictions.
2:12:00 There are benefits to atheists of low taxes and low crime.
2:13:00 Warlordism
2:14:00 Confucius
To show we are trustworthy, we have to act in a principled way.
2:15:00 Universal principles > nihilism
2:16:00 Who would be chosen as leader? The nihilist who openly declares his nihilism or the hypocrite pretending to be a principled man?
2:17:00 The afterlife
2:19:00 Most people want to enjoy good government.
2:20:00 If God exists and we are His slaves, would it be better to know this or not know this?
It is enough that the concept of God exists because irrespective of its truth, there will be people predisposed to wanting to believe in God prepared to fake it till they make it.
2:21:00 Theocracy or liberal democracy?
2:22:00 The Noahide laws
2:23:00 Most people are weak.
Even moral systems are required to prove their fitness to survive.
2:24:00 Anarchy
2:25:00 Playing video games to slay, rape and pillage vicariously
2:26:00 Good government can be enjoyed by atheists in a theocracy that supports the First Amendment with quran.com/2/256
Secular Koranism is grounded in the Koran.
2:27:00 The Bible and the Buddhist canons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_canons
Marcus Aurelius
2:28:00 Westerners do not have an official moral system.
Supreme authority
2:31:00 Are Sam Harris and Stephen Dawkins retards?
2:32:00 Government solutions
2:34:00 State education
2:35:00 Stockholm Syndrome
2:37:00 Creed by Stephen Turner
https://www.apuritansmind.com/apologetics/steveturnercreed/
2:43:00 The Cycle of Republican Revolutions is not yet over.
Narratives
2:44:00 Comparative religion is necessary to understand the Will of God.
2:45:00 Christianity culturally appropriated the Tankh from Jews.
Anti-Adam Green intervention
2:46:00 Neurotic Westerners hate Jews but also want to be Jews.
2:47:00 The biggest group of white converts in the UK were white working class women.
The idea that white working-class women in Britain are the biggest group of converts to Islam pops up in discussions, but the evidence doesn’t fully pin it down to that specific group. Studies and reports, like those from Swansea University for Faith Matters around 2011, estimate that about 100,000 people in the UK had converted to Islam by then, with a significant uptick in the prior decade. They found that over half of these converts were white, and about two-thirds were women, with an average age of 27. This suggests white women, in general, are a notable chunk of converts, but it doesn’t break it down by class—like working class versus middle or upper class.
Digging into the stories, you see a mix. Some converts, like Olive Salaman from Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, fit the working-class mold—she married a Yemeni sailor in 1937 and became a community pillar. But others, like Lady Evelyn Cobbold, who did the Hajj in 1933, were aristocratic. Research from the University of Cambridge in 2013, looking at female converts, also shows a spread across backgrounds—some educated and middle-class, others not specified by class but drawn by personal or spiritual quests. The Leicester study around the same time noted converts often felt confused post-conversion, hinting at diverse experiences, not just a working-class trend.
The vibe from these sources is that white women, broadly, are converting more than other groups, but pinning it strictly to "working-class" feels like a leap without sharper data. Social class adds a layer—working-class women might face different pressures or community ties that nudge them toward Islam, like Olive’s marriage and café life. Yet, the appeal seems wider—spiritual seeking, family values, or even a pushback against consumerism cuts across class lines. Posts on X and articles sometimes hype the "white working-class" angle, but they’re often anecdotal or speculative, not hard stats.
So, white women? Yes, they’re a big group among converts. Working-class specifically? Maybe a hefty slice, but the numbers don’t scream "biggest" with certainty—class data’s too fuzzy to call it.
2:48:00 White people are the most lied to people in the world.
2:49:00 Hegelian Dialectic
2:50:00 Idolatry
2:51:00 The blasphemy of Jesus
2:53:00 The Koran acknowledges the prophethood of Jesus and even the Virgin Birth.
2:54:00 The shroud of Turin
2:58:00 Muslims don't quite agree with Secular Koranism.
2:59:00 Why I must maintain my agnosticism
3:00:00 Secular Koranism is a legal system like EU law.
3:01:00 What happened to the British?
How can the Creator of the Universe be a man?
3:03:00 God is neither male nor female because He is not human.
God is the Uncaused First Cause.
3:04:00 Darwin's finches
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_finches
Empiricism is part of Enlightenment thinking.
3:06:00 Jews and Muslims claim God is ineffable while Christians claim he is Jesus.
Robert Jastrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jastrow
3:08:00 Science
3:10:00 The number of Christians
3:13:00 The oneness of God
3:14:00 NATO are US vassal states.
3:15:00 Winston Churchill the war criminal
3:16:00 Tim Wise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wise
3:17:00 The global south
3:18:00 Jews are only 1% of the world population.
3:19:00 Collapse of empire
3:20:00 Anglo Saxon
3:22:00 Rejecting the status quo
3:24:00 Theological discussions
3:25:00 I am trying to save the immortal souls of white people.
I want America to become the Caliphate.
3:27:00 I am forced to tell a joke.
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