I've not much to say about blog 3, except that it would be nice if the majority of religious people were like this. The real argument starts when we get onto solid topics.
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It's hard for me to take a guy seriously when he expends as much effort as he does in studying a book, but never bothers to learn the language and read the original. I mean if a wrong translation means going to Hell.
The Guardian website calls Blogging the Qur’an a debate, but I’m not quite sure why. The two debaters, Ziauddin Sardar and Madeleine Bunting, are both godbotherers, and the comments function, previously completely disabled, remains compromised. So not a real debate, then, just a carefully mediated religious love-in.
You can comment by email, and I did (the response annoyed me so much I started this blog). It’s not proper, free debate though. Never mind, you can comment here instead.
There are rules. I'm using the Guardian’s own talk policy, plus one extra rule. Any remark which breaks the rules of civilised discourse will still be allowed, if it's a direct quotation from one of the world’s holy books. Otherwise, it’s hard to see how the debate could ever take place.
About me
My name is Jon Eccles. I'm starting this blog because I like a debate. I don't think there are any subjects which should be placed beyond debate, and in particular I don't think that religion should be protected from comments when other topics, including some highly sensitive issues, are discussed freely on the Guardian website.
I emailed them to ask why they'd disabled the Comments function, and received no response. I decided to make my own way to the mountain, and made this blog.
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It's hard for me to take a guy seriously when he expends as much effort as he does in studying a book, but never bothers to learn the language and read the original. I mean if a wrong translation means going to Hell.
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