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Old 05-23-2017, 04:36 PM   #2891 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk View Post
It's so obviously the common thread that denial of the causal relationship is intellectual dishonesty. Saying well Islam is obviously the problem may seem simplistic but it begs very complicated questions. Why is Islam so especially bad? What part of the theology is uniquely flawed? Is reform a lost cause? Is atheism the only solution? How can these cultures hang hang on to a healthy identity while abandoning this idiotic belief system?
That's all and well but when you continually ignore other explanations that paint a clearer portrait of the situation, some might say that your "denial of the causal relationship is intellectual dishonesty."

Others might tell you that correlation and causation are by no means equivalent and that it is intellectually dishonest to suggest that they are without more to bring to the table.
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