tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post1887347620751625120..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: The Importance Of Freedom Of Conscience Sannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-31531917913648247752021-07-02T01:23:58.353-07:002021-07-02T01:23:58.353-07:00Lol, women are probably not taxed because they are...Lol, women are probably not taxed because they aren't supposed to be breadwinners. By Islamic law, whatever the man earns is to provide for the family, while whatever his wife earns is her own money. <br /><br />There are some Christians which deny free will, at least to some extent. Ever heard of "once saved always saved"? And then you have hyper Calvinists, of course. I should know as I live in the country full of them:)Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-78614853282240784152021-07-01T16:21:26.194-07:002021-07-01T16:21:26.194-07:00"... even in Muslim countries, at least in th...<i>"... even in Muslim countries, at least in theory, Christians are supposed to practice their faith unmolested if they pay a special tax ..."</i><br /><br />The <i>jizya</i> is a tax that only men paid.<br /><br /><i>"... some people apparently believe that the freedom of conscience only exists for men, not for women ...</i><br /><br />Which was why men paid the tax.<br /><br />I remember Ibn Warraq's critiques on Islam back in the 1980s and 1990s, and I remember how he described the problem of "free will" in Islam.<br /><br />There is no problem of "free will" in Islam, because if you're a Muslim, you're "submissive" (or subservient) to Islam, and you have only the illusion of free will.<br /><br />The <i>jizya</i> dealt with this in a Muslim way by admitting that there was no course by which to set the non-Muslims on a path toward Islam, and so they were "tolerated" as long as they'd pay their taxes, as goes the Western view.<br /><br />It's not so much that non-Muslims were actually tolerated, and the <i>jizya</i> exists to remind Muslims that they do not have "free will" to leave Islam according to the tenets of Islam.<br /><br />Christianity by comparison recognises the actuality of free will by offering an potential exit that Christian faiths maintain should not be regarded as an actual exit.<br /><br />As for Buddhism, actual or potential exits are irrelevant, as there is nothing binding you to an either/or choice in which you can just as easily substitute "and".<br /><br />I've encountered more Buddhist Jews than Buddhist Christians, so make of that what you will.Post Alley Crackpotnoreply@blogger.com