Re: PakistaniAbroad Sahab, please enlighten
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glad we agree... in principle at least.. cuz this knowledge leads me to reject the entire corpse of hadith and for you to still dogmatically cling to it... despite knowing better.
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Well it would be as typical as believing in everything as fact.
Because in both cases , no further reasearch is required.
But you have already said that
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BUT the important point in all this is not the fact that he was gay or not, It's that we are able to discuss this aspect of his life freely and entertain any new discoveries and theories along the way. THAT is how IMO History should be treated. Open to discussion, not a sealed shut verdict.
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So ?
Are you going to cling to (PCG's favorite ) notion " Men are pigs" because their are some bad apples in the basket ? :)