This was a silly top post. The insinuation that atheism is a belief in something is equally silly.

The problem for me is that Shari'ah law requires that all people of a land believe and fear the ultimate Justice of Allah...and i think even in the most ideal of circumstances...beli ef and fear of Allah is never universal in any society.

I thought this thread would be a question about who is pro and who is anti secularism...i would be pro.

How can somalia be dead? like any nation it is an idea shared by a people. So long as the people and the idea live...so too shall Somalia live.

To me this question comes down to how do we define a philosopher...Nietzc he i would say is a sociologist...but if we define philosopher as a thinker...i think the most brilliant mind of all time was Isaac Newton.