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Muslim women veil for various reasons, as do nuns and Mary, and if someone wants to make an argument that this reason may be the same, then I'm sure it's possible. Let's not fake theological expertise where none exists.  It's not a matter of right and wrong because religion isn't; it's either a plausible argument or a bad one.  In this case, I'm sure, a plausible theory can be advanced. [/quote]

This has to be one of the lamest pieces of reasoning I've read on DCUM in a while. Just because "someone wants to make an argument" is no reason for a thinking person to be "sure it's possible."  For Pete's sake, the public sphere is filled with all sorts of demagogues (Trump), liars, and ignoramouses.

You also provide no reason for why you're so "sure a plausible theory can be advanced". Presumably you can't because you, like the authors of that billboard, have zero insight or knowledge about nuns and Mary.[/quote]

Who can possibly have insight into anyone's innermost mind?  Who can really even know if this person existed? It's all a legend anyway.  People develop claims and air them.  That's all there is to it. You are looking for accuracy and proof in a field where none can be had.

PS: A person aching to accuse others of ignorance would be well served by learning to spell "ignoramus" first.  [/quote]

Well that's the point, isn't it. People develop claims and air them, even when they have no evidence. Like the billboard designers who, you seem to agree, have no evidence. No need to accuse other posters who criticize the billboard of looking for evidence, because they seem to share your view that there's no evidence. Yeesh. Can we move on, are we done now?[/quote]
There can NOT be any scientific caliber evidence in this case.  It's a theory, as good as any. [/quote]

It's not as good as any if there's zero evidence for it. It's speculation presented as fact, which just seems wrong.[/quote]
That's all religion is. A speculation.  "Jesus is waiting" is also a speculation for which there is no evidence. You're looking for proof where none can be had. [/quote]

That's a non sequitur, start your own thread. Has nothing to do with evidence, or rather the lack thereof, about historical reasons for veiling.[/quote]
History has nothing to do with this.[/quote]

You just want to argue. How boring.

(But duh. If you're making a statement about historical figures, then yeah, it's all about having primary sources. So Paul's letters from a few decades after Christ would work, or Hadith. That is, in lieu of any statements from actual women of the time. But your "feelings" about how women 2000 years ago "might have felt" is so bogus. Snort.)[/quote]

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