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	tso	2008-10-23 , 08:06
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Originally Posted by itschy

I surely agree when it comes to individual people.
But what really scares me is the amount of phrases like "gods own country", "god wants us to..." and so on that are used in a supposedly non-religious context, mostly politics. Especially the republican speeches and press releases are filled with these. Over here someone who claims he is chosen by god and knows what "his" will is, might be considered a dangerous fanatic. In the US such agitators get voted for by a huge percentage and not only despite they say things like that, but because they do.
That really scares me!

this should probably lighten your day:
http://fashionablygeek.com/t-shirts/...s-go-together/

Boke	2008-10-23 , 09:56
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Now I understand why there is a bible reader in the maemo repositories...

TA-t3	2008-10-23 , 10:26
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And where did the ETs come from? And don't say, "a previous ET civilization"...

There are turtles all the way down?

And thanks (as there is no "thanks" button in off-topid) to GA for the clarification - things are often more subtle than it may appear from outside.

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	tso	2008-10-23 , 11:08
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Originally Posted by Boke

Now I understand why there is a bible reader in the maemo repositories...

no ****, sherlock...

the worriesome thing is when its only loaded with a digital version of the "king james" variant of the text...

	Karel Jansens	2008-10-23 , 11:11
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout

Yes, ok, so equal problem.

I suggest you read that again.

Great logic. You forgot Christianity and started to uncapitalize Muslim *claps*.

Glad you caught that. I can assure you it was not unintentional.

Suggestion: Stick in Belgium. You belong there, between the other intollerant Filip De Winter groupies.

... says the one from the country where Fortuyn was shot in the head because the leftie loonie didn't like his political views.

... says the one from the country where Theo Van Gogh was knifed and gutted by a muslim mainstreamer because he didn't like the way Theo talked about his "prophet".

Dude, you really need a reality check.

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	Karel Jansens	2008-10-23 , 11:12
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout

Oh, really? According to certain New Age theories we all are Gods. Why then, other people don't realize this?

Go try turn your booze into water.

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	Karel Jansens	2008-10-23 , 11:15
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Originally Posted by Thesandlord

Religion is simply a institutionalized morality. It is basically a bunch of people or a single person (Christ, Buddha, Muhammad, etc..) who make some rules that they believe will create the most social harmony. And what a shocker, the core rules are almost ALWAYS the same. Lets see, no killing, stealing, disrespect, be nice, etc.... The differences come in the superficial aspects (the mask), such as "no abortion or gays" or "women must cover their faces." Yes, these are important to their SPECIFIC social order, but taken out of context they make no sense. The core values are all that are important.

I suggest you take another look at the rules of the alleged prophet Mohammed, about the killing, respecting and being nice parts. Also, Islam is not so much a religion as it is an ideology, and one with more than passing resemblances to other fascist ideologies.

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	tso	2008-10-23 , 11:43
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iirc, what mohammed did was adapt old testament thinking to something acceptable by the various warrior honor cultures in and around the middle-eastern peninsula and the sahara desert.

much the same kind of warrior honor that one find in the old knights of europe, or the samurai of japan.

	Karel Jansens	2008-10-23 , 12:37
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Originally Posted by tso

iirc, what mohammed did was adapt old testament thinking to something acceptable by the various warrior honor cultures in and around the middle-eastern peninsula and the sahara desert.

much the same kind of warrior honor that one find in the old knights of europe, or the samurai of japan.

And what I heard is that odds are Mohammed never even existed, and that the Koran was originally a collection of simplified excerpts from the Bible and other Christian writings, adapted for the simple goat fuc^H^H^Hherding Arab nomads of the peninsula. A bunch of warlords then used these writings to justify their ways, but as usual with humans, things got out of hand.

Mind you, a non-existing Mohammed is somewhat of an improvement over a pedophile Mohammed.

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