There is no honesty and there is no talk. When you wrap yourself up in any flag, you instantly lose any and all credibility. A lot of people are wrapped up in their petty little flags but don't show it. At least you show your extreme bias.
You could start dropping Neutron bombs anywhere ISIS etc is at, but that won't happen.
I'll be dead before I have to worry about this mess too much I imagine, so I won't worry about it.
Europe is being invaded obviously it appears a bit atm.
To be honest, I'm sure the extremists in Europe etc socialize a bit with the local "non-extremist" ones...
Evidently there are canadians who have already read up on this and disagree with your view that the blasphemy law cannot be repealed. Any laws can change in any country.
You could start dropping Neutron bombs anywhere ISIS etc is at, but that won't happen.
I'll be dead before I have to worry about this mess too much I imagine, so I won't worry about it.
Europe is being invaded obviously it appears a bit atm.
To be honest, I'm sure the extremists in Europe etc socialize a bit with the local "non-extremist" ones...
When you have chickenshit people in charge that can convince kids, women having kids, etc, indoctrinated to do suicide runs etc with bombs and the ranks keep growing, you really need to isolate it or get rid of it.
Just my 2 cents.
Ah well, it's about time Europe got invaded after the shit they did to the rest of the world. Those brown people should keep pumping out kids. Muslims in Europe and Mexicans in the USA..M&M baby.
If anybody knows how to war it's Europe, they've been doing it for thousands of years. Remember what happened last time they wanted to kill off a religion.
Ah well, it's about time Europe got invaded after the shit they did to the rest of the world. Those brown people should keep pumping out kids. Muslims in Europe and Mexicans in the USA..M&M baby.
The last thing u want is Europeans converting. Hitler Wished his citizens were Muslims and it will be end of the world as you know it behind Europeans armories.
You meant to say -- I think like no other groups the Muslims will eventually assimilate Europe.I think like any other group the Muslims will eventually integrate into Europe....
You meant to say -- I think like no other groups the Muslims will eventually assimilate Europe.
I think there's an underlying problem - a giant flaw in the human mind - that affects much more than just religion. The huge flaw is the mistaken belief that the thought "This idea makes sense to me" is correlated with the idea being true.Bigotry is everywhere, from religious to racists to anti-religion, etc. But among people everywhere there have always been those with better understanding. I think this link is to an idea of Islam many many Muslims share:
http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.or...wahhabi-roots-and-current-representation.html
Islam has been infected with a disease, the notion that any jackass no matter how ignorant, can read and properly interpret the Koran to mean anything he wants it to mean. The average American Christian doesn't seem to have any real notion as to what Christianity is about either. We are always in danger when morons are persuaded to take themselves seriously.
I think there's an underlying problem - a giant flaw in the human mind - that affects much more than just religion. The huge flaw is the mistaken belief that the thought "This idea makes sense to me" is correlated with the idea being true.
This huge flaw is the underlying cause of religious zealotry, bigotry, and pretty much all self-righteous behavior. We often see this huge flaw manifest itself in what you refer to as "Conservative Brain Defect," but the flaw exists in liberal minds as well, though perhaps not as jarringly.
I think there's an underlying problem - a giant flaw in the human mind - that affects much more than just religion. The huge flaw is the mistaken belief that the thought "This idea makes sense to me" is correlated with the idea being true.
This huge flaw is the underlying cause of religious zealotry, bigotry, and pretty much all self-righteous behavior. We often see this huge flaw manifest itself in what you refer to as "Conservative Brain Defect," but the flaw exists in liberal minds as well, though perhaps not as jarringly.
Yeah nothing happened, the Crusades weren't a success unless you're referring to the Inquisition? And that was just Spain retaking their country. I'm glad you're admitting that White Christians are warmongers though.
Quite honestly though, I'd like it if Europe and the US took the steps to ban any form of religious worship and just created truly secular societies that focus on basic human rights and values--that's something many people would get behind irrespective of ethnicity/color. Religion is just one of many political tools that create war and division among people that would otherwise get along fine and has no place in societies that call themselves progressive and civilized. The Middle East's problems are of their own making and also because of external influences from the greedy West seeking to exploit their resources - Islam just became a tool for the corrupt thugs to use to sway the uneducated masses. The real enemy of Islam is ironically Saudi Arabia but everyone is too afraid to say that openly and do something about it because of their economic clout + Mecca being there.
Honest talk about Muslim extremism
People treating people badly is NOT a function of whether or not they belong to a religion. Values and morality come from people, not from religions, as religions were and are created by people.No you don't.
Despite being a devout Christian, I don't say this in an, "I'm right yer wrong, and I'm not going to listen to anything you say," sort of way, but hear me out. Christianity forms a backbone for moral behavior in this country. Christianity teaches love, patience, respect, personal accountability, tolerance, servitude, caring for others, giving, forgiveness; lots and lots of good things. When you see Christians not practicing this, well, it happens. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but whether we like it or not, Christian values overall bring a lot of good to those who believe and to those that don't.
The ultimate question you as both a believer or a non-believer have to ask is do you want God dictating what is good and what is right, or do you want man doing that? If you're quick to answer with "Man", then ask yourself just where those basic human rights and values that you're wanting to incorporate into this secular society come from, or why they're emphasized so heavily in most Western societies.
The problem with most secular/atheistic societies is that, unfortunately, there just isn't any moral code to live by, and what is good and what is pure is dictated by whoever is in charge. If I ban the Bible, then what template am I to reference and teach my children to be a decent human being? Even those who deny God will agree that the Bible provides an excellent template for teaching us what is right and wrong.
So that's why I reply with, "No you don't," in this case. If I remove Christianity from the American equation, I'm left with a system that treats individuals with ill regard to your overall worth. That means in a secular/atheistic society, you have no worth! And we've seen this, and still presently see this, in societies that rigorously attempt to stamp out all religion. North Korea? China? India has religion, but not one that takes a very strong stance on the value of human life. The Soviet Union tried to stamp out religion, and look how successful that was.
So where does that leave Islam? Unfortunately for Islam, the religion is presently unstable because the Middle East is politically unstable. At the end of the day, people are just people. James said it best when he penned James 4:1-3, "1What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Dont they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2You want what you dont have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you cant get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you dont have what you want because you dont ask God for it. 3And even when you ask, you dont get it because your motives are all wrongyou want only what will give you pleasure." The Pope recently stated that he felt the Middle East was going through a segmented world war. I disagree. I think the Middle East is experiencing what Christianity experience 400 years ago, and that's their equivalent to our 30 Years War.
Muslims want peace, and rightfully so. They want justice, and seek to find it. Unfortunately they're doing so in the entirely wrong way, and that's by extorting, torturing, and slaughtering each other. And it will never end until the Muslim world recognizes the horrendous sin they're committing against one other and take a stand to say, "No more." This is the lesson Christianity had to learn 400 years ago, and that's what Muslims are experiencing today.
That's one of the main reasons we have separation of church and state in this country, and for good reason. And unfortunately it's just one of those things that Islamic countries are going to have to learn on their own the hard way.
No you don't.
Despite being a devout Christian, I don't say this in an, "I'm right yer wrong, and I'm not going to listen to anything you say," sort of way, but hear me out. Christianity forms a backbone for moral behavior in this country. Christianity teaches love, patience, respect, personal accountability, tolerance, servitude, caring for others, giving, forgiveness; lots and lots of good things. When you see Christians not practicing this, well, it happens. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but whether we like it or not, Christian values overall bring a lot of good to those who believe and to those that don't.
The ultimate question you as both a believer or a non-believer have to ask is do you want God dictating what is good and what is right, or do you want man doing that? If you're quick to answer with "Man", then ask yourself just where those basic human rights and values that you're wanting to incorporate into this secular society come from, or why they're emphasized so heavily in most Western societies.
The problem with most secular/atheistic societies is that, unfortunately, there just isn't any moral code to live by, and what is good and what is pure is dictated by whoever is in charge. If I ban the Bible, then what template am I to reference and teach my children to be a decent human being? Even those who deny God will agree that the Bible provides an excellent template for teaching us what is right and wrong.
So that's why I reply with, "No you don't," in this case. If I remove Christianity from the American equation, I'm left with a system that treats individuals with ill regard to your overall worth. That means in a secular/atheistic society, you have no worth! And we've seen this, and still presently see this, in societies that rigorously attempt to stamp out all religion. North Korea? China? India has religion, but not one that takes a very strong stance on the value of human life. The Soviet Union tried to stamp out religion, and look how successful that was.
So where does that leave Islam? Unfortunately for Islam, the religion is presently unstable because the Middle East is politically unstable. At the end of the day, people are just people. James said it best when he penned James 4:1-3, "1What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. 3And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure." The Pope recently stated that he felt the Middle East was going through a segmented world war. I disagree. I think the Middle East is experiencing what Christianity experience 400 years ago, and that's their equivalent to our 30 Years War.
Muslims want peace, and rightfully so. They want justice, and seek to find it. Unfortunately they're doing so in the entirely wrong way, and that's by extorting, torturing, and slaughtering each other. And it will never end until the Muslim world recognizes the horrendous sin they're committing against one other and take a stand to say, "No more." This is the lesson Christianity had to learn 400 years ago, and that's what Muslims are experiencing today.
That's one of the main reasons we have separation of church and state in this country, and for good reason. And unfortunately it's just one of those things that Islamic countries are going to have to learn on their own the hard way.
If current trends continue, the crossing point, whereby atheists, agnostics, and “nones” equals the number of Christians in this country, will be in the year 2062. If that gives you reason to celebrate, consider this: by the year 2130, the percentage of Americans who identify themselves as Christian will equal a little more than 1 percent. To put that into perspective, today roughly 1 percent of the population is Muslim.
The fastest growing religious faith in the United States is the group collectively labeled “Nones,” who spurn organized religion in favor of non-defined skepticism about faith.