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Centuries old statue of Buddha blown up in Afghanistan; Fundamentalist Buddhists go on violent rampage!
Monday, February 6, 2006 6:38 AM
CHRISISALL
Monday, February 6, 2006 7:44 AM
STILLFREE
Monday, February 6, 2006 8:35 AM
AURAPTOR
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Monday, February 6, 2006 8:36 AM
CITIZEN
Monday, February 6, 2006 9:21 AM
JAYTEE
Monday, February 6, 2006 9:30 AM
Monday, February 6, 2006 10:05 AM
NUCKLES87
Monday, February 6, 2006 10:06 AM
Monday, February 6, 2006 11:02 AM
KHYRON
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: It wasn't long ago that Christians were burning people at the stake and by comparison Muslims were the enlightened ones. At one time Islam was teaching religious tolerance and Christianity was violently opposing anyone who wasn't Christian, or wasn't the right type of Christian. Let’s try not to get too blinkered and high and mighty.
Monday, February 6, 2006 11:15 AM
Quote:I wouldn't even say the Muslims were so enlightened back then.
Monday, February 6, 2006 11:18 AM
ZISKER
Monday, February 6, 2006 11:25 AM
Monday, February 6, 2006 1:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Zisker: Actually, it's just that the Buddhists got over their violent-political phase around the same time that Islam was really starting to take off. But man oh man, was there one. Was there ever. Especially in Japan.
Monday, February 6, 2006 1:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JayTee: With so many wives and the inability to have a beer I'd probably go crazy and wanna set crap on fire or blow something up.
Monday, February 6, 2006 1:43 PM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: It wasn't long ago that Christians were burning people at the stake and by comparison Muslims were the enlightened ones.
Monday, February 6, 2006 3:51 PM
SEVENPERCENT
Quote:Originally posted by Khyron: I don't see how that's a factor in the debate. Yeah, so Christians did some really stupid things, so that's why we should accept the Muslims doing stupid things? No.
Monday, February 6, 2006 4:02 PM
DC4BS
Monday, February 6, 2006 4:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SevenPercent: You cannot have this both ways; either we can discuss how the Xtian actions in the past are relevant, or you can stop using the "But Clinton" every time Bush farks up. Your choice.
Monday, February 6, 2006 4:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by dc4bs: Apples (with grenades) vs. Oranges. Totaly useless comparison.
Monday, February 6, 2006 4:30 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Zisker: Actually, it's just that the Buddhists got over their violent-political phase around the same time that Islam was really starting to take off. But man oh man, was there one. Was there ever. Especially in Japan. That's facinating Zisker, care to expand on that a little? I'm really interested. My Buddhist influence is mostly Shaolin, and doesn't exclude violence, as it is also part of the natural order of things, but it is to be avoided at almost all costs, for all life is sacred, nor can any be replaced. Kwi-Chang Chrisisall
Monday, February 6, 2006 5:15 PM
Monday, February 6, 2006 6:17 PM
DREAMTROVE
Monday, February 6, 2006 6:45 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: So I guess no religion has a 100% crap-free track record, huh? *Bows to scholarly Browncoat brother* Chrisisall, in need of meditation
Monday, February 6, 2006 7:13 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: So I guess no religion has a 100% crap-free track record, huh?
Monday, February 6, 2006 7:23 PM
CAUSAL
Monday, February 6, 2006 7:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by nuckles87: Also Christians, lets not forget the Crusades ;). Not exactly yer brightest moment.
Quote:And as Jew, I can tell you that us getting insulted by others eating pork is nothing like someone making a comical depiction of the Muhhummad. Nothing. The only way you can insult us with pork is by killing a pig in our temple, something those Roman bastards did.
Monday, February 6, 2006 7:32 PM
SWAMPREAVER
Monday, February 6, 2006 7:37 PM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: News flash there are sects of Christianity that are just as oppressive as anything in the Muslim world today.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Causal: Mmmm...ad hominem... Is this a knock against Christians? Or is it an excusal of militant Islam? Or just a poor argument? Perhaps a combination? Or maybe all three...
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 3:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Causal: Are you aware of the controversy in Pakistan over the practice of honor killings? Woman gets raped, so the father kills her to remove the taint on the family's honor.
Quote:Can you name a current Christian sect practicing such a thing?
Quote: as Faten watched a Boy Scouts parade from the balcony of her Ramallah home, the 22-year-old Christian Palestinian was dragged into the living room and bludgeoned to death with an iron bar. Her father was arrested for the murder.
Quote:Also, are you aware of the woman in Nigeria who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery? Or that the same sentence can be used in Iran?
Quote: Don't white wash what's happening by accusing others of the same things (especially baselessly). Let's not distract from the issue at hand.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:13 AM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: Faten watched a Boy Scouts parade from the balcony of her Ramallah home, the 22-year-old Christian Palestinian was dragged into the living room and bludgeoned to death with an iron bar. Her father was arrested for the murder. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1512394,00.html Nigeria is a Christian and Muslim state, this isn't a punishment reserved for Muslims or meted out only by Muslims. Sorry, Christians do it too. If you want to look for a place to support your argument that Muslims are evil and Christians are saints might want to pick somewhere other than Nigeria.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 7:49 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: However, I'd say that Honour killings and general Medevil madness stem from simple tribal mentality, a mentality that, as mentioned above, has no place in 21st century globalization. Their religion (the wacky part) is going to die, and they're going to go out with a bang, obviously.
Quote:I incorperate certain Buddhist elements into my 'beliefs'. I would never presume to teach my 'beliefs' to anyone, even my son. I encourage him to seek out his own path. So in my view, to organize a way of believing with rules and such is taking the religion out of the equation, and replacing it with control. Therefore I believe all organized religions to be phoney, unless they encourage exploration outside the system as part of the system.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:05 AM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: I agree, what gets to me is comments amounting to how we should destroy Islam because it's EVIL. Sorry most of, if not all this stuff is cultural, it's not the religion.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:07 AM
Quote:Chrisisall, forgiving Fox
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:15 AM
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: Quote:Chrisisall, forgiving Fox For they know not what they do...
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 8:35 AM
FLETCH2
Quote:Originally posted by citizen: Maybe religions are like people, just on a greater scale, they need nurturing when younger, they grow through a more violent 'teenager' period, then they chill out a bit.
Quote: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 12:30 PM
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 5:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fletch2: People don't "Honour kill" their daughters because God commands it. They did it because they are ineffectual, stupid little aholes without the moral gumption to stand against stupid traditions.
Sunday, February 12, 2006 1:50 PM
SERYN
Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:27 PM
CYBERSNARK
Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:39 PM
Quote:People seem to be forgetting that a lot of truly depraved and disgusting stuff can be done by secular people as well
Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:12 PM
CHRISPV
Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:11 PM
URSULA
Quote:Originally posted by Khyron: What about the Mormons? Did they blow anything up yet? Maybe Mormonism is the true religion of peace and tranquility...
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