tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post5223830857472614104..comments2023-09-06T22:58:43.907+10:00Comments on The Angry Exile: The religion of peace vs the religion of love.Angry Exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13697765915987279791noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-7122223065824163822010-09-11T19:47:22.933+10:002010-09-11T19:47:22.933+10:00And don't forget the Hinjews -
http://www.fr...And don't forget the Hinjews - <br /><br />http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/688494/postsChucklesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-17282892546774387792010-09-11T18:27:40.246+10:002010-09-11T18:27:40.246+10:00@ Bucko, I can't recall where it is either but...@ Bucko, I can't recall where it is either but I vaguely remember that one. Yes, would have made the list if I remembered it, but I got fed up with all the death and rape in just the first six Old Testament books. Another that came to mind after the post was some guy who went to visit some other guy and for some reason half the town wanted to bugger him, so they guy he was visiting said they could rape his wife and daughters instead. Seriously, how fucked up is that? And so much more where that came from.<br /><br />@ Bill - sounds like something to put on a tee shirt.<br /><br />@ Indyanhat - Christlamdaism... either a solution to half the world fighting among themselves or a reason for them all to gang up and kill the rest of us.<br /><br />@ JuliaM - I think I am comparing like with like as belief systems. I feel Christianity is every bit as much a political philosophy as Islam, and arguably even more so in the past. That the CofE is currently all about jumble sales, falling attendances and has someone who looks like a druid in charge doesn't alter what I wrote - full on fundamentalist Christianity according to literal interpretation of the bible would be at least as bad as fundamentalist Islamism and possibly much worse. The difference is not the faiths but the followers, or some of them anyway. The ones who want to act like savages and choose the bits of the local religion to justify it in the same way that Christians have done in the past and to a smaller extent still do. Probably qualifies me as a racist if I said it over at Comment is Free (if Approved) but I'm not talking about skin colour or nationalities here. I'm talking about individuals who would look to any holy text preaching violence and use it to excuse their actions, and Islam just happens to be the one where they are.<br /><br />They <i>make</i> it into that political philosophy you mention, or perhaps try to stop it from changing into something more laid back. I have no doubt that they'd twist Buddhism to justify murder - and of course that's been done - if that was the local religion. They would cheerfully make Buddhism, the closest thing to a real religion of love and peace, into the same political philosophy, though they'd have to work harder at it. Christianity has so much approved or compulsory violence, abuse and proselytising by war that they wouldn't have to try. For Allah read Yahweh and just go kill everyone who resists. <br /><br />Yeah, I saw TDM the other day too, but I forgot they were making a similar point.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-90073023451205444362010-09-11T14:45:16.170+10:002010-09-11T14:45:16.170+10:00"...is it Islam per se we should worry about ...<i>"...is it Islam per se we should worry about or just generally unthinking, irrationally violent fucknuts who love nothing more than to hate?"</i> <br /><br />A few years ago, I'd have said the latter without hesitation.<br /><br />But then, as a non-believer in <i>any</i> of that stuff (though Odinism looks like it's got that 'Sod turning the other cheek!' thing going on...) even I can see that in comparing Islam and Christianity as religions, you aren't entirely comparing like with like.<br /><br />Islam isn't JUST a religion, like Christianity, Shinto, et al - it's a political philosophy wrapped up in the trappings of a religion.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-16500512816621681502010-09-11T14:41:30.880+10:002010-09-11T14:41:30.880+10:00"...would look at the Bible and say:
...<i>"...would look at the Bible and say:<br /><br /> 'Hey, guys, have you seen what's in this Bible book? It's got the whole lot in here. Seriously, fellas, this sounds like just the religion for us.'"</i> <br /><br />The 'Daily Mash' <a href="http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/us-church-to-commemorate-9%1111-by-causing-another-one-201009083071/" rel="nofollow">clearly thought so too</a>!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-6845159201159125372010-09-11T10:13:19.083+10:002010-09-11T10:13:19.083+10:00Oh my sky pixie!!! what if the two religions inter...Oh my sky pixie!!! what if the two religions interbreed and form an even worse one...Mohamedanity or Christlems!?!?!?!?Indyanhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974285525646225459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-91452969818535847452010-09-11T08:26:13.035+10:002010-09-11T08:26:13.035+10:00All religious zealots are batshit crazy. Even God...<i>All</i> religious zealots are batshit crazy. Even God thinks so.Bill Stickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3267928368747294421.post-4710923533820349782010-09-11T06:25:36.854+10:002010-09-11T06:25:36.854+10:00Thats a lot of reading after a few Guinesses (or i...Thats a lot of reading after a few Guinesses (or is that Guinni?).<br /><br />I read most of the old testament once, just to see what all the hoo haa was about.<br /><br />I didn't see this above. I think it may have been Job. His daughters wanted to have babies but they were out in the desert so they got thier father pissed and then had sex with him. Something like that.<br /><br />My favourite is the story of Babel. Everyone was getting along and working together in harmony. They pooled their efforts and built a tower.<br />God didnt like this so he gave groups of them different languages. Now they could no longer understand each other they descended into war.<br /><br />I read that story a few times just to make sure I had got it right. God was just being spiteful for the sake of it.<br /><br />I discussed this story with one of them "try to convert you" god botherers, but he just couldnt see anything wrong with it.<br /><br />*boggle*Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.com