Side discussion on religon from Mumbai thread

[Skybird]

[Thread not started by me, but the mods. Don't hold me responsible for this. It got separated from a thread on religious terrorism, because religious terrorism does seem to have nothing to do with religion anymore, apparently.]

How merciful Allah is.

[caspofungin]

How merciful Allah is.

wtf?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by caspofungin

wtf?

Indeed.

[caspofungin]

Indeed.

well, it's not a wall of text, so i suppose i should just leave it.

[Rockstar]

who is like the beast, who is able to defeat him?

it will grow and consume the world

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

who is like the beast, who is able to defeat him?

it will grow and consume the world

Be godless - be free. Define god - define his opposite the same moment.

[Skybird]

For Iceman, with love.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Skybird

For Iceman, with love.

I'm godless and happy this way.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

This is why I'm Vulcan. Disgusting, monstrous behaviour from a disgusting, monstrous group of people.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

This is why I'm Vulcan. Disgusting, monstrous behaviour from a disgusting, monstrous group of people.

Ah! Vulcan, eh? Don't worry, I supress the urgent need to try to stroke them. Book tip: Diane Duance: "Spock's World". One of the best ST-novels I have ever read back then. Quite some philosophy included, all free.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Ah! Vulcan, eh? Don't worry, I supress the urgent need to try to stroke them. Book tip: Diane Duance: "Spock's World". One of the best ST-novels I have ever read back then. Quite some philosophy included, all free.

Thanks! I'll check it out I'm reading 'Vulcan's Forge' at the moment. Pretty good

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by Skybird

For Iceman, with love.

O come on ...that guy again huh...I expected better from you than that.

No quote from Fredrick or anything?...this thread was titled...Massacre in Mumbai.

Did not mean for it to derail by commenting on Skybirds infidel type comment lol..

Did we actually learn if it was "Religious" extremists or was it perhaps some other group trying to make a name for itself....or is it same ole song that we hear over and over today and have become desensitized to?

Death, destruction, next victim plz...

No Fear!...guys who do this kinda stuff really rely on age old tactics it seems...the fear of death is powerful indeed.

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

[Onkel Neal]

I've moved this out of the Mumbai thread.

[Skybird]

Now exclude the Star Trek items, please - Vulcans are areligious. The rest could be thrown together with Rockstar's bible class from today.

[Safe-Keeper]

Morts, I've known you for some time over SS & MSN. So I ask you, dont make fun of Iceman, ok? He is obviously very religious man, so let him be and belief to what he wants.

Don't be ridiculous. Iceman makes a post in which he chooses to enter a discussion, saying, among other things, "you crack me up", and we're supposed to just leave him as if he didn't say anything? Just because we happened to be discussing religion? If we were discussing Obama and I jumped in and attacked a McCain voter for opposing Barrack, would you leave me alone if I said that I very strongly supported Obama and wanted my beliefs to be left alone? Of course not.

As for Iceman's post, it sounds to me like an Orwellian "freedom is slavery" mentality - you need an authority watching and judging your every move, 24/7 for every single day of your life... or you're not free. If there's no Great Omnipotent Divine Stasi, there's no reason to be good.

As has been pointed out by so many on this forum so many times, this is simply incorrect. Take a trip to a democratic country with a strong atheist poulation (Norway, Japan, Canada, et al), and then get back to me. Note how most of the countries on the Top 10 of the HDI are secular and/or have a strong atheist population... and then brag about how great it is to slave under Yahweh.

Well, what do expect from the "religions of peace"??? The world has had this problem since the 7th century. It is not just an American, Jewish or Christian problem. Anyone that is not Muslim is an infidel and you have two choices according to their "holy book", either convert or die...

All three major Abrahamic religions have been incredibly violent over the years, and all have incredibly nasty books they for some reason cling to. You Christians are mostly good people, you really are, but you'd be so much easier to discuss things with if you actually read your Bibles.