# Islamic sects

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 6, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937 "2015-04-06T02:51:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/81 "2015-04-08T07:35:19Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> So, yes, Catholics do call themselves Christians, falsely.

Is this a whoosh?

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/82 "2015-04-08T13:57:46Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> Is this a whoosh?

Pretty much, yeah.

Mormons, OTOH . . . 😉

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/83 "2015-04-08T14:16:33Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I’ll get behind that if we also declare total war on Christianity, Judaism, and any other form of Abrahamic Yahvism. Down with the false God El-Shaddai!
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> Consider yourself topped.

Indeed. The West should phasing out organized religions of ALL kinds. I’m hoping the backlash currently underway in the U.S. is a last desperate gasp.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/84 "2015-04-08T15:55:29Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> The West should phasing out organized religions of ALL kinds.

Well, except for [Unitarianism](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=753891) . . . if that even counts . . .

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/85 "2015-04-08T16:01:26Z")

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They’ll take away my [Church of Cannabis](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/03/30/the-first-church-of-cannabis-was-approved-after-indianas-religious-freedom-law-was-passed/) when they bogart the joint from my cold, dead hands.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/86 "2015-04-08T16:48:44Z")

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I don’t think he’s coming back.

The OP, I mean.

Well, Jesus too, but that’s not what I was thinking when I first typed it.

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/islamic-sects/716937/87 "2015-04-08T19:56:00Z")

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> [@bobot](#):
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> From quote above: Those whom God chooses to condemn, he causes to sin by “hardening their hearts” against himself.
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> Sounds like a rigged game. Only a bastard-ass god would pull such a stunt. I would totally support the other side against such an asshole.

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me

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