Mods aren’t magically summoned by you writing “note to the mods”, even if you use all caps.They don’t read every thread. You have to flag them or PM them.
Also, mods don’t close threads just because someone asks them to.
Okay.
There are plenty of BIPOLAR people who manage to avoid saying things like “This is why Jews get a bum rap”. Or at least take the time to understand why that’s a really fucked up thing to say once they’ve cooled off.
And Buddha. Wouldnt it be great to have them both as dinner guests, assuming we have a good automatic translator!
Well, this thread got weird.
There’s no bigger bug in the human brain operating system than the kind of bigotry that smears a religion of a billion people based on the misbehavior of a cult offshoot in a Pacific island backwater, and then congratulates itself on the inherent superiority of not being religious.
You’re not a bold controversial freethinker, you’re just a really stupid guy.
Putting words in my mouth again. I never said that muslim people are ‘bad’.Just that, at least some interpretations of the ideology are unpleasant as far as I’m concerned.
But again, I think it is disingenuous to pretend that the fundementalist aspect is a ‘small minority’ Ask women in Afganistan or Iran, for example.
Dude, this is just pathetic. You can’t engage in a “war of words” with someone if you are so clueless about where they are that you keep launching your missiles in an entirely different direction.
Seriously, look at the statements I actually made in this thread, instead of the arguments of some straw “superliberal” that you made up in your own head and ascribed to me:
Nobody here is arguing for “cultural relativism and it’s their way”. […]
this barbarically oppressive cult of Islamist-extremist fundamentalism in Aceh, Indonesia […]
No matter how excusable your indignation on behalf of the cult’s oppressed victims may be. […]
a specific regional theocratic tyranny […]
You can denounce fundamentalist theocracy all you want, including Muslim fundamentalist theocracy, without deploying Islamophobic bigotry. […]
If you can look at those remarks and seriously believe that I’m trying to tell you that you “musn’t make judgements” criticizing Muslim-extremist theocratic tyrannies, then your reading comprehension is simply not up to the task of rational argument.
Old Bizarro comic:
Buddha: I should have made one of those rules against depicting me — they always make me look fat.
Jesus: Tell me about it. I’ve been a white dude for 2000 years.
And while looking for that I discovered there is an actual manga about Jesus and Buddha sharing an apartment in Tokyo. It’s called “Saint Young Men”. Thank me later.
Point of order: Stephen Miller is Jewish.
Thank you Smapti, I was unaware. OK, so substitute Kristi Noem.
I was misunderstood.
Let me try again.
Jews have a bad reputation worldwide, generally speaking, and that’s why people are always trying to wipe them out.
I think it’s a bum rap. I love Jewish people and wish we could all get along as fellow human beings.
When I said that, in my opinion he was still being a jerk.
We’ve moved beyond that.
Sorry that I offended you. That was not my intention.
Of course not, you need the correct incantation old akkadian for that
I’m on a new kind of medication called Cobenfy. It’s so new the ER psychiatrist hadn’t heard of it. That’s never happened to me before.
It’s an entirely new class of medicine that targets a different part of the brain.
A professional would probably be able to point out the exact post in which it started finally working.
Today.
I’m very excited. I haven’t made a new friend in years, and I’m an extrovert.
Historically speaking, it’s not so much “people” as specifically “Christians” who have tried to wipe us out. The Crusades, the Inquisition…all done by people who “really liked Jesus’ style”. Also see: North Atlantic slave trade, genocide of Native Americans.
In our religion, the rape and murder is confined to ancient texts. In yours, it’s what you actually do.
Muslims aren’t the ones trying to impose their personal prejudices on me where I live.
This manager of mine at Blockbuster, we nicknamed him Sunshine for some reason.
Nice guy! Never pushed his beliefs on me. We never even talked about religion. I didn’t eat pork in front of him. If I had a candy bar while he was fasting, he never said anything. You’re not supposed to.
We ended on a sour note, though. The day the store closed down for good, and there was really nothing left to do but break down cardboard boxes and play with your jukebox, he wrote me up for calling in for the second day in a row. @EllieNeo was in the hospital on her way to a permanent lymphedema diagnosis.
I didn’t know my rights under FMLA, and I can only assume neither did he. That written report was a black mark against me going to the new store and I could barely get any hours. I’m not angry, but if I saw him again I’d politely explain how much money he cost me by not knowing about FMLA.
I wonder now if he’s ever gone on the Hajj. I’d love to hear about it from someone who’s done it.
Hey neato! Sunshine is on Facebook! Looks the same, I think. It’s been 15 years. Uses she/her pronouns now! I would have never suspected! I would like to be that brave.
So check it out.
More than half my family is LGBT so I decided to act like a good Doper finally and pick up a fucking book. Heh.
This startled me.
The Quran does not mention ANY punishment for homosexual behavior anywhere, in the entire text. Saudi Arabia and the UAE aren’t conservative. They’re hypocrites.
From This Book is Gay, by Juno Dawson. Revised and updated version published 2021. Paperback, p. 124-5.
How to Argue with Muslims
The good news is that the Quran is on your side. NOWHERE in there does Allah state a punishment for homosexual behavior. What’s more, the Quran actively encourages diversity, as Allah created that too:
“O Mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and female and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).” --Yusuf Ali Quran 49:13
Regarding the Hadith, as with Leviticus, there are various rules that very few people would follow today - seduction by women is on a par with homosexual acts, so, it would seem, is drinking wine. I’m sure we wouldn’t kill people for these things.
Moreover, the sharia law sets no specific requirement for homosexual behavior - recommending the death penalty only be used for adultery, renouncing the faith and murder. Most Muslim countries don’t enforce these punishments (side eye at those who do).
Muslims are also getting a bum rap. The homophobes have been in charge of their biggest countries for a very long time.
I hope this isn’t our future in America. This is why so many LGBT people are probably stuffing themselves back in the closet for their own protection.
Oh I’m sorry, don’t let me put words in your mouth. “Islam is a wonderful religion.” Good of you to be so complimentary!
And I think that once again you’re showing that you’re a fucking moron if you think that (a) the ruling cabal of Iran represents the majority of a country that’s getting mowed down by the thousand protesting them, and (b) that the Taliban represents a majority of anything even in Afghanistan. Again, Islam is a religion of one billion people, so learn some basic math before you get bold enough to throw around big-boy words like “disingenuous”.
You’re ignorant and backward, and every time you clear your throat to excuse what you think is “independent thought” it actually somehow reveals you to be even dumber than the first impression.