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Anyone watch "An Idiot Abroad"? The one where he gets kidnapped in Israel is hilarious... ergo, Israel is funny.
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Ab-poor analogy. Religious marriages by way of inconvenience (can always go to cyprus) is unacceptable. Not analogous to stoning. Reference to shariah is sometimes inaccurate as it presumes single definition of the term. But reference to shariah necessary in explaining how groups like hamas or muslim brotherhood think about the world.
Oerdin--refer you to barry rubin's articles for good analysis of Egyptian crisis. His website has them for quick reference but they are published regularly in some newspapers."You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."--General Sir Charles James NapierComment
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I don't know if HC has any preferences for Israel, but if you claim that american laws isn't religious based, then you are stupid (ok, more stupid than expected since it's you).Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Al, you suck seriously on evasive actions
Now, please tell me why amarican laws isn't religious based
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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? Which laws are you thinking of/referring to?Comment
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Eew, you are spoiling the fun
Gay marriage and abortion laws is pretty obvious.
Another point is that the US president have to call for god almost every time he opens his mouth.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Gay marriage, I grant you. Abortion is not an explicitly religious issue, though it has been taken over by the religious right. And the president talking is not a law. You're 1 for 3 there.
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Did I ever say they weren't? Work on your English, Dane. You're translations are screwed up.Originally posted by BlackCat View PostAl, you suck seriously on evasive actions
Now, please tell me why amarican laws isn't religious based"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
Well, then I guess that you are a supporter of sharia and the results of implementing that
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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He also didn't say he approved of opposition to gay marriage or whatever other religious law you care to name.Comment
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Ever heard of 'the fallacy of the excluded middle'?Originally posted by BlackCat View PostWell, then I guess that you are a supporter of sharia and the results of implementing that"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Don't try to be funny - abortion is certainly a religious issue.Originally posted by Elok View PostGay marriage, I grant you. Abortion is not an explicitly religious issue, though it has been taken over by the religious right. And the president talking is not a law. You're 1 for 3 there.
About the president - please tell what the chances for a non religious candidate are for being elected or for that matter how a president claiming to be nonreligious would be treated.With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Oh, you say that you are religious based, but really doesn't mean it for serious ?Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Which is why Christopher Hitchens is reportedly pro-life? Abortion is an issue in which one position is strongly associated with religiosity. That does not make it a strictly religious issue. Religious people in the US are also more likely to support homeschooling and gun ownership. That doesn't mean you need to believe in Jesus or Allah or L. Ron Hubbard to teach your own kid or own a Glock.Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
Very low and very badly, respectively. However, you said our laws were religiously based, not that our populace is prejudiced against the irreligious. Two entirely different things.About the president - please tell what the chances for a non religious candidate are for being elected or for that matter how a president claiming to be nonreligious would be treated.
EDIT: Wiki says Hitchens believes a fetus is an unborn child, but for some reason endorses medical (drug-based, non-surgical) abortion. Makes no sense to me, but anyway, he's apparently pro-life to some weird extent.Last edited by Elok; February 7, 2011, 21:27.Comment
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