Jim

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Happy Birthday President Jimmy Carter. You are a great example of what a good Christian should be. I know you look forward each week to Sunday School too.

I doubt it is one of those MAGA churches that should have every incoming penny taxed.

Happy Birthday President Jimmy Carter. You are a great example of what a good Christian should be. I know you look forward each week to Sunday School too.

Thanks Reg!!

Have a great week!

Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, “Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith! I will be strong! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down. Amen!” If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about it.

–Dan Barker

Saudi Arabia did not officially abolish slavery until 1962. Although it is reputed to be alive and well.

Don’t say nuthin bad bout Islam. You might offend someone. We can’t have that unless the ones being offended and calumniated are Jews. Yeah it is always open season for that!

Pope, protests against mass killing of Palestinians and people calling the protestors pro hamas?

First i readily concede that one can ONLY generalize about an ideology. Would you object to characterizations of positions taken by evangelicals or libertarians? If we can’t generalize then we can’t evaluate a set of ideas. If you don’t share the…[Read more]

I’m aware of protests at universities against mass killing of Palestinians, and people calling these protestors “pro-Hamas”, but really, generalizations that all progressives feel that way?

I’ve not even picked sides, because of the crimes on both sides, and the possibility that the only plausible end is Israel completely exterminating Hamas,…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Maybe look at things from a British Muslim girl’s POV: Immigrants don’t need to integrate, you do Also, you guys remain stuck in the habit of attributing the behavior, beliefs, actions, crimes of just some to group as a whole.

Right. leave a shithole for a better life and then make that place a shithole too…[Read more]

Maybe look at things from a British Muslim girl’s POV:

Immigrants don’t need to integrate, you do

Also, you guys remain stuck in the habit of attributing the behavior, beliefs, actions, crimes of just some to group as a whole.

The literacy rate is 40% in Muslim countries vs 90% in the Western world. The Muslim world has 500 scientists and technologies per million …

That is impressive init?

Unseen wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:
And we can look at real crime data as well. 6.5% of the population accounts for 18.1% of the prison population. So almost three times the crime rate.

So, in Great Britain Muslims (who, let’s face it, face prejudices there) constitute a percent of prison population 2.78 times greater than their percentage of g…

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_Robert_ wrote:
And we can look at real crime data as well. 6.5% of the population accounts for 18.1% of the prison population. So almost three times the crime rate.

So, in Great Britain Muslims (who, let’s face it, face prejudices there) constitute a percent of prison population 2.78 times greater than their percentage of general…[Read more]

Well, it’s a mixed bag.  On the one hand it can be paranoid, aggressive and arrogant, responsible for the very worst that humans can do.  On the other, it’s a beacon of light.

what i think needs to be exposed is the dominant role of human nature in power dynamics and in adoption of beliefs.

Yes, why does it bring out the worst in people as well a…[Read more]

I started to read without finishing Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Migration, Islam and Women as Prey. It gets boring after a while. I got the message after so many stats. The Muslim immigrants are raping disproportionately to their numbers. They think of nonmuslims as garbage and it gives them an excuse to do their dirty work with a sense of impunity. They…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

jakelafort wrote:
Simon, does not seem like the reaction to Muslims in UK is racist or xenophobic.

It’s a right wing trope – “we hate Muslims”. Draw your own conclusions. The abuse of vulnerable girls seems to be disproportionately done by Muslims, it’s true. Although, everyone and his dog seems to be at them, because t…

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jakelafort wrote:
Simon, does not seem like the reaction to Muslims in UK is racist or xenophobic.

It’s a right wing trope – “we hate Muslims”.  Draw your own conclusions.

The abuse of vulnerable girls seems to be disproportionately done by Muslims, it’s true.  Although, everyone and his dog seems to be at them, because they’re vulnerable g…[Read more]

Simon, does not seem like the reaction to Muslims in UK is racist or xenophobic. Groups patroling to impose Islamic norms on nonmuslims like East London. And i believe other parts of Europe as well. Correct me if i am wrong.

And just a storm or Rapists. I just did quick search and saw the story about Rotherham and i pulled this quote…1400 white…[Read more]

One of the stated tenets of Atheist Ireland is “You have Rights, your beliefs do not”.

jakelafort wrote:
islamophobia

I don’t know what it’s like in the US, but in the UK we have quite a lot of Muslims.  Some right wing people are forever going on about Muslims this and Muslims that.  Muslims are going to take over.  Muslims are going to declare Sharia Law.  Muslims are a bunch of evil freaks.  I hate Muslims.  That is Islam…[Read more]

Simon, but that is what cults do!

They turn people into robots. Cults dehumanize and eradicate individuality. Cultists behave in reprehensible ways that would never occur in the absence of the cult. When cultist deviate from the clearly defined norms they risk severe punishment up to and including execution.

So obviously this is about…[Read more]