Jim

Remember this from our old friend?

I’m not sure there’s anything in Islam encouraging nice manners, unless nice manners include burying women vertically in the sands of an arena with only their heads above ground, and stoning them to death for imagined apostasy – often accused by their husbands so he can get rid of them and snag a new wife.

Do yourself a favour and read ‘A Thous…[Read more]

Apparently they don’t like apostates and atheists…

That means they don’t like 75% of the worlds population. That includes me so they can sit on this and swivel.

It’s just not healthy to place that much value in something, so that it is above all else that really matters.

That is very true, especially when what they value most is ima…[Read more]

Strega wrote:
Attilla the Hun … Genghis Khan … Alexander III of Macedonia

Yes, but those people didn’t teach people nice manners and things like that.

@simon. Attilla the Hun had some people who succeeded as a result of his brutality.

Genghis Khan unified all the Mongolian tribes with his brutality.

Alexander III of Macedonia was a fiendishly cruel man who introduced elephants to the art of war. No doubt a few people were happy with this.

I’m not going to mention the German guy.

Your t…[Read more]

Simon, oh.

I don’t consider that Islam is an organisation dedicated to evil.  It’s supposed to be making the world a better place, especially for people who believe in it.  I believe it does succeed in some respects that can be seen and felt by people who don’t suffer its bad effects.

But human nature is a faulty and wonky thing, Islam is strongly p…[Read more]

So predictable what would happen in Afghanistan after USA withdrew.

Yes, to an atheist, Islam seems extreme, unbending and oppressive.  It’s also been hijacked by patriarchy.

At what time in its history was Islam not patriarchal?  If anyone would like to hear what women in Afghanistan think about it, you had better ask them very soon.

But I disagree with what a commenter said – that it’s incompatible with We…[Read more]

The episode that i linked was not my intention. She interviews primarily Muslims/former Muslims from various nations that tell their story as it relates to Islam. The bigots are the ones who conjure narratives about good guys/bad guys based on their identity.

Allowing Islam to remain off limits to criticism is a deplorable and unforgivable…[Read more]

Simon, please don’t swallow the lefty koolaid. Islam is a gigantic and vile cult that dehumanizes and causes untold suffering. It is not something fundamentally ok that is highjacked by some baddies. Here i have linked a podcast series given by a lovely woman who grew up in Islam and is an apostate who escaped a marriage to an Muslim terrorist.…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
How much science should there be in philosophy?

Our understanding of the world around us (whether through metaphysics or other means) cannot go against our best scientific knowledge.  Not only that, the right way of doing metaphysics requires a close investigation of science and its results.

I can’t disagree with…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The Problem Is Islam—Not Islamism

I have to assume that the author, Obaid Omer, knows his stuff because he grew up in a Muslim family and culture.

Yes, to an atheist, Islam seems extreme, unbending and oppressive.  It’s also been hijacked by patriarchy.  But I disagree with what a commenter said – that it’s inc…[Read more]

And I love when the Satanists spoil the plans of Fl governor Ron dirty-Sanchez’s minions.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Well, at least we now might know where he got his brain worm from. And to think I ran close to it on a 5K run! Strega gets her fingerprints sent to space forever and I could be spending my days on the look out for pic-a-nic baskets 🙂

Yep, he was always fuckin’ nuts. That poor worm didn’t get much to eat.

Well, at least we now might know where he got his brain worm from. And to think I ran close to it on a 5K run!

Strega gets her fingerprints sent to space forever and I could be spending my days on the look out for pic-a-nic baskets 🙂

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
In The Washington Post, Amanda Katz noted that Kennedy had terminated his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump, “ending a dilemma for voters torn between their love of deportation camps and their love of measles.” 🙂

That guy is a conspiracy genius.  Listening to him talk is worse than nails on a chalkboard. Tras…[Read more]

In The Washington Post, Amanda Katz noted that Kennedy had terminated his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump, “ending a dilemma for voters torn between their love of deportation camps and their love of measles.”

🙂

Strega, that’s cool your prints are in orbit! Yeah, toasters are not my forte either. I did fix an old radio for a friend’s boss. The problem was so basic (broken power wire), I didn’t mention the issue and he got some free brownie points.

The list of non-religious candidates is just a list of members of the congressional ‘Freethought cacus’. It’s disapointing, has only one humanist and NO open atheists.
Still, they are all Democrats, NO Republicans. So I guess that’s good enough, for now.

The house is a little more promising with 7 open non-religious Democrats running against…[Read more]