03-29-2006, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: England
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Originally Posted by dicksbro
Gee, I didn't know Afghanistan was insisting on Spring Bunnies at their Walmarts?
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I, as an atheist, seem to have far more concern for the plight of a Christian than you, as a Christian, judging solely by that statement.
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Originally Posted by dicksbro
I thought we were talking about what was happening in the US and other western countries today. Maybe we need more precision in what the topic is.
It's not even clear what your 5th point had to do with.
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It's too late to complain at the direction we are now going - you were steering at the time! The original question was:
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Originally Posted by Jax
The question in my mind is, is the Islamic religion that violent, or is it just dominated by a vocal minority that is giving the religion - and arguebly a race of people - a bad name. I will also anticipate one answer, if it is just a band of a few, or a few small bands (vocal minority) why is the majority so silent?
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We have expanded the scope a little since then. For example, you said:
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Originally Posted by dicksbro
I don't see those of faith ... Christian, Jewish or Muslim (or others) ... saying that people who do not have faith must give up that point of view
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That's exactly what religions do - enforce conformity of belief and control what the followers do. See my examples above. That may be OK for enforcing morals if done moderately (but you don't need the god aspect for that) but it gets abused. My examples show what happens when religious belief is enforced on those who don't want to believe the same as you.
Point 5 was simple. On a more personal level I am illustrating that faith was pushed onto us at an impressionable age - we didn't choose to embrace it as adults (and, no, continuing with what was forced on you as a child is not the same as freely embracing the same belief as an adult).
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