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Gaza massacre
Zaini:
My Special Thanks to Dore and Lena,
For understanding the situation very wisely :hugfriend
Zaini.
T @ r ! Q:
--- Quote ---I was warned by people in my own family that they would try to kill me there.
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I totally want that thinking to change. I mean, do they really think that in every muslim country there are armed men roaming on roads looking for someone to kill, beating women etc. Thats awful .... and our own fault i must admit.
What relieves me is that still there are people who think out of the box and try to see beyond. I too would thank Andy, lena and Dore for understanding.
Religion can not make a person good or bad, it comes from the inside and the home and circumstances in which we grow up. And after that its upto us which part of brain we use, thinking, or just seeing and hearing.
jade:
"If a thief is muslim, it does mean that Islam preaches robbery."
Sorry in the last post I missed the word "not", I meant to say:
If a thief is muslim, it does not mean that Islam preaches robbery.
Sorry for the mistake.
Thank u Manal, I hoped I have cleared certain misconceptions a bit.
Jade
Poirot:
Peace, guys. Looks like my comment touched a nerve with some of you folks.
I will not apologise for my comments, but I will provide the background for them:
I am an Atheist, have been so since the age of 12-14 years. I realise that most of you on this group would be unaware of this fact and hence my comments would seem to be hurting one religion, Islam, in this case.
Let me say this - I "make fun" of all religions, including and especially my birth religion, Sanatana Dharma (more widely known as hinduism). My wife gets very annoyed with me at times, because she says I am constantly taking pot shots at the Church, and she is a RC christian. But then, she sees me do the same thing with my mom, and her hindu prayers and practices. So, no one is exempt!!!
I realise that some of you take your religion very seriously - but, so do I, just from a different perspective. If you post prayers here, should I not have the same right to post my criticisms? Just some food for thought ....... However, I will not post any more critical remarks about religion here, I have plenty of other forums!
BTW, how about those new atheist buses in London?!! Anyone here who is in London, do take a ride for me on one of those buses. I will even send you the bus fare!
Cheers and with no malice to anyone here,
Poirot
Dori:
--- Quote from: Poirot on January 27, 2009, 11:39:19 AM ---Peace, guys. Looks like my comment touched a nerve with some of you folks.
I will not apologise for my comments, but I will provide the background for them:
I am an Atheist, have been so since the age of 12-14 years. I realise that most of you on this group would be unaware of this fact and hence my comments would seem to be hurting one religion, Islam, in this case.
Let me say this - I "make fun" of all religions, including and especially my birth religion, Sanatana Dharma (more widely known as hinduism). My wife gets very annoyed with me at times, because she says I am constantly taking pot shots at the Church, and she is a RC christian. But then, she sees me do the same thing with my mom, and her hindu prayers and practices. So, no one is exempt!!!
I realise that some of you take your religion very seriously - but, so do I, just from a different perspective. If you post prayers here, should I not have the same right to post my criticisms? Just some food for thought ....... However, I will not post any more critical remarks about religion here, I have plenty of other forums!
BTW, how about those new atheist buses in London?!! Anyone here who is in London, do take a ride for me on one of those buses. I will even send you the bus fare!
Cheers and with no malice to anyone here,
Poirot
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Same here, but I became interested in those stories. Yes, I have heard from and I saw this buses at the news. It is a good initaitive. I mean you must hear all arguments so long as they do not heard people to hard and I do not think they do that with those buses. You need to find someone else, because I live on the other side of the water. I never been in London and it is actually very close.
We do not have to agree with every human. We only must try to understand each human.
Dore
P.S. I read your previous posts "I truly envy Europe with its "post-religious" thinking."
Europe is changing. In my opinion people are going back to the churches. I believe that is the situation in the Netherlands. Poland, Romania and probably more people of the East are pretty religious. These are my opinions so the situation may be different. But this is what is happening in my environment.
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