we have a big problem in the u.k. as well.
i can't see a resolution anytime soon
it's just a sickening waste of life.
completely pointless.
certain people are being easily "groomed" and it will probably continue for a good while yet.
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Molitor wrote:P.S 3: I haven't heard about any Buddhist extremist yet (except for the burning monks). Is it the next big thing ?
Scaryfun wrote:When one faith reacts with violence while others don't, that shows that something needs changing in that faith.
Scaryfun wrote:Demeaning women to be second-class citizens is also not ok.
Scaryfun wrote:Writing something in a blog that the state doesn't like resulting in the writer getting punished by lashings in a public square also is not ok.
Scaryfun wrote:They need to move out of the middle ages state of mind their faith and society is stuck in.
Delacroix wrote:If one purposefully does something that they full well know will hurt the feelings of an entire community following a given religion, they must know they'll face the music.
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I think that they're completely crazy to believe whatever they believe but I'm not going to churches and mosques telling them that to their faces. I just don't join them in what I believe is their madness.
I think the problem is, faith more and more comes down to an interpretation of a given text/book/lore. Usually when several incarnations of a holy book exist, people should choose the one that doesn't advertise violence that much. Otherwise, if violence is still decreed and people are OK with that, then how come Hitler's Mein Kampf was banned, and holy books aren't? If Mein Kampf is too controversial because 'it really happened', then the holy books' stories probably "didn't happen". So if the holy books contain false truths, why hold on to the violent parts in them altogether?Scaryfun wrote:When one faith reacts with violence while others don't, that shows that something needs changing in that faith.
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