Middle East
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Christian Graus wrote:
In what sense ? Do you mean everyone has the right to believe what they want
Yes, we all have the right to believe whatever we want, but we also have the responsibility to do it in a way that won't be detremental to everyone else.
Christian Graus wrote:
all belief systems are equally true ?
Probably, none of them are true. But hey, if it helps you to believe Jeasus or God or Mohamed or whoever really did help you pass your spelling exam then so be it. Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often). -- modified at 18:25 Sunday 29th January, 2006
Matthew Hazlett wrote:
Yes, we all have the right to believe whatever we want, but we also have the responsibility to do it in a way that won't be detremental to everyone else.
Sure - I agree with that. I'm not bothering with the rest. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Matthew Hazlett wrote:
Between this, Iraq and Iran, this could (and most likely will) destabalize the region.
You mean that the region wasn't already destabalised?
Matthew Hazlett wrote:
As a US citizen I think we should build structers in Isreal next to the buildings Hamas wants to blow up, maybe that will discurage them?
Or make them more determined - Nothing like a good challenge!
Matthew Hazlett wrote:
We all need to get our ***** in order, this could so easly escalate and get totally out of control
Perhaps Hamas was elected because it already has escalated. ColinMackay.net "Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Perhaps Hamas was elected because it already has escalated.
This is a valid point, never really though about that. Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).
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Josh Gray wrote:
I have never heard this.
I get that from all the replies from those such as Ed who never miss an opportunity to slam Christian fundamentalism in the US as well as all the anti-Israel sentiments that seem to be growing in force.
Josh Gray wrote:
What does that mean? Invade all muslim countries?
Yes.
Josh Gray wrote:
How are you going to do that? All muslims everywhere? What about the American muslims? Will they have to sware on the bible before then can fill up their car?
Those Muslim nations in the middle east that control the pertroleum in that area.
Josh Gray wrote:
What does that mean? Fill it with westeners? Who would want to live in that heat?
Establish colonial governments controlled by an international coalition of nations that would include China, the EU, the US, Russia, Japan, Australia, Canada, etc. but separate from the UN. I would break the region into very small regions each controlled by a government serviing at the behest of the controlling coalition. And yes, I would encourage the imigration of people from around the world to help build the local economies and introduce a more diverse social, religious and political mindset. I would also establish sanctuary states that would be reserved for those Muslims wishing to live in more socially and politically advanced conditions. "If anything, the West is awash in an epidemic of self-hate crimes." "a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself"
Stan Shannon wrote:
Christian fundamentalism
Is evil
Stan Shannon wrote:
Josh Gray wrote: What does that mean? Invade all muslim countries? Yes.
At what cost?
Stan Shannon wrote:
Those Muslim nations in the middle east that control the pertroleum in that area.
Ahh just those. Dont the rest represent a threat as well?
Stan Shannon wrote:
Establish colonial governments controlled by an international coalition of nations that would include China, the EU, the US, Russia, Japan, Australia, Canada, etc. but separate from the UN. I would break the region into very small regions each controlled by a government serviing at the behest of the controlling coalition. And yes, I would encourage the imigration of people from around the world to help build the local economies and introduce a more diverse social, religious and political mindset. I would also establish sanctuary states that would be reserved for those Muslims wishing to live in more socially and politically advanced conditions.
Sounds like another UN. What makes you think any of those countries would support that action? Sounds a bit like Africa l50 years ago to me. Didnt work so well then. Sancury states? Sounds like what Hitler called the Jewish slums of Germany before ww2 I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
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Your right, its not entirely bad. In fact there are a lot of good things in Religion. However, one belief system is no more valid then another. And when that belief system is used as a club to harm others its time to "kick it to the curb". It is obvious we do not agree on this issue, and thats fine by me. Each person needs to formulate there own answer the question of religion. My view is: It was good in the past It has been used to justify wars / conflicts It's importance needs to be deminished, people need to decide what makes sense to them and what they believe. Not follow some text some guy wrote thousands of years ago. Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).
Matthew Hazlett wrote:
In fact there are a lot of good things in Religion.However, one belief system is no more valid then another. And when that belief system is used as a club to harm others its time to "kick it to the curb".
To avoid getting sidetracked by unintentional connotations, let's replace "religion" and "belief system" with something less controversial, like "oak":
In fact, there are a lot of good things in oak. However, one wood is no more valid than another. And when that wood is used as a club to harm others, it's time to "kick it to the curb".
Obviously, the last two sentences are not necessarily true. :) Therefore, my view is:
- It was good in the past
- It has been used in the construction of weapons, objects of worship, and in the fueling of house fires.
- Yet it will continue to be important and useful, so long as it is used correctly, properly cared for, and not thought to have properties that it does not posses.
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Well since you know every fucking thing about every fucking thing why do you bother to participate here? I think the Koran is as much a silly fairy tail as your old book. Ya dumb fuck I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
:zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz: :rolleyes: "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
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:zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz::zzz: :rolleyes: "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
:):-D:laugh:;);P:^):(:sigh::doh::((:zzz::->:-O:rolleyes::omg::wtf::mad::confused::~ :| X| :suss::cool::rose: If you have something to say use words. I have no idea and dont care what is implied by a bunch of little pictures. I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
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:):-D:laugh:;);P:^):(:sigh::doh::((:zzz::->:-O:rolleyes::omg::wtf::mad::confused::~ :| X| :suss::cool::rose: If you have something to say use words. I have no idea and dont care what is implied by a bunch of little pictures. I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
What i meant was i dont really care about you or what you have to say. You can go push someone elses buttons. :| "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
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What i meant was i dont really care about you or what you have to say. You can go push someone elses buttons. :| "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
Well it seams to me that you spout a lot of opinions that you are unable to back up. You just repeat what you have been told or read and you actually have no opinions of your own that are developed enough for you to defend. Our conversation about your sig last week was a classic example. You are a poster boy for indoctrination. I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
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Please - why would you insist on spelling it wrong after I pointed out the correct spelling ? No, religion is never the origin of violence. In fact, Jesus told us to love our enemies. Religion is used by the powers that be to control the masses into acts of violence, that's another matter. In any case, there can be no doubt that violence existed before religion, and exists apart from religion. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Christian Graus wrote:
Jesus told us to love our enemies
But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many.
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Josh Gray wrote:
Why not? Is is part of the bible or not?
You obviously don't know much about the Bible. The Old Testament law became no longer applicable when Jesus came. "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
The Old Testament law became no longer applicable when Jesus came.
Uh, that's not what Jesus said. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17).
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Christian Graus wrote:
Jesus told us to love our enemies
But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many.
Ed Gadziemski wrote:
But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many.
The commandments of the Old Testament are no longer applicable today. Jesus fuliflled the Old Testament. "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
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Christian Graus wrote:
Jesus told us to love our enemies
But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many.
Yes, this is true. No doubt about it. God did tell a specific group of people at a specific time to kill every enemy in their path. Therefore, religion can be blamed for some violence that took place thousands of years ago. That doesn't mean that all violence comes from religion, or that all religion promotes violence. Christianity does not, as I said. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
The Old Testament law became no longer applicable when Jesus came.
Uh, that's not what Jesus said. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17).
In my original post, I didnt say that the law is abolished, I said it is not applicable today. Jesus was the sacrifice for all of man's sins, so there is no need for the law today. "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
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Stan Shannon wrote:
Christian fundamentalism
Is evil
Stan Shannon wrote:
Josh Gray wrote: What does that mean? Invade all muslim countries? Yes.
At what cost?
Stan Shannon wrote:
Those Muslim nations in the middle east that control the pertroleum in that area.
Ahh just those. Dont the rest represent a threat as well?
Stan Shannon wrote:
Establish colonial governments controlled by an international coalition of nations that would include China, the EU, the US, Russia, Japan, Australia, Canada, etc. but separate from the UN. I would break the region into very small regions each controlled by a government serviing at the behest of the controlling coalition. And yes, I would encourage the imigration of people from around the world to help build the local economies and introduce a more diverse social, religious and political mindset. I would also establish sanctuary states that would be reserved for those Muslims wishing to live in more socially and politically advanced conditions.
Sounds like another UN. What makes you think any of those countries would support that action? Sounds a bit like Africa l50 years ago to me. Didnt work so well then. Sancury states? Sounds like what Hitler called the Jewish slums of Germany before ww2 I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
Josh Gray wrote:
Is evil
Compared to what? And even if it is, how much of a threat does it really present, and how much is merely a figment of the left's own extermist imagination.
Josh Gray wrote:
At what cost?
Less than the alternative.
Josh Gray wrote:
Ahh just those.
Those are the base of power. Control those and you control all the rest.
Josh Gray wrote:
What makes you think any of those countries would support that action?
I don't seriously believe they would. But perhaps via certain incentives you could compel interest in the idea. For example, China last year tried to purchase major shares in the US patroleum industry. Perhaps, they could be allowed to develop their own oil industry to compete with those in the west, or some such arrangement beneficial to their continued economic growth. The EU might be willing to buy into the same arrangment. With all those players in the mix you'd probably need to fight off other nations that would want to join.
Josh Gray wrote:
Sounds a bit like Africa l50 years ago to me. Didnt work so well then.
Or Asia a century before. You're correct that management would have to be done in a more enlightened way with the bulk of the oil profits being plowed back into the ecnomies of that region. Providing education, jobs, etc, to lure the population away from extremism and into an acceptance of a less violent alternative social order.
Josh Gray wrote:
Sancury states? Sounds like what Hitler called the Jewish slums of Germany before ww2
:rolleyes: The idea would be to have areas governed by Muslims for Muslims desireing self rule without Islamic Fundamentalism. As these areas grew economically and socially, they could be combined into larger functional units until they could be trusted to return control of the entire region back over to leading to the ultimate termination of colonial rule. "If anything, the West is awash in an epidemic of self-hate crimes." "a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself" -- modified at 20:59 Sunday 29th January, 2006
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Well it seams to me that you spout a lot of opinions that you are unable to back up. You just repeat what you have been told or read and you actually have no opinions of your own that are developed enough for you to defend. Our conversation about your sig last week was a classic example. You are a poster boy for indoctrination. I have taken a vow of poverty. If you want to really piss me off, send me money.
Josh Gray wrote:
You are a poster boy for indoctrination.
And you are a poster boy for a button pushing troll. "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
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I don't get why people are so upset about Hamas winning the election. The only difference between them and that other bunch of dumb asses is that they don't make a secret about being a bunch of terrorists. They are not trying to hide what they are. What I find ironic is that the lefties all seem to think that the solution to the problem of Islamic extremism is to free the world of Jews and Christians! So, we cannot possible look in that direction for any sane, intellectual help on the issue. As a US citizen, I think it is time to force the issue once and for all. It has been allowed to fester for far too long. Oil will continue to be a huge enabling resource for all of this chaos for a long time to come. There is nothing Bush or anyone else can do about that in the forseeable future. So, I suggest that the powers of the world should simply come together and take the oil away from the Muslims. Re-colonize the region and set up international control of their governments. We have to choose between living in a stable, modern world, and pandering to the whims of a civilization which is increasingly unstable and dangerous. The sooner we put an end to it the better. "If anything, the West is awash in an epidemic of self-hate crimes." "a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself"
Stan Shannon wrote:
So, I suggest that the powers of the world should simply come together and take the oil away from the Muslims.
LoL, how misguided are you anyway? Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).
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Ed Gadziemski wrote:
But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many.
The commandments of the Old Testament are no longer applicable today. Jesus fuliflled the Old Testament. "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
Ed Gadziemski wrote: But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many. The commandments of the Old Testament are no longer applicable today.
Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
but when a religion such as Islam condones violence in it's Holy Books and was founded on violence, in my opinion, that makes the religion bad.
Knowing what you know now: If you lived during that time would you have considered Judaism to be a bad religion or would you have participated in the wiping out of those peoples?
Quran Lectures (updated 1/3/06) "They are MUSLIM. It does not matter how you split it up: all msulims (so they say) see every other muslim as a brother, regardless of origin or nationality." -legalAlien. Alhamdullah for the blessing of Islam
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Stan Shannon wrote:
So, I suggest that the powers of the world should simply come together and take the oil away from the Muslims.
LoL, how misguided are you anyway? Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).
Matthew Hazlett wrote:
how misguided are you anyway?
So lets hear your plan. "If anything, the West is awash in an epidemic of self-hate crimes." "a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself"
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Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
Ed Gadziemski wrote: But God told Jesus' people, the Jews, to slaughter the Bashanites and the Amorites and the fill-in-the-blank-ites all the way from Egypt to Israel. See Num 31:7 and Deut 20:13-17 as just two examples among many. The commandments of the Old Testament are no longer applicable today.
Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
but when a religion such as Islam condones violence in it's Holy Books and was founded on violence, in my opinion, that makes the religion bad.
Knowing what you know now: If you lived during that time would you have considered Judaism to be a bad religion or would you have participated in the wiping out of those peoples?
Quran Lectures (updated 1/3/06) "They are MUSLIM. It does not matter how you split it up: all msulims (so they say) see every other muslim as a brother, regardless of origin or nationality." -legalAlien. Alhamdullah for the blessing of Islam
A.A. wrote:
If you lived during that time
How am i supposed to predict what i would have done had i lived 3000 years ago? "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
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A.A. wrote:
If you lived during that time
How am i supposed to predict what i would have done had i lived 3000 years ago? "When only the police have guns, it's called a Police State."
Pumk1nh3ad wrote:
How am i supposed to predict what i would have done had i lived 3000 years ago?
Fair, but thats why I said 'Knowing what you know now'
Quran Lectures (updated 1/3/06) "They are MUSLIM. It does not matter how you split it up: all msulims (so they say) see every other muslim as a brother, regardless of origin or nationality." -legalAlien. Alhamdullah for the blessing of Islam