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seriousstan
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:14 PM Original message |
Imam's daughter in hiding after her conversion to Christianity sparked death threats |
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hobbit709
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pick a religion, any religion-the fanatics are the same. |
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seriousstan
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:20 PM Original message |
Bullshit. Start citing examples where holy texts state that converting to another religion is |
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hobbit709
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing to do with holy texts |
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pennylane100
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That was hundreds of years ago. |
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hobbit709
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. One response-Abortion clinic bombers. |
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seriousstan
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. We are talking about a religion that calls for the death of those who leave it. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
87. The Koran doesn't call for it. |
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pennylane100
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I agree that abortion clinic bombers are fanatic killers |
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CJCRANE
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. How many muslim countries can you name |
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pennylane100
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. and that has to do with what? |
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CJCRANE
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It's important because I think you're generalising. |
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pennylane100
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Ask the nineteen year old woman who has just been sentenced to 200 lashes |
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CJCRANE
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. There are 56 muslim majority countries*. |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Dec-08-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. In Egypt, converts to Christianity are imprisoned. |
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leftynyc
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Sat Dec-08-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. The difference is that Sharia law |
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Sat Dec-08-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Which is why we must keep Church and State separate... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
85. There are idiots aplenty who would love to see Britain under Sharia law. |
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LeftishBrit
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Wed Dec-12-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #85 |
112. Exactly! |
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CJCRANE
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. No it's not. As per my post above |
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seriousstan
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Name the other major religions. No major religions? Name the minor non-islamic religions. |
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CJCRANE
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I already named two major religions. |
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LiberalFighter
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Sat Dec-08-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. All making those threats should be deported back to original country |
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treestar
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Sun Dec-09-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
69. I agree with your last sentence |
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
84. Not to defend barbarity, but I think you are forgetting the religious strife of N. Ireland. |
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Marrah_G
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #84 |
93. That was more of a war over turf not simply on faith |
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Nowhere in the New Testament is violence against non-believers encouraged. |
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hobbit709
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Notice how all these fundie so-called Christians |
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seriousstan
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You really have a hard time concentrating,don't you? ADD? |
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hobbit709
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You can't comprehend what I said |
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I've personally met so-called "mainstream" non-fundie christians |
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
110. that doesn't sound like any of the mainstream Christians I know |
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Sat Dec-08-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Oh horsecrap - Maybe a Fred Phelps type - That's about it. |
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Sat Dec-08-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Paul of Tarsus was quite a bigot, and the Book of Revelation is a book of revenge |
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Tue Dec-11-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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CJCRANE
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is the cultural element too. |
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donsu
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. ALL religions put women down, keep women down |
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seriousstan
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. There is a huge difference between putting someone down and FUCKING KILLING THEM! |
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Mon Dec-10-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
80. I'll be sure to tell my female pastor that |
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Marrah_G
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
95. NO-- All religions DO NOT |
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Sat Dec-08-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
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Oak2004
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Mon Dec-10-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
100. This is not generally true of Islam |
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Taverner
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Mon Dec-10-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
101. Abortion Doctor Killings, |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Dec-08-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. I changed religion at the age of 17-18. My parents were |
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dmallind
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Sat Dec-08-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. You need to hear more... |
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spoony
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Mon Dec-10-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
81. So atheism is a religion when it's convenient, then? |
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LanternWaste
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Mon Dec-10-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
83. ...or a philosophy, or a political position, or even a hobby |
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donsu
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. don't let the religiously insane men get away with this crap |
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Lasher
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is some pretty sick shit. |
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PaulaFarrell
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Of course it's all against the law |
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Lasher
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Sat Dec-08-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. OK thanks Paula |
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dmallind
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. DU believers take note: THIS is anti-Christian persecution |
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brentspeak
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. ??? |
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dmallind
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Sat Dec-08-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Well that would be one question |
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IndianaGreen
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Sat Dec-08-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Christians have been at the forefront of persecution, intolerance, and holocausts |
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LanternWaste
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #55 |
97. Ok. I'll keep my mouth shut if I ever witness.. |
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ChazII
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Sat Dec-08-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sad. n/t |
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kurth
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Sat Dec-08-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. Primitive tribal crap |
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Heywood J
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Sat Dec-08-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. Send them back. |
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LeftishBrit
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Sun Dec-09-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. UK law certainly provides for serious criminals from abroad being deported after their sentences |
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ikojo
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Sun Dec-09-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
63. A young Palestinian woman living in St Louis was killed |
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kurth
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Sun Dec-09-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. And we're letting shit like that into our country |
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bitchkitty
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #63 |
94. I remember that - so sad. |
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boricua79
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Sat Dec-08-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. it's just a minority guys |
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nebula
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Sat Dec-08-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It's not a minority |
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boricua79
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Sun Dec-09-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
59. finally someone notices it |
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JVS
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Sun Dec-09-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
65. The question is: how constructive is it for outsiders like us to call for reform/enlightenment? |
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leftynyc
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Mon Dec-10-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. I see your point, however, |
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JVS
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #79 |
105. I would say that the other option is to look for voices within their society that speak out... |
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donsu
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Mon Dec-10-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
99. I don't think of myself as an 'outsider'. I'm a woman caring about other women |
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JVS
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Mon Dec-10-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Well middle-eastern muslims almost certainly would consider you an outsider. |
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Dorian Gray
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Sat Dec-08-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. Who could blame her for converting to any religion or non-religion |
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sarcasmo
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Sat Dec-08-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. Religion, the real reason we fight Wars. |
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pegleg
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Sat Dec-08-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. So atheistic nations don't fight wars ? |
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haele
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Sun Dec-09-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. Say instead Religion is one of the primary excuses - |
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Marrah_G
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
96. Land and resources. |
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LeftishBrit
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Sat Dec-08-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is a disgusting situation |
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Sat Dec-08-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sounds like her family has some issues. |
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Sat Dec-08-07 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. And the Imam and this womans brother are not in jail because??? |
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Sat Dec-08-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. Islam is very hardcore on people leaving the fold. |
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
88. "Significant minority." |
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Sat Dec-08-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. All muslim scholars I tried to argue with avoid this question like hell : |
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Sat Dec-08-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
50. I hope she stays safe |
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Sat Dec-08-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
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Sat Dec-08-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Christians won't call for her death if she decides to leave that religion. |
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Sat Dec-08-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. You really go out of your way to promote the democratic party cause |
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Sun Dec-09-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. "equally deplorable religion".... |
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treestar
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Sun Dec-09-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. But maybe that's because of the differences in the cultures |
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Sun Dec-09-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. You make one good point, and one weak one... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #70 |
86. We're not talking about Muslims in a Muslim country. |
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treestar
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Mon Dec-10-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. The F bomb really makes your point, doesn't it? |
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LeftishBrit
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Mon Dec-10-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
102. This isn't a Muslim (or otherwise religious) country |
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cigsandcoffee
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Sun Dec-09-07 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
60. The replies to these threads are so predictable. |
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Sun Dec-09-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Well said |
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Sun Dec-09-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. pc crowd needs "rose colored glasses" to ignore the obvious |
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Sun Dec-09-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. I totally agree with you on all the PC bullshit. |
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Mon Dec-10-07 04:53 AM Response to Reply #60 |
78. Well said |
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leftynyc
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Mon Dec-10-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Bravo and amen |
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Mon Dec-10-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
98. "A special problem". |
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JVS
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Sun Dec-09-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. Isn't this the kind of thing that Pope Benedict XVI was talking about when people got super-pissed? |
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Sun Dec-09-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. No, he wasn't talking about anything specific at all |
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cigsandcoffee
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Sun Dec-09-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Right now, Islam is "worse" than other religions. |
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treestar
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Sun Dec-09-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. It's still not worth condemning the whole religion over |
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cigsandcoffee
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Sun Dec-09-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Nobody is "condemning the whole religion." |
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Sun Dec-09-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Somali Women: 'We don't want any Christians and Ethiopians inside our country |
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #76 |
90. I think you are trying to imply one religion is worse than others |
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cigsandcoffee
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #90 |
109. The Dominionist bit is a red herring. |
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Mon Dec-10-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #72 |
89. Yes. It IS worse. But not by any merits of Christianity, mind you. |
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
108. I'm curious. Why go hard after Christianity while sticking up for Islam? |
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Mon Dec-17-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. "Sticking up?" Obvious moderation? Openly hostile? Chip on shoulder much? |
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Mon Dec-17-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #89 |
115. Right. Sure it did. |
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Marrah_G
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Mon Dec-10-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
92. Can he not be arrested for stalking or threats or something? |
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LeftishBrit
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Mon Dec-10-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Yes. He can. And very likely will. |
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cigsandcoffee
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
107. And now in Canada... |
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Dr. Strange
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Mon Dec-17-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Yes, but Christianity is much worse!* |
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davidinalameda
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Wed Dec-12-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
111. Islam may not be a religion of violence |
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Mon Dec-17-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
116. How many Muslims live in the UK? And... |
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