Are you an atheist? (2 Viewers)

[Rabbie]

Avast young Rabbie there is nothing false about the FSM

Ignorant as I am of th FSM I was not aware he claimed to be all-loving. I had heard that he despised those that preferred lower forms of pasta such as macaroni and hated those who ate rice or potatos.

however I would still argue against the internal contradictions in being all-powerful, all-knowing and all-loving in the same package.

Now the tooth fairy just seems to have a nice commercial deal going and has cornered the market in children's second hand teeth

 

[John Big Booty]

I heard that Jonathan Teatime did for her

 

[John Big Booty]

... and he holds a contract on the Hog Father.

 

[Rabbie]

I have never heard of Jonathan Teatime. I suspect this is because he is a figment of your imagination

 

[John Big Booty]

Not mine, Mr. Pratchett's

 

[Rabbie]

D'oh:banghead: I should have got that from the reference to the Hogfather

 

[Galaxiom]

Again through a lack of knowledge you are wrong. It doesn't matter whether the adults consent or not. That's not the point. According to Sharia they are not allowed to exhibit such behaviour in public for which there is a law even in Australia. Check it out. Hence if these are crimes are fascist, then by implication Australia is a fascist state.

Fascism is typically a situation where a ruling oligarchy enforces laws over a population that has no say in the nature of the laws. In Australia we have a democracy and those limitations are endorsed by the people

I never said they were wrong. On the contrary as some of these laws agree with Sharia, then Muslims can live (as can non-Muslims) in these countries and spread the message and introduce other aspects of Islam. You may pooh pah that, but the success of people becoming Muslims may one day introduce news laws particularly based on promiscuity, alcohol and gambling abuse, porn, etc.

Here you reveal the true nature of your presence in this country. The likes of your family left the corrupt society where they lived and want to recreate what is wrong in their own country by inserting themselves and their fascist doctrine on a democracy.

I don't have a problem with people who want to live under Sharia for their personal guidance.

However this is never enough for the religious who insist that everyone be bound by their arbitrary laws. Most people use alcohol without any problem and you would deny them that choice. That is fascism.

 

[Vassago]

May FSM touch you with his noodley appendage and your sauces be plentiful.

 

[Rabbie]

Just a passing thought. Isn't it a bit sexist to have so many male gods nowadays. In olden times there was no shortage of goddesses

 

[spikepl]

If God is male, what does he use the divine penis and the holy nuts for?

 

[Vassago]

I thought God was Alanis Morissette...

 

[Adam Caramon]

I thought God was Alanis Morissette...

Thanks, now that song is going to be stuck in my head for a few days

 

[Brianwarnock]

Just a passing thought. Isn't it a bit sexist to have so many male gods nowadays. In olden times there was no shortage of goddesses

A Muslim lady talking on TV the other evening said that the use of him and he when referring to Allah was for simplicity, her studies had not revealed any gender specific references for him.

Brian

 

[Lightwave]

her studies had not revealed any gender specific references for him.

Just choosing to ignore tens of thousands of possesive adjectives because it's convenient is a real gem.

 

[Rabbie]

A Muslim lady talking on TV the other evening said that the use of him and he when referring to Allah was for simplicity, her studies had not revealed any gender specific references for him.

Brian

Since they claim he is the same god as the Jewish god and the christian god referred to as god the father I would say she is grasping at straws

 

[Brianwarnock]

Since they claim he is the same god as the Jewish god and the christian god referred to as god the father I would say she is grasping at straws

Ah! But do Muslims refer to their god as a father, a Muslim I was talking to in Morocco referred to him as their master, I guess mistress would have had a different interpretation.

Please note that I am not arguing for the lady, but merely replying to a post mourning the lack of goddesses.
However the point that she was making is that the use of the male possessive adjective and pronouns is the default, I am old enough to remember when we did not write he/she Dear Sir or Madam etc and what's more I think that would have made the texts far harder to read, a bit like the frequent (peace be upon Him) scattered through aziz's posts, and that besides the use of these male words there was nothing else gender specific. Like you I doubt that she has many followers, yet.

Brian

 

[pmonaghan]

So some people wouldn't believe there was a god even if he appeared before them? There's a fine line between religion and madness but I'd prefer to have belief than accept that I would occasionally see a god like figure and not accept it...

 

[Vassago]

That sounds akin to, one day you might get struck by lightening, so it's best to just stay inside. The only difference being, you know you actually can be struck by lightening as it actually happens.

 

[Beetle]

So some people wouldn't believe there was a god even if he appeared before them?

He appeared before me earlier this evening, and yes, I do believe

 

[Adam Caramon]

So some people wouldn't believe there was a god even if he appeared before them?

I think even the people that answered #1 don't actually believe that. Its something to do with the way people read surveys or polls. They are so convinced that there is no god, that they didn't read the question as it is actually stated. They just wanted their opinion, i.e. no god, to be represented that they picked the most extreme option for that.

There's a fine line between religion and madness but I'd prefer to have belief than accept that I would occasionally see a god like figure and not accept it...

That's a false dichotomy.