I didn't say the bible says to hate Muslims. I said the bible says lots of horrible things, violent things, hateful things. An example of that might be the bit where it says something about bruising your children during discipline is the only way to cleanse them of wrong doing.
If Christian people can pick and choose what is appropriate to their belief system without accepting every word literally, then so can Muslim people.
You have no right to accuse Muslim people of hating Christians any more than I have the right to say you criminally abused your children because it says you must in the bible.
There's a lot of good stuff in both holy books and there's a lot of culturally outdated and unethical stuff. Perhaps try listening to each other, eh? Love thy neighbour and all that jazz.
The conflict we see arising on the forums regarding Islam seems to be because some non-Muslims listen to and internalise anti-Muslim propaganda. When Muslim people try to share how they personally understand Islam, they are shouted down by people who insist that they don't believe in what they believe in.
It's silly.
Each of us may explain our beliefs, but other people cannot insist we believe in something we don't. Beliefs are personal; regardless of teachings we will each have our own interpretations and understanding. Each of us has the right to express our spiritual belief system without being told we're lying, or that we believe something different.
Germaine Greer in her book The Female Eunach suggested women empower themselves by becoming free lance secretaries instead of committing to one man all their working lives.
1. causing laughter or amusement; humorous. "a funny story" synonyms: amusing, humorous, witty, comic, comical, droll, facetious, jocular, jokey; More hilarious, hysterical, riotous, uproarious; entertaining, diverting, sparkling, scintillating; silly, farcical, slapstick; informalside-splitting, rib-tickling, laugh-a-minute, wacky, zany, off the wall, a scream, rich, priceless; informal,killing "a funny movie" antonyms: serious, unamusing expressing a speaker's objection to another's laughter or mockery. "She started to laugh. “ What's so funny? ” he asked" informal used to emphasize that something is unpleasant or wrong and should be regarded seriously or avoided. "stealing other people's work isn't funny" 2. difficult to explain or understand; strange. "I had a funny feeling you'd be around"
Grade: D-
Comment: Popper lacks the skills and maturity to be a funny guy amongst his peers. He appears to put little thought, or effort into originality. Must try harder.
One day a week for most of the last academic year, I travelled through Newport by bus. Newport in Wales is one of the hotspots for placing immigrants in the UK.
I'd usually sit at the back of the bus where it so happened most of the school kids also preferred to sit. I was struck by what an example to humamity those young people were. It didn't matter what age, nationality, race, religion, ability, size, or shape they were - they were inclusive, caring of each other and accepting. On occasion, they'd even include me in their conversations and banter without missing a beat.
I also became aware through some work I had at the time how asylum seekers were treated as if they aren't human. Many escaping persecution, violence, torture, FGM, etc., and yet they were uprooted from one place to another seemingly on a whim, or treated like criminals by officials. A lot of these people, adults and children alike, are totally traumatised by their experiences.
I would hope if I were ever in that situation someone might offer me shelter and safety. As such, I cannot say that it is wrong to offer those in need what I would hope for in their situation.
As to how places like the UK cope financially and practically, I guess we're just going to have to get creative.
jac_the_gripper Forum Posts (5,363)
RE: Please don't hate Muslims if you do
I feel embarassed by this post.It's puerile.