Guadalcanal Forum Posts (38)

RE: Atheist presidential candidate?

Shouldn't the question be; "Would you vote for a presidential candidate who is very qualified in every way but openly believes in a Gray-Bearded-Man-Sitting-On-A-Cloud-Ruling-The-Universe, or Satan, or angels and stuff?"?

On Connecting Singles, who started most of your private contacts?

Just wanted to know if on CS men, as in real life, are expected to take the iniative. And they are !!

RE: Do looks mater

Intersting article. Evolutionary biology, always fascinating

RE: How will you die?

In agony, after stumbling into a thread like this

RE: Looking real life partner

Pff, this guy is a sitting duck. Cease fire, and then let him enter the water and quietly swim away ...

RE: Greatest Football Quarterback of all Time...?

Dunno. Have always wondered though why a sport where people touch the ball 90% of the time with their hands is called 'football' . And why in the same country the sport where people touch the ball 90% of the time with their feet is not called 'football' but ... 'soccer' .

RE: Tripoli Plane Crash...

My thoughts are with the 61 Dutch victims, but then again they are also with the 80 other transportation victims that die each month in Holland (one of the lowest figures in the world, by the way). Their deaths go largely unnoticed, with much less public support for their families and friends.

RE: The Tolerance of the Prophet towards Other Religions (part 1 of 2): To Each Their Own Religion

RE: Britain joining the Euro.

Don't do it. If the economy goes really down the drain, at least you can still devaluate, or have the speculators army bring your exchange rate down to unbeatable competition levels

RE: Greece up the creek without a Paddle.And we all fall in.

After checking, this not entirly true, but the States as whole are certainly up the creek with Greece, with 100% and 12% debt and deficit ratios resp. And what's worse, a seriously higher % than greece of that debt is held by foreigners. So, same question mutatis mutandis; why not bump the States out of the dollar zone

RE: Greece up the creek without a Paddle.And we all fall in.

If you think of it, California has much higher Deficit/GDP and Debt/GDP ratio's than Greece. Why isn't anybodoy talking about bumbing California out of the dollar zone then

RE: how much money have you in the bank?

Would that be an Irish bank? Oh dear

RE: Greece up the creek without a Paddle.And we all fall in.

Looks like the usual suspect Goldman Sachs is at it again. It helped the Greek government push forward to a distant future billions of euros in public spending, by selling derivative products to the scheming Greeks. That's how they have been meeting the Eurozone 3% budget limit over the past decade. GS of course earned the usual multi-million dollar fees

RE: Scientist that believe in God

Proves that senior age and wisdom do not necessarily go together

RE: Love for everyone :barf:

The guy will be creating his own uncle or aunt. That's weird

RE: Guys, Have You Ever Fantasized About Being With Another Man?

Damn, I clicked on the "no" button before I saw there was a "hell no" button

RE: Greece

You have to be Swiss to do that

RE: If you're an educated woman, would you date a man who can't spell or speak properly?

of course she's an "educational" snob. But then again, we are all snobs in one department or the other. You even have snobs that look down on people that have no tattoos, they are the dreaded tattoo snobs. If I had to choose, I'd be an educational snob anytime. Mind you, being and educational snob doesn't necessarily mean that you are educated yourself.

RE: If you're an educated woman, would you date a man who can't spell or speak properly?

"sanctimonious", now that's a nice word

RE: Are there any people from Belgium on here?

Voorlopig nog wel, spijtig genoeg

BHV

This thread was erroneously posted. It was intended as a reply to the thread "Belgium". Sorry for the nuisance.

BHV

Judging by the colour of that hair on your face, if anyone has been pissing in the wind, it's you, Mr. Caveman.

BHV

Brussel Halle Vilvoorde, damned

RE: Love and Hunger

Puis-je vous donner un petit bisou?

RE: Believer Bashers

Conrad The Barbarian strikes again

RE: Believer Bashers

Dead right. The fact that you can't prove God doesn't exist, isn't a proof that God exists. Otherwise you would, as Russell put it, be able to prove that there is a small teapot circling Saturn, simply because you're unable (since no telescope is strong enough) to proof there's isn't.

BHV

Split it, right in the middle !!

How would you judge your looks?

After 71 votes it's official; women tend to over-rate their looks. Men rate them more realisticly.

Mecca

Muslims can walk around freely in The Vatican, but as a christian (or non-Muslim for that matter) you're not even allowed to enter Mecca. Islam, a tolerant religion?

RE: The Tolerance of the Prophet towards Other Religions (part 1 of 2): To Each Their Own Religion

Many mistakenly believe that Islam does not tolerate the existence of other religions present in the world. This article discusses some of the foundations the Prophet Muhammad himself laid in dealing with people of other faiths, with a practical examples from his lifetime. Part 1: Examples of religious tolerance for people of other faiths found in the constitution which the Prophet laid in Medina.
The dealings of the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, with other religions can best be described in the verse of the Quran:

“To you be your religion, to me be mine.”

The Arabian Peninsula during the time of the Prophet was a region in which various faiths were present. There were Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, polytheists, and others not affiliated with any religion. When one looks into the life of the Prophet, one may draw on many examples to portray the high level of tolerance shown to people of other faiths.

In order to understand and judge this tolerance, one must look into the period in which Islam was a formal state, with the specific laws laid down by the Prophet in accordance with the tenets of religion. Even though one can observe many examples of tolerance shown by the Prophet in the thirteen years of his stay in Mecca, one may incorrectly think that it was only due to seeking to raise the profile of the Muslims and the social status of Islam and in general. For this reason, the discussion will be limited to the period which commenced with the migration of the Prophet to Medina, and specifically once the constitution was set.

The Saheefah
The best example of the tolerance shown by the Prophet to other religions may be the constitution itself, called the ‘Saheefah’ by early historians. When the Prophet migrated to Medina, his role as a mere religious leader ended; he was now the political leader of a state, governed by the precepts of Islam, which demanded that clear laws of governance be laid out to ensure harmony and stability in a society which once had been distraught by decades of war, one which must ensure the peaceful coexistence of Muslims, Jews, Christians and polytheists. Due to this, the Prophet laid down a ‘constitution’ which detailed the responsibilities of all parties which resided in Medina, their obligations towards each other, and certain restrictions which were placed on each. All parties were to obey what was mentioned therein, and any breach of its articles was regarded as an act of treachery.

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Thought this sounded much too erudite. And lo and behold, turns out you copied it from .