The Hazards of Belief

SebBerkovich · 23-04-2013 04:24PM

krudler wrote: »

Sounds like something from Harry Potter.

That would make some interesting fan-fic...
"Welcome back to hogwarts, this will be the first year where sharia law will be strictly enforced. First thing's first, the sorting hat will work out who gets the wear a burka! Hermione, you're up first."

robindch · 23-04-2013 04:30PM

Surprise, surprise -- the Boston bombers may well have been motivated by an radical version of a certain well-known "religion of peace":

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/religious-motive-for-boston-bombs-1.1369674

SebBerkovich · 23-04-2013 04:32PM

robindch wrote: »

Surprise, surprise -- the Boston bombers may well have been motivated by an radical version of a certain well-known "religion of peace":

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/religious-motive-for-boston-bombs-1.1369674

How do people KEEP missing that bit about peace?
they should maybe consider a leaflet campaign or print up some t-shirts or something.

Bannasidhe · 23-04-2013 04:41PM

SebBerkovich wrote: »

How do people KEEP missing that bit about peace?
they should maybe consider a leaflet campaign or print up some t-shirts or something.

Meh - the religion that is all about Love isn't exactly brimming over with that either....

Turtwig · 23-04-2013 04:42PM

Suicide is a sin too, let's not forget that.

krudler · 23-04-2013 05:31PM

SebBerkovich wrote: »

That would make some interesting fan-fic...
"Welcome back to hogwarts, this will be the first year where sharia law will be strictly enforced. First thing's first, the sorting hat will work out who gets the wear a burka! Hermione, you're up first."

All female witches must ride appropriate brooms, current ones are too phallic and may induce female hysteria.

Who we kidding there'd be no female witches :pac:

Bannasidhe · 23-04-2013 05:33PM

krudler wrote: »

All female witches must ride appropriate brooms, current ones are too phallic and may induce female hysteria.

Who we kidding there'd be no female witches :pac:

or riding....

recedite · 23-04-2013 09:42PM

iguana wrote: »

http://babyandbump.momtastic.com/breastfeeding/1834661-quick-question-muslim-breastfeeding-mums.html

Just finding it disturbing that there can be such a serious discussion about whether/how to fast for religious reasons while breastfeeding

At least they are not making the babies fast.
I'll rephrase that :pac: ; at least they are feeding the babies.
I wonder at what age a Muslim child is first "encouraged" to fast for Ramadan?

endacl · 23-04-2013 09:51PM

SebBerkovich wrote: »

they should maybe consider a leaflet campaign or print up some t-shirts or something.

No images. Text only. No provocative colours or fonts...

MrPudding · 24-04-2013 08:04AM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Jesus Christ. If they have any surviving children, they should be taken off them.

I think they have another 7 to get through.

MrP

robindch · 24-04-2013 11:27AM

Atheists - did you know you could be autistic? If not, then check out this 2011 article in the Daily Mail!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html

krudler · 24-04-2013 11:36AM

robindch wrote: »

Atheists - did you know you could be autistic? If not, then check out this 2011 article in the Daily Mail!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html

Ha, love this:

The metaphors and figures of speech found in religious texts may deter people with autistic spectrum disorders from religious belief

I must be autistic, my bullsh1t detector goes off around religious texts.

Bannasidhe · 24-04-2013 11:42AM

robindch wrote: »

Atheists - did you know you could be autistic? If not, then check out this 2011 article in the Daily Mail!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2039690/Atheism-autism-Controversial-new-study-points-link-two.html

Am I reading this correctly or is my yet to be diagnosed autism getting in the way? -

I read it as - study of small group of people with autism determines majority are atheists therefore there is a definitive link between autism and atheism...

Next week - left handedness and atheism.

Cork Boy · 24-04-2013 11:45AM

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at this one. Probably cry tbh...

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/saudi-arabia-deports-three-men-to-uae-for-being-too-irresistible-to-women-29203947.html

Can't believe no-one's done this already...

"...religious police stormed the stand and evicted the three because they ‘were too handsome’, according to local media reports.

“A festival official said the three Emiratis were taken out on the grounds they are too handsome and that the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices members feared female visitors could fall for them,” a local paper reported."

robindch · 24-04-2013 11:51AM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

I read it as - study of small group of people with autism determines majority are atheists therefore there is a definitive link between autism and atheism...

Yup, that's it.

Welcome to Planet Daily Mail!

Turtwig · 24-04-2013 11:51AM

I know it's the daily fail and my kitten block prevents me from reading it (best app/extension ever!). Granted the results may not hold up, but if they did? Doesn't anyone find this interesting?
It might tell us a lot about brain structures and belief.

kylith · 24-04-2013 12:30PM

Cork Boy wrote: »

Can't believe no-one's done this already...

"...religious police stormed the stand and evicted the three because they ‘were too handsome’, according to local media reports.

“A festival official said the three Emiratis were taken out on the grounds they are too handsome and that the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices members feared female visitors could fall for them,” a local paper reported."

Gods dammit, I want to see pictures of the men deemed Too Sexy for the Saudis!

endacl · 24-04-2013 12:32PM

kylith wrote: »

Gods dammit, I want to see pictures of the men deemed Too Sexy for the Saudis!

kylith · 24-04-2013 12:42PM

Why hello there...;)

Turtwig · 24-04-2013 12:43PM

Pfft. Give him a guitar and I'm sure there'd be chemistry. :pac:

brimal · 24-04-2013 07:35PM

Here is a pic of one of the guys who got deported from Saudi Arabia for being too handsome

He confirms the story on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OmarBorkanAlGala

krudler · 24-04-2013 09:19PM

In fairness that's one good looking dude, talk about an ego stroke, so handsome I was thrown out of a country, how many men can say that :pac:

endacl · 24-04-2013 09:22PM

brimal wrote: »

Here is a pic of one of the guys who got deported from Saudi Arabia for being too handsome

He confirms the story on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OmarBorkanAlGala

Well, the pic I posted is deffo genuine. Anybody got the third?

FouxDaFaFa · 24-04-2013 10:05PM

Damn, look at that beardwork...

endacl · 24-04-2013 10:38PM

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

Damn, look at that beardwork...

Photoshopped...

Hotblack Desiato · 24-04-2013 11:29PM

brimal wrote: »

Here is a pic of one of the guys who got deported from Saudi Arabia for being too handsome

I doubt they're big on eyeliner on men in Saudi (or on women for that matter...)

Bannasidhe · 24-04-2013 11:55PM

Ohhh--you all are such b'atches.

endacl · 24-04-2013 11:58PM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Ohhh--you all are such b'atches.

What? Like l'oaves?!?

Bannasidhe · 25-04-2013 12:12AM

endacl wrote: »

What? Like l'oaves?!?

More like c'ats.

endacl · 25-04-2013 12:51AM

Bannasidhe wrote: »

More like c'ats.

Lovely buttery slices o' b'atch c'at and a cup o' tae?!?

Seriously?!?

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