The Hazards of Belief

Galvasean · 22-07-2013 08:48PM

Creator12 wrote: »

This forum has lost its value and credibility for Past few year. The foram was filled with thoughts and opinions when suddenly few Mods of this foram started becoming personal with users. I was one of them. I became victim of tyranny of Dades. He started editing and deleting my post without any reason. Now the foram seems to be dead. The gulls don't land here any more. Moderators, when couldn't shut eye of reason, became dictators. Blood was spilled. IDs were banned. But in this age of tyranny the courage of one man to stands against all the tyrants and dictators is priceless. Liberty is my religion. Liberty of hands, liberty of thoughts, liberty of IDs.

This post is all the more epic when read in this guy's voice:

PopePalpatine · 22-07-2013 09:32PM

Liberty...as long as you're not a woman. :rolleyes:

Sarky · 22-07-2013 09:55PM

I always imagined dead one was short so he had to stand on a box to look intimidating, so the Tom Hardy thing works on that level too!

Hotblack Desiato · 22-07-2013 10:43PM

Isn't it funny when religious types go on about 'liberty' it invariably means religious types having the liberty to take away choices from others.

endacl · 22-07-2013 10:46PM

ninja900 wrote: »

Isn't it funny when religious types go on about 'liberty' it invariably means religious types having the liberty to take away choices from others.

Funnt 'haha', or funny 'weird'....?

Hotblack Desiato · 22-07-2013 11:37PM

Not 'funny ha ha'

23-07-2013 09:40AM

Ah bless I missed him again. hello dead one o/
Poor man has such issues with women
Temptresses everywhere wha :pac:
And all his female work colleagues throwing themselves at him apparently!

Sarky · 23-07-2013 09:56AM

Perhaps he's one of those people who thinks not greeting a co-worker with "f*ck off you perv" directly translates as "You're charming the hijab off me, you magnificent stallion".

Beruthiel · 23-07-2013 10:27AM

An 11 year-old Yemeni girl whose family attempted to force her into an arranged marriage.

Very upsetting to know this goes on all the time.

krudler · 23-07-2013 04:30PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Ah bless I missed him again. hello dead one o/
Poor man has such issues with women
Temptresses everywhere wha :pac:
And all his female work colleagues throwing themselves at him apparently!

Cover your ankles will you

The Black Oil · 23-07-2013 08:11PM

Beruthiel wrote: »

An 11 year-old Yemeni girl whose family attempted to force her into an arranged marriage.

Very upsetting to know this goes on all the time.

It is an extraordinary video - raw, passionate, articulate. To see an 11 year old talk about suicide (and the rest) is frightening. I know it's gotten a lot of coverage/views, but compared to the arrival of a certain baby it's gotten feck all.

Beruthiel · 24-07-2013 07:09AM

The Black Oil wrote: »

It is an extraordinary video - raw, passionate, articulate. To see an 11 year old talk about suicide (and the rest) is frightening. I know it's gotten a lot of coverage/views, but compared to the arrival of a certain baby it's gotten feck all.

It's terribly upsetting.
At 11 years of age your biggest concern should be doing your homework and playing with your toys.
Arranged marriages, aunt dead by suicide due to same, thoughts of killing herself because of what her mother was pushing her to do should not even be conceivable to her.

Penn · 25-07-2013 02:10PM

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Saudi Arabian Women's Conference

Story

PopePalpatine · 25-07-2013 03:08PM

Is this a game of "Spot the dead_one"? :pac:

SebBerkovich · 25-07-2013 03:14PM

I think the problem lay with the literal interpretation of the events tag line.

"You've gotta take some balls to show up to this Conference...."

legspin · 25-07-2013 03:30PM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Is this a game of "Spot the dead_one"? :pac:

Where's Wally? (now with institutionalised misogyny)

robindch · 01-08-2013 05:00PM

A study published in April shows a positive correlation between belief in an angry god and a range of psychiatric illnesses:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/17/study-belief-in-an-angry-god-associated-with-variety-of-mental-illnesses/

endacl · 01-08-2013 05:07PM

Penn wrote: »

Brian Shanahan · 01-08-2013 05:51PM

endacl wrote: »

Nah, no woman would be seen dead with feet as badly pedicured as in that photo.

endacl · 01-08-2013 05:53PM

Brian Shanahan wrote: »

Nah, no woman would be seen dead with feet as badly pedicured as in that photo.

Not even dedicated method actors?

Brian Shanahan · 01-08-2013 07:05PM

endacl wrote: »

Not even dedicated method actors?

Asking a woman not to have well cared for feet would be like asking the pope to stop being homophobic. Not gonna happen.

biko · 01-08-2013 08:22PM

Saudi activist and blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced on Monday to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for insulting Islam.
Charges of apostasy, which could have led to a death sentence, were dropped.

Another Saudi blogger, Hamza Kashgari, was deported back to his country in February 2012 from Malaysia. He is now being held in jail over blasphemy charges because of Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/saudi-arabia/130731/saudi-activist-raif-badawi-sentenced-7-years-600-lashes

endacl · 01-08-2013 08:38PM

Reminds me of this...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/02/mali-jihadis-sharia-black-africans

Any religion can go bad with horrible consequences, but when Islam does, primitive zealotry scrapes new depths. Whatever happened to 'let there be no compulsion in religion'?

Hotblack Desiato · 02-08-2013 10:40AM

Letter in today's IT:

Sir, – Eric Conway (August 1st) misses the significance of the words of Pope Francis on homosexuality. While it is true they do not represent a change in teaching, the completely different and new pastoral tone is very significant to gay Catholics everywhere. At long last gay Catholics do not need to hide at the back of our churches at Mass, just as once black Catholics did in the United Stares. Thank you, Francis! – Yours, etc,

Rev DONAL GODFREY, S J,

The University of

San Francisco Jesuit

Community,

Turk Blvd,

San Francisco,

California, US.

Woo! Teh Gheys need no longer hide at the back of the metaphorical bus as it were!
This is real progress :rolleyes:

And yeah it does say 'United Stares'

robindch · 02-08-2013 10:48AM

endacl wrote: »

Whatever happened to 'let there be no compulsion in religion'?

Context, endacl, context.

Hotblack Desiato · 02-08-2013 10:58AM

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/babies-given-away-live-on-air-in-pakistani-talk-show-1.1482056

Hussain is one of Pakistan’s most popular talk show hosts. During his marathon broadcasts, he cooks, interviews clerics and celebrities, entertains children and hosts game shows. He usually gives prizes such as motorbikes, mobile phones and land deeds to audience members who answer questions about Islam. However, at the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, when television stations battle fiercely for ratings, Hussain astonished Pakistan when he presented two families with babies.

:eek:

In 2008, Hussain hosted scholars who called for the deaths of Ahmadis, a persecuted religious sect in Pakistan. Within a day, two prominent Ahmadis had been shot dead.

Penn · 02-08-2013 03:36PM

ninja900 wrote: »

Letter in today's IT:

Woo! Teh Gheys need no longer hide at the back of the metaphorical bus as it were!
This is real progress :rolleyes:

And yeah it does say 'United Stares'

They can sit up the front at Mass now, but they'll still be told they're sinners and are going to go to Hell for engaging in homosexual activity

"If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress." - Malcolm X