Originally posted by sword4damoclesLOL! I still wonder if you are mocking me, lol! 😉
I want some of your valium! 😛
No, really, religion is intimate and there it should stay, inside ourselves and the walls within people like minded gather. However, the law and its representative shall not be surpassed by religion, because that's the only guarantee of equal freedom of thought: The State.
Originally posted by SeitseRest assured, I'm not mocking you. I'm complimenting you.
LOL! I still wonder if you are mocking me, lol! 😉
No, really, religion is intimate and [b]there it should stay, inside ourselves and the walls within people like minded gather. However, the law and its representative shall not be surpassed by religion, because that's the only guarantee of equal freedom of thought: The State.[/b]
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Originally posted by SeitseAnother example, animal sacrifice was clearly documented in the Old Testament yet is no longer practiced by Abrahamic religions.
Asserting that Aztec religiosity is part of history just because no more
human sacrifices are held, is like saying Catholicism is part of history
because the inquisition is not performed anymore (at least the way it
used to be).
I'm a British citizen, but I don't feel any loyalty to Britain. Why should I ? Because by chance I was born here rather than somewhere else ? Any one nation is no more deserving of loyalty than any other. I do feel affection for and solidarity with the great majority of the British people (excluding racists, BNP members, etc) - but that's something different, isn't it ?
So though I'm an atheist, it doesn't seem strange to me at all that someone should say they're a Muslim first and British second. That's not extremism. Most British people have many loyalties (not least to their family) that are stronger than national loyalty - most wish that they could live abroad, for starters.
"NOTHING justifies acts of terrorism, and all terrorists are cowards who aren't strong enough to fight the good fight like Ghandi!!!!! " - well I'm not sure that it's cowardly to blow yourself up - certainly less cowardly than those other terrorists who bombed Baghdad and Beirut with little fear of getting their warplanes shot out of the skies. The bombers are absolutely wrong to target civilians, and their political aims are very murky and confused - but let's be clear : they do what they do not because of their religious beliefs, but because of their political beliefs. It's a cry of rage against the actions of the US, Britain and Israel in the Middle East.
Originally posted by bolshevikDo you feel any loyalty to bolshevism?
I'm a British citizen, but I don't feel any loyalty to Britain. Why should I ? Because by chance I was born here rather than somewhere else ? Any one nation is no more deserving of loyalty than any other. I do feel affection for and solidarity with the great majority of the British people (excluding racists, BNP members, etc) - but that's something differe ...[text shortened]... cry of rage against the actions of the US, Britain and Israel in the Middle East.
So though I'm an atheist, it doesn't seem strange to me at all that someone should say they're a Muslim first and British second. That's not extremism. Most British people have many loyalties (not least to their family) that are stronger than national loyalty - most wish that they could live abroad, for starters.yeah, i imagine if you ask a lot of british males of around 14-25, most of them wouldnt feel much loyalty to their country, regardless of their religion.
Originally posted by SALADINI believe what Philodor was saying was the human sacrifices that the Aztecs did during their services. There are still Aztecs performing ancient rituals (minus human sacrifices). Kind of like the practice of voodoo in some of the Carribean Islands that combine Catholicism with ancient African tribal religions.
seutse... you should know by now that Philly has no idiea what his is talking about half the time😀😀
Originally posted by bolshevikA nation which provides you with shelter, food, and security is worthy of loyalty. Fortunately most British citizens agree, the exceptions being a small bunch of indiginous left-wing loonies, and a small but deadly group of ist and 2nd geveration immigrants.
I'm a British citizen, but I don't feel any loyalty to Britain. Why should I ? Because by chance I was born here rather than somewhere else ? Any one nation is no more deserving of loyalty than any other. I do feel affection for and solidarity with the great majority of the British people (excluding racists, BNP members, etc) - but that's something differe ...[text shortened]... cry of rage against the actions of the US, Britain and Israel in the Middle East.
To whish category do you belong?