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Religion is *used* to facilitate terrible things such as crusades, jihads, inquisitions, genocides, etc. That's why it gets at least some of the blame. But of course you can just deny that it has anything/much to do with such things, I just don't see how you rationalize it. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
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"Gee, if only there wern't any *BLANK* in the world. Let's kill'em off, only then will the world be in a better state!" While it doesn't exonerate the Catholic Church, the Popes that carried out, the Byzantine Emperor that laid the seed, the people that carried out the killing people all still shared a semblence of responsibly for their actions. What about the people that didn't participate but just went along with it? Are they not responsible to a certain extent as a decent rational human being for not decrying these actions carried out? To act against them? To undermind them at the very least? It's human nature to assign blame. By assigning blame you are abdicating any responsibility for your actions or lack therof. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I agree that assigning blame to one thing while ignoring the other factors is false and foolish. But the truth that there were other factors at work to justify the group/factor etc. that one likes doesn't really work in my view. Sure you can know that religion isn't the sole reason for all the ill it's been involved in, but how does that matter? That there is blame to spread around doesn't in any way make an offending party's role any less offensive.
Didn't mean to come across as blaming all these things on religion alone. Just trying to make the point that it doesn't have to be a black and white debate between "It's all religion's fault." and "Religion isn't the only reason, so it's not at fault." There is an obvious middle ground for anyone willing to see it. I was speaking idiomatically.
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I like how the article was proven to be a total lie but people are still debating...
oh my god, are you guys actually debating whether religion is the source of all evil in the world? Don't you ever get tired of that? the answer is: any organization of people, no matter where it gains its legitimacy, is possible of evil. As far as evil can be a 'thing', it's a human trait. There, I solved it for you. Most amazing jew boots |
FELIPE NO |
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That my friend, is what scares the other governments of the region. He is trying to turn Iran into the leader of the Middle East, and frankly, unless the West realizes how poorly of a job they're doing at stopping him, any posturing to stop him from getting a bomb is pointless, because no matter what happens, the West looses. If what is going on now continues, any foreign action to deny Iran a bomb forcefully would result in a fury of anti-American sentiment across the Arab world, one that even Iran's traditional foes and other regional powers like Egypt and Saudi Arabia couldn't contain. No, hes no idiot. He's mounting one of the best foreign policy and populist coup's in the Middle East that is going to result in a great shift of power, and the irony is that, yet again, America and the West is failing to realize what is happening. How ya doing, buddy? |