And that's how it should be. Masses are always dangerous, thus so are the millions that go to church every sunday or to the mosque every friday.
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Well unfortunately we do live with in countries, which is basically organizations made up to manage the masses.
I don't think going to church on sunday or going to friday prayers is a danger, its like once a week we try to remember to stick to the path we believe in, although we often go astray, well at least i do
I believe the key is in education, as long as you keep people properly educated they won't act with violence regardless of their difference in opinion.
I don't think going to church on sunday or going to friday prayers is a danger, its like once a week we try to remember to stick to the path we believe in, although we often go astray, well at least i do
I believe the key is in education, as long as you keep people properly educated they won't act with violence regardless of their difference in opinion.
Zé Tahir said:
Now that is someone who thinks like me Lucky to have a friend like that, and lucky to have met a good Muslim,
Lucky to have a friend like that, and lucky to have met a good Muslim,
int:Here in Holland, the media like to shower us with carefully portrayed images of extremist Christians in the US passing them off as the standard American.
The problem with most Muslim nations, is that they don't have Hollywood to help them show the world what the majority is like instead. But if it weren't for American TV and cinema, most of us Europeans would be convinced you were all the same as this character:
And before you go there: yes, we've seen reports on TV of Americans burning flags. The gay flag most notably.
I'm not entirely sure I buy that. I am not really proud of this, but I am lured into religious mockery everytime I find some "Jesus is my personal savior" line in some of these newly fabricated, feel-good Christian churches you find in the States. Jesus is my workout buddy. Jesus is my personal therapist. That sort of thing.
It's the kind of b.s. that makes you miss the fire-and-brimstone of a good old-fashioned diety. It's no wonder that parents have stopped disciplining their children and have resorted to appeasing them with DVDs and yogurt snacks when they've done something wrong ... they've turned the right and wrong of morality into some pantywaist affair.
Who'd have thought that all these new Christian churches, as anti-gay as many of them are, adopted a Christ role model that they've turned into some quasi-flamer with no backbone?
At the same time, as much as organized religions have been at the root of some of humanity's greatest evils in history... it's not entirely bad. I've seen a lot of good come from people who get together and constructively put their religious beliefs toward making the world a better place. Unfortunately, that hasn't gotten the media and historical coverage as all the negatives.
It's the kind of b.s. that makes you miss the fire-and-brimstone of a good old-fashioned diety. It's no wonder that parents have stopped disciplining their children and have resorted to appeasing them with DVDs and yogurt snacks when they've done something wrong ... they've turned the right and wrong of morality into some pantywaist affair.
Who'd have thought that all these new Christian churches, as anti-gay as many of them are, adopted a Christ role model that they've turned into some quasi-flamer with no backbone?
At the same time, as much as organized religions have been at the root of some of humanity's greatest evils in history... it's not entirely bad. I've seen a lot of good come from people who get together and constructively put their religious beliefs toward making the world a better place. Unfortunately, that hasn't gotten the media and historical coverage as all the negatives.
Erik-with-a-k said:
Yeah he rocks int:
int:
Here in Holland, the media like to shower us with carefully portrayed images of extremist Christians in the US passing them off as the standard American.
The problem with most Muslim nations, is that they don't have Hollywood to help them show the world what the majority is like instead. But if it weren't for American TV and cinema, most of us Europeans would be convinced you were all the same as this character:
And before you go there: yes, we've seen reports on TV of Americans burning flags. The gay flag most notably.
The problem with most Muslim nations, is that they don't have Hollywood to help them show the world what the majority is like instead. But if it weren't for American TV and cinema, most of us Europeans would be convinced you were all the same as this character:
And before you go there: yes, we've seen reports on TV of Americans burning flags. The gay flag most notably.
But also, I usually know better than to think that this reverse-butted American is the standard. The shocking part is that there are times, as in the 2004 elections here, where I came to the incredulous conclusion that these reverse-butted Americans may actually be the majority.
The 2006 elections were important for me in recognizing that I am not completely on crack. Bush may have a handful of redeemable traits, but otherwise the guy has arguably been the worst leader this country has had in its history. I had a massive national identity crisis in 2004 -- I could not even recognize many of my fellow citizens as even being in the same country as me. That was a first in my life.
