Since nobody else will ask, I will... Does Islam have a problem?

[yiehom]

Lolol! Where is the helm?

Okay. I am putting them down for a maybe on the goats then.

 

[yiehom]

Amen alleluya!
At last a funny thread on ET.

Everything from iphones to beliefs need updating as circumstances change.
So why stick in the past with religion ?
No virgins give birth and there is no heaven.
But there are ignorant parasites who preach lies !
Don't accept what the scammers say, they lie.

 

[yiehom]

72 verges (not vIerges)
A missing i changes it alltogether, in french.

 

[Humpy]

Religion gives the bigoted few a lot of power, influence and of course money in Arabia.
It used to be like that in Europe until they were exposed as mainly hypocrites and frauds.

 

[murray t turtle]

No one kills more Muslims on this earth now or in the past than other Muslims.

%%
Shameful but true. 777 trampled each other in Mecca, but what do Jews like Moses+ Jesus know with the command ''thou shalt not follow a mob to do evil''

 

[yiehom]

Every religion took their fair share in promoting the mess we are in. Pointing to only one of them won't help. Who started the crusades ?

"The Kongolese ...were fighting both slavery and the christian church that promoted it. Even the broader education turned out to be a farce, another western bait. The "schools" were little more than catechistic classes under semi-literate priests who were themselves not only slave dealers, but the personnification of all that is meant by corruption and immorality".
Chancellor Williams

 

[Humpy]

The basic human emotions are those of savages. Some aspects of some religions do try to rise above the basics promoting love, cooperation etc.
Islam will never enjoy the great fruits of peace until they actively promote peace.

 

[yiehom]

Religion, any religion, is the first enemy to peace on earth. How peacefully can you succeed in detracting people from their ancestral creeds and converting them to yours, without swords and cannons?

 

[Humpy]

Religion, any religion, is the first enemy to peace on earth. How peacefully can you succeed in detracting people from their ancestral creeds and converting them to yours, without swords and cannons?

By superior arguments and philosophy.
A group united by common purposes will always be superior to a chaotic self seeking rabble.

 

[OddTrader]

The New Atheists of the Philippines

Their style is less Richard Dawkins, more Christian missionary.

Michael French Mar 5, 2017

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/03/new-atheists-philippines/518175/

Another survey indicated that the number of Catholics attending church every week had fallen to 37 percent in 2013 from 64 percent in 1991. It also found that 9 percent had considered leaving the Church completely.

Then there is the Philippines’ new president, Rodrigo Duterte, whose bull-in-a-china-shop approach to politics has not spared the country’s most revered institution. Duterte was baptized a Catholic, but has pulled no punches in his fierce rhetorical attacks on the Church.

After 6 million Filipinos attended a mass with Pope Francis during his visit to Manila in 2015, Duterte, then still a presidential candidate, called the pope “a son of a whore” for creating a traffic jam in the city. He has apologized to the Vatican for the insult, but has since lobbed it at bishops who urged Catholics not to vote for him.

Although the Church far outstrips the government as the most trusted institution in the Philippines, Duterte enjoys an 83 percent approval rating, and he’s not a man to shy away from a fight. He continues to mock religion and pledges to expose sex abuse and corruption within the Church, which he says is “full of shit.”

Victim gets justice, another priest gets 20 months in prison

30 mins ago

August 7 2017

Victim gets justice, Salesian College priest gets 20-month minimum term


http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/v...ts-two-years-behind-bars-20170807-gxqvs1.html