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Stupid things religious people say
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Pakistan Moves to Ban Black Magic

A bill approved by the country’s Senate in March would impose prison terms of up to seven years and thousands of dollars in fines on people who provide a vaguely defined set of supernatural services.

Spiritual practitioners worry that a range of esoteric practices will be targeted in this deeply religious and culturally conservative country. They point to the inherent difficulty and danger in policing belief, and say that the legislation risks conflating spirituality and superstition with con artistry and criminality.

The bill, which now moves to the lower house of Parliament, would require spiritual practitioners to register with the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which would decide which activities are outlawed.

Aiysha Mirza, a Lahore-based spiritual healer who blends tarot cards, birth charts and hypnotherapy in her practice, said that the ministry “cannot understand what I do.”

“The government needs to broaden its perspective,” she said. “What we really need is a new Religion and Metaphysical Authority.”

Pakistan is no stranger to spiritual contradiction. A nuclear-armed state with a highly wired population, it is also a place where political leaders consult holy men before taking office and where television anchors read horoscopes on prime-time news shows.

Everyday believers — many of them highly educated — seek solace in a mix of religion, ritual and metaphysics, even as orthodox Islamic scholars have long declared astrology, palmistry and fortune telling incompatible with faith.

Shabana Ali, a tarot reader who has a steady following among professionals in Islamabad, the capital, said she had no intention of registering with the government.

“I’m not interested in being judged by clerics who think in binaries — haram and halal, real and fake,” she said.

In legislating belief, Ms. Ali said, “you’re not just regulating fraud. You’re deciding what kind of spirituality is allowed.”

In India, several states have passed anti-superstition laws, often after gruesome cases involving exorcism or sacrifice. In Saudi Arabia, the religious police have pursued people accused of sorcery, in some cases leading to their execution. But rights groups warn that laws targeting spiritual practices — often vague by design — can be weaponized.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/world...magic.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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And these are the reasonable Christians from the website "Stand to Reason: Clear-Thinking Christianity"

Quote:Will Christians Eventually Change Their Minds About LGBTQ+ Issues?

Question: Please help me address this comment posted on social media: “Conservative Christians were once pro-slavery. They were also against women’s suffrage and were once pro-segregation. And they changed their minds—mostly. I’m ready for them to change their mind on LGBTQ+ rights. It will come.”

Greg: There are no moral implications of having dark skin. None. It has nothing to do with behavior. All right? There are moral implications about our sexual behaviors. Doesn’t matter the motivations. People say, “Well, blacks are born this way. Gays are born this way.” Well, blacks were born this way. We have no evidence that gays are born that way. But that’s not relevant, because the relevant issue is not what your inclination happens to be. What’s relevant is what the inclination is that you want to practice freely. And the objection regarding the behavior is that it’s immoral—arguably immoral.

Let’s just change LGBT to pedophilia. I’m not saying they are pedophiles. I’m just saying, if it were pedophilia, would we make this argument? “Conservatives didn’t wake up to the racism and all that until finally they changed their minds. When are they going to change their minds about pedophilia?” Now, you’re going to see immediately the problem with that view because the complaints in the first case is apples and oranges. It’s the behaviors that are the concern.

The difference between pedophilia and LGBTQ is that culture largely approves of LGBT behaviors and not pedophilia behaviors.

https://www.str.org/w/will-christians-ev...btq-issues-

So this dumb asshole compares gays to pedophiles, although the Catholic Church is perhaps the last remaining organization that is openly fighting to protect pedophiles when they were urged by the law to report when they learn during the confession when someone is molesting children.


And they want people to respect their homophobia.

Quote:Christians sued over PrEP coverage because it supports “homosexual behavior.” SCOTUS shut them down

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a federal law that requires health insurers to provide coverage for preventative treatments recommended by a federal task force in Kennedy v. Braidwood. These treatments include PrEP, which a Christian company in Texas sued over, claiming that covering PrEP violates their freedom of religion because it “encourages and facilitates homosexual behavior.”

The ACA requires insurers to cover preventative care recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which, since 2019, includes PrEP, the medication regimen that can prevent the transmission of HIV. Braidwood Management sued over this recommendation, saying that they had a constitutional right not to provide coverage for PrEP because the business owner’s religion opposes homosexuality.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/chri...them-down/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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"Hollywood insults and criticizes my religion while embracing other religions."

"Hollywood despises me because of my strong religious beliefs and the sense of justice that results from them."

Christians:

Quote:In a recent interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Mel Gibson candidly discussed the challenges Christianity faces within the Hollywood industry.

He revealed that during the making of The Passion of the Christ, he encountered severe backlash, stating that Christianity is the only religion “allowed to be treated with contempt” in Hollywood.

Gibson further noted that the film industry is dominated by “progressive and strongly liberal” voices who, according to him, often embrace other religions but criticize Christianity for its perceived links to “the white race, patriarchy, and colonialism.”

https://orthodoxtimes.com/mel-gibson-at-...monastery/


Muslims:

Quote:British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmad and a group of activists have launched a campaign to combat ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims in the popular film industry dominated by Hollywood.

“The problem with Muslim misrepresentation is one that can’t be ignored anymore and it’s one that I cannot fix alone,” Ahmad, an Oscar nominator actor, who represents a minuscule number of Muslims in Hollywood, said in a video he posted on Twitter.

“I ask myself, if I'm an exception to the rule, what must the rule be about people like me?” Ahmad said, adding that exceptions don’t change the rules, but rather highlight them.

“The progress that’s been made by a few of us doesn’t paint an overall picture of the progress of most of the portrayals of Muslims on screen that are still either non-existent or entrenched in those stereotypical, toxic two-dimensional portrayals,” he said.

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/toxic-...s-12764892

Western movies from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Aladdin" promote negative stereotypes of Muslims by casting them all too often as villains, a British Muslim pressure group said on Thursday.

"There is no such thing as a Muslim good guy," said Arzu Merali, co-author of a report by the Islamic Human Rights Commission that argued that movies played a crucial role in fostering a crude and exaggerated image.

The commission's study, based on soundings taken from almost 1,250 British Muslims, also found that 62 percent felt the media was "Islamophobic" and 14 percent called it racist.

"Cinema, both in Hollywood and Britain, has helped to demonize Muslims. They are portrayed as violent and backward. That reinforces prejudices," Merali told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyl...L25857138/


Jews:

Quote:Hollywood is failing Jewish-Americans despite a history together

Less than a year and a half ago, comedian Dave Chappelle was spouting the antisemitic trope that “Jews control Hollywood” on Saturday Night Live (SNL): “I’ve been to Hollywood, this is just what I saw... It’s a lot of Jews. Like, a lot.”

Interestingly, his racist comments drew 4.8 million viewers, a record number for that season’s SNL, and a further eight million plus viewers on YouTube.

Many celebrities, particularly those in the liberal arts sector, increasingly feel pressured to adopt and espouse the fashionable and highly vocal cause du jour so as not to damage their brand. This has become particularly prevalent over the past few months following the Hamas attack on October 7 that led to the war against Hamas in Gaza.

As pro-Palestinian sentiment has grown and become more vocal, causing a steep rise in Jew and Israel-hatred, these crowd-pleasers have been either cowed into silence or are bending over backward to make sure they don’t offend groups like Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) that could damage them or their brand.

THIS WAS brought into sharp relief earlier this week at the Oscars. Celebrities had to make their way through a pro-Palestinian demonstration before entering the theater, which set the tone for what was to follow.

Jewish director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech for his Best International Feature award for The Zone of Interest was perhaps the most shocking and disturbing part of the ceremony.

“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”

While his speech has drawn criticism from Jewish groups far and wide, it was met with wide applause in the auditorium.

Although Glazer used his speech as a vehicle to air his views on the conflict, at no time did he, or anyone else there, mention the hostages, 134 of whom remain in Gaza. The yellow ribbon pins highlighting their plight were in short supply too, some even removing them as they made their way into the theater, not to cause a scene.

So, far from Jews controlling Hollywood, it would seem that in order to get ahead, now more than ever, they must bury their Jewishness and keep their heads down or prostrate themselves before the antisemites to curry favor, while distancing themselves from their fellow Jews.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792015


Hindus:

Quote:The Western perspective has often misconstrued Hindu culture, perpetuating a detached, mystical perception borne out of Orientalist stereotypes. Such a limited view fails to capture the rich complexity and historical dynamics of Hindu society, which has always been an integral part of a global socio-political progression.

Hollywood, as a proxy of its European founders, has often echoed these idiotic perceptions in its portrayal of Hindus. This has led to the propagation of historical stereotypes rather than fostering a nuanced understanding of Hindu culture. Hollywood’s representations have more reflected their creators’ cultural biases than an informed appreciation of the history and culture of Hindus society.

The history of Hindus’ stereotypical representation in Hollywood traces back to colonial India when the discourse was dictated by missionaries, anthropologists, and officials who presented Hindus as primitive and unsophisticated. These narratives laid the groundwork for Hollywood’s longstanding tendency to perpetuate these misconceptions about Hindu culture and society.

Seventy-five years after the death of the colonial era, Western institutions like Hollywood have failed to shed their colonial mindset and continue to propagate the theme of Western superiority, routinely portraying Hindus as simple-minded, humorously naive, and socially inept or childlike. Conversely, they also frequently depict Hindus as sinister, malevolent, and antagonistic to Western principles and actions.

The tradition of Hollywood’s stereotyping of Hindu culture can be traced back to 1939 when the movie “Gunga Din“ depicted Hindus as savages. The film features them as fervent worshippers of the Goddess Kali, engaging in human sacrifices conducted under the oversight of an unhinged Hindu priest.

https://stophindudvesha.org/deconstructi...of-hindus/


Buddhists:

Quote:Why I'm shunned by Hollywood because I support Tibet: Richard Gere says the studios won't hire him in case it upsets China

The 67-year-old believes it his outspoken criticism of China and his Tibetan activism that has scared off the big studios, who are worried his casting could upset the superpower - which has quickly become the world's second-biggest box-office market.

'There are definitely movies that I can't be in because the Chinese will say, "Not with him,"' he told the Hollywood Reporter. 'I recently had an episode where someone said they could not finance a film with me because it would upset the Chinese.'

The American Gigolo star was even banned from the Academy Awards in 1993, after he spoke out about China's occupation of Tibet and its 'horrendous, horrendous human rights situation' when he was invited to present the award for best art direction.

The Buddhist, who has a long standing friendship with the Dalai Lama, is banned for life from China.

Gere claims he was not bothered by the Academy ban, saying: 'I didn't have to put on a tuxedo again. I was fine with that.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ywood.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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I would think Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir, played by welshman John Rhys-Davies, was definitely not a villain in the Indian Jones movies. More the stalwart companion type. I would think the character is Muslim unless noted otherwise.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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This is from a website that mixes "Sound journalism, grounded in facts and Biblical truth"

Quote:Why so many Christian moms are MAHA

Today’s “crunchy conservative” Christian women identify with the label “MAHA moms.” They’re skeptical of once-trusted institutions of authority—Big Government, Big Pharma, Big Agriculture, public education, and more. Faith, food, and family are central tenets to many MAHA moms, who see healthy living as an outflow of their Christianity. 

When Kennedy ran for president on the MAHA campaign promise, he opened a door for voters who may not have been excited about voting for Trump or Biden. Politically moderate, Christian women were one of those demographics. After dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump, Kennedy’s MAHA mantra helped swing the election for Trump—and the moms played a role in that. 

While MAHA isn’t explicitly faith-based, many of its supporters are Christians who favor things like removing harmful food dyes, rethinking the vaccine schedule, and choosing natural, preventive care over pharmaceuticals.

Though Kennedy and Dr. Casey Means aren’t Christian role models, some see their holistic approach to health as aligned with a biblical view of the body—one that treats it as the temple God designed it to be. This view, along with a devastating loss of trust in public health authorities, has paved the way for crunchy, Christian moms to go full MAHA. The movement is disruptive by nature—and it resonates with many Christians’ instinct to resist the patterns of a status quo world. 

Their pushback against mask mandates, school closures, and vaccine pressure may have sparked their activism, but MAHA gave that passion a deeper purpose: fighting for their kids’ health and future. 

For Christians, MAHA feels right because it embraces the beauty of God’s creation, from the earth and air to the sun, whole foods, and the body’s natural design. It’s a return to the ways our bodies are supposed to run, the way God made them to thrive. Christian MAHA moms are awake, and they have no intention of going back to the way things were.

https://wng.org/opinions/why-so-many-chr...1751345941
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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Jenn Nizza is back! (She's one of the recurring characters on this thread). And brought to you by, who else, The Christian Post.

Quote:Former medium warns Christians against the occult: ‘No such thing as a good witch’

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Jenn Nizza still remembers the moment the door first opened.

She was 13 years old, growing up on Long Island in a culturally Catholic family, when her mother, a hairdresser, hosted a psychic party in their home.

The cards told her things that were true, facts about her past that felt impossible for a stranger to know. “That’s the hook,” she said. “Demons can see the past. They can’t tell the future — only God can — but they make good guesses. And that’s all it takes to get you in.”

What followed was a descent that, in retrospect, she describes as both seductive and sinister. “It was daily. Multiple times a day,” she said of the tarot readings she and her sister performed on each other. From there, she pursued numerology, astrology and eventually psychic mediumship. At one point, a professional medium told her she, too, had “the gift.”

“I believed I was helping people. I really did,” she said. “I wanted to be a light. But the devil preys on people who want to do good.”

Now, Nizza is a full-time evangelist and writer, warning others of the same spiritual deception that once ensnared her. Through social media, books and speaking engagements, she aims to educate Christians and non-Christians alike on what she calls “the dangers of the New Age.”

“You can’t drink from the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons,” she stressed, referencing 1 Corinthians 10:21. “There’s no such thing as a good witch. There’s no such thing as harmless divination.”

She lamented the rising number of young Christians who dabble in astrology, psychic readings or energy healing while professing faith in Christ. “You can’t mix the New Age and Christianity. You have to choose who you're going to serve.”

Her new book will take readers deeper into her experiences, with firsthand accounts of demonic activity and real stories from her past, coupled with biblical analysis.

As for her own life today, she’s a single mother, raising her daughter and balancing ministry with motherhood.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/fmr-m...witch.html

She's single mom! Well, that's definitely satanic as, according to evangelicals, children need two parents of mixed genders. And her being the minister would definitely anger the author 1 Corinthians - the book she's quoting.

Miss Nizza is about to be visited by demons again.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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"Would you let me worship a naturally formed stalagmite? I don't care if bombs are exploding around because my faith is much stronger, and if I die, I will undoubtedly be rewarded for dying worshipping the holy stalagmite."

Quote:Amarnath Yatra begins amid tight security, devotees undeterred by terror threat

Garlanded with flowers and greeted with traditional Kashmiri hospitality, the pilgrims — part of a 5,892-strong batch — were flagged off from the Jammu base camp at Bhagwati Nagar early morning by lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha. A convoy of 310 vehicles carried the devotees toward the sacred Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir.

“Undeterred by recent terrorist activities, devotees of Lord Shiva are arriving in huge numbers, demonstrating their immense faith,” said Sinha. “I hope this year’s yatra will be even more historic than previous years.”

The pilgrimage, running from July 3 to Aug 9, is taking place amid heightened security following the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam that killed 26, mostly tourists.

Among the first-day pilgrims: 1,043 women, 31 children, 16 trans people, 335 sadhus, and 72 sadhvis. Many will trek on foot or via ponies, palkis, or helicopters toward the 3,888m-high cave shrine that houses the naturally formed ice Shivling.

“No matter how many bombs are hurled, devotees will not be deterred,” said Sarvanand Patel from Gujarat. Ramesh Chander added: “We pray that everybody gets darshan in peace. Army and security forces are here.”

Manoj Kumar from UP echoed the sentiment: “There is no fear among us. We have faith in our Baba Amarnath-ji and the forces.” Ram Prasad, another UP devotee, said terrorist threats will never shake their spiritual resolve.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi...212051.cms
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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(June 30, 2025 at 7:09 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: "Hollywood insults and criticizes my religion while embracing other religions."

"Hollywood despises me because of my strong religious beliefs and the sense of justice that results from them."

Christians:

Quote:In a recent interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Mel Gibson candidly discussed the challenges Christianity faces within the Hollywood industry.

He revealed that during the making of The Passion of the Christ, he encountered severe backlash, stating that Christianity is the only religion “allowed to be treated with contempt” in Hollywood.

Gibson further noted that the film industry is dominated by “progressive and strongly liberal” voices who, according to him, often embrace other religions but criticize Christianity for its perceived links to “the white race, patriarchy, and colonialism.”

https://orthodoxtimes.com/mel-gibson-at-...monastery/


Muslims:

Quote:British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmad and a group of activists have launched a campaign to combat ‘toxic portrayals’ of Muslims in the popular film industry dominated by Hollywood.

“The problem with Muslim misrepresentation is one that can’t be ignored anymore and it’s one that I cannot fix alone,” Ahmad, an Oscar nominator actor, who represents a minuscule number of Muslims in Hollywood, said in a video he posted on Twitter.

“I ask myself, if I'm an exception to the rule, what must the rule be about people like me?” Ahmad said, adding that exceptions don’t change the rules, but rather highlight them.

“The progress that’s been made by a few of us doesn’t paint an overall picture of the progress of most of the portrayals of Muslims on screen that are still either non-existent or entrenched in those stereotypical, toxic two-dimensional portrayals,” he said.

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/toxic-...s-12764892

Western movies from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Aladdin" promote negative stereotypes of Muslims by casting them all too often as villains, a British Muslim pressure group said on Thursday.

"There is no such thing as a Muslim good guy," said Arzu Merali, co-author of a report by the Islamic Human Rights Commission that argued that movies played a crucial role in fostering a crude and exaggerated image.

The commission's study, based on soundings taken from almost 1,250 British Muslims, also found that 62 percent felt the media was "Islamophobic" and 14 percent called it racist.

"Cinema, both in Hollywood and Britain, has helped to demonize Muslims. They are portrayed as violent and backward. That reinforces prejudices," Merali told Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyl...L25857138/


Jews:

Quote:Hollywood is failing Jewish-Americans despite a history together

Less than a year and a half ago, comedian Dave Chappelle was spouting the antisemitic trope that “Jews control Hollywood” on Saturday Night Live (SNL): “I’ve been to Hollywood, this is just what I saw... It’s a lot of Jews. Like, a lot.”

Interestingly, his racist comments drew 4.8 million viewers, a record number for that season’s SNL, and a further eight million plus viewers on YouTube.

Many celebrities, particularly those in the liberal arts sector, increasingly feel pressured to adopt and espouse the fashionable and highly vocal cause du jour so as not to damage their brand. This has become particularly prevalent over the past few months following the Hamas attack on October 7 that led to the war against Hamas in Gaza.

As pro-Palestinian sentiment has grown and become more vocal, causing a steep rise in Jew and Israel-hatred, these crowd-pleasers have been either cowed into silence or are bending over backward to make sure they don’t offend groups like Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) that could damage them or their brand.

THIS WAS brought into sharp relief earlier this week at the Oscars. Celebrities had to make their way through a pro-Palestinian demonstration before entering the theater, which set the tone for what was to follow.

Jewish director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech for his Best International Feature award for The Zone of Interest was perhaps the most shocking and disturbing part of the ceremony.

“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present – not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads, at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”

While his speech has drawn criticism from Jewish groups far and wide, it was met with wide applause in the auditorium.

Although Glazer used his speech as a vehicle to air his views on the conflict, at no time did he, or anyone else there, mention the hostages, 134 of whom remain in Gaza. The yellow ribbon pins highlighting their plight were in short supply too, some even removing them as they made their way into the theater, not to cause a scene.

So, far from Jews controlling Hollywood, it would seem that in order to get ahead, now more than ever, they must bury their Jewishness and keep their heads down or prostrate themselves before the antisemites to curry favor, while distancing themselves from their fellow Jews.

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792015


Hindus:

Quote:The Western perspective has often misconstrued Hindu culture, perpetuating a detached, mystical perception borne out of Orientalist stereotypes. Such a limited view fails to capture the rich complexity and historical dynamics of Hindu society, which has always been an integral part of a global socio-political progression.

Hollywood, as a proxy of its European founders, has often echoed these idiotic perceptions in its portrayal of Hindus. This has led to the propagation of historical stereotypes rather than fostering a nuanced understanding of Hindu culture. Hollywood’s representations have more reflected their creators’ cultural biases than an informed appreciation of the history and culture of Hindus society.

The history of Hindus’ stereotypical representation in Hollywood traces back to colonial India when the discourse was dictated by missionaries, anthropologists, and officials who presented Hindus as primitive and unsophisticated. These narratives laid the groundwork for Hollywood’s longstanding tendency to perpetuate these misconceptions about Hindu culture and society.

Seventy-five years after the death of the colonial era, Western institutions like Hollywood have failed to shed their colonial mindset and continue to propagate the theme of Western superiority, routinely portraying Hindus as simple-minded, humorously naive, and socially inept or childlike. Conversely, they also frequently depict Hindus as sinister, malevolent, and antagonistic to Western principles and actions.

The tradition of Hollywood’s stereotyping of Hindu culture can be traced back to 1939 when the movie “Gunga Din“ depicted Hindus as savages. The film features them as fervent worshippers of the Goddess Kali, engaging in human sacrifices conducted under the oversight of an unhinged Hindu priest.

https://stophindudvesha.org/deconstructi...of-hindus/


Buddhists:

Quote:Why I'm shunned by Hollywood because I support Tibet: Richard Gere says the studios won't hire him in case it upsets China

The 67-year-old believes it his outspoken criticism of China and his Tibetan activism that has scared off the big studios, who are worried his casting could upset the superpower - which has quickly become the world's second-biggest box-office market.

'There are definitely movies that I can't be in because the Chinese will say, "Not with him,"' he told the Hollywood Reporter. 'I recently had an episode where someone said they could not finance a film with me because it would upset the Chinese.'

The American Gigolo star was even banned from the Academy Awards in 1993, after he spoke out about China's occupation of Tibet and its 'horrendous, horrendous human rights situation' when he was invited to present the award for best art direction.

The Buddhist, who has a long standing friendship with the Dalai Lama, is banned for life from China.

Gere claims he was not bothered by the Academy ban, saying: 'I didn't have to put on a tuxedo again. I was fine with that.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ywood.html

But the Druids seem to be doing ok.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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(July 3, 2025 at 12:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: But the Druids seem to be doing ok.

Boru

Are you sure?

Quote:Rude Britannia! Top druid says Sky Atlantic's new Roman TV epic is an insult to peace-loving Celtic holy men

It is Britain’s most talked-about – and grisly – new TV drama, portraying an ancient past when our nation was ruled by murderous, drug-fuelled, psychopathic druids who believed in black magic and human sacrifice.

And modern-day druids aren’t too happy with their depiction on sex-and-sorcery epic Britannia.

‘It’s fictitious nonsense,’ said Adrian Rooke. ‘They are just trying to get ratings – it’s not based on factual evidence.’

Mr Rooke, of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, added: ‘This bears no resemblance to modern-day druidry nor the druidry of the past.

'They were storytellers and a force for communal good.’

Dennis Andrew, of the Dorset Grove order, added: ‘Any portrayal of ancient druids as evil psychotic murders is purely fanciful.

They were a priesthood, extremely powerful figures who served as king-makers and magistrates, not drunken, rampaging, drug-taking dark worshippers.

‘And there is no evidence human sacrifice was ever involved. It’s ridiculous. It gives us modern druids an even worse name.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ruids.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
God saved this man's life by making the bullet hit the golden cross around his neck which took some energy off the bullet as it traveled through his body. (He was accidentally shot by his friend who was playing with the gun around him).



teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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