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Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 1:50 am
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“The Awra Amba community doesn’t have any spiritual beliefs — not a mosque or a church,” says Abraw Argew, a farmer from a neighboring Christian village. “This makes them selfish. I hate the people of Awra Amba.”
Just . . .WOW!
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 1:59 am
I would just like to point out that it didn't say they have no religion, just that they have no organized religion and run their village policy in a secular manner. But yes, it is an example of a village operating better than the surrounding region because it dropped religion as a dependent source of communal advancement.
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 2:01 am
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2013 at 2:04 am by Lemonvariable72.)
(December 14, 2013 at 1:50 am)Beccs Wrote: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...s-reacted/
“The Awra Amba community doesn’t have any spiritual beliefs — not a mosque or a church,” says Abraw Argew, a farmer from a neighboring Christian village. “This makes them selfish. I hate the people of Awra Amba.”
Just . . .WOW!
And when the fundies got jealous, they just hucked a greande into the town square.
http://www.awraamba.com/
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 2:07 am
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(December 14, 2013 at 2:01 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: (December 14, 2013 at 1:50 am)Beccs Wrote: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...s-reacted/
“The Awra Amba community doesn’t have any spiritual beliefs — not a mosque or a church,” says Abraw Argew, a farmer from a neighboring Christian village. “This makes them selfish. I hate the people of Awra Amba.”
Just . . .WOW!
And when the fundies got jealous, they just hucked a greande into the town square.
Just looked them up on wikipedia and ran across this delightful tidbit:
"The community is ostracized, as it does not belong to either of the two primary religious groupings -- Islam or Christianity. Members of the Awra Amba community therefore were not given agricultural land to cultivate, but instead were pushed into the most infertile and malaria infested corner of the district. As they cannot live on farm activities, they have diversified into the weaving business, using both traditional and modern weaving machines. In addition, using three grinding mills provided the Regional Micro and Small Scale Enterprise Development Agency, they offer milling service to neighbouring farmers. The village hopes to earn more money in order to build potable water and sewage systems, pave the road, and create an education fund for the children"
Oh that's just got to infuriate their jealous neighbors (those who aren't thankful for the service they provide that is). "Hey guys, we forgive you for forcing us into the most inhospitable, infertile region in the country. Here, let us offer you our milling services."
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 2:14 am
And yet it's the religious who are in possession of objective moral standards. 
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 2:31 am
(December 14, 2013 at 2:14 am)Esquilax Wrote: And yet it's the religious who are in possession of objective moral standards.
excpet for there holy does something unseeming, then it is god conforming to that culture
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 3:55 am
(December 14, 2013 at 2:14 am)Esquilax Wrote: And yet it's the religious who are in possession of objective moral standards. Esq those hateful people aren't True Christians.
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RE: Ethiopian Village has no religion and prospers - The neighbours hate them
December 14, 2013 at 4:16 am
The True Christians would have slaughtered the whole village and kept the virgin women as slave brides, right.
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