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Yes, replace Christianity with Islam
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No, do not replace Christianity with Islam
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Replacing Christianity with Islam
#31
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
(August 19, 2017 at 11:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote:
(August 19, 2017 at 10:51 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The question is really the King Asa problem.  When there are different religions there are conflicts.  So simply get rid of every religion except one and there will be peace.  It really doesn't matter which religion is the survivor as long as it is the sole survivor.  And everyone will have to follow the specific denomination of the surviving religion.

That's not exactly what Voltaire said:


Quote: “If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace”

Voltaire

Voltaire didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.  He only had to cope with Catholics and Protestsants. They had tried to exterminate each other.  Look at current events.  Things haven't improved with more religions in the neighborhood.

(August 20, 2017 at 12:58 am)Astonished Wrote:
(August 19, 2017 at 11:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote: That's not exactly what Voltaire said:

Or, y'know, just remove religion from the equation. Level playing field for all and nobody being able to get away with bullshit because everyone else will be too skeptical to fall for that crap.
That's still the King Asa solution but without the religion.
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#32
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
(August 19, 2017 at 11:08 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: This question was raised in another thread so I figured I'd start a poll so there wouldn't be any assumptions. This question is for atheists only.  


If you could, would you replace all of Christianity with Islam right now? 
If that was the binary choice, no. Indeed, I would not press a magic button to rid the world of religion and all memory of it, because the world is not ready for that yet. Someone would just invent new religions.

On second thought maybe I WOULD press the button because if religion were invented today it would probably be in some ways less ignorance-based, exclusivist and rigid, and therefore on the whole less toxic. Most of modern religion is a holdover from far more primitive and out of touch ancient religion. A reboot might well be an improvement.
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#33
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
Six of one, a half dozen of the other.  I'd press the button just to fuck around with buttons.  What would the difference be?  Nothing at all. Is the vieled threat that fundy muslims would attempt sharia?  The christers have been doing that for centuries, even here, even the "moderate" ones.
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#34
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
Where's the "replace Islam with Christianity" option? Because I'd totally do that.

I'd also replace, Catholicism with Protestantism though.
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#35
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
Nah, the protestants are giants d-bags.  At least the catholics don't believe.  If we replaced islam with catholicism then the world would be full of a bunch of socialites who dress up and go to church on holidays - sometimes.

Wink
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#36
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
Here's why the question is nonsensical, at least in my view. It's akin to asking would you like to replace cancer with AIDS, or depression with anxiety, or a broken leg with a broken arm. Neither is particularly appealing, or welcome, and one would be better off with none of the above.

In my view.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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#37
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
(August 21, 2017 at 11:30 am)Khemikal Wrote: Nah, the protestants are giants d-bags.  At least the catholics don't believe.  If we replaced islam with catholicism then the world would be full of a bunch of socialites who dress up and go to church on holidays - sometimes.

Wink

According to the 7th Commandment the requirement is just three days a year.

Exodus 34:23-24 (CEV) = "23 Your men must come to worship me three times a year, because I am the Lord God of Israel. 24 I will force the nations out of your land and enlarge your borders. Then no one will try to take your property when you come to worship me these three times each year."
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#38
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
Another broken promise, it would seem.  Those fuckers have been putting in OT for centuries, and yet, they just keep getting the shit stomped out of them.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#39
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
If it was a choice between the Sufism that Richard Thompson practices and the more batshit brands of Christianity, I might consider it.

Of course, this all raises the question of how and why one can or would do such a thing.
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#40
RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
Because tuesday?

Wink
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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