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Extremists: a question and a talk

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Extremists: a question and a talk
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 3:47 pm (This post was last modified: July 17, 2018 at 3:48 pm by Fake Messiah.)
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: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 3:53 pm

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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 4:12 pm
(July 17, 2018 at 3:53 pm)ReptilianPeon Wrote:
(July 17, 2018 at 2:13 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages...-9-29.aspx

Isn't that Robert Spencer's website? I guess he's knowledgeable, but he's banned from the UK because the goverment considers him to be "unsavoury". I'm not sure how I feel about him personally; I think he could be too anti-immigrant for me (if he's not be please correct me as I haven't consumed any of his content for many, many years).

From what I can find on google, you might be thinking of jihadwatch.org.
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 4:29 pm

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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 5:48 pm (This post was last modified: July 17, 2018 at 6:34 pm by WinterHold.)
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 8:37 pm
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 9:44 pm (This post was last modified: July 17, 2018 at 9:54 pm by WinterHold.)
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 17, 2018 at 11:22 pm
Wherein both will be those (maidens) restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse) before them (Quran  55:56, Mushin)
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 18, 2018 at 3:22 am
Wherein both will be those (maidens) restraining their glances upon their husbands, whom no man or jinn yatmithhunna (has opened their hymens with sexual intercourse) before them (Quran  55:56, Mushin)
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RE: Extremists: a question and a talk
July 18, 2018 at 6:50 am (This post was last modified: July 18, 2018 at 6:58 am by robvalue.)
I think I've figured it out now. I was giving the Allah character too much credit. It's not trying to stop people killing each other by writing "peaceful" passages in a book, it's just seeing whether people will follow its instructions or not. We're lab rats, essentially. This is an even worse character than before, showing zero regard for us, and expecting life to be no more than a game for us at best.

There's not really much I can say about such a situation, other than doing what it says because it tells you to is a total abandonment of all autonomy and moral courage.
PS: I don't know why jihadists should be embarrassed, since they are following what they think Allah is telling them to do. In this scenario, I should be more embarrassed, because I'm ignoring everything Allah says.
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