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Countries that speak a different language to the religion they are aligned with flag
September 30, 2021 at 8:19 pm
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2021 at 8:40 pm by UniverseCaptain.)
Does anyone think that a country with a Christian or Islam flag that doesn't speak Hebrew or Arabic as an official language is performing a strange double standard considering Islam was written in Arabic and the Bible in Hebrew? Some might not want to simplify it to this extent to consider it the same as current language, but it is an idea.
With the Islam countries that official language is Arabic with an Islamic type flag and Israel speaking Hebrew they are aligning one way as a country. The other countries seem to be trying to create a double standard if they want to retain a religious type flag and official/primary religion different to original language these religions were written in? Fine if they make it a religious free for all - but England as an example is using a Christian flag, saying it's official religion is Christianity yet speaking English as an official language and not Hebrew.
In my opinion all flags should have to revert to non-religious. The UN could put pressure on all countries with religious type flags to change them. I also find it unacceptable that a country is allowed to have an official religion. I feel like this across the board, I think of all countries and religions the same in my head and in an ideal world no one would ever commit a crime to me worldwide and there would never be any wars at all from now on.
Unsure how doing this would effect world peace, something I've been thinking about.
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RE: Countries that speak a different language to the religion they are aligned with flag
September 30, 2021 at 8:31 pm
I edited the post, I messed up some of it and tried to make it clearer.
Brian, I do agree they are symbolic but some of them have religious flags which is creating a double edge to them. Sometimes the double edge is a double standard on top of that.
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RE: Countries that speak a different language to the religion they are aligned with flag
September 30, 2021 at 8:31 pm
(September 30, 2021 at 8:19 pm)UniverseCaptain Wrote: Does anyone think that a country with a Christian or Islam flag that doesn't speak Hebrew or Arabic as an official language is performing a strange double standard considering Islam was written in Arabic and the Bible in Hebrew? Some might not want to simply it to this extent to consider it the same as current language, but it is an idea.
With the Islam countries that official language is Arabic and Israel speaking Hebrew they are aligning one way as a country. The other countries seem to be trying to create a double standard if they want to retain a religious type flag and official/primary religion different to original language these religions were written in? Fine if they make it a religious free for all - but England as an example is using a Christian flag, saying it's official religion is Christianity yet speaking English as an official language and not Hebrew.
In my opinion all flags should have to revert to non-religious. The UN could put pressure on all countries with religious type flags to change them. I also find it unacceptable that a country is allowed to have an official religion. I feel like this across the board, I think of all countries and religions the same in my head and in an ideal world no one would ever commit a crime to me worldwide and there would never be any wars at all from now on.
Unsure how doing this would effect world peace, something I've been thinking about.
Some countries have animals on their flags. Should they be changed because those countries don’t have Eagle as an official language?
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RE: Countries that speak a different language to the religion they are aligned with flag
September 30, 2021 at 8:55 pm
I only eat chicken and stars soup.
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RE: Countries that speak a different language to the religion they are aligned with flag
September 30, 2021 at 11:14 pm
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I had not previously considered discrepancies between a country's spoken language and the religious connotations of it's flag.
Huh.
Never been much of flag waver.
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RE: Countries that speak a different language to the religion they are aligned with flag
September 30, 2021 at 11:16 pm
Well, considering that Christianity and Islam are McDonald's of religions, I don't see the fuss.
In the past, every nation seemed to have its own Gods and traditions that were tied to their nationality, but with these two it's "one size fits all".
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"