Suddenly, the U.S. Religious Right Doesn't Look So Bad

[xoxoxoBruce]

Now, now, you have to realize that people in other parts of the world don't follow the same precepts you do and their customs may seem strange to you. But you have to learn to accept people's beliefs if they work for them. Kumbya.





btw, The father and every one of the judges should die a slow and painful death for being so fucking stupid.

[salinaspaul]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But you have to learn to accept people's beliefs if they work for them. Kumbya... btw, The father and every one of the judges should die a slow and painful death for being so fucking stupid.

these two statements kinda contradict each other, no? Also, these 'beliefs' don't seem to work for the husband and wife much.

[Troubleshooter]

Gamblers caned under Sharia law
From correspondents in Aceh
24jun05

FIFTEEN men convicted of gambling have been caned in public in the first implementation of corporal punishment since Indonesia's staunchly-Muslim province of Aceh adopted Islamic law in 2003.

An official dressed in a green robe and a green hood administered between six and 10 strokes of a rattan cane to the convicts in an event that drew a large crowd and was broadcast live by a private Jakarta-based news channel.

The punishment was carried out on a specially erected stage outside a mosque in the district of Bireuen after Friday prayers.

Aceh acting governor Azwar Abu Bakar was present and hugged the convicts after they received the punishment.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

Aceh acting governor Azwar Abu Bakar was present and hugged the convicts after they received the punishment.

Isn't it customary to hug after a good caning? That's what I ... uh, I've heard people do ...

Originally Posted by wolf

Isn't it customary to hug after a good caning? That's what I ... uh, I've heard people do ...

The punishment was carried out on a specially erected stage outside a mosque in the district of Bireuen after Friday prayers.

I checked my Ms. Manners book and she says only if you've said the prayers first. Then its OK to hug the canees.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by wolf

Isn't it customary to hug after a good caning? That's what I ... uh, I've heard people do ...

First you put a good coat of salt on your hands.....the you hug the canees

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by salinaspaul

these two statements kinda contradict each other, no? Also, these 'beliefs' don't seem to work for the husband and wife much.

Ah, you learn real quick.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

btw, The father and every one of the judges should die a slow and painful death for being so fucking stupid.

How can it be stupid if religion says what is right and what is wrong? How can it be stupid that 8% of priests would be pedophiles and the Pope does virtually nothing to solve the problem? How can it be stupid to send a Children's Crusade to save the Holy Lands only because the church says so? How can it be stupid when the Oracle of Delphi tells man what he must do? How can it be stupid when people are tortured and murdered in the name of a god - the Spanish Inquisition? At least nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition .... So why are they stupid only because they blindly believe their religion?

Maybe the problem is religion itself? Or are religious people just that stupid? Questions that may appear to be facetious - or maybe not.

[mrnoodle]

Originally Posted by tw

Maybe the problem is religion itself? Or are religious people just that stupid? Questions that may appear to be facetious - or maybe not.

People are just that stupid. Take away all religion, and people will find other causes to hide behind while they steal, kill, rape, hate, cheat, and otherwise abuse each other. Take away their guns, they use knives and sticks. Take away all money, they'll kill over livestock. Someone will always exist who wants to hurt you because it makes them feel better or because it gets them something.

God doesn't do this stuff, we do it.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by tw

Maybe the problem is religion itself? Or are religious people just that stupid? Questions that may appear to be facetious - or maybe not.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

[wolf]

Originally Posted by tw

At least nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition ....

Just when you least expect it, tw makes a really good funny!

[BigV]

Originally Posted by wolf

Just when you least expect it, tw makes a really good funny!

tw is funny, even when he's channeling Monty Python.

[Elspode]

You people only think the whole thing about making the woman marry her father in law is stupid because you don't own any women. If you'd go out and buy a couple (five or six good camels is usually a fair price), you'd grasp these simple socioeconomic principles better.

Originally Posted by Elspode

You people only think the whole thing about making the woman marry her father in law is stupid because you don't own any women. If you'd go out and buy a couple (five or six good camels is usually a fair price), you'd grasp these simple socioeconomic principles better.

Or, best of all, become a fundamentalist Mormom and have the government pay YOU for your 5 or 6 wives and progeny. Entire small towns in remote parts of Utah live on government welfare checks supplied to such families. Those folks understand socioeconomics better than any Muslim and they don't have to give their 14 year old brides up to any father in outlaw, either.