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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: InTheLight
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: InTheLight
I didn't say they were fake women, but an anecdote is still an anecdote. It will NEVER give you an accurate representation of the total. It's just the opinion of the person talking. That's it. Stop giving more weight to anecdotes then they deserve.
Providing articles profiling Muslim women's legal preferences is not anecdotal, it is the opinions of the people directly affected, therefore not anecdotal, but rather insightful for those who want to know the truth.
Opinion = anecdote. There is no way to get around that. You are arguing with reality but it won't work against me I'm well versed in identifying propaganda techniques.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: MystikMushroom
Attacking terrorism just creates new terrorists. If we want to reduce the causes of radicalization, we need to come up better solutions than to just attack everything in sight.
Bad things happen. It's a way of life. I could walk down the street and get mugged and murdered FAR easier than walking down the street and getting killed by a terrorist, but I'm not scared of leaving my house every day lest I get mugged and murdered. We can't get rid of all terrorism, but we can CERTAINLY stop entertaining it and giving it the power it is craving. Giving into fear like America is doing is letting the terrorists win. We are changing our way of life for them. THAT'S what they want.
originally posted by: queenofswords
Would their "laws" supercede our country's laws though? All religions have a set of punishments and chastisements for going outside their boundaries, but they do not supercede the laws of our nation.
originally posted by: InTheLight
Do those systems include death penalties, polygamy, forced marriage, etc?
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: InTheLight
Do those systems include death penalties, polygamy, forced marriage, etc?
Death penalty, no, the others, yes.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: InTheLight
Are you suggesting that a man having multiple wives is the same as adultery in the Bible? If so, you're mistaken.
Here is what Jesus taught in the New Testament: “Moses [not God!] because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoso marries her which is put away does commit adultery” (Matt. 19:8-9). Take careful note that Jesus’ instruction declares God’s will about marriage has been “from the beginning.” In other words, nothing has changed in the mind of God.
No, it says it was always God's intent (as with Adam and Eve) that they should cleave unto each other. Then later we have mortal man changing it up.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: InTheLight
This LINK says otherwise.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
This a thread about religious tests. You're the one insisting that the majority of terrorism comes from Muslims. I disagree. The Gulf War, and its Christian justification is my evidence.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: InTheLight
Nope, sorry. Jesus is like the bridegroom, who was expecting 10 virgins to marry that day. Alas, 5 of them were too immature to understand about oil and lamps, and so were left behind.
If polygamy was so off message, Jesus wouldn't have compared himself to a polygamous husband. But, he did, didn't he?