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  1. Townie

    killing of US ambasssador in Libya; violence in Egypt

    No, nothing to do with me. Xenocalamus joined three years ago.
  2. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    Yes you're right. I came here to learn but what I have learnt is that the good bits of your religion are far outweighed by the bad. I have respect for the way the Muslims live, but if it means accepting stone age morality, mysoginism and hatred then I have to admit that it is not for me. I won't...
  3. Townie

    Quran is calling humans to ponder?

    Think about how you 'know' this. Did Allah tell you? No, you were told men and women. Did Allah tell them? No, Allah only speaks to people who lived centuries ago and chooses to tell the illiterate or the ignorant. No-one you know or will ever know will ever be spoken to by Allah. You put your...
  4. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    The morality of Confucius was far more advanced than that of the Abrahamic religions. There really wasn't an 'Abrahamic' prophet who approached a moral position that compared favourably with Confucius. The closest was Jesus, but even he insisted that all the stone age morality of the Talmud had...
  5. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    That's right, and that's why basing your morality on the beliefs of stone age people is flawed. When we base our morality on something more sensible like "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself", written by Confucious before 500 BCE, then we are able to live more...
  6. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    I have read the story of Lut or Lot, both in the Qu'ran and in the Talmud/Bible. You seem to think it is a justification for the hatred and destruction of homosexuals. I think it is an excellent example of a complete lack of morality found in both books. First of all the inhabitants of Sodom are...
  7. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    I will take that as an apology. Thank you
  8. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    Offence I did? What are you talking about? You are the one committing an offence, and if your 'God' says that homosexuality is wrong then your 'God' is depraved and wicked. If of course such a thing as your 'God' exists...
  9. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    So no-one you know dares to admit that they are homosexual. I am lucky enough to live in a country where bigots like Dr. Bilal Philips would not be allowed to spout their homophobic views. And you are living in the dark ages if you think that homosexuality is caused by childhood abuse. If being...
  10. Townie

    IT'S IN THE NATURE..SAY WHAT?!

    What a despicable little man. I am sure that not many on this site know a homosexual. That's not because the people you know are all heterosexual, statistically you will know many gay people. It is just that in Islam homosexuals are afraid to be honest. I am not surprised that he was banned...
  11. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    I understand that English may not be your first language so it is understandable that you didn't get my point - no worries. 'Pissing in the wind' means you are trying to do something when there is no hope of succeeding. 'Atheism is a belief like not collecting stamps is a hobby' means that the...
  12. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    You are pissing in the wind. Atheism is a belief like not collecting stamps is a hobby. That's all there is to it. Go and play somewhere else..
  13. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    Don't keep on - just look in a dictionary. World English Dictionary atheism (ˈeɪθɪˌɪzəm) — n rejection of belief in God or gods [C16: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos godless, from a- + theos god]
  14. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    You really don't get it do you? Of course you have a belief and judging from your posts I would guess you are a theist when it comes to Islam. That's fine of course and I support your right to believe in whatever you want. However to be an atheist is not to believe anything. It is an absence of...
  15. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    Ok I will do it
  16. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    I'm more like Harpo Marx, I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Like it or not you are an atheist - everyone is. Bertrand Russell just failed to believe in one more God than you do. The truth can be uncomfortable when it doesn't agree with your dogma can't it...
  17. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    The virgin birth of Jesus, fresh and salt water don't mix? But you're happy to use the products of our modern times, like computers and the internet?
  18. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    The reason this came up was because I said in a previous post that all the holy books contain inconsistencies, including the Qu'ran. I am delighted that you believe in the Qu'ran; I have seen one and read it so I believe in it too. But I don't believe it is the inerrant word of God anymore than...
  19. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    Or alternatively; if this system had not occurred naturally, there would be no life on earth. Your statement is based on faith not fact.
  20. Townie

    saudi women at Olympics

    I think you missed the point. The story of the virgin birth in the Bible came about because of a mistranslation from Aramaic to Greek. Curious then that it should also appear in the Qu'ran. Missed again I'm afraid. Salt and fresh water does mix. Do a little research before replying.
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