#1 Reason Why Islam Is Dangerous: Illiteracy

[DogOnPorch]

Stop dancing . . .

Why did you claim a passage in the Qu'ran was calling Jews in general "apes" when in fact it was referring to those specific Jews who practiced idolatry during Moses' absence as he ascended Mount Sinai?

Why did you take a passage completely out of its historical and literary context?

Did you do this because you have no actual learned or lived knowledge of Islam and therefor didn't even realize what the passage was talking about? Or because you're distorting facts to fit your anti-religious/anti-Islamic agenda?

Which one is it?

And I'm sorry, but when you're debating a religion in an secular, academic context, your religious/non-religious orientation doesn't matter. Just like if we were in an African studies class, it wouldn't matter what our ethnic background was - what matters is your argument.

I have no arguement. I just pointed out that in response to Sharkman's post that you didn't include the next two verses. But you seem to think Sharkman and I are one in the same.

As for religion...I simply do not believe in fairy tales. But, I respect your right to believe in them as long as you don't plant a bomb in my car.

In my opinion, though, humans can be vain creatures who believe that their little mote of dust orbiting an ordinary G class star is somehow more special than it already is. The fact is that there are more galaxies in our visible Universe than there are stars in our own Milky Way (a typical barred spiral galaxy). That's a lot of chances for a roomful of monkeys to hammer out a Shakespeareian sonnet...or three.

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Like a god needs hands and feet...

[jbg]

Of course, that's not the whole picture. In order for any terrorist group to function, they have to recieve support from a portion of a country's population. In countries where terrorism is most active, this comes from people who are, a - oppressed in some way, and b - uneducated. It's this support which allows them to operate - if searches are being conducted, they have sympathizers willing to hide them, people willing to form a supply chain for things like materials to make explosives so that the various ingredients don't look like they're being purchased by the same individual, etc.

I give up.

Why then aren't Jews, either in or outside of Israel not running around cutting people's heads off?

[jbg]

You know, that sort of pillockism gets old and boring very fast.

Concededly it may reflect my ignorance about Canada, as laid out by Rick Mercer.

I looked up "pillock" in www.dictionary.com and believe your use of the term is a malapropism.