why mention Quran specifically when your comments could apply to any holy book?
Religion, what's the point?
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My guess is because he started off with some news about Iran. If he were discussing American Christian nationalism he'd be talking about the bible.
Because well over a billion people believe in it. If they truly believe the Quran gives them the path to God and eternal happiness in the afterlife, then they aren't going to give it up. I know there are around 1.8 billion muslims, but how many actually believe and are just cultural muslims I don't know. I'm all for freedom of religion(as long as it doesn't harm the rest of us) and freedom from religion.
Because this discussion started with the following article. I am not aware of any other religion that uses technology to force people to follow a specific dress code. And I think this is a good example for how extreme this particular religion is. All religions are scams but some religions are worse than others.
(In a way, this is also a continuation of a previous discussion about whether Khomeini's fatwa for the murder of Salman Rushdie followed the Quran or not. Again, I am not aware of any other religion TODAY apart from Islam that have fatwas that call for the murder of a particular person by any random believer. )
https://www.theguardian.com/global-...al-recognition-technology-hijab-law-crackdown
Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law
Government says it will use technology on public transport in crackdown on women’s dress
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A company can have religious belief?
Oh dear.A company can have religious belief?
That is batshit crazy
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I wish the IRS were funded to do their jobs and enforce the no politicking from the pulpit rules. Strip all of these asshats of their tax exempt status. It would cut into their grift.
fecking absurd, and if we aren’t careful the crazies on the evangelical right are gonna try and bring this kinda shit to America.
Slow thread, no platitudes as of yet.
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Oh my.Greeks had the best ideas.
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t they select politicians by a sort of national lottery every few years? Not people who desired power but just random picks from elite society?(could be adapted to modern viewpoints on who is eligible).
That seems like a far better way of doing things than we (uk) currently have.
The people who desire power seem to be the people who are most inept, incompetent or worse corrupt at wielding it
This article already generating a lot of controversy. The NYT have it translated to Yiddish:
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i get what you're saying but writing off the entire philosophical canon isn't a smart idea. so much of what you see today is predicated upon values best articulated by plato and aristotle. they influenced everything, in politics, that came after. also beyond politics. and that's only two people.
"You don't see faith healers working in hospitals for the same reasons you don't see psychics winning the lottery."
That's a good one!
That's a good one!
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Eeeemmm really? No one at all?
He has a point actually. The Trump insanity has united the religious, very religious, people under his banner. Trump did become a symbol for extremist religious ideas (and racists also) to get behind of.Eeeemmm really? No one at all?
I know people in Europe that dislike the US, but love Trump; they are mega religious. There is some truth to that statement, as sad as it might be, he is seen as some sort of savior to the "oppressed" christians.
I was thinking of a few people who were around somewhere around 2000 years ago. But what has he actually done for Christianity? 'Uniting the religious under his banner' is a bit of a nebulous statement and promoting racism doesn't seem like it's a good thing for Christians.
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Largely blunted, one could say.
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Scum
I mean... where do you even start with this complete insanity?
Sadly, too big to fail.
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It's right then I would have shouted, "Bingo! I won the right-wing talking points bingo!"
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