Charlie Hebdo attack: Man turns himself in, agency reports

Yes that is true. That is what white racists and Muslim extremists have in common.

 

Whoa, whoa! Hey now! I've used its pages in the bathroom when the Charmin runs low, so it's NOT useless.

 

Muslim extremists just gave white racists a huge amount of support today.

 

How long before it's credibility is destroyed, in your opinion (10 years, 20 years??)

 

We have a bold new definition of a "moderate" Muslim. I like it!

 

They are both fuelling each other. Thankfully both are a minority. I don't have to worry about them.

 

not until a Muslim extremist commits a massacre in your local pub or grocery.

 

Kill the non-believers! Yep, might be tricky.

Too bad Jesus wasn't concerned about humanity enough to (especially being all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful, allegedly) see to it that those vile parts did not get into the final Bible.....if he's answering prayers, protecting people to this very day, etc. he could certainly have used his magic to do that, obviously. I guess he's either not moral or not real, either not worth worshiping.

 

Whoa there! Just hold on! Are you trying to tell us that unicorns, dragons, giants, talking donkeys are "nonsense"!? Oh come on, I just saw a dragon with my own eyes just the the other day! "Smaug" was his name, I think. Kind of sounded like Benedict Cumberbatch, for some strange reason. Anyway, very very real. Yes, I assure you the Bible speaks the truth when it says that dragons are real! Or else Jesus would have spoken up and the Bible would not have those things in it. And a flying horse with wings and a human head like in the the Qur'an? Yep, I saw giant flying eagles while I was viewing Smaug so I'm pretty sure Mohammad got it right as well. Jesus and Mohammad: they know what they're doing.

 

Actually, I was referring to the use of poetry in the Eastern sense, where the repetition or juxtaposition of ideas, rather then rhyming words, was the basis of poetry. I probably should have been more clear on that point as to how Psalms would be of benefit even to atheists.

 

Oh wow I am so flabbergasted. You have enlightened me and opened my eyes. Please take me and convert me. I need God. *cries*

 

There, there, my child. Comfort yourself.

You appear to be afraid of death...good...good....good, that helps a bunch. In fact that's why we made the Bible 2.0 more scarier regarding death than the Bible 1.0!

Yes, you've made a wise choice. However, to be a follower of an Abrahamic faith you have to check your "compassion" (over-rated anyway, if you ask me!) at the door because, for example, we don't allow anybody who thinks differently than we do into our exclusive country club in the sky. We're kind of like a 1950's white elitist country club in Alabama, except we're far more exclusive, because we don't just keep out 2 groups (blacks and Jews like they did) we keep out ALL other religions! Can't have any of those pesky Buddhists, Hindus, and and animists in our new neighborhood, obviously!

So if you are prepared to dislike the majority of humanity (the majority of humanity won't make it into our country club), then you sound like solid Christian timber, young man! Welcome to the belief system named after me!

Signed,
Christ

 

The unfortunate irony seems to be that the deceased magazine writers were more than likely strong and vociferous advocates of the questionable perspective of multiculturalism.

"You reap what you sow", doesn't seem appropriate here.

Perhaps there is a grain of wisdom in the old Anglo saying:" If you have nothing good to say about someone, then don't say anything."

Would old French Captain Renault be shocked...shocked! at this occurrence?

Probably not.

Shocking to him might be the reality of his beloved France having abdicated their historic nation and culture, rather than face the unforgivable sin of being politically incorrect.

 

[3.151] We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they set up with Allah that for which He has sent down no authority, and their abode is the fire, and evil is the abode of the unjust.

 

So if you are prepared to dislike the majority of humanity (the majority of humanity won't make it into our country club), then you sound like solid Christian timber, young man! Welcome to Christianity!

Signed
Jesus.[/QUOTE]

Can I go heaven now?

 

I do my shopping online.

 

I know this is going to be hard to understand, but God is the 'love' force that binds and holds this world together, so how can you have compassion and love unless you have God within you? I mean the further people pull away from Him, the less love there is bound to be not only in individuals, but in society as a whole?

 

Using my Jesus mutant super-powers - I'll be in then next X-Men movie my agent just informed me - I can read everybody's mind at once, but I never stop people from committing mass murder like in Paris today (I'm too busy answering people's prayers about things that are way way less important than that) I can tell that you still have compassion towards non-believers. That will not do. You, deep in your heart, don't think it's "fair" (you pansy) that Gandhi will burn forever, while you bask up here in an exclusive country club! Apparently you have what they call, a, uh, wait, uh, oh yeah I remember now, a "conscience", and we can't have any part of that up here, so no, no, you will not be coming up here. But the GOOD news is that were you're going it will be nice and warm, real warm, 24/7 (kind of like Miami Beach...but even 1000 degrees warmer.)

If you ever decide to get rid of that pesky "conscience", and won't feel "guilty" about getting better treatment than Gandhi (even if you're a stinking thief like the guy that died next to me on the cross - yeah he's up here), then give me a buzz and we'll talk.

Signed,
Christ

 

Question: can be both agree that a book about a god who is all about "love" would NOT approve of dashing babies against rocks? Can we at least agree on that? Seems reasonable. I've looked in every Dawkins/Harris book and I see no, repeat no, approval of dashing babies against rocks, by the way.

 

I think the right answer here is that depiction isn't necessarily mockery, or that jokes don't necessarily have to be mean spirited. I think the ideal response is to insist on depictions of Muhammad but to do it in ways that aren't mean-spirited.

 

Good quote.

But did you know that there's an even more sinister book out there, that has over 1300 instances of cruelty and violence in it, which is even more than the Qu'ran? No really, stick with me here, I'm not high right now, really. It's called the "Bible", apparently some guy named "Jesus" is the main character, and he's all-powerful and he allowed all this nasty stuff to get into the book. You can see all 1300+ instances here:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html

You'd need to set aside a whole day to read all the instances of cruelty and violence in it, but it might be worth your while. Then you'll see that the Qur'an is a relatively calm and peaceful book.

 

Even today in certain areas of the world, if someone can't afford to feed their children, they're forced to sell them into slavery. It's an economic problem, and the alternative would be starvation. If the owners were Christians, and white slaves did exist until quite recently in Europe although it was not condoned, then the slaves might have fared well depending of course on their character. They couldn't be freed though because there was no place someone could go other than a monastery. How would they live?

This is different though than in Islam. There was a time when all the towns along the coast of Italy were deserted because of pirates. They would capture the people, and then sell them into slavery. On the Greek islands, the town gates would be locked at night as a precaution. There were also towers with flares to warn people in case they were spotted.

 

I DO love everybody, that's why I'm a Modern Secular Humanist, I'm too moral to not be guilty basking in "heaven" while moral, decent, hardworking forum members like the apparently hell-bound crank, Wyrd, Gorn Captain, etc. burn burn and burn some more just because they don't believe that Jesus' magic is real. They are just as moral as most heaven-bound Christians, they just don't believe in magic. I'd feel too guilty to be a part of Jesus' sick master plan. My conscience keeps me from being religious. I bet you have a conscience too, don't you?

 

What are you trying to prove?

 

That there is a better way.