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Warren DeMontague

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32. Right, some socially inept, sociopathic college student kills people in Isla Vista and it is

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Wed Jan 7, 2015, 11:00 PM

Jan 2015

The fault of everyone with a y chromosome. And Seth Rogen movies.

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Any religion that can't stand ridicule is not doing what religion ought to do. [View all] Ron Green Jan 2015 OP

it never ceases to amaze me... Scootaloo Jan 2015 #1

this. La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2015 #2

Well where did the op say "1.7 billion people are guilty of murder"? Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #5

Well, the entire religion is being held responsible. There's 1.7 billion Muslims on this earth Scootaloo Jan 2015 #8

Ah, so the poster never said that, you just made it up. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #11

No, that's exactly what is being said Scootaloo Jan 2015 #15

No, you really did make that up. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #44

the issue is that people are being killed for offending one and only one religion. geek tragedy Jan 2015 #13

Not quite true. That image has slaughtered countless brain cells Scootaloo Jan 2015 #16

Or this one, that was actually published in a well-known satire magazine REP Jan 2015 #18

and that same satire mag wouldn't dare run the Charlie Ebdo cartoons, for obvious reasons nt geek tragedy Jan 2015 #19

Under O'Donoghue or Kenney, I'm sure they would have REP Jan 2015 #21

Have you seriously started reading DU like, today? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2015 #22

No, I'm quite aware Scootaloo Jan 2015 #23

so WHERE DonCoquixote Jan 2015 #59

Right, some socially inept, sociopathic college student kills people in Isla Vista and it is Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #32

That is because if they did not use religion as their excuse for their crimes, Jamastiene Jan 2015 #29

Again, where did the op blame all muslims? Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #31

And some of us choose to shove it up all the asses of all religious fundies. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2015 #7

Thank you! smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #27

Nope, 1.7 billion people are not guilty of murder TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #58

^^ this times infinity CrawlingChaos Jan 2015 #12

Well, I believe it TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #24

Well that was entirely divorced from reality CrawlingChaos Jan 2015 #25

Edit post TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #26

Let me translate the OP for you. "Any Religion". Which part of any religion don't you understand? still_one Jan 2015 #28

Context of current events Scootaloo Jan 2015 #33

I don't see that in this particular thread for the most part still_one Jan 2015 #40

Yup. cwydro Jan 2015 #35

If the act is done in the name of the religion or for religious reasons, no. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #30

Distinctions not made in the OP Scootaloo Jan 2015 #34

Yeah, we don't want to make broad generalizations based on the actions of disturbed individuals Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #45

And Islam is, in fact, a person, singular. closeupready Jan 2015 #42

Who is saying this strawman of yours? Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #49

As far as I am concerned, what religion ought to do is wither away into irrelevance, Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #3

Perhaps it ought to, but not likely Ron Green Jan 2015 #4

Every religion breeds intolerance of ridicule, criticism and opposition to it. backscatter712 Jan 2015 #6

So what's your excuse? Union Scribe Jan 2015 #39

Unhinged individuals committed this crime CrawlingChaos Jan 2015 #10

The point of the OP is Ron Green Jan 2015 #14

What does that mean? CrawlingChaos Jan 2015 #17

What's in the news right now is the enormous tension Ron Green Jan 2015 #20

French Muslims have denounced the killings. This is not about an entire religion. This is about liberal_at_heart Jan 2015 #48

John Fugelsang's recent tweet: Dr. Strange Jan 2015 #36

I love that guy!! Coventina Jan 2015 #37

Isn't that a Western/European concept? randome Jan 2015 #38

Humor, especially ironic or cynical humor, Ron Green Jan 2015 #46

Right because Islam is a person. closeupready Jan 2015 #41

In Japan for an international conference on religion, ... MohRokTah Jan 2015 #43

Who are you to say what any particular religion "ought" to do? Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #47

And also -- WhiteAndNerdy Jan 2015 #50

Uhm, you do realize that no religion exists that follows any of those suggestions of yours. n/t Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #51

Wrong. WhiteAndNerdy Jan 2015 #53

Some religions of the NRM(New Religious Movements) perhaps, but many of them... Humanist_Activist Jan 2015 #55

Again, you can't say that about an entire religion. There are people in every religion that liberal_at_heart Jan 2015 #52

Yes, I can say that about Islam. WhiteAndNerdy Jan 2015 #54

Yes, I am. Western Muslims are very open to change. And even Middle Eastern Muslims are liberal_at_heart Jan 2015 #57

People kill over non-religious insults as well jberryhill Jan 2015 #56