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KamaAina

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22. So what's all those priests' excuse?

Reply to Yorktown (Reply #10)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:06 PM

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Susie Bright on the Sex-Obsessed Paris ISIS Manifesto [View all] KamaAina Nov 2015 OP

Wait, I thought they were fighting because of some US policies? FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #1

Yep GummyBearz Nov 2015 #30

Because Americans have a hard time realising that everything isn't always about them (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Nov 2015 #33

Everything that ISIS does is Obama's fault according to some here Democat Nov 2015 #34

I get it. Sex is only OK if the woman is unwilling. Warpy Nov 2015 #2

They are worse because their parents don't have basements. FSogol Nov 2015 #4

Alienated angry violent young men... hunter Nov 2015 #3

It's made worse by the fact islam is nevrotic about sex Yorktown Nov 2015 #5

I've met a few severely twisted Christians in my travels. hunter Nov 2015 #9

Oh, I have no doubt Christians have been/can be weird about sex Yorktown Nov 2015 #10

Christians have problems with that sort of thing too. hunter Nov 2015 #14

True. Especially with priest forced to be single. But I was talking about the holy texts. Yorktown Nov 2015 #16

Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus... hunter Nov 2015 #19

Better question: why would being a virgin mother prove God? Yorktown Nov 2015 #21

Seriously? You claim ignorance of Fundamentalist Christianity's obsession with female virginity? hunter Nov 2015 #41

Have mercy on the cacti Yorktown Nov 2015 #44

So what's all those priests' excuse? KamaAina Nov 2015 #22

Some brain malformation, according to medicine. Yorktown Nov 2015 #23

The sound like the college young republicans...nt joeybee12 Nov 2015 #43

Don't become a terrorist, join a band. Put down the gun and pick up a guitar NightWatcher Nov 2015 #6

Guitar, drumsticks, mic xmas74 Nov 2015 #7

You can, of course, do both! Scootaloo Nov 2015 #15

Yeehaw, jihad, the musical Yorktown Nov 2015 #17

Lol. Look at all those casings. Calista241 Nov 2015 #42

But don't they forbid music and dancing too? smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #24

H.L. Mencken's definition of Puritanism springs to mind. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #32

It's like the MRA's on steroids. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #8

ISIS is a waste of life. GeorgeGist Nov 2015 #11

Bill Maher talked about this a couple of weeks ago on Real Time. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2015 #12

Hmmm, makes sense. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #31

Yep. Sexual repression makes people nuts. ISIS is the cousin to our own anti-sex domestic puritans. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #13

The Duggars of TLC infamy would have been happy fundamentalist Muslims... hunter Nov 2015 #18

Indeed. From the manifesto: "targeting the capital of prostitution and obscenity" Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #20

I have lived a sheltered life... Fumesucker Nov 2015 #36

I've noticed she has this odd symbiotic media relationship with "Wheelock College" Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #39

And the whole "Freedom Fries" brigade ThoughtCriminal Nov 2015 #38

It seems to me the way to piss these people off is to have sex, watch smut, listen to rock and roll Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #40

I think she's on to something. Islamic societies seem to forbid any kind of emotional or physical smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #25

No sports? KamaAina Nov 2015 #26

I wasn't aware of that. But do Islamic cultures really encourage involvement in smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #28

Now we're getting somewhere BeyondGeography Nov 2015 #27

k and r niyad Nov 2015 #29

That's just the standard Islamic take on sexuality ramped up a few notches Fumesucker Nov 2015 #35

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #37