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In reply to the discussion: Why the double standard with Abrahamic religion? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)152. Really? That's how my own eyes remember the map changing over the years.
Interesting, though. MSNBC was pressured into a retraction, as well, for a running similar map:
http://www.hangthebankers.com/msnbc-map-of-palestine/
It's like online when I post something someone doesn't like, even after 14 years on DU or whatever it is, I still get called out as a propagandist promulgating "lies told by progressives mostly about Jews, Zionists and Israelis across the Web and in our communities, there is nothing even remotely similar to be found in left wing criticisms of Islam, Muslims, Arabs etc."
Oh. I don't recall you posting anything when I wrote this:
Know your BFEE: Eugenics and the NAZIs - The California Connection
Proud to say I shook hands with a guy who shook hands with Edwin Black.
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I was thinking more of the explicit endorsement of genocide, slavery, homophobia, and misogyny. nt
killbotfactory
Mar 2016
#53
Where did Jesus condemn the biblical laws against homosexuality that were in place at the time?
killbotfactory
Mar 2016
#110
Millions of dead indigenous people wished that Christians would have "turned the other cheek."
a la izquierda
Mar 2016
#80
Yep, the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades come up regularly in these threads.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2016
#83
If the UK happened to be a Catholic country the Irish would still have wanted the British out.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2016
#169
Maybe has something to do with the fact Muslims are a targeted minority in the US.
Scootaloo
Mar 2016
#5
It's totally unfair to criticize the 1.6 billion Muslims for the actions of
Binkie The Clown
Mar 2016
#49
I'm quite sure that saying anything about anything on DU is utterly pointless...
Binkie The Clown
Mar 2016
#52
What makes an extremist to you? Advocating stoning to death for adultery?
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2016
#96
so it is pure accident that some of the largest charities in the world are religious charities.
kwassa
Mar 2016
#47
Sorry, your idea that slavers are on firmer biblical ground is your personal interpretation.
kwassa
Mar 2016
#136
My litmus test is dispassionate logic and honest reading of the Bible's very plain words.
Marr
Mar 2016
#161
Right and wrong should be and generally is innate. Religion mostly just tries to control people.
HERVEPA
Mar 2016
#99
Sure, there are DOZENS of non-religious ethical systems, but all are pre-dated by religious ones
Bucky
Mar 2016
#175
Not every religion has a preexisting ethical system attached to them...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2016
#177
I'd dispute that religion was "a unifying and universal structure" for the Roman civilisation
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2016
#102
Which religion? Current Western civilization is largely a sprout that started with the Roman...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2016
#156
Uh, what am i missing? Are not these three religions Abrahamic?? Didn't all stem from
Jitter65
Mar 2016
#33
An international treaty by the US governement, written by its founding fathers
Albertoo
Mar 2016
#74
I've got international treaties plus the Constitution (the wall of separation)
Albertoo
Mar 2016
#81
Actually the Supreme Court has cited Jefferson's "wall of separation" phrase several times
Bucky
Mar 2016
#122
I suspect that knowing you in real life is akin to having some kind of hemorrhaging lesion
Orrex
Mar 2016
#127
Although Orrex is terribly wrong in this conversation, that treaty isn't a valid example
Bucky
Mar 2016
#120
Since "born-again" President George W. Bush launched a "crusade" (his words) against Iraq
YoungDemCA
Mar 2016
#162
Is President Obama authorizing any military action in the name of the Christian God?
Matrosov
Mar 2016
#130
"Have you tried criticizing Netanyahu on a college campus or on-line forum recently?"
oberliner
Mar 2016
#66
Ugh, I hate straw man arguments. STOP making stuff up in order to have an argument
Bucky
Mar 2016
#75
I have no idea why it exists. I have no idea why Abraham's God gets any respect at all.
Coventina
Mar 2016
#97
Which is, of course, because God hated females more than just about anything else on Earth n/t
arcane1
Mar 2016
#134
I hate all three of those religions. I don't hate their believers, though.
Arugula Latte
Mar 2016
#148
Surely you must understand that, in an era dominated by right-wing xenophobia
Maedhros
Mar 2016
#117
Yet, surely, when you make posts broad-brushing Muslims and Islam as misogynistic, homophobic,
Maedhros
Mar 2016
#151
Christians in Uganda (funded by Christians in US and elsewhere) killing gay people for being gay....
Arugula Latte
Mar 2016
#147
Some liberals have trouble distinguishing between valid criticism and actual bigotry.
arcane1
Mar 2016
#129
Recognizing the difference in religion, religious interpretation and religious justifications
LanternWaste
Mar 2016
#142
Understanding media terminology when reporting events involving Muslims In Western countries
Petrushka
Mar 2016
#145
Because much of the criticism against "Islam" is directed at Muslims and is often laced with racism
YoungDemCA
Mar 2016
#163
"We have no problem blaming Judaism when Jewish extremists attack and kill Palestinians."
KamaAina
Mar 2016
#178
OP might be talking about settlers, who are usually extremist and violent.
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2016
#184
Thats where the "technically" comes in. Franky its a clusterfuck, but I do...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2016
#186