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Religion

dimbear

(6,271 posts) Tue Oct 9, 2012, 05:02 PM Oct 2012

Why the latest Taliban outrage belongs here........ [View all]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014260518

Here's the deal. The Taliban held a council to decide the religious legitimacy of killing 14 year old girls. The question put before the council was whether this was permitted by Sharia law. The consensus: it is permitted.

IMHO, this is taking freedom of religion too far.

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Why the latest Taliban outrage belongs here........ [View all] dimbear Oct 2012 OP

God, save me from your people. JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #1

Pakistan is one of the worst places on earth for religious-based violence muriel_volestrangler Oct 2012 #2

That is not religious freedom, it is actual theocracy. rug Oct 2012 #3

Would it have been ok to shoot a boy, or just girls? cbayer Oct 2012 #4

This is quite interesting, cbayer. trotsky Oct 2012 #5

Good thing it couldn't happen in America Laochtine Oct 2012 #6

A lunatic republican running for the Arkansas legislature is hardly equivalent to the Taliban. rug Oct 2012 #7

We should be thankful.. rexcat Oct 2012 #8

One thing about this election, the lunacy is inmistakably coming out. rug Oct 2012 #9

I hope you are right on that one... rexcat Oct 2012 #10

I think you underestimate the people's tolerance for lunacy Laochtine Oct 2012 #12

I never do. Nor do I overestimate polls. rug Oct 2012 #14

toche ruggy Laochtine Oct 2012 #15

This doesn't happen in a vacuum Laochtine Oct 2012 #11

It's not happening in a petri dish either. rug Oct 2012 #13

This isn't happening here. Laochtine Oct 2012 #16

What isn't happening here? rug Oct 2012 #17

Im sorry Laochtine Oct 2012 #18

Well, if you're compaining about the religious right, I have no argument at all. rug Oct 2012 #19

I don't know enough about Islam to judge but the "cartoon version" of Christianity is very popular Fumesucker Oct 2012 #20

I'm in northeast Pennsylvania. rug Oct 2012 #21

I'm outside Atlanta.. Fumesucker Oct 2012 #23

I spent a week in Indiana this summer. rug Oct 2012 #24

lazy Laochtine Oct 2012 #25

Lazy is not bothering to know what you're trying to mock. rug Oct 2012 #27

Abortion is still legal in all 50 states ButterflyBlood Oct 2012 #22

The society in which he's running for office isn't equivalent, but he himself is. 2ndAmForComputers Oct 2012 #30

horrible try at moral equivalence Confusious Oct 2012 #26

did the Taliban Laochtine Oct 2012 #29

One crazy guy does not a group make Confusious Oct 2012 #31

If it were just "one crazy guy" you might have a point. trotsky Oct 2012 #32

A lot of those were "one crazy guy" Confusious Oct 2012 #33

Ah, I see, the goalposts are on the move. trotsky Oct 2012 #34

Look in the mirror Confusious Oct 2012 #35

Then set the parameters. trotsky Oct 2012 #36

Put a high wall around them a let them live in whatever century they like. nt Speck Tater Oct 2012 #28