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Atheists & Agnostics

awoke_in_2003

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5. In 2005....

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 11:16 PM

Apr 2014

I was offered $100k a year, tax free, to work on flight simulators there. Hmmmm, no bacon or beer? A country that makes our religious nutcases seem sane? No thank you.

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Saudi Arabia Doubles Down on Atheism; New Laws Declares It Equivalent to Terrorism [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Well, it's not like it's on my list of vacation spots. Warpy Mar 2014 #1

In 2005.... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #5

I worked there for 2 years... onager Apr 2014 #7

Our brave allies in the fight against international terrorism!!! Iggo Mar 2014 #2

Articles like these remind me that while it can be hard TxDemChem Apr 2014 #3

This has nothing to do with their religion or beliefs. edhopper Apr 2014 #4

I would never go to Saudi Arabia for ANYTHING! AngryDem001 Apr 2014 #6

Remind me again why our government is such buddy-buddies with them? AlbertCat Apr 2014 #9

Saudi Arabia is not a country AlbertCat Apr 2014 #8