It has been four days short of eight months since I stopped posting on INGO,..
Welcome back Dave!
It has been four days short of eight months since I stopped posting on INGO,..
Will the civil discussion rule apply to the discussion of other religions, say like Islam? I've noticed that ridicule of Islam tends to slip past the religion filters in most threads where the comments are made (to be fair, generally these pop up in the General Politics threads, though I've seen it sneak into the General Discussion section on occasion).
Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of that religion myself, but neither am I a fan of the tenets of quiet a few religions. However, if we are going to be required to treat one religion with respect (even if we are respectfully disagreeing with it), then that should apply to all.
That all being said, I'm personally a fan of no filters at all. If you are tough enough to dish it out, you should be tough enough to take it. That applies to whether you are talking about how Glocks are plastic pieces of crap and 1911s are God's gift to mankind through his prophet, John Moses Browning or whether you are choosing to criticize someone else's religious beliefs (or lack there of).
Anybody banned yet?
No blood in the water yet.
Religion is about money and power.
WooHoo!!!! I successfully posted in the religious thread and am still here.
(Am I still here?)
"Talk about religion"
There are two ways to view this. There's the non-confrontational way - Wherein we, as a whole, discuss religious influences on events, history, and the geo-political climate. Then there's the confrontational (and frankly, pointless) way - Wherein people argue if there is/isn't a God. INGO seems to have jumped right onto the latter of these two ways. Last thing I want to see is /r/atheism leaking into here. Let's avoid attacking each other on this, can we?
Most of us can abide by the "keep your beliefs to yourself" rule... and that doesn't rule out discussion on the topic. I don't care what "Atheist #1" and "Deist #2" personally believe... I care more about what they both think of "Event Influenced By Religion #3"
But, maybe that's just me, and you guys would rather tear each other down about your beliefs.
I can be civil and restrict myself to Scripture. I am often in Google Plus Hang Outs with everything from Atheists to Pagans to Satanists without loosing my temper. I should be fine with this and Thank you Fenway. I hope this can be done without strife myself.
...an argument to see whose God had the bigger male organ.
There have been some really "BIG" words used and I am impressed.
I'll bring a dictionary and thesaurus on Wednesday so you can keep up
Respectfully, wholeheartedly and vehemently disagree.Discussions about ISIS or ISIL (whatever) have nothing to do with islam and all to do about the pending war. They can't be wiped off the planent fast enough.
Discussions about ISIS or ISIL (whatever) have nothing to do with islam and all to do about the pending war. They can't be wiped off the planent fast enough.
As has already been shown in this thread, this will prove to be incorrect. There are many here who cannot or will not view the millions and millions of Muslims who are not violent as different than ISIS. Even before the "ok" to discuss religion, the idea of reinventing and reeducating the entire religion was floated and passed muster with no issues.
If person "A" is violent and person "B" is not, but they share a religion, the religion obviously isn't what is making "A" violent. The same is true of race, education levels, poverty, and a host of other things advanced as the reason for violence from everything from street gangs to terrorist organizations. Simple answers to complex questions are seldom correct.
If you are the arbitrator of who is a "real muslim" it's easy to paint it however you want.
Like I said in my PM before you left, literal translation and western sensibilities of meaning what you say ve clear analogy are not the same as traditional Islam.