[Livia]

Originally Posted by wannashag

Yeah, lets ban alcohol and replace it with stoning people to death.

Post of the thread so far.

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Originally Posted by Livia

Post of the thread so far.

Here's another:

Let's adopt the Saudi practice of beheading people in public!

[Kyle]

LOL at the sign saying Islam is the perfect system for Mankind.

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Originally Posted by ChristMASS EFFECT

LOL at the sign saying Islam is the perfect system for Mankind.

Yeah, "oh my, he's a thief - off with his ****ing hand"

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by TinyFingeringTim

Yeah, "oh my, he's a thief - off with his ****ing hand"

I'd rather Darth Vader pitch up in the House of Commons Tommorow and declare the Galactic Empire were running British affairs than have this country run under the iron fist of Organised Religion.

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Originally Posted by ChristMASS EFFECT

I'd rather Darth Vader pitch up in the House of Commons Tommorow and declare the Galactic Empire were running British affairs than have this country run under the iron fist of Organised Religion.

One has to wonder, just who invented religion, and why? It certainly wasn't any of the "Deities" that are being blamed for it.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by TinyFingeringTim

One has to wonder, just who invented religion, and why? It certainly wasn't any of the "Deities" that are being blamed for it.

It's pretty easy to understand, really. Before there were reasonable explanations available for completely day-to-day phenomena (e.g. the sun, thunder, lightning, sandstorms, tornadoes...) you can see why people believed that there were "powerful beings" behind it; the early gods such as the Egyptian and Greek gods were the only explanations people could come up with, and stories were conjured up and elaborated on over time. Later, it was simplified by some into one "all-powerful" God (in Judaism) which spawned the offshoots of Christianity and later Islam... because, basically, as numbers increase you will ALWAYS start to get people disagreeing and coming up with their own variations, on everything.

As for how it spread, that's fairly simple too. Control. The Romans adopted Christianity because it was taking hold in the region and the old "gods" were being abandonned, and they spread it across Europe (replacing mainly paganism) as they conquered. Later, countries such as Britain and Spain did the same, but globally through colonialism / missionaries.

[Me. I Am Salman]

I wish these people would **** off because it always paints a bad picture of a Islam and fuels the stereotypes people believe as seen in this thread

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Originally Posted by Salman!

I wish these people would **** off because it always paints a bad picture of a Islam and fuels the stereotypes people believe as seen in this thread

...and what stereotypes would those be?