09-15-2013, 10:27 AM
Those incidents of religious hypocrisy drive me mad. I saw this picture where some guy got a tattoo on his arm of the quote from Leviticus which supposedly condemns homosexuality as a sin yet according to some religious scholars the Bible also condemns tattoos and body modification. Same as those who quote Leviticus whilst wearing different kinds of fabric - also considered a sin. Or those devout folk who describe gays using colurful, abusive language (with lots of good old fashioned cursing) whilst seemingly forgetting its a sin (as well as being damned impolite) to swear and use terms of abuse.
I went to school with a lot of Muslims and I don't mean any disrespect to them either but plenty of them were more than happy to sleep around, swear, go around in gangs causing all kinds of trouble, and just generally act like total dickheads. In the UK recently there have been gangs of Muslims (devout Muslims I might add) who go around grooming young (very young) girls and then gang-raping and prostituting them. It is absolutely disgusting and the pathetic response from the government agencies, who seem more concerned about protecting the interests of religious minorities rather than the girls who are abused, is even worse.
Sorry if this sounds discriminatory but it is absolutely absurd.
I respect moderate Catholics, Protestants, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, Muslims, etc but have no time for this extremist nonsense.
I think some people may identify themselves as Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim etc. when they don't necessarily practice that faith. It could be they just come from families who do believe or follow that faith or they just grew up in that culture without necessarily following or practicing all the beliefs themselves.
I identify myself as a Protestant because I come from a Protestant family and that culture. I refer to my spritual beliefs by my ancestry if that makes sense. Sorry if it doesn't.
I went to school with a lot of Muslims and I don't mean any disrespect to them either but plenty of them were more than happy to sleep around, swear, go around in gangs causing all kinds of trouble, and just generally act like total dickheads. In the UK recently there have been gangs of Muslims (devout Muslims I might add) who go around grooming young (very young) girls and then gang-raping and prostituting them. It is absolutely disgusting and the pathetic response from the government agencies, who seem more concerned about protecting the interests of religious minorities rather than the girls who are abused, is even worse.
Sorry if this sounds discriminatory but it is absolutely absurd.
I respect moderate Catholics, Protestants, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, Muslims, etc but have no time for this extremist nonsense.
I think some people may identify themselves as Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim etc. when they don't necessarily practice that faith. It could be they just come from families who do believe or follow that faith or they just grew up in that culture without necessarily following or practicing all the beliefs themselves.
I identify myself as a Protestant because I come from a Protestant family and that culture. I refer to my spritual beliefs by my ancestry if that makes sense. Sorry if it doesn't.