Your short comments about Religions of the World

[alex221166]

Islam: Brutal Chechen beheading of Russian soldier! (don't ask) great architecture, good art, good thinkers in Medieval Muslim Spain.

Most of the "Muslim" scholars of Al-Andaluz were actually Jews and Mozarabs (Christians living under Moslem rule). It shoudl also be noted that the Andalucian rulers were more than once deemed as "heretics" by the Sunni North African rulers. The ones that should get the credit are the Iberians (the people) not the occupying religion.

Just a note: Spain is not the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian Peninsula is composed by three countries (Portugal, Spain and Andorra), and by several nations (Portuguese, Galicians, Castillians, Basques, Catalans and many others). Now the thing is, Portugal is almost twice as old as Spain, and Al-Andaluz and the Cordoba Caliphate included parts of modern Spain as well as parts of modern Portugal.

To say "Muslim Spain" makes as much sense as saying calling Britain -> England, or saying that the US are North America.

[BallisticaNervosa]

alex said:

To say "Muslim Spain" makes as much sense as saying calling Britain -> England, or saying that the US are North America.

Well, well, you understood what I said and that's what counts

[OdinofOssetia]

Graeme said:

Christianity: Roman, Orthodox, Protestant... Judaism gone wrong. Mostly BS. Orthodox is post Nicea, not original. The first Christians were original; no clergy, shared property and social security. Arianism was the best then Christianity went bad. Catholicism is odd: male hierarchy, no sex and guilt trips. Luther, Calvin, Knox etc were abject nutters.

Judaism: No pork, bacon, prosciutto and circumcision. Rather restrictive. Should pay Akhnaten back dues for stealing the one God concept.

Jainism: Inforced vegetarianism. Killing is not perverse, but a part of life. Obsessive about non human lifeforms.

Islam: Thieves. Took most of the Jewish stuff and some Christian stuff. Very proscriptive. Doesn't assimilate and arrogantly foists itself on others. Dangerous and barbaric.

Hinduism: Similar to the original beliefs of Indo-European speakers. A pantheon of gods and a fourfold division of society. In India it went off into divisive and hateful areas.

Buddhism: Hinduism effeminised. Proscriptive about alcohol, sex and normal human behaviour. Accepts contentious Hindu concepts of karma and reincarnation.

Scientology: A bizarre, American bad joke. Founded by a paranoid schizophrenic who was incapable of loving anybody and always had to prove his masculinity by womanising.

Paganism: An insulting reference to the respect of nature and elemental forces. It accepts that humans do not always know the right answers.

Actually, it was a threefold division of society, the fourth caste came after the Indo-Aryan invasions and conquests, but originally there were only three castes.

[EternalSemitic]

Judaism: well obviously im biassed here but i would say that it is definitely a very good religion

true true

and the most tolerant towards gays (except in it's ultra-orthodox form).

you messed up here its the most intolerant religion towards gays.actually homos deserve,according to the bible,death penalty if a homo's made sex with a male partner.but it can tolerate lesbians,although of course it doesnt encourage such acts

the only religion which definitely believes in only one god

did i mention that you seem to be a very intelligent man?christians believe in the trinity and muslims throw stones against the Caaba and it may be interpreted as a pagan tradition.and it leaves no room: the judaism's the only monotheist religion

Islam: A revolutionizing faith, obliterates the concepts of eastern societies, destroys old establishments, threatens every ism, progresses quickly as a socially structured force, and establishes segregated unity, only hope for European Survival. Vary organized/proper society

gee i'm not surprised since homosexuality is a very common phenomenon among muslims.they just cover it up by their religion

Judaism: Atheism, Evolution concept, communism thought is deeply entrenched in Judaic ideas, cast system.

this guy cracks me up.get back to your cave pothead

[captainusa1]

SemiticWarrior said:

judaism's the only monotheist religion

That's not true. Christianity and Islam are monotheistic religions. Zoroastrianism is too. There also are other belief systems in which adherents believe in one God.

[geo]

I think by absolute terms it is.

The first Christians were original; no clergy, shared property and social security.

hmm which is original of the above three?

Paganism: An insulting reference to the respect of nature and elemental forces. It accepts that humans do not always know the right answers.

What do you find insulting and in which way? Not knowing the right answers is good or bad? Or just plain wrong and we all have the alatheton like the pope? Imagine that...