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Post by slappy on Aug 14, 2010 3:02:44 GMT -5
In all fairness, if someone wanted to build a fundamentalist church right next to where someone had been killed in the name of Christianity, all the liberals would complain. Both situations suck, but they should be allowed. Like say one built by the Oklahoma City Federal building?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2010 3:06:39 GMT -5
In all fairness, if someone wanted to build a fundamentalist church right next to where someone had been killed in the name of Christianity, all the liberals would complain. Both situations suck, but they should be allowed. Like say one built by the Oklahoma City Federal building? McVeigh wasn't a Christian nor did he kill in the name of it, he was a radical Libertarian Constitutionalist (self-proclaimed, really a nutjob), so that doesn't work. Maybe a Libertarian Small Government Tea Party Club Building next to it, or something like that.
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Post by slappy on Aug 14, 2010 3:13:53 GMT -5
Like say one built by the Oklahoma City Federal building? McVeigh wasn't a Christian nor did he kill in the name of it, he was a radical Libertarian Constitutionalist (self-proclaimed, really a nutjob), so that doesn't work. Maybe a Libertarian Small Government Tea Party Club Building next to it, or something like that. So no Ron Paul for President office?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2010 3:14:57 GMT -5
McVeigh wasn't a Christian nor did he kill in the name of it, he was a radical Libertarian Constitutionalist (self-proclaimed, really a nutjob), so that doesn't work. Maybe a Libertarian Small Government Tea Party Club Building next to it, or something like that. So no Ron Paul for President office? Haha, that might work too. But at the same time, consider that Paul obviously doesn't condone McVeigh's actions; and at the same time, the Muslims at this mosque probably don't condone Al Qaeda's actions either. So it all works out.
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Post by slappy on Aug 14, 2010 3:22:19 GMT -5
So no Ron Paul for President office? Haha, that might work too. But at the same time, consider that Paul obviously doesn't condone McVeigh's actions; and at the same time, the Muslims at this mosque probably don't condone Al Qaeda's actions either. So it all works out. Exactly.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2010 4:00:06 GMT -5
If they want to practise their own religion they should have stayed in their own country.
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Post by slappy on Aug 14, 2010 4:01:17 GMT -5
If they want to practise their own religion they should have stayed in their own country. So if Jews want to practice their religion, they should go to Israel? And if some branches of Christianity/Catholicism wanted to practice their religion they should go to England? And it's in the first amendment, freedom of religion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2010 4:03:13 GMT -5
If they want to practise their own religion they should have stayed in their own country. So if Jews want to practice their religion, they should go to Israel? And if Christians wanted to practice their religion they should go to England? If you're going by that logic, Christians should go to Israel as well, considering that Christianity began there too...
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Post by slappy on Aug 14, 2010 4:04:15 GMT -5
So if Jews want to practice their religion, they should go to Israel? And if Christians wanted to practice their religion they should go to England? If you're going by that logic, Christians should go to Israel as well, considering that Christianity began there too... I edited it after you quoted.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2010 4:06:15 GMT -5
If you're going by that logic, Christians should go to Israel as well, considering that Christianity began there too... I edited it after you quoted. Ah, okay, well done sir.
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Aug 14, 2010 4:20:58 GMT -5
If they want to practise their own religion they should have stayed in their own country. So if Jews want to practice their religion, they should go to Israel? And if some branches of Christianity/Catholicism wanted to practice their religion they should go to England? And it's in the first amendment, freedom of religion. Technically in your examples, Jews should go back to Europe as well. They weren't in Israel until after WWII when we put them there. While I'm not personally in favor of new mosques, or religious buildings at all... They have every right in the world to put it there and people's personal feelings do not enter into it at all. It's not like it's right on ground Zero. People just need something to complain about, especially the xenophobic neo-cons.
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Post by slappy on Aug 14, 2010 4:22:43 GMT -5
It's not like it's right on ground Zero. And what if it was? Would they have any less right to do it?
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Post by extreme on Aug 14, 2010 5:28:35 GMT -5
If they want to practise their own religion they should have stayed in their own country. I find the irony in this statement hilarious.
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Post by HoganBai on Aug 14, 2010 7:03:15 GMT -5
America's problem is with terrorists, and yes 9/10 terrorists are probably Muslim.
But not all Muslims are terrorists and the problem is not with the Muslim faith as a whole. Building a mosque should be no issue, unless someone has a deep-rooted hatred towards the faith, which may speak volumes about who the person really is.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2010 7:19:42 GMT -5
America's problem is with terrorists, and yes 9/10 terrorists are probably Muslim. But not all Muslims are terrorists and the problem is not with the Muslim faith as a whole. Building a mosque should be no issue, unless someone has a deep-rooted hatred towards the faith, which may speak volumes about who the person really is. I don't harbour any deep resentment towards any group of people (except gays) but there's no reason for anyone to leave their country and take their religious buildings with them, if they want to live in any country, they should accept the way of life there and if they don't like it, they should stay where they were to begin with, there's not enough space in every country for everyone to live in it, Obama has already ruined North America.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Aug 14, 2010 7:54:41 GMT -5
Wow. It's taken two years, but Obama has finally got something right. Took him long enough.
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Post by gisles1414 on Aug 14, 2010 9:13:02 GMT -5
America's problem is with terrorists, and yes 9/10 terrorists are probably Muslim. But not all Muslims are terrorists and the problem is not with the Muslim faith as a whole. Building a mosque should be no issue, unless someone has a deep-rooted hatred towards the faith, which may speak volumes about who the person really is. I don't harbour any deep resentment towards any group of people (except gays) but there's no reason for anyone to leave their country and take their religious buildings with them, if they want to live in any country, they should accept the way of life there and if they don't like it, they should stay where they were to begin with, there's not enough space in every country for everyone to live in it, Obama has already ruined North America. I gotta say, people like you make me lose all hope in the human race.
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Post by Oskanowski on Aug 14, 2010 9:18:00 GMT -5
We sure are having a lot of things to do with Muslims/Islam lately. Ever since Obama became the president too...
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Post by HoganBai on Aug 14, 2010 9:31:55 GMT -5
America's problem is with terrorists, and yes 9/10 terrorists are probably Muslim. But not all Muslims are terrorists and the problem is not with the Muslim faith as a whole. Building a mosque should be no issue, unless someone has a deep-rooted hatred towards the faith, which may speak volumes about who the person really is. I don't harbour any deep resentment towards any group of people (except gays) but there's no reason for anyone to leave their country and take their religious buildings with them, if they want to live in any country, they should accept the way of life there and if they don't like it, they should stay where they were to begin with, there's not enough space in every country for everyone to live in it, Obama has already ruined North America. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe many religions were founded in North America, so by that logic, nobody should be practicising any religion in America aside from Paganism? (I'm not familiar on the history of American religion)
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Post by Adam on Aug 14, 2010 9:50:36 GMT -5
America's problem is with terrorists, and yes 9/10 terrorists are probably Muslim. But not all Muslims are terrorists and the problem is not with the Muslim faith as a whole. Building a mosque should be no issue, unless someone has a deep-rooted hatred towards the faith, which may speak volumes about who the person really is. I don't harbour any deep resentment towards any group of people (except gays) but there's no reason for anyone to leave their country and take their religious buildings with them, if they want to live in any country, they should accept the way of life there and if they don't like it, they should stay where they were to begin with, there's not enough space in every country for everyone to live in it, Obama has already ruined North America. Ruined America...by following the first amendment?? Wow, the ignorance...
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