Most of them seem fairly reasonable but number five is bunk. It hasn't really shaken the community simply angered it, untill they substantiate anything all they are doing is biting the blue ear in the derrier. I wish folks would stop making these sink or swim claims with the gnu/linux community. It may be anarchy but its anarchy that works quite well. Personally even if they could trash linux the variouse companies/projects would simply move to a new kernel, maybe GNU HURD if they ever get the fsckin thing working, or one of the BSD's.
Oh I'm not saying that Muslims have never done anything wrong, I'm just saying that I am sick and tired of this bull that they are a bunch of evil savages and Christians are "the good guys". the fact is that even though Islam is not a religion of peace (there is no such thing) by and large they have a relatively peaceful history, at least compared to Europe.
As A quick addendum i would like to point out that although he rejected religion in preference to a sort of secular Marxism my point is that he was educated a Christian (and a Buddhist for that matter), as was Stalin, in fact Marxism is in no way inconsistent with Christian tradition, look at south America. In both cases it was Marxist philosophy, which is in no way inherent in secular thought. The fact is I am not claiming all madmen in history were Christians I'm just sick of this "our scat don't stink" attitude. Fundamentalists are the bad guys, people who think there are easy answers to complex problems, be he Marxist, or Christian, or Muslim, or even Buddhist.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/Asia-pacific/7898 8.stm
Having studied at a Buddhist monastery and a Roman Catholic school, he won a scholarship in 1949 to study radio electronics in Paris.
Hardly an atheistic upbringing. as for your big names most of them in fact followed some religiose ideology, claiming they weren't Christians doesn't make it so, maybe you should actually read some first hand accounts.
by the way just because the church was state controlled doesn't make it any less a religiose institution, thats like saying the British monarchy is atheistic for establishing the Anglican church to con troll the people, or rather remove foreign control.
Read Mein Kampf, its a wholly religiose work. Hitler's dream was of a Christian religiose state. In fact both world wars pitted secular states (such as the US) against theocracies. In world war one It was primarily secular states against theocratic monarchies, and in world war two it was secular states against theocratic dictatorships. I think you need to step out of the Christian book store and read some less biased works. Or read Hitler's works directly, if you can stomach them (I barely could) they will give you an insight into both his loonicy and his faith. Here is a page devoted to tearing down the Christian myth that Hitler was an atheist http://www.nobeliefs.com/hitler.htm, I know you wont actually read it but its worth a shot. the fact Is Christians often claim a clean slate just by saying "Well they weren't REAL Christians", bullocks.
Problem, Hitler was a devout roman catholic fighting for a non-denominational Christian state. Stalin was just a power mad loon. And for the record lets point out that Stalin government never outright banned religion and re-established the Russian orthedox church, hardly a secularist. I know squat about pol-pot, but ten to one he was a member of one of the semi-secular Asian philosophical belief systems, which while technically atheist is hardly what is usually meant by the term. So I think you need to recheck your terms. And by the way you left out the colonial period, which almost led to the extinction of several of my ancestral peoples.
I severely doubt the accuracy of those numbers. You don't get the largest protests in human history happening around the country without having pretty big support
-lies, damn lies, and statistics
Thats funny. Lets look at the genecide scores here, Christians...many millions. Muslums... yet to truely exterminate anyone.
note: this is coming from an atheist who wishes the whole lotta ya would wake the hell up and get on with it.
The US isn't the bush administration is. A seed is not a rose people, and a blob of unspecialized cells is not a person. It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't have dreams or aspirations, it doesn't even have a central nervous system. GET OVER IT.
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The problem isn't weather I trust them its weather I should have to.
er blue bear not ear.
Most of them seem fairly reasonable but number five is bunk. It hasn't really shaken the community simply angered it, untill they substantiate anything all they are doing is biting the blue ear in the derrier. I wish folks would stop making these sink or swim claims with the gnu/linux community. It may be anarchy but its anarchy that works quite well. Personally even if they could trash linux the variouse companies/projects would simply move to a new kernel, maybe GNU HURD if they ever get the fsckin thing working, or one of the BSD's.
When do we get to start singing? -troy
Oh I'm not saying that Muslims have never done anything wrong, I'm just saying that I am sick and tired of this bull that they are a bunch of evil savages and Christians are "the good guys". the fact is that even though Islam is not a religion of peace (there is no such thing) by and large they have a relatively peaceful history, at least compared to Europe.
As A quick addendum i would like to point out that although he rejected religion in preference to a sort of secular Marxism my point is that he was educated a Christian (and a Buddhist for that matter), as was Stalin, in fact Marxism is in no way inconsistent with Christian tradition, look at south America. In both cases it was Marxist philosophy, which is in no way inherent in secular thought. The fact is I am not claiming all madmen in history were Christians I'm just sick of this "our scat don't stink" attitude. Fundamentalists are the bad guys, people who think there are easy answers to complex problems, be he Marxist, or Christian, or Muslim, or even Buddhist.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/Asia-pacific/7898 8.stm
Having studied at a Buddhist monastery and a Roman Catholic school, he won a scholarship in 1949 to study radio electronics in Paris.
Hardly an atheistic upbringing. as for your big names most of them in fact followed some religiose ideology, claiming they weren't Christians doesn't make it so, maybe you should actually read some first hand accounts.
by the way just because the church was state controlled doesn't make it any less a religiose institution, thats like saying the British monarchy is atheistic for establishing the Anglican church to con troll the people, or rather remove foreign control.
Read Mein Kampf, its a wholly religiose work. Hitler's dream was of a Christian religiose state. In fact both world wars pitted secular states (such as the US) against theocracies. In world war one It was primarily secular states against theocratic monarchies, and in world war two it was secular states against theocratic dictatorships. I think you need to step out of the Christian book store and read some less biased works. Or read Hitler's works directly, if you can stomach them (I barely could) they will give you an insight into both his loonicy and his faith. Here is a page devoted to tearing down the Christian myth that Hitler was an atheist http://www.nobeliefs.com/hitler.htm, I know you wont actually read it but its worth a shot. the fact Is Christians often claim a clean slate just by saying "Well they weren't REAL Christians", bullocks.
Problem, Hitler was a devout roman catholic fighting for a non-denominational Christian state. Stalin was just a power mad loon. And for the record lets point out that Stalin government never outright banned religion and re-established the Russian orthedox church, hardly a secularist. I know squat about pol-pot, but ten to one he was a member of one of the semi-secular Asian philosophical belief systems, which while technically atheist is hardly what is usually meant by the term. So I think you need to recheck your terms. And by the way you left out the colonial period, which almost led to the extinction of several of my ancestral peoples.
I severely doubt the accuracy of those numbers. You don't get the largest protests in human history happening around the country without having pretty big support -lies, damn lies, and statistics
If it were for us geekenfolk it would be in ogg(size) or flac(quality). Flac would be sweet. Hard to download but lossless.
Thats funny. Lets look at the genecide scores here, Christians...many millions. Muslums ... yet to truely exterminate anyone.
note: this is coming from an atheist who wishes the whole lotta ya would wake the hell up and get on with it.
I nearly wet myself, good show
I christen the the IIS Spaminator. Screw the nukes we got spam!!
Jobs wouldn't even uderstand the point, while as Woz is probably already over there trying to borrow it
The US isn't the bush administration is. A seed is not a rose people, and a blob of unspecialized cells is not a person. It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't have dreams or aspirations, it doesn't even have a central nervous system. GET OVER IT.