Posts by Mikado

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Why do Christian nations think they can assimilate Muslims into their communities , does Islam attempt to assimilate Christians in their communities ?

by smiddy in

islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .

christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.

stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .

Mikado

Village girl, you need to learn to read more history, at that time the Muslims were FAR more moderate than the Christians...

Basicly the OT and the Koran are very similar, which is good as the OT is full of such nice things...

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Am I a judgmental bastard or just one of the last sane persons on this planet?

by skeeter1 in

so, i happened to see a young lady.

she's about 13 or 14, can't be more than 16 years old.

fresh faced, rosy cheeks, and a little pudgy.

Mikado

there is no way that tattoos will stop the next generation from job opportunities , those days are long gone, I would estimate that 80 percent of the twenty to thirties I know have them.

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Would Your Family Stone You to Death?

by cofty in

ot law required jews to take the lead in stoning a family member who became apostate.. the watchtower has lamented the fact that the law of the land now forbids them from doing so.. if the law permitted it, as it does in some musim countries, and if the watchtower required it, would your family obey?.

my parents are good people and i believe their love for me is genuine, but i think they would follow orders.. what about yours?.

Mikado

happily, as I was told on many occasions

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All you wise, intelligent, brilliant folks, what's the best method to get rid of God's lovely creature.

by jam in

skunks underneath the house....

Mikado

does the smell never go away? silly question, but what's it smell like?

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If you reject the existence of the soul then you are an Animist?

by Seraphim23 in

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the classic debate between those who believe that consciousness is merely the result of the operation of the brain, and those who believe that it is apart from the brain, like the idea of a soul or the classic dualistic distinction between mind and body, is a well-known one.. however the thought has occurred that when people try to convince me that the soul cannot be real; soul in the sense of consciousness being a separate thing to the operation of the brain, then really the materialistic non spiritual view is in fact a rehash of animism, strange as that might sound.. animism is the idea that soul, spirit, consciousness, or whatever it might be called, exists in plants, animals, things, objects, places or basically in everything and anything in the material world.

the view of some is that very primitive cultures had this wide category of spiritual belief, which eventually evolved into the all the religions, faiths and spiritualties of today.

some of the faiths of modern times are not defined as animistic because these draw a distinction between soul and body or in modern parlance, consciousness and brain.. so in very ancient times, at the dawn of human spiritual belief, the sun, for example, rising and setting was seen not so much as being caused by the proverbial spaghetti monster but as being the proverbial spaghetti monster.

Mikado

iN my opinion there is no correlation between the two positions .

The concept of the soul is an attempt to explain consciousness, animism is an attempt to explain the sold, prior to science..

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Another Shooting Massacre

by whathehadas in

http://abcnews.go.com/us/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-calls-loneliness-darkest-hell/story?id=23855994&ts=true.

Mikado

Another pointless tragedy.

After the school shooting I totally lost any faith i had that the American people may see a different way.

They simply either do not see or do not care that the rest of the world lives totally differently to the way they do.

i once had a very nice and sincere American guy talking to me about guns.

he was astounded that I was perfectly happy without a gun, and said, oh but you must never live alone. I replied that my partner is constantly away for work, I am Far more often alone than with someone...

He genuinely was astounded, and said, but you seem such a sensible person....

i was speechless...

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First trip to Europe this summer...only 20 years later than I planned :)

by Gypsy Sam in

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so, i'm quite excited but also slightly freaked out as i'm able to go this summer instead of next like i had counted on (my daughter graduates next year and i was planning to go then).

this means i'm doing this last minute and i wanted to see if any of you have used https://www.go-today.com or gateone travel or go ahead travel?.

i'm planning on london, paris and rome for two weeks, likely july at this point.

Mikado

There are lots of cheap nice hotels in paddington London, right by the tube station. I can recommend the Falcon, and friends liked the Cardiff..

go have a wonderful time!!

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Taking my sister to church this Sunday!!!

by confusedandalone in

so yesterday i stopped by my sisters home and decided to just hang out and shoot the breeze... she was telling me that since she has stopped going to the kingdom hall (the last 9 months) she still looks for things to do on sunday.

she feels she should go and do something and she likes the idea of church.

it seems fun and will giove her a place to meet people.