The General Political Thread

[Edwin]

Van of peace

[Cazasar]

Another Contribution by the Religion of Peace.

I bet one 30€ Steam Game that it was a muslim.

[Toffee]

So what if it was a Muslim? They're a terrorist not a true representation of the entire religion. The guy who shot up that church in America doesn't represent all of the white people in the world so why does radicalised Muslims represent all of Islam?

[Edwin]

Are you really comparing an ideology with a skin colour?

[Toffee]

I'm comparing the ridiculous discrimination of an entire group of people because of the actions of a few

[Edwin]

If you think that murder isn't a "true representation" of Islam, then you need to read up on Islamic history.

Edit: There's nothing to debate here, I only posted originally to benchmark this attack to compare with next week's.

[Vincenzo]

With that analogy we should say the same about protestants, catholics, buddists, or whatever else really.

[Edwin]

Except the main religious groups found today, like the ones you have mentioned, have amended or excluded scriptures that are not "up to date" with the modern world. Islam however, has not.

Another Contribution by the Religion of Peace.

I bet one 30€ Steam Game that it was a muslim.

Early stuff, but you made a safe bet:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/17/driss-oubakir-barcelona-suspect/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_tmg

[Toffee]

Many religions have a bad past including Christianity. Not every Muslim follows the entirety of the scripture. If you think I need to read up on Islamic history then maybe you need to read up on Cristian scripture. Pretty sure it says in the bible that if a women has had sex before marriage then you stone them to death. I think we can all agree that most Cristians don't practice that.

Vince you've just unintentionally summed up my point perfectly. Things like these happen with every religion but that doesn't make them bad or reflect upon the majority as a whole.

[Edwin]

Many religions have a bad past including Christianity. If you think I need to read up on Islamic history then maybe you need to read up on Cristian scripture. Pretty sure it says in the bible that if a women has had sex before marriage then you stone them to death. I think we can all agree that most Cristians don't practice that.

Do you only read posts by FSE staff or something; if you had read my post before going on yet another exhausting and uninformed virtue signalling rant, I addressed this. Christians do not follow these barbaric scriptures, they've been abandoned by the masses. You aren't going to bait me into defending a faith I don't follow, stop scape-goating Christianity with statements you know full well aren't true.

[joer5835]

There's plenty of violent and outdated remarks in the bible which indeed modern christians reject as being too old fashioned. Same with the Quran. I wanna know where everyone bases the statement that 'moslims still do follow the violent and barbaric remarks' on.

[Cazasar]

Toffee.
(Almost)Every Terrorist Attack of the last Months has been carried out by a muslim. Yes, all Religions have a bad history. But most of these Religions reformed in the past 200 years.
Also, yes not all muslims carry out terror attacks. But a very large percent are still homophobic and sexist as fuck. All Countries that punish Homosexuality by death are muslim.
I have NO issue with muslims like Squirts for example. 

[StevenChilton]

A lot of this stuff is to do with a very modern interpretation of Islam that has become widespread and deeply embedded. 27:47 onward:

https://youtu.be/-fny99f8amM?t=27m47s

[Cazasar]

Great Documentation.

I recommend his other Documentations aswell. GREAT stuff

[Windflower]

So what if it was a Muslim? They're a terrorist not a true representation of the entire religion. The guy who shot up that church in America doesn't represent all of the white people in the world so why does radicalised Muslims represent all of Islam?