Okay, this guy just became one of my 2009 dead pool candidates.

"Is there any chance for fire to co-exist with the water?" said Mosab Hassan Yousef

What the Middle East needs is a whole lot of sodium or magnesium.

Converting from one stupid mythology to another doesn't make you any less of an idiot.

"It's not about Israel, it's not about Hamas: it's about both ideologies."

Seems like a pretty astute guy.

ZAZ: "Is there any chance for fire to co-exist with the water?" said Mosab Hassan Yousef

What the Middle East needs is a whole lot of sodium or magnesium.

I'd start with the Dead Sea.

GaryPDX: Okay, this guy just became one of my 2009 dead pool candidates.

FTA: "Islam is not the word of God"

/Could be... Under Sharia, apostasy is (called ridda) (turning back) is a profound insult to God, punishable by death.

So much for that whole democracy thing.

Marcus Aurelius: So much for that whole democracy thing.

There's a world of difference between liberal and illiberal democracies.

coco ebert: Marcus Aurelius: So much for that whole democracy thing.

There's a world of difference between liberal and illiberal democracies.

I don't think I would like a complete democracy. Looks too much like mob rule to me. I'm glad America is a representative Republic and I'd like to keep it that way.

I hope they cherry-picked all that whining.

It's such a shame when good ideas come from pissy little turncoats who can't even get their Stockholm syndrome right.

/he should have turned Jewish

7of7

Converting from one stupid mythology to another doesn't make you any less of an idiot.

You are correct, but consider that this may be one less idiot determined to shoot, kill, maim and blow up everyone else.

Snitches are biatches. biatches who have accepted Jesus Christ as their savior.

Interesting article...unfortunately, most of his statements are pretty

Who do I hate more, Hamas, Fox News, or evangelical Christians?

coco ebert: There's a world of difference between liberal and illiberal democracies.




Don't forget neoliberalism; which is neither new, nor very liberal.

GaryPDX: coco ebert: Marcus Aurelius: So much for that whole democracy thing.

There's a world of difference between liberal and illiberal democracies.

I don't think I would like a complete democracy. Looks too much like mob rule to me. I'm glad America is a representative Republic and I'd like to keep it that way.

America is still a liberal democracy though not a total one. One of the the eternal dilemmas of democracy is: what happens when people vote into power parties that are not democratic in nature? Then you start to see that democracy isn't just about purple fingers.

Fox News: Fair and Balanced.

7of7: Converting from one stupid mythology to another doesn't make you any less of an idiot.

Kind of agree, but Dawkins would argue that to turn away from the religion of one's parents or upbringing would be correlated with high intelligence. Perhaps there's still hope for him to go the next step...

The guy at the end of the thread: Don't forget neoliberalism; which is neither new, nor very liberal.



...or neoconservativism; which is neither new, nor very concervative.

hillbillypharmacist: "It's not about Israel, it's not about Hamas: it's about both ideologies."

Seems like a pretty astute guy.

Yep. I expect to find out that he's stabbed himself in the back six or seven times and fallen down an elevator shaft any day now...

vernonFL: Who do I hate more, Hamas, Fox News, or evangelical Christians

well, two of them wouldn't behead you for saying "Allah was made-up by an illiterate goatherder in the Middle Ages."

you want to be offended it's your problem. But you know something? Go study. Think for a second that I might be right. So wake up, look at your path, see where you're going. Are you really going to heaven with 72 virgins after you kill yourself and kill another 20 people?"

That seems like a pretty silly reason to reject Islam. Maybe he doesn't agree with some of the more extreme elements, but couldn't he be a Muslim who just doesn't kill people? I smell a rat. He is obviously a Closet Muslim still, just waiting for the right moment to pounce.

7of7 2009-01-02 05:10:18 PM
Converting from one stupid mythology to another doesn't make you any less of an idiot.

Really?

What's your excuse?

vernonFL 2009-01-02 05:26:34 PM
Who do I hate more, Hamas, Fox News, or evangelical Christians?

From this comment you might want to try looiking in the mirror.

albo : well, two of them wouldn't behead you for saying "Allah was made-up by an illiterate goatherder in the Middle Ages."

And only two would string you up for being gay. Only two would hate you if you were black.

Ramp up the propaganda machine -- we got a ground war to support.

jakomo002: And only two would string you up for being gay.

yes, i see numerous gays dangling from blue nylon rope from cherry pickers in front of Fox headquarters and Rick Warren's church. it's like a sunday tradition--bring a box lunch and watch the homos twitch!

jakomo002: And only two would string you up for being gay.

No...pretty sure all three would do that.

We've found common ground! Peace is nigh!

albo: well, two of them wouldn't behead you for saying "Allah was made-up by an illiterate goatherder in the Middle Ages."

Jews made Allah

The guy at the end of the thread: The guy at the end of the thread: Don't forget neoliberalism; which is neither new, nor very liberal.

...or neoconservativism; which is neither new, nor very concervative.

That's a whole other thread. Don't get me started on neoliberalism (or neoconservatism). :)

jakomo002: And only two would string you up for being gay. Only two would hate you if you were black.

albo: yes, i see numerous gays dangling from blue nylon rope from cherry pickers in front of Fox headquarters and Rick Warren's church. it's like a sunday tradition--bring a box lunch and watch the homos twitch!

There you go making sense again albo.

albo: well, two of them wouldn't behead you for saying "Allah was made-up by an illiterate goatherder in the Middle Ages."

And all three think that the other side won't stop until a sufficient number of their civilians have been killed.

albo: bring a box lunch and watch the homos twitch!

They're just loving the sin out of them. Come on man. Quit being such a Christianphobe.

Shaggy_C: Jews made Allah

You should try coming out with that one in the next intelligent design thread ;)

7of7: Converting from one stupid mythology to another doesn't make you any less of an idiot.

what i was thinking. like somehow Christianity is better than Islam when they both have a long history of killing and violence. too funny, that's like saying that little johnny no longer blows people up, he prefers to burn them at the stake. isn't that nice!

Religion is the opiate of the masses.

Shaggy_C: Jews made Allah

so that's why neither of them eat delicious bacon

Just like I've been saying in every other thread:
There will never be peace in the middle east.
Why?
Religion. Thats why.

Dancin_In_Anson: jakomo002: And only two would string you up for being gay. Only two would hate you if you were black.

albo: yes, i see numerous gays dangling from blue nylon rope from cherry pickers in front of Fox headquarters and Rick Warren's church. it's like a sunday tradition--bring a box lunch and watch the homos twitch!

There you go making sense again albo.

We only deny them rights! We don't kill them! We're so awesome!!

Being less bad /= being good

Linux_Yes: Religion is the opiate of the masses.

I don't think the corollary is ever mentioned. Quitting opiates leads to insanity, violence, and often death.

Most people want to believe in a deity? Good. Keeps them from taking their frustration of an uncaring and pointless existence out on the those of us that can deal with that fact.

Snoozer: Just like I've been saying in every other thread:
There will never be peace in the middle east.
Why?
Religion. Thats why.

It seems to me the best way to bring peace is to give them all something to unify against.

I say we bomb the area with bacon.

Wow, it's an inferno in here.

Snoozer: Just like I've been saying in every other thread:
There will never be peace in the middle east.
Why?
Religion. Thats why.

And it's impossible to remove something that's in peoples DNA. Darwin will take care of things in due time.

vernonFL: Who do I hate more, Hamas, Fox News, or evangelical Christians?

Two of three would rather kill me than sit at a table and discuss our differences, and the third would be there to film and "report" it.

// Liberal Jew Killed By Terrorist Group; Bacon Nowhere to be Seen

Lionel Mandrake: We only deny them rights!

Like?

Dr Dreidel: Two of three would rather kill me than sit at a table and discuss our differences, and the third would be there to film and "report" it.

"Killing Dr. Dreidel. Could it be a good thing?"

Shaggy_C: He is obviously a Closet Muslim still, just waiting for the right moment to pounce.

Any conversion to Christianity by a Muslim is suspect and most likely insincere. They are inherently incapable of truly accepting Christ, and just as a dog turneth back to its vomit, will inexorably be drawn back to their false religion.


/Common analogy used by Christians who continued to persecute those with Jewish ancestry even after they had been forcibly converted in 15th and 16th century Spain.
//Knows you were joking

IXI Jim IXI: Dr Dreidel: Two of three would rather kill me than sit at a table and discuss our differences, and the third would be there to film and "report" it.

"Killing Dr. Dreidel. Could it be a good thing?"

Exactly. In short, all three would rather get to killing than talk about actual solutions.

Rashnu: Any conversion to Christianity by a Muslim is suspect and most likely insincere. They are inherently incapable of truly accepting Christ, and just as a dog turneth back to its vomit, will inexorably be drawn back to their false religion.

Perhaps he just found out that there's no guarantee that the 72 virgins will be female.

DarnoKonrad: Exactly. In short, all three would rather get to killing than talk about actual solutions.

And the ratings would be through the roof.

GaryPDX: And it's impossible to remove something that's in peoples DNA. Darwin will take care of things in due time.

Religion is in DNA? Or were you suggesting that violence is in Middle Easterners DNA?

You know, on further reflection, I missed a good doctor joke.

// Millions of Colleagues Attend Funeral of Jew Doctor