Got this from Jim Davis over on FB. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion
Good shit. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I identify as an American. I could go to Canada and probably get > citizenship, but I don't. It's important to me to be an American. Do I > agree with everything that is official policy here? Oh hell no. But > it's what I was born into, it is what my ancestors were and I'll do my > best to help make my country the America I want it to be. > > The same is true for a lot of people in political parties and > religions. I agree that if you find something too morally repugnant, > you should leave. I also know that there is a lot within Islam that is > decent and kind and good. I'm not a good person to judge the balance > for Islam, just like I'm not for Christianity. I don't really > understand religion from the inside, it's not how I was raised and I > am not really wired with the need for belief. But I'm also not willing > to condemn everyone either. > > Judah > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:55 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm not saying it is. I know better than that. I worked with ANA guys > > that really were trying to do the right things. Terps that put their > lives > > and the lives of their families on the line to help us. > > > > What I am saying is that EVERY person that self identifies as either a > sh'a > > or sunni is saying that these laws are ok. They grant them legitimacy. > > > > Example. A few months ago I joined the USDL, an off shoot of the EDL. I > > was on their forums and going through things. I found a couple of things > > that really bothered me. There was at least on person with white power > > nonsense in his sig, 1488 and shit; and the US version made christian > > theology very central to their group, something the EDL does not do. > > > > I started simple. Some minor agitating. Ramped up and got louder as I > was > > ignored. Finally I left and I took people with me because they were > fucked > > up. I wouldn't belong to a group who I didn't morally agree with. I > > cannot do that. > > > > I left government service for much the same reason, I couldn't abide the > > direction things were headed. > > > > We decide for ourselves who to associate with. Who to call friend and > > ally. Did all Nazis support genocide against the Jews? No they did not, > > but if they remained members and didn't fight it then they are every bit > as > > guilty as those that carried it out. > > > > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:13 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > I'm the one that posted the pics of those supporting protests to this > >> list > >> > don't forget. Yes, I loved seeing it and would love to see more. > >> > > >> > Instead what I've seen is Yemen and Tunisia. > >> > >> If you are paying attention to Tunisia perhaps you will notice that > >> their police force was standing its ground against protestors, putting > >> themselves in harms way to try and protect our embassy. In Egypt, > >> police are also battling protestors. Same thing in Sudan. > >> > >> It's not as simple as "everybody hates us" or "everybody loves us" and > >> it never will be. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355035 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
