--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <fintlewoodle...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> wrote: > > > > What an effing idiot! Everybody knows quakes are caused by siddhas > > meditating!
> Feel free to swear properly Mike, we're all men of the world > around here. Apparently not. Some appear to see virgins on pedastals, wailing damsels in distress, dark sinister villians (probably with those long, waxed mustaches) and perhaps projections of themselves as white knights - or white hatted cowboys -- riding to the rescue. Sounds like boys walking out of the picture show in 1915 after seeing the latest dime-store western -- not men of the world. However, for my clear sin of stupidity in seeing it this way, I fear Tom Mix may come gunnin' for me "This wide open country ain't big enough for contrary views, Black Bart. You best be git before you rile up the citizens here and we come to lynch ya.". > > > > --- On Wed, 4/21/10, gullible fool <fflmod@> wrote: > > > > > > From: gullible fool <fflmod@> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Iranian cleric blames quakes on promiscuous women > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 2:00 AM > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > Women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for > > earthquakes, an Iranian cleric says. > >  > > Hojjat ol-eslam Kazem Sediqi, the acting Friday prayer leader in Tehran, > > said women should stick to strict codes of modesty to protect themselves. > >  > > "Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread > > adultery in society which increases earthquakes, " he explained. > >  > > Tens of thousands of people have died in Iran earthquakes in the last > > decade. > >  > > Mr Sediqi was delivering a televised sermon at the Tehran University campus > > mosque last Friday on the need for a "general repentance" by Iranians when > > he warned of a "prevalence of degeneracy". > >  > > "What can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble? There is no other > > solution but to take refuge in religion and to adapt our lives to Islam's > > moral codes," he said. > >  > > 'Disappoint God' > >  > > Correspondents say many young Iranians sometimes push the boundaries of how > > they can dress, showing hair under their headscarves or wearing > > tight-fitting clothes. > >  > > Mr Sediqi also described the violence following last year's disputed > > presidential election - the result of which prompted thousands of people to > > hold mass protests - as a "political earthquake". > >  > > "Now if a natural earthquake hits Tehran, no one will be able to confront > > such a calamity but God's power, only God's power. So lets not disappoint > > God." > >  > > More than 25,000 people died when a powerful earthquake hit the ancient > > city of Bam in 2003. > >  > > Seismologists have warned that the capital, Tehran, is situated on a large > > number of tectonic fault lines and could be hit by a devastating earthquake > > soon. > >  > > President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said many of Tehran's 12 million > > inhabitants should relocate. > >  > > There are plans to build a purpose built new capital near Qom. > > > > http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/middle_ east/8631775. stm > >  > > "Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' > > only love." > >  > > - Amma > > >
