Sharp Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing in
Muslim Countries
Sal wrote:
Well that's good flex...but it averages out
to 20% still supporting it, at the very least,
which as Harris points out is still a big
problem.
In a recent survey, over 99% of all Muslims
living in the Middle
Anyway, I thought things were getting a bit
dull this morning and that Vaj might like a
break, so have at it. :)
John Manning wrote:
Nobody can tell me that 1.3 billion human
beings are predisposed by their religion to
condone what that boy in Harris' story did.
Liberals in
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, JohnY john_youe...@... wrote:
No Nab,
That was sarcasm directed at do and all his political stuff, not Vaj.
But I'm sure you knew that.
At least I got it.
Apt, too...a little satire about demonizing a guy (Vaj) because
you don't like his beliefs buried
TurquoiseB wrote:
As so many spiritual teachers have said over
the years, What you focus on you become.
You sound really scared, Turq, and I can see why.
I've read that some people over in Spain don't
take kindly to immigrants. If I were you, I'd be
keeping a low profile.
From what I've
Now do you claim that the Jews and the Christians
are dangerous terrorists and that Judaism and
Christianity aim to slaughter all others.
Not unless that's what they're actually doing. I
haven't heard of any Christians running planes into
skyscrapers while yelling Jesus is
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
[I wrote:]
Virtually every religion, most definitely including
Islam, proclaims human rights for everyone. And in
virtually every religion, there are abuses.
I'm not convinced that Islamic religion proclaims
human rights
On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:12 AM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
--- In
Virtually every religion, most definitely including
Islam, proclaims human rights for everyone. And in
virtually every religion, there are abuses.
I'm not convinced that Islamic religion proclaims
human rights for everone. Can you cite a passage in
the Koran that says that?
On Nov 21, 2009, at 8:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:59 AM, do.rflex wrote:
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an anti-Transcendental
Meditation pseudo-scholar, you also turn out to be a hateful
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 8:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:59 AM, do.rflex wrote:
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an
On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:54 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Alright, at the risk of being so labelled, I'm
going to quote from one of Sam Harris' books,
The End of Faith, in which he starts out by describing
a seemingly ordinary day in the life of a seemingly
ordinary young man, as he boards a bus:
The
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:54 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Alright, at the risk of being so labelled, I'm
going to quote from one of Sam Harris' books,
The End of Faith, in which he starts out by describing
a seemingly
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
snip
Alright, at the risk of being so labelled, I'm
going to quote from one of Sam Harris' books,
The End of Faith, in which he starts out by describing
a seemingly ordinary day in the life of a seemingly
ordinary young
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Vaj vajradh...@earthlink.net wrote:
Suicide bombers are often exposed to some terrible mind reform techniques
and desensitization. I mean how else can you get a young kid to kill
himself?
Quite easily, actually. Teens and young adults engage in suicide
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
snip
Still doubtful? On page 126 he puts up
the results of a poll he took asking respondents
in 12 Muslim nations if suicide bombing in defense
of Islam is ever justified. The results are
scary. In 10 of those
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
snip
Suicide bombers are often exposed to some terrible mind
reform techniques and desensitization. I mean how else
can you get a young kid to kill himself?
Alienation preceded membership in terror networks in
a majority of cases
Sharp Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing in Muslim Countries
Pew Global Attitudes Project -Released: 07.24.07
Among the most striking trends in predominantly Muslim nations is the
continuing decline in the number saying that suicide bombing and other
forms of violence against civilians are
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
Sharp Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing in Muslim
Countries Pew Global Attitudes Project -Released: 07.24.07
Among the most striking trends in predominantly Muslim
nations is the continuing decline in the number saying
On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:11 PM, do.rflex wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@...
wrote:
On Nov 22, 2009, at 1:54 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Alright, at the risk of being so labelled, I'm
going to quote from one of Sam Harris' books,
The End of Faith, in which he
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@...
wrote:
On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:11 PM, do.rflex wrote:
[snip]
Nobody can tell me that 1.3 billion human beings are predisposed
by
their religion to condone what that boy in Harris' story did.
Of course not all are,
On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:55 PM, do.rflex wrote:--- InFairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:11 PM, do.rflex wrote:[snip] Nobody can tell me that 1.3 billion human beings are predisposed by their religion to condone what that boy in Harris' story
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote:
On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:55 PM, do.rflex wrote:
-
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@
wrote:
On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:11 PM, do.rflex wrote:
[snip]
Nobody can tell
As far as I can tell, you've got two major messianic religions in the world
today: Christianity and Islam. Now, there may be more but I'm not knowledgable
enough about religion to know.
And from what I understand about both faiths (which is, admittedly, not much)
they both take the position
On Nov 22, 2009, at 6:42 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote:
As far as I can tell, you've got two major messianic religions in the world
today: Christianity and Islam. Now, there may be more but I'm not
knowledgable enough about religion to know.
And from what I understand about both faiths (which
Interesting!...; and Advaita as a religion is an anomaly actually, since
there's no eternal life in the relative sense. After Unity, there's supposedly
no more relative existence (the most horrifying fate of most of Christianity,
along with suffering eternally in Hell).
...My assessment:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
Unfortunately for Rachel, the reason Islam is considered the religion
of peace is that once the whole world converts, they believe there will
be peace on earth, a chilling prospect, however you parse it...it is not
merely a
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:59 AM, do.rflex wrote:
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an anti-Transcendental Meditation
pseudo-scholar, you also turn out to be a hateful xenophobic bigot.
LOL, that's your projection. I'm just an historical realist.
Any huge group of ANY religious
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:59 AM, do.rflex wrote:
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an anti-Transcendental
Meditation pseudo-scholar, you also turn out to be a hateful xenophobic
bigot.
LOL, that's your
John Manning wrote:
The obvious fact that you seem to eagerly and
blindly ignore to feed your paranoid hateful
bigotry is that the huge and vast and
overwhelming majority of the members of these
groups are peacable...
So, I wonder, of all those professing the Islamic
faith, that live
On Nov 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
You're a fraud, Vaj. You're a fraud as a scholar and a fraud when it comes to
defining Transcendental Meditation.
Actually I'm NOT a scholar, nor was I ever. So get these false ideas out your
head. You don't listen very well it seems!
TM
sgrayatlarge wrote:
Again you are wrong, the left is paranoid
of the right,
This goes much deeper with John Manning, deeper
than just being paranoid of the 'right'. This guy
is one of the biggest busy-bodies on the entire
internet, bigger by far than Barry, whose posts
to
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
Unfortunately for Rachel, the reason Islam is considered the religion
of peace is that once the whole world converts, they believe there will
be peace on
I would have thought that global warming alarmism is the new McCarthyism.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
Rachel Maddow delves into the right wing's apparent anti-Islam sentiment,
which is looking more more like the new McCarthyism
Watch:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
snip
It hasn't been shown that he was part of any terrorist network.
snip,
Wouldn,t being a radical muslim- believer in suicide bombers
etc. qualify
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
You're a fraud, Vaj. You're a fraud as a scholar and a fraud when it comes
to defining Transcendental Meditation.
Actually I'm NOT a scholar, nor was I ever.
That's
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
snip
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an anti-
Transcendental Meditation pseudo-scholar, you also
turn out to be a hateful xenophobic bigot.
You're just discovering this?? It's been evident for
some time.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
snip
It hasn't been shown that he was part of any terrorist network.
snip,
On Nov 21, 2009, at 11:06 AM, do.rflex wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
You're a fraud, Vaj. You're a fraud as a scholar and a fraud when it
comes to defining Transcendental Meditation.
Wouldn,t being a radical muslim- believer in
suicide bombers etc. qualify him?
Judy wrote:
How would that qualify him as part of a terrorist
network (as opposed to a lone-wolf freelancer)?
Maybe Nidal was a freelancer who was part of a
network of lone-wolf terrorists. Apparently he
John Manning wrote:
What I'm referring to is your obvious lack of
comprehension FROM EXPERIENCE of the actual
subtle mechanics of how Transcendental
Meditation itself works...
Hey, weren't you the TM teacher that made the
claim that the TM secret bija mantras were the
names of the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 11:06 AM, do.rflex wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
You're a fraud, Vaj. You're a fraud as a scholar and a
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:27 PM, do.rflex wrote:
The Old Testament has similar horrendous supposed proclamations and actions
from the Jewish God.
Here's a sample war crimes and atrocities under the 'Laws' of Moses:
Bible: Numbers 31:1-54 - Under God's direction, Moses' army defeats the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:27 PM, do.rflex wrote:
The Old Testament has similar horrendous supposed proclamations and actions
from the Jewish God.
Here's a sample war crimes and atrocities under the 'Laws' of Moses:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 9:52 AM, WillyTex wrote:
John is obsessed with the doings of Judy, the
Maharishi, Jews, Mormons, Christians, Republicans,
and George W. Bush. He hates just about everyone
except his cat. He's posted more hate mail than
anybody that I know of. Check out this flame John
Tom wrote:
What was the religion of Cambodia under Pol Pot?
Everyone knows that 95% of Cambodians were Theravada
Buddhists under Pol Pot, Tom. Don't you remember
reading about Angkor Wat in your World Civics 101
class?
But everyone knows that Pol Pot was a communist
atheist, responsible
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote:
Unfortunately for Rachel, the reason Islam is considered the religion
of
On Nov 21, 2009, at 2:27 PM, WillyTex wrote:
Tom wrote:
What was the religion of Cambodia under Pol Pot?
Everyone knows that 95% of Cambodians were Theravada
Buddhists under Pol Pot, Tom. Don't you remember
reading about Angkor Wat in your World Civics 101
class?
But everyone
How would that qualify him as part of a
terrorist network (as opposed to a
lone-wolf freelancer)?
Nelson wrote:
Aren't the suicide bombers and shooters
all inspired by the same basic beliefs to
take such action?
According to Marc Sageman, a forensic
psychiatrist at the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
snip
On Nov 21, 2009, at 1:27 PM, do.rflex wrote:
Now do you claim that the Jews and the Christians
are dangerous terrorists and that Judaism and
Christianity aim to slaughter all others.
Not unless that's what they're
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote:
On Nov 21, 2009, at 12:15 PM, It's just a ride wrote:
Islam was a peaceful and tolerant movement (remember Casablanca?) until
relatively recently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjq5Vi9Gc68
Agani - You've made it
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
snip
It
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride
bill.hicks.all.a.r...@... wrote:
[snip]
What is the history of the word Ghetto (Italian for iron works, IIRC)?
[snip]
From dictionary.com:
Origin:
160515; It, orig. the name of an island near Venice where Jews were forced
to
That's right. The first ghetto was in Venetia--in fact if you visit, the Jewish
museum there is a must see. The birthplace for much of western Kabbala and
Neoplatonism.
On Nov 21, 2009, at 3:33 PM, ShempMcGurk wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, It's just a ride
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
---
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an
anti-Transcendental Meditation pseudo-scholar,
you also turn out to be a hateful xenophobic
bigot.
//sarcasm tag //
I think that if you want to unload all chambers
in your Alinsky six shooter on Vaj, you'd need
to add racist
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote:
How would that qualify him as part of a terrorist network
(as opposed to a lone-wolf freelancer)?
Aren't the suicide bombers and shooters all inspired by
the same basic beliefs to take such action?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
---
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, JohnY john_youe...@... wrote:
Do. Said:
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an anti-Transcendental
Meditation pseudo-scholar, you also turn out to be a hateful xenophobic
bigot.
//sarcasm tag //
I think that if you want to unload all
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, JohnY john_youells@ wrote:
Do. Said:
It appears to me Vaj, that along with being an anti-Transcendental
Meditation pseudo-scholar, you also turn out to be a hateful
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nelson nelsonriddle2001@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote:
snip
Again you are wrong, the left is paranoid of the right,
You express this daily
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote:
Rachel Maddow delves into the right wing's apparent anti-Islam sentiment,
which is looking more more like the new McCarthyism
Watch:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge no_re...@... wrote:
Again you are wrong, the left is paranoid of the right,
You express this daily
I'm not advocating any harm or injustice to anyone as are the paranoid
McCarthyist freaks on the right who are fear-mongering and
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