If you were wondering if anti-Muslim hysteria has hit fever pitch in America yet, wonder no longer. Feast your eyes on the good -- OK, actually not very good at all -- people of Augusta County Virginia. Now, we are not really sure how we missed this a couple days ago -- probably because we were drunk and/or busy tracking down a
These folks had better start reading labels at grocery stores for that secret Muslin ingredient - gum arabic. It's everywhere! Also too, no "Nutcracker " performances because Arabian Coffee segment!
When I took Greek (Koine) lessons in high school, the teacher made us write "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεός ἦν ὁ λόγος". Little did I know that this is the opening of the Gospel of John and that writing it down would make me a Christian for life (and afterlife), completely ruining my plan to become an atheist.
(OK, strictly speaking I did know what it meant, and I'm an atheist, but my point still stands.)
I'm in the great white north of Minnesota, which is pretty good overall, making it that much more of a shock when you run into someone who's afeared of teh geyh.
If it makes anyone feel better, I wore hijab to downtown Chicago today and received smiles, support, and Wa'asalaam alaykum's galore. Chicago is feeling the love.
What these parents don't realize, is that the mooslims were steps ahead of them. Children being kept out of school ON FRIDAY, THE ISLAMIC HOLY DAY! Those kids are never coming back to Christ.
How does this work again? You copy down a set of squiggles in an writing system you cannot read, that represent a phrase in a language that you don't understand, and you are never given a translation of the phrase, so that the figure is just a random set of squiggles as far as you can tell ... and somehow, this is indoctrination? Since you do not derive any message or meaning from the figure at all, it's just an abstract design to you, then what, exactly, are you being indoctrinated in? And then once you receive the translation, you decide that the phrase has nothing at all to do with anything that you believe in, what power, if any, does it even have for you?
If you copy down the phrase, "Sieg heil, mein fuhrer" does that magically turn you into a Nazi?If you copy down a sentence from Lenin, does that instantly turn you into a Communist?If you write down the word "abracadabra" does that turn you into a practitioner of the black arts?
There is no such thing as a magical word. Words, phrases, oaths or pledges have no effect on you if you don't believe them in the first place. If you are a Christian then saying "there is no god but Allah" doesn't do anything to you. If you were never a Mormon, then having your "soul" (actually, just a representation of your name) "baptised" by the LDS Church doesn't mean a damn thing. It's all "yeah, whatever, dude" to you.
I have never heard that before. Interesting. Thank you.
To say nothing of the Phoenician alphabet.
These folks had better start reading labels at grocery stores for that secret Muslin ingredient - gum arabic. It's everywhere! Also too, no "Nutcracker " performances because Arabian Coffee segment!
Maybe they just liked the name. I'm a fan of Tiamat myself.
When I took Greek (Koine) lessons in high school, the teacher made us write "Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεός ἦν ὁ λόγος". Little did I know that this is the opening of the Gospel of John and that writing it down would make me a Christian for life (and afterlife), completely ruining my plan to become an atheist.
(OK, strictly speaking I did know what it meant, and I'm an atheist, but my point still stands.)
And no algebra -- but I guess they already practice that.
Huh? When I look at the moon, it pretty clearly goes left to right. Are you an Aussie?
It didn't seem to matter that my son's name is Poop!
I'm in the great white north of Minnesota, which is pretty good overall, making it that much more of a shock when you run into someone who's afeared of teh geyh.
If it makes anyone feel better, I wore hijab to downtown Chicago today and received smiles, support, and Wa'asalaam alaykum's galore. Chicago is feeling the love.
Well, saying the shahada makes you a Muslim, but you have to really really really mean it.
What these parents don't realize, is that the mooslims were steps ahead of them. Children being kept out of school ON FRIDAY, THE ISLAMIC HOLY DAY! Those kids are never coming back to Christ.
Wait till both Christians and Muslims learn their god is same as the Zoroastrian GOD.
The shit's really going to hit the fan. Lucifer help us all.
Twelve years of parochial school couldn't indoctrinate me.
How does this work again? You copy down a set of squiggles in an writing system you cannot read, that represent a phrase in a language that you don't understand, and you are never given a translation of the phrase, so that the figure is just a random set of squiggles as far as you can tell ... and somehow, this is indoctrination? Since you do not derive any message or meaning from the figure at all, it's just an abstract design to you, then what, exactly, are you being indoctrinated in? And then once you receive the translation, you decide that the phrase has nothing at all to do with anything that you believe in, what power, if any, does it even have for you?
If you copy down the phrase, "Sieg heil, mein fuhrer" does that magically turn you into a Nazi?If you copy down a sentence from Lenin, does that instantly turn you into a Communist?If you write down the word "abracadabra" does that turn you into a practitioner of the black arts?
There is no such thing as a magical word. Words, phrases, oaths or pledges have no effect on you if you don't believe them in the first place. If you are a Christian then saying "there is no god but Allah" doesn't do anything to you. If you were never a Mormon, then having your "soul" (actually, just a representation of your name) "baptised" by the LDS Church doesn't mean a damn thing. It's all "yeah, whatever, dude" to you.
Now see if they were writing in Comic Sans, I could understand the enraged frenzy....