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Author Topic:   Bush's Shia Islamic War Vs Obama's Sunni War
onifre
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Message 69 of 111 (600641)
01-15-2011 10:57 PM
Reply to: Message 25 by Buzsaw
01-09-2011 10:27 AM


Re: Buz, you are making no sense.
It was probably somewhat of an over statement on my part to call it a Sunni Muslim nation, though relative to population and policy, there is a sense in which it is, just as the majority of Americans likely consider this nation to be a Christian nation.
Buz, there are only 4 nations that you can call "Muslim" nations: Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Mauritania in Africa. However, none can be called Sunni or Shi'a Muslim nations because of their policies and laws because they all follow they same law, Sharia (Pakistan vaguely; they're mostly guilded by secular law.)
Even if the US were a Christian nation (which it is not) you wouldn't say it is a Catholic Christian nation, or Protestant Christian nation, or Baptist Christian nation - it would just be a Christian nation.
- Oni

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onifre
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Message 71 of 111 (600649)
01-15-2011 11:46 PM
Reply to: Message 70 by Coyote
01-15-2011 11:24 PM


Re: Buz, you are making no sense.
Of these 47, 7 are listed as "Islamic State" and 17 list Islam as "State Religion."
I went with Islamic Republic's of...
But yeah, how could I forget Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Somalia too.
Don't think I'd want to live in any of those, and probably not even visit.
I have done some corporate shows in a few of those countries, lots of comics do, you are missing out on a lot of beautiful and very safe places by having that opinion of muslims.
Don't get me wrong, not all of those countries, but many of them are awesome places to visit. Jordan and Lebanon are my favs.
- Oni

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onifre
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Message 81 of 111 (600737)
01-16-2011 8:15 PM
Reply to: Message 78 by Buzsaw
01-16-2011 7:43 PM


Re: attending a mosque?
Because Islamic doctrine and law as practiced in most majority Muslim nations are incompatible with things in the Constitution like free exercise of religion and speech, etc.
Are you suggesting that a US president who happens to be muslim, obviously born here in the US, would try to change the Constitution to Sharia law? That is ridiculous to suggest, if you are, Buz.
Likely, were the truth known, he would not have been elected.
The truth is none of your business. A persons religious beliefs have no baring on whether he/she can be president. I personally believe he is at best an agnostic, probably even an atheist, playing the role of a christian because an atheist more than likely wouldn't be elected in the US.
Although I am curious about that. I would love to see it tested. I think we'd be very surprised to see many Americans side with a level headed atheist. Maybe that's just wishful thinking...
But in any case, I wouldn't care, as an atheist, if he were a closet atheist and claimed to be christian. I get why he would. Or for that matter, a closet muslim claiming to be christian. I get why he would do that - because of people like you, and Coyote, who feel just being a muslim is for some reason a terrible thing. His religious beliefs or non-beliefs can't change the Constitution. Ever! Why would you care?
- Oni

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onifre
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Message 104 of 111 (600911)
01-17-2011 6:49 PM
Reply to: Message 95 by Buzsaw
01-17-2011 11:39 AM


Re: Obama's Drive
The resurrection via Jesus Christ, savior, is the only way out of this sinking ship alive and well, whether beheaded before or dying a natural death.
Then why bother to vote? Then why care what Obama does?
Why do you favor a republican president backed by the largest military in the world, when there is nothing we can do, the jihadist are coming to get us and behead us, and the only one that can save us is a guy from a 2000 year old story?
Obviously anyone we vote for isn't going to be able to defend our nation from the jihadist, so what's your entire point in this thread? Clearly, we're damned any which way we choose, in your opinion.
The suffering ones at the hands of the Jihadists and others will be vindicated and rewarded in the final judgement.
Right, the guys on camels weilding swords have us out-matched...
Nuthin but pure pwnage!
- Oni

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