[Cyanide_Anima]

Arab Woman Takes On Muslim Cleric.Video

the vid speaks for itself.

[noodles]

"I am not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew. I am a secular human being. I do not believe in the supernatural, but I respect others' right to believe in it."

"We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant."

She is awesome.

[Cyanide_Anima]

yeah, she is. i have total respect for someone like her. she is very wise, and repects other peoples beliefs and ideas, and because of that, some extremeist muslims are going to want to kill her after that. especially a woman with an open mind and the will to speak it so freely. they will see her as westernized. i bet she is scared to death.

[Drew]

Title's a touch misleading, bro - just because she's Arab doesn't mean she's religious, as she's pretty clearly an athiest.

[playstopause]

There's many people thinking like her.
The problem is we don't hear them out as much as every religion's extremists. Why? It's less spectacular.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Drew

Title's a touch misleading, bro - just because she's Arab doesn't mean she's religious, as she's pretty clearly an athiest.

+1

it could just be an American thing to slap labels on everyone, as it's pretty much assumed that all Arabic peoples are Musilum, Indians are Hindi's, Italians and Spanish are Catholic, etc, but then again, we are only human

and besides, you can find women like that here in America. i did . my girlfriend is a fullblown Catholic, and even teaches the wednesday night CCD classes at her church. i'm an athiest, and have pretty much sworn off any and all forms of collective church.

oh yeah, she's conservative, too





...and, she voted for Bush (both times).

[Rev2010]

Brilliant woman. I love how she says, "We're not facing a clash of religions or of civilizations but a clash between two eras, between mentality that belongs in the Middle Ages and mentality that belongs in the 21st Century".

She is deemed 100% true

[stuz719]

Originally Posted by playstopause

There's many people thinking like her.
The problem is we don't hear them out as much as every religion's extremists. Why? It's less spectacular.

Exactly - "empty vessels make most noise".

[Cyanide_Anima]

err, by the thread title, it i meant it more as why religious people couldn't be more like-minded as her, as in respecting other people's beliefs, and not forcing crap onto people. i'm not great with words, rofl. especially for the johovah's witnesses, and mormons. i get mugged by those people at the bus stops constantly here. they just don't take no for an answer. sometimes i tell them i'm a satanist and eat babies just so they fuck off and leave us alone. rofl. i don't do that stuff, of course. im not a religious person, nor am i an athiest. somewhere in-between i guess. rofl.

[noodles]

Originally Posted by Cyanide_Anima

especially for the johovah's witnesses, and mormons. i get mugged by those people at the bus stops constantly here. they just don't take no for an answer. sometimes i tell them i'm a satanist and eat babies just so they fuck off and leave us alone.

Keep saying no, starting politely, and getting subsequently more forceful, until they get the point. I have closed doors in faces before, simply because someone would just not shut up. I've found that, "I'm not interested in your religion, or any religion, and I'd appreciate it if you stop wasting my time with something that I am going to give absolutely no consideration to," is both polite and straight to the point. If they insist on continuing, then, "What part of 'I'm not interested in your stupid cult' did you not understand?" is usually enough to scare away even the most determined missionary.

As a side note, I find it grossly irresponsible and sadly pathetic that Mormon church sends teenagers out soliciting religion. Rudeness aside, it can be flat out dangerous knocking on a stranger's door, and I would NEVER allow my son or daughter to take part in such an activity.

rofl. i don't do that stuff, of course. im not a religious person, nor am i an athiest. somewhere in-between i guess. rofl.

Agnostic. It's the "undecided/not sure" of the religious world.