China bans all religion-related activities in a muslim-heavy region...

[Deleted]

ummm how do you git rid of something, and get rid of the lack of said thing

I imagine if you could prove all forms of religion a myth, and to believe in a god would be an uneducated decision (as its non exsistant and proven so) then there wouldn't be a need for to be an atheist?

It wouldn't be a case of whether you believed or didn't believe - It would just be a fact. Are there words to describe believing and disbelieving facts?

Just trying to make sense of what video games said..

[Socialhealer]

good, go china.

[Ehrenpanzer]

Hahahahahahahahaha. "We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity ... in fact our movement is Christian." -Hitler Mein Kampf 1928.

Allow me to refer you to the glorious period of enlightenment and harmony in society when religion ruled the world, it was so wonderful we called it the....dark...ages.........oh....

Not to mention the Inquisition...Salem witch hunts...purges..etc...

Basically..whenever religious people get authority without question, bad things happen

[Deleted]

Still loving that people support the oppression of religious individuals.

Gotta love Freedom amirite?

[Canpinter]

I imagine if you could prove all forms of religion a myth, and to believe in a god would be an uneducated decision (as its non exsistant and proven so) then there wouldn't be a need for to be an atheist?

It wouldn't be a case of whether you believed or didn't believe - It would just be a fact. Are there words to describe believing and disbelieving facts?

Just trying to make sense of what video games said..

true, there is no such word for not believing in astrology and i have never herd of a abigfootist

[Archangel Tyrael]

So, it's a few days old news, but I haven't seen a slightest mention of it on my countries' news portals, and I'm not even hoping it would be mention on TV, which is why I only heard about it today.

China banned all religion-related activities in Xinjiang region, which is inhabited mainly by muslims. Starting from January 1, citizens will not be allowed to, for example, perform their prayers on any property owned by the state - which means mainly the streets and government offices, I suppose.

More details here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/w...w/45339051.cms

Your thoughts? My opinion is pretty much this - serves them right. I wish EU governments had enough balls to do anything remotely similar to Chinese, instead of patting the muslims on their heads and putting up with their constant shit.

I don't mean to spark a flamewar here, so please, keep it civil.

Don't care about Muslims.
If they don't like it they can go to a place where their religion is allowed.

[Chelly]

Allow me to refer you to the glorious period of enlightenment and harmony in society when religion ruled the world, it was so wonderful we called it the....dark...ages.........oh....

Not to mention the Inquisition...Salem witch hunts...purges..etc...

Basically..whenever religious people get authority without question, bad things happen

It was only called the dark ages in Europe. It was absolutely not the dark ages outside of Europe - especially not in the middle-east. And besides, religion was still strong all around the world before, and after, that time period.

Also this:

However, many modern scholars who study the era tend to avoid the term altogether for its negative connotations, finding it misleading and inaccurate for any part of the Middle Ages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)

[pucko97]

I even found it for you!

Wow, you're no that bright are you. I meant "Hate of Jews" And the religion of "Christianity" as in the religion Hitler was associated with.

[Vizardlorde]

Still loving that people support the oppression of religious individuals.

Gotta love Freedom amirite?

Idk about them But I'd rather have my whacky neighbors just stay whacky than have them turn extremist due to real oppression. An annoying neighbor is always better than a terrorist neighbor who is fighting for a cause that seems just.

[Danuru]

Wow, you're no that bright are you. I meant "Hate of Jews" And the religion of "Christianity" as in the religion Hitler was associated with.

I'm no that bright huh? Well perhaps you should learn to english. Because what you're saying still doesn't make any sense, at least in a way that helps you.

[Slaskra]

Still loving that people support the oppression of religious individuals.

Gotta love Freedom amirite?

I don't get it. Are you under the impression that everybody in this thread would normally argue for unconditional freedom? Or is it just easier to dismiss opposing arguments by pretending that everyone draws their own arbitrary self-suiting line in the sand?

[Deleted]

Wow, you're no that bright are you. I meant "Hate of Jews" And the religion of "Christianity" as in the religion Hitler was associated with.

Except Hitler never was in any meaningful way. His agenda was primarily based on Eugenics, insanity, and existing hatred of ethnic groups going back hundreds of years.

You're clutching at straws and looking like a jackass while doing so.

[Deleted]

Don't care about Muslims.
If they don't like it they can go to a place where their religion is allowed.

So Sweden then?

Uh-Oh!

[Deleted]

The only freedom you have is the one you can enforce.

Or as somebody smarter than me said: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

[Danuru]

Idk about them But I'd rather have my whacky neighbors just stay whacky than have them turn extremist due to real oppression. An annoying neighbor is always better than a terrorist neighbor who is fighting for a cause that seems just.

Why can't we be like this guy, seriously... You want a religious war? Give them a reason to have one.

[Deleted]

I don't get it. Are you under the impression that everybody in this thread would normally argue for unconditional freedom? Or is it just easier to dismiss opposing arguments by pretending that everyone draws their own arbitrary self-suiting line in the sand?

There are people in this thread asking for the banning of religion entirely. People who enjoy the freedoms offered by tolerance and acceptance.

If hypocrisy had a home it'd be this thread.

[Deleted]

Can you bring up a single person that believes in any of the known "deitys" without being told about them?

Yes. You don't have to be a religious person or receive religions education to at one point in life adopt the notion that a superior entity exists out there somewhere.

[Deleted]

Yes. You don't have to be a religious person or receive religions education to at one point in life adopt the notion that a superior entity exists out there somewhere.

So show me.

[cFortyfive]

Gotta love Freedom amirite?

Psst just watch the hypocrites in their natural habitat.

[pucko97]

So show me.

He's scared of science so he can't