[kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

[Alexander Smith]

That's awesome.

Alex in NYC


On May 5, 2010, at 7:50 AM, phil wrote:


> http://store.richarddawkins.net/products/the-god-delusion-t-shirt

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> I want one

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> On Wed, 5 May 2010 08:04:45 +1000, you wrote:

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>> The Bible is totally twisted to begin with, here’s a quote which  

>> sums it up better than anything else:

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>> The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant  

>> character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust,  

>> unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic  

>> cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal,  

>> genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal,  

>> sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully

>>

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>>

>> Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion.

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>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>> ] On Behalf Of Karen Weil

>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 May 2010 3:10 AM

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

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>> Good point. There are plenty who twist the Bible to suit their own  

>> beliefs.

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>> k.w.

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>> the States

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>> ----- Original Message -----

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>> From: Jim Harper <mailto:jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>

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>> To: A list about <mailto:gathering at misera.net>  all things Killing  

>> Joke (the band!)

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>> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:32 AM

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>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

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>> By those standards, all Christians believe you can own slaves and  

>> have more than one wife. But how many of them are bigamists and  

>> slaveowners?

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>> --- On Mon, 3/5/10, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

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>> 99% of muslims, by definition, believe in the subjugation of women,  

>> deny the right of any other religion to exist, are against  

>> democracy...etc. The idea that all of the harm is in the  

>> fundamentalist fringe is outdated:

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>> <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1452322/posts> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1452322/posts

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>> So the mantra ‘Islam is peace’ is almost 1,400 years out of date.  

>> It was only for about 13 years that Islam was peace and nothing but  

>> peace. From 622 onwards it became increasingly aggressive, albeit  

>> with periods of peaceful co-existence, particularly in the colonial  

>> period, when the theology of war was not dominant. For today’s  

>> radical Muslims — just as for the mediaeval jurists who developed  

>> classical Islam — it would be truer to say ‘Islam is war’. One of  

>> the most radical Islamic groups in Britain, al-Ghurabaa, stated in  

>> the wake of the two London bombings, ‘Any Muslim that denies that  

>> terror is a part of Islam is kafir.’ A kafir is an unbeliever  

>> (i.e., a non-Muslim), a term of gross insult.

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>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

>> ] On Behalf Of Karen Weil

>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 5:16 AM

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

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>> Unfortunately, while 99 percent of Muslims mean no one any harm,  

>> it's vicious cretins like this guy who continue to fan the flames  

>> of xenophobia, suspicion and irrational hatred of their faith by  

>> those of other religions, ethnic groups, etc.

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>> k.w.

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>> SoCal

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>> ----- Original Message -----

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>> From:  <http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=LONESTYLE@aol.com 

>> > LONESTYLE at aol.com

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>> To:  <http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gathering@misera.net 

>> > gathering at misera.net

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>> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:22 PM

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>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

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>> That guy is an asshole!

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>> ~ LB

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>> In a message dated 4/21/2010 8:54:39 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  <http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=folk.devil@hotmail.com 

>> > folk.devil at hotmail.com writes:

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>> That guy in the interview is a bit mental, really.

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>>> From:  <http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=planetary@socal.rr.com 

>>> > planetary at socal.rr.com

>>> To:  <http://uk.mc259.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gathering@misera.net 

>>> > gathering at misera.net

>>> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:48:12 -0700

>>> Subject: [kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

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>>> http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/04/21/ 

>>> ac.griffin.south.park.threat.cnn?hpt=C2

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>>> "A radical Islamic website warns the creators of "South Park"  

>>> after the Prophet Mohammed was featured on the show."

>>>

>>> Yeah, look out for those evil cartoons mocking your deity, you  

>>> stone age fucks.

>>>

>>> T.B.

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