What are your thoughts about muslims?

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow

Once again, if Maher is such a self-contradicting idiot, then why can't you (or Rose)specifically refute anything he said in the clip? And it was a 5-6 minute conversation, not a sound bite, as you so disingenuously pretend.

In fact, everything Maher said about the Pew poll to which he referred was absolutely correct. Vast numbers of Muslims in Egypt, for example, DO believe stoning is an appropriate punishment for adultery, and that death is an appropriate punishment for apostasy. The hypocrite Rose, at 2:40 in the clip, even admits in an unguarded moment that he knows these things to be true, and this after having given all the usual claptrap and false equivalences between Islam and Christianity (just as you did).

https://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/


Wrong again, as always. I don't agree with Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping or Kim Jong-un either, and I never said they were liberals. Do you need more examples? There are plenty.

And so you muffed it yet again. You're still batting 1,000 in the bungling department.

@Thinkerbell You cite a comedian who can't get anything straight even in his own mind and an opinion poll. I actually worked in that field so I know polls are a bad joke that can be manipulated anyway you want. How about statistics...something scientific instead of just a few opinions based on opinions three times removed. Statistically you are more likely to die in the US from a TV falling on your head then from a terrorist attack. But don't let pesky things like statistics involving more the 50 people get in your way.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow

And if the comedian "can't get anything straight", then why can't either you or Rose successfully refute him? Rose even admits at 2:40 in the clip that he knows what Maher is saying about Egyptian Muslims is true.

And what do you say about the Pew poll? "I know polls are a bad joke that can be manipulated any way you want."

So Pew, no doubt, "manipulated" their poll so as to make Muslims in Egypt look bad. Uh-huh. The real numbers must be that only 0.1% of Muslims there think death would be an appropriate punishment for apostasy, but instead Pew fudged the numbers up to 80%. Tell us another one, Pictures.

And this from the "statistician" who can't figure out that when 50 out of 56 child-groomers are Muslim, when Muslims comprise only 5% of the population, it says something significant about their culture.
Those groomers must have also had a lot of customers for the children they abducted, and there is no way their activities could not have been common knowledge in the broader community, who mostly said nothing, either out of fear or out of tacit approval.

There once was a sham statistician,
Who predictably made the admission:
"If the numbers are spiking
Averse to my liking,
I fudge them, to further my mission."

And your blunder batting average is still 1,000.

@SW-User "If you used common sense you would understand the difference between a government and a religion." I've been to many muslim countries. Many are like Saudi Arabia, where the koran IS the law book of the government. There are police in blue cars who will give you a traffic ticket, and police in green cars who will arrest and imprison any woman in public without a male family escort. The police will also arrest anyone not praying downtown at 2:00pm.

@Gettingolder the the police foreigners? how come they are not praying?

@Kenscoff
Islam is a political ideology parading as a religion, but Islamists first attacked the United States in 1784, and the reasons they cited then are exactly the same as the reasons they cite now. They claim it is their sacred duty to subdue the infidels. Their reasons are based on 164 verses in the Quran that demand war on non believers. My favorite is Surah 8:12.
"[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every finger"

On a positive note, the Islamists in Syria have caused a peak in conversion to Christianity with their insidious behavior. Now that they are all but decimated, Muslims are converting to Christianity in droves in the areas where DAESH tormented them the most.

@Wiseacre

Certainly you like the way you think... that is probably why you are not open to facts..

@Soossie lol..facts are maneuverable!

@Wiseacre

So, you create and choose your own facts...

Amazing..

@Carazaa Loving your comments

@windinhishair Thank you for your comment!

@SimplyTracie Thank you for your comment

@Peapod .....very interesting!! We are just so charming!! LOL

@SuperA, yes we are!

@SuperA You know it mama.

@Loretta78 Agreed

@SimplyTracie

@Loretta78

@Soossie

Oh sorry beautiful... this wasnt supposed to be a comment on your answer.. it was supposed to be an individual answer to the question and the asker...

Sorry for that...

@Dewms They give me the HEEBIE JEEBIES

@SW-User Not all believers are like that. Who are you to tell others who they can and can't believe in?

@Kenscoff And Christians have also been responsible for horrendous crimes throughout history...

@SW-User Ty

@AMERICA1ST Sir, please read my comment again. I did not say anything about Americans surrendering their religion for Muslims, or anyone for that matter. That would be going against the American Constitution which states that there is freedom of religion, wouldn't it?

@Platinum Is that a trait that’s unique to Muslims though? It seems to me that it often happens that they say a mass murderer was always nice and quiet regardless of whether or not he was Muslim. Lots of white guys that shot up a lot of people have been described as quiet and nice.

@JP1119
I am not Platinum, and I don't pretend to speak for him, just my two cents.

In the case of the white guys issue, those that ascribe to the same manifesto or reasoning behind the shooting should be suspect as well.

@JP1119 not really but this post is about Muslims and so I've used them as the example...

@CallmeHopelessNotRomantic any thougt is welcome for me except the ones against human/animal rights

@ordinaryguy I'm almost never on here anymore because of the insane number of people who are only looking to argue. I especially hate to see them argue for one thing and two posts down they feel the need to play "devils advocate" no wonder the world is in chaos.

@CallmeHopelessNotRomantic undorrunately internet made it easy for ppl to be irrespectful. Actually having internet is a great chance to share ideas openly. This way many ppl can see that actually how much we are alike no matter how geographically far we live in

@SW-User Every bomber in Northern Ireland would call themselves proud Christians. Not sure how you work out I am a hypocrite. You are the only one who expects only one group to apologize for every lunatic that claims their religion.

@SW-User Sounds like desperate justification.

@MarmeeMarch Or anti abortion law, or withholding medical treatment on religious grounds. Or forcing marriages or circumcision.

@whowasthatmaskedman yep yep and yep

@whowasthatmaskedman that withholding medical treatment is just - justifiable child abuse

@SW-User cuz in some countries politicians and media is trying to make a bad reputatipn of muslims

@puck61 I never said the founding fathers were non-religious, I said they believed all religions should be treated equally. I know some of you conservatives refuse to see the world in anything but black and white, but to those of us who can see shades of gray that’s a big difference.

@JP1119 It seems to me that the left sees all kinds of colors, and cloud waterfalls , dancing trees, and esoteric jig saw puzzles in the sky! Like I recently said, 'the left is it's own demise.' because of the sheer madness that manifests in their policies and ideas.

@puck61 Experience forms part of the equation too, but some people’s minds are more predisposed to being left-wing, and other people’s minds are more predisposed to being right-wing. That’s what science tells us. As a Christian myself, I believe that God made us that way. He must have had a reason for making some people more left-wing and others more right-wing. So there’s nothing inherently wrong, stupid, or shameful about being either left-wing or right-wing. We are inclined to see the world very differently in large part because our minds are shaped differently.

Can you honestly not comprehend the difference between being “non-religious” (there’s really no such thing as a non-religious person because everybody worships something whether they recognize it or not, it’s part of the human condition, but that’s beside the point here) and wanting all religions to be treated equally under the law? Because I can’t tell if you’re really incapable of understanding, or if you get it and you’re just deflecting. To me it’s apples and oranges.

I would note that Christianity was responsible for many heinous things, as are most religions. But the emphasis is on the word “was.” What mass heinous crimes have they been responsible for over the past century? This question is not to create an excuse but to put the religion’s actions into a current perspective. How about this month perhaps? I see the “religion of peace” is attacking Nigerian christians. https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/28/muslims-nigerian-christians/ @SW-User

Ethnic cleansing in Eastern Europe is all about Christianity.

As part of the “Judeo-Christian” tradition, Jews and Christians can hide behind government.

The State of Israel is endorsed by many Christian sects and employs its reign of Terror over Muslims despite numerous times being found at fault of violating international law by the UN.

Every single President of the US has been Christian and no one has been able to explain where the WMD ever were.

It’s rather curious that Atheists seem to be more tolerant of regular Muslims than crazy fundamentalist Christians.

Atheists tend to see people.

Fundamentalists have their views clouded by a mysterious sky-person.

@DukeOfEarle

Okay fine. But go back and look at the original question. The author is looking for thoughts. And I gave mine. What does it matter to you?@AMERICA1ST

@Hikingguy Lmao that dude is the biggest snowflake on this whole board

@Kenscoff Well two things I must learn to keep quiet about is politics and religion. It is just futile to discuss either. Everyone has their beliefs and are not going to change.

@Kenscoff Don't think that I'm anti-church- if people want to go to church that's fine with me- but I think those people are good people who would do good things even if they didn't go to church.

@AngelKrish No. My family and I are Indophiles. We love the history and culture and , for the most part, the people of India. Every country has it's problems and no one is perfect, but India has been the spiritual hub of this planet as much as any other nation. Now it is an economic hub as well, and like I said, every country, people, and culture has it's drawbacks and faults. No one is perfect, but I would be willing to bet that the collective IQ of India is several points above the rest of the world.

@AngelKrish How about the caste system? You support that?

@Entwistle i don't support caste system as well! I am against it!

@MarmeeMarch Eww
Kelly Anne Conway’s pee?

@SimplyTracie

@MarmeeMarch

@Kenscoff According to former Soviet dissident Ed Lozansky pretty much everything from Western europe and North America. He has even said Soviet Pravda had more real information then US media today.

@Kenscoff And in the case of Vice they are reporting from Ukraine now exactly what was "Russian Propaganda " for 5 years and not even acknowledging the complete 180 and just pretending it never happened.

@ArianaRose25 sry to hear that. Unfortunately many muslim ppl make bad reputation when they try to be a part of another country

@ordinaryguy they do indeed.

@BlueVeins All scholarly interpretations of Sharia are misogynistic and based on primitive understanding of justice/revenge, without an exception.

Hopefully by then, like most of my Muslim family members, the Muslims do not care to be ruled by Sharia Law.

Well done to you
I sincerely hope your right
I have Muslim friends who share your view too@Miram

@GeorgeandGina Oh, it will happen. There isn't a developed nation on earth that is reproducing a replacement rate. But muslims in particular are reproducing at more than twice the replacement rate. There's a reason for that and you just described it.

Ive known a lot of people and a lot of dogs. I generally prefer the dogs@katielass

@redredred me too.

@katielass Check out these lovely Iranians. I guess they use acid cause it's cheaper and the get a thrill out of the suffering.

@FreeSpirit1 i respect ur thought but i think u r pretty much affected by false media. Id love to give more info about the questionmarks in ur head when we both have time

@ordinaryguy That is very arrogant of you to assume my outlook is because i'm not educated enough to form my own opinion without the influence of a "false media". If you respect my thought then take it for what it is and don't assume you know more than I do.

@FreeSpirit1 i am sry if i couldnt express it well. Maybe i should write "i guesss" instead of i think.what i guess so is : cuz i met many ppl who r affected by false news and negative propaganda. I never assume i know more than anyone. But unfortunately many ppl are easily manipulated and can blame millions of ppl cuz of a crime just 1 person commited

@Budwick But... Political ideologies are MORE protected.

@canusernamebemyusername Ones threatening to overtake the government are not.

@Budwick Protocols of the Elders of Zion for the new age

@ordinaryguy I agree with that, much more needs to be understood, both ways

@AMERICA1ST Their deliberate and intended goal is to establish demographic predominance. It's quite clear in the Quran and Hadiths. Once they do, they destroy the culture of what ever country is infected by them.

@HootyTheNightOwl But for some reason ALL Catholic Priests are labeled as child molestors.

@MarmeeMarch Sadly, the hatred of child molestation didn't just stop with Catholic priests, though... I've seen countless good, faithful Catholics tarred with that brush, too - and lost some friends myself as a result of it - but that's a story for another thread...

@MarmeeMarch The institution clearly has issues, probably stemming from the basic reality that celibacy isn’t a natural state for humans. But thinking all priests molest children is pretty bizarre.

@MarmeeMarch