Is there any religion you think should be banned? [Spirituality & Religion]

@FreeSpirit1 I agree.

@kartoffelkopf2 when did that become a religion

@kartoffelkopf2 a dude saying feminism should be banned.......legend 👍

@JustLikeGreta not the true ones there atr lunatics in everyone religion that distort to suit their purposes. I don't think there is one religion that could hold up there hand and say that they have never committed one horrible act in it's name

Therefore they're all equal?

Buddhism and a religion founded by a warrior who slaughtered countless people?

You don't think what they teach is relevant?

And btw take Islam to it's purest form you get Islamic State or the Wahhabis

You don't think they might know slightly more than you about what Islam teaches

Given the damage Islam does in the world your complacent and parochial ignorance is actually evil

The human rights abuses where women and homosexuals are publicly whipped under Sharia for moral crimes, the blasphemy and apostasy laws, laws where it is legal to marry a nine year old because Mohamed did it

The tens of thousands of people killed in Islam's name each year

The shameful persecution of apostates even in the West

The indoctrination of children

The misogyny where you and any female children you have are labelled 'uncovered meat and 'mud surrounded by flies' by Islamic leaders

The murder of schoolchildren by Bono Haram because Western education is sinful

Girls pushed back into a burning building because they are 'uncovered'

You're perpetuating lies on the basis you're being 'nice' to everyone, while enjoying a life of comfort and privledge

You and your ilk disgust me

when good men do nothing....

But you don't do nothing

you're a tool

an insipid mouthpiece enabling violence and oppression

@gol979 Did you think that comment up all on your own? I couldn’t care less what Dawkins’ opinion on the matter is. If you’d like to discuss why my opinion is what it is, we can do so. Though, it looks like you’re incapable of thinking for yourself, so perhaps we shouldn’t waste our time.

@Imsleepy I thought that all on my own 👍 please educate me

@Imsleepy It makes him feel better to mock you because it excuses him from having to think or take a moral stand

@SW-User why?

@gol979 Mainly because of the way it treats women. It's the most sexist religion in the world.

@KENZtheFRENZ that's not just Islam......a huge slice of global society treat women (individually and institutionally) as second class citizens

@gol979 Not where I come from, they don't. They haven't behaved like that around here for decades now, and they'd better not start if they know what's good for them.

@approachingmyexpirationdate Scary beliefs.

@JustLikeGreta and if you can believe the stories of former members they are a cult - hope they aren't listening

@KENZtheFRENZ That's pretty broad. But essentially people should be as free as possible to think for themselves and express that thinking freely, but that means all people, not just this offended group or that protected group. Everything else flows from that.

@Sicarium When you say people should be as free as possible to think for themselves and express that thinking freely, does that mean you think people should be as free as possible to deceive themselves and express that lie freely? Because that leads to false accusation and that's immoral and severely frowned on. I agree with freedom of speech except when it involves lying about people. That's where a very clear line must be drawn. What do you think about that?

@KENZtheFRENZ Yes. And that's why we have due process and the presumption of innocence, for when people do express a false allegation. Outside of a court of law we also have libel and slander laws to (hopefully) limit that behavior. Not much else you can do without trampling rights.

More generally, if someone isn't allowed to express a false belief, how are they ever going to know it's false? A lie assumes motive. It is possible for people to simply be wrong without any intent to deceive. Separating those two when it comes to rights would be a nightmare.

@ItsGonnaBeOk Simply not allowed, as it would harm the population.

@JustLikeGreta yeah I understand, some people can too uptight or extreme.
But if you took away all the tightness and extremeness it can be something harmless

@TheSirfurryanimalWales I was raised Catholic. Left that religion. But I cannot see having it banned.

@JustLikeGretaIt would never be banned but I remember the Priest coming round and wiping the floor with my parents because they wouldn't send me to a Catholic school.And I remember all the things I was told would happen to me if I didn't go to church.Well 47 years as an atheist and nothing terrible has happened yet...

@TheSirfurryanimalWales They do use a lot of scare tactics. I never believed I would go to hell for not attending mass on a Sunday. And I rejected the idea of not using birth control. I wish they would let third world countries know that birth control is a good thing.

@Pfuzylogic did he ever hook up with her ?

@BridgeOvertroubledWaters
I understand that he was abandoned.
He must have been warning me!

@Pfuzylogic so much for Scientology

@JimboUk Just a question. I believe in freedom of religion, unless u want me dead because of my religious beliefs. I am very much in support of Jews.

@JustLikeGreta Im glad to hear you do.Judaism was just an example.

@AgapeLove Who doesn't condemn the west boro crowd and what they preach? Who have you ever heard from that defended any of it?

@AgapeLove Ah, well played.