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eissa

(4,238 posts) Thu Feb 23, 2012, 04:49 PM Feb 2012

FOUND IT! What do the Christian right and Islamists have in common?

A lot more than they care to admit, but their shared misogynist views are right up there. I recalled seeing the first photo a long time ago, and of course we all had a good laugh, and lamented the fate of women in such a sexist, repressed society. It came to mind again during the recent birth control hearings, and I looked high and low to find it. Luckily, it looks like someone else was thinking along the same lines as I was and put both pictures together. I think it speaks volumes.

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FOUND IT! What do the Christian right and Islamists have in common? (Original Post) eissa Feb 2012 OP

They both have absolute knowledge that only their beliefs are right! sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #1

no offense... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #3

No, my beliefs are personal and do not come from gods. I do not stand on a stage sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 #4

if u burn a copy of Harry Potter you will burn in hell for all eternity. now THAT msongs Feb 2012 #5

but you believe YOU are correct is all I am saying... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #6

Believing one is correct, and not accepting the views of others are not quite the same eissa Feb 2012 #7

perhaps... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #8

you know, it really is possible to believe one thing, and accept that other people have different niyad Feb 2012 #9

A 72 Toyota. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #2

sinkingfeeling

(51,498 posts)

1. They both have absolute knowledge that only their beliefs are right!

Reply to eissa (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 04:55 PM

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ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

3. no offense...

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 04:57 PM

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but so do you...you believe you're right or you wouldn't believe it...

what's the point? maybe you were suggesting their beliefs cannot be changed? that i might agree with...

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sinkingfeeling

(51,498 posts)

4. No, my beliefs are personal and do not come from gods. I do not stand on a stage

Reply to ProdigalJunkMail (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:02 PM

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and proclaim that if you and all other human beings on the planet do not share my beliefs/morals that you will be tortured for the eternity.

msongs

(67,503 posts)

5. if u burn a copy of Harry Potter you will burn in hell for all eternity. now THAT

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:06 PM

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is rational thinking

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

6. but you believe YOU are correct is all I am saying... n/t

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 06:01 PM

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eissa

(4,238 posts)

7. Believing one is correct, and not accepting the views of others are not quite the same

Reply to ProdigalJunkMail (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 06:08 PM

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I'm quite sure everyone believes that their positions are right, but not everyone believes that ONLY their positions are right.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

8. perhaps...

Reply to eissa (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 06:15 PM

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but that is one of those weird things about religion...MOST (no, not all) believe their belief IS the correct one and that the others are, tp at least some degree, wrong. that is why there are multiple religions in the first place.

if you didn't BELIEVE that then it wouldn't be a belief. If you believe others are also right, then you really have no religious belief at all.

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niyad

(113,966 posts)

9. you know, it really is possible to believe one thing, and accept that other people have different

Reply to ProdigalJunkMail (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 01:45 AM

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beliefs, and not be bothered about it. what may to you look like "really no religious belief at all" is actually acceptance that others are on a different path--and none of us truly know which is the correct one (or all of them are)

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

2. A 72 Toyota.

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Thu Feb 23, 2012, 04:57 PM

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