Muslim boy urinates on Bible, no Christians riot

farfromglorified

Smellyman wrote:

Christian are to busy worrying about gays

They don't really have a monopoly on that:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/11/09/jews_muslims_join_to_fight_gay_parade/

Uncle Leo

miller8966 wrote:

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Im so sick of people making fun of christianity...

Does this not make you a PC person that is too easilly offended?

hippiemom

farfromglorified wrote:

They don't really have a monopoly on that:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/11/09/jews_muslims_join_to_fight_gay_parade/

Wow.

Maybe the gay community should issue a statement that they're hugely in favor of violence in the middle east.

farfromglorified

hippiemom wrote:

Wow.

Maybe the gay community should issue a statement that they're hugely in favor of violence in the middle east.

Nah, they're too worried about the Christians

People are so damn silly.

Collin

How does this even make the news? I agree with farfromglorified:

farfromglorified wrote:

Meh. I really fail to see how what this kid merits attention from anyone other than his parents and school administrators.

chopitdown

flywallyfly wrote:

"Christians are so abused" is getting really old now. I'm tired of the religious pity party.

hey it's america...everyone is abused...gays, christians, atheists, those who celebrate christmas, those who dont, black people, white males, illegal aliens. I'm sick of everyone wanting a pity party.

Happy hanakwanmas solstice

soulsinging

hippiemom wrote:

Wow.

Maybe the gay community should issue a statement that they're hugely in favor of violence in the middle east.

who knew that this whole time we've been trying to find ways to get these groups to see each other's point of view, and all it took in the end was some hot man on man action.

The Illinoisemakers

soulsinging wrote:

well, it's easy to take things in stride when you know you're ruling the world. the christians can afford to smile condescendingly at those crazy muslims cos the christians hold all the positions of power in this world. it's why bill clinton and the dems took so much abuse when he was in power and why dubya takes so much abuse now. whoever is in charge and running the show has to accept that the people who have to submit to their control aren't going to be happy about it and will say and do some nasty things. on the flipside, such minorities tend to over-react to small things out of paranoia that at any minute they could basically be crushed under the heel of the majority. that's the way power imbalances work.

How many Muslims are there? Who controls the majority of the world's oil? Who is winning the war in Iraq. I'm not sure I would agree that "we are ruling the world." We might be ruling our little island, but the whole world is a stretch.

I think Mr. Teddy is somewhat right about this. If it had been a white kid doing this to a Koran, and it was covered by the media, I'm sure it would have inflamed some Muslims to start the Riot Act. Being a Christian however, I could really care less if some kid takes a piss on the Bible. I'm not the one he'll have to answer to about that.

IndianSummer

redrock wrote:

Making a mountain out of a molehill again. I don't really think you can compare the impact the pope has on people to this 13 year old kid! Just typical teenage behaviour.... His parents teach respect and tolerance, the school does as well in the way it acted, bringing home that what he did was unacceptable. Could you honestly say a catholic school would have expelled a kid for desecrating the Q'ran ? Coming to think of it... would they even HAVE a copy of the Q'ran in a catholic school? Don't think so.......

Lighten up.

if a 13 year old christian pissed on the koran, at least 2 ontinents would have come to a standstill.

lalalalaaaaaaaa

If the point here is to say that some fundamentalist Muslims would riot in the street if some kid pissed on the Koran, then I'd say you're probably right. And what does that tell us? Not much. It tells us that fundamentalist religious beliefs are not a good thing. It says nothing about Muslims in general. Just like the KKK shows nothing about Christians in general.

soulsinging

The Illinoisemakers wrote:

How many Muslims are there? Who controls the majority of the world's oil? Who is winning the war in Iraq. I'm not sure I would agree that "we are ruling the world." We might be ruling our little island, but the whole world is a stretch.

I think Mr. Teddy is somewhat right about this. If it had been a white kid doing this to a Koran, and it was covered by the media, I'm sure it would have inflamed some Muslims to start the Riot Act. Being a Christian however, I could really care less if some kid takes a piss on the Bible. I'm not the one he'll have to answer to about that.

yes, but up until maybe a few years ago, who was buying all that oil? the american economy has driven the world for 50 years. our military has had unquestioned superiority. we have been recognized as the lone superpower for decades.

furthermore, that's only america. the western world is even larger and clearly has the upper hand. we're richer, have more resources, and better education. and it's christian. the luxury of being on top is christians can create their own problems... catholics vs protestants, the gay menace, etc. so a muslim pissing on the bible is no big deal. it's just what the western christrians would expect from the "savage heathens." the muslims, however, are in many ways simply struggling to survive and to gain some respect and credibility. nobody gave a shit what they wanted or how brutal their lives were until they started killing americans. we didnt care about bringing freedom and democracy to iraq. we didnt care that the taliban was an atrocious dictatorship (we even propped them up becos they were burning opium fields). not until 9/11. so yeah, they're very sensitive about any sign of antagonism from christians.

you do raise a point though. islam is on the rise. the tide is turning. christians are more apathetic. china is growing to challenge sole western christian dominance. india as well. the power is waning. in a few decades, you WILL see christians throwing shit fits when the majority muslim leaders of the world piss on the bible. you will also see muslims become less fanatical once they get the majority of their citizens into cushy and wealthy comfort and turn their attentions to the menace of rock music, feminism, or what their shiite members' loppy koran interpretation is.

this is all natural.

redrock

IndianSummer wrote:

if a 13 year old christian pissed on the koran, at least 2 ontinents would have come to a standstill.

Assuming this 13 year old christian pissed on the Q'ran in a christian school (which would be a near impossibility as they wouldn't have a copy of the Q'ran), he would probably be applauded for what he did by both the school and the parents, with maybe just a token 'telling off' for PC sake. The catholic religion rejects all other religions and any other 'book' is blasphemy anyhow.....

This boy acted inappropriately and he was punished accordingly. He brought shame on his parents who seemed to have raised him to be tolerant as they are.

The US don't seem to mind desecrating the Q'ran.... Guatanamo being one example.

jlew24asu

Saturnal wrote:

If the point here is to say that some fundamentalist Muslims would riot in the street if some kid pissed on the Koran, then I'd say you're probably right. And what does that tell us? Not much. It tells us that fundamentalist religious beliefs are not a good thing. It says nothing about Muslims in general. Just like the KKK shows nothing about Christians in general.

bad comparison. you might get 100 KKK members at most protesting or whatever stupid sit they do, compared to the 10s, 100s, of thousands muslims in multiple countries taking to the streets.

sapperskunk

jlew24asu wrote:

bad comparison. you might get 100 KKK members at most protesting or whatever stupid sit they do, compared to the 10s, 100s, of thousands muslims in multiple countries taking to the streets.

I agree, In the present it's a one way road.

Collin

jlew24asu wrote:

bad comparison. you might get 100 KKK members at most protesting or whatever stupid sit they do, compared to the 10s, 100s, of thousands muslims in multiple countries taking to the streets.

Nevertheless, it's still a small procentage of Muslims that take to the street.

darkcrow

just thought of another incident where christians went on the rampage... when jerry springer the opera hit the uk, the religious right when crazy. So called christians sent death threats to the everyone involved with the production, and did the same when the bbc screened it on tv. due to the hate they spewed and more death threats they forced the production to stop its national tour. they also, dispiciblly, allied themselves to the evil BNP (racist far right party) to get this stopped.


on another religion... a gang of horrible sikhs stormed a theater of a play written by what is said to be one of the finest new writing talents in the uk becuase they said her play was offensive... she is a sikh too.

lalalalaaaaaaaa

Collin wrote:

Nevertheless, it's still a small procentage of Muslims that take to the street.

bingo

NCfan

Saturnal wrote:

If the point here is to say that some fundamentalist Muslims would riot in the street if some kid pissed on the Koran, then I'd say you're probably right. And what does that tell us? Not much. It tells us that fundamentalist religious beliefs are not a good thing. It says nothing about Muslims in general. Just like the KKK shows nothing about Christians in general.

You're failing to see the larger picture. What is relevant and scary is that say this happened in Saudi Arabia or Iran. The government would support and encourage a mass reaction from its citizens. The boy would be severely punished, maybe even killed. His family would be dishonored and alienated from everyone they knew. They would probably recieve death threas and who knows what else.

In contrast, that doesn't happen in Western civilization.... this is what we are fighting - though some don't want to recognize it. It's the GOP/Haliburton propaganda machine spreading fear right???

George Bush and Haliburton and everyone in the GOP can kiss off. I don't care about them and I don't need them to tell me anything. I can read the headlines and watch the news from the most ultra left wing outlets and still draw my own conclusions about the world.

jubilairesjl

co-ex-ist
1. To exist together, at the same time, or in the same place.
2. To live in peace with another or others despite differences, especially as a matter of policy

miller8966

Collin wrote:

Nevertheless, it's still a small procentage of Muslims that take to the street.

Small...really? even when leaders of countries call for that persons death.

Wow yea small....