Religion and Society - Page 2

April 1, 2007, 12:51 AM

I don't like religious fundamentalism. If we had some different, strange religion, that demanded it's adherents run about cutting off the heads of nonbelievers, we should ask them to stop. Asking the men to stop subjugating their women is less extreme but thematically the same.

May 6, 2007, 4:04 PM

Religion shouldn't be able to dictate society, society should dictate religion.

May 6, 2007, 7:17 PM

in my opinion if we had no religion we would have 'a lot' less problems in this country and possibly many others

May 7, 2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Riku

In the United Kingdom, it was stated today, in a new piece of Government Legislation, that schools now have the power to tell children of the Muslim religion to remove their veils and non-uniform clothes.

Too damn right. If they live in our country, they have to abide by our laws.
If we went over to a Muslim nation as immigrants, we'd have to wear their veils and stuff. So the schools should be allowed the power to tell them to remove their veils.

May 7, 2007, 1:19 PM

I am very anti-religion but I think it is terrible that they are doing this. People should be free to wear whatever they want and follow whatever religious beliefs they want (within reason).

Both Britain's and America's governments are becoming more and more controlling everyday.

May 7, 2007, 4:11 PM

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Originally Posted by OverFjell

Too damn right. If they live in our country, they have to abide by our laws.
If we went over to a Muslim nation as immigrants, we'd have to wear their veils and stuff. So the schools should be allowed the power to tell them to remove their veils.

very good point because if we go to for instance saudi arabia then we would have to follow the '10 paces law' where women walk 10 paces behind the man but if they go to our country we have to respect their religious beliefs and people wonder how holy wars start

May 7, 2007, 8:14 PM

I remember there was a story about a girl in a school in England who refused to take off her Veil because it was her religion.
She got expelled.
Most people were like "ONOES GIV HER FREEDOM 4 RELIGION"
I think I was the only one thinking "Too damn right"

May 12, 2007, 2:52 AM

No Over, you were not, although I think you are a little too right wing, I subscribe to the belief that I have to respect nobodys religion, after all, its all bollocks.

Isn't that my right?

Take the stupid hat off! Take the stupid Turban off, take the stupid Crucifix off!.... Unless it looks cool, in which case, Im down with that.

May 12, 2007, 8:13 PM

When someone of you say that without Religion the World would be a better place but that is a BS statement ( No Offence to those who said it) because If there was no religion the Middle East and pretty much all of Asia I should say would be in Totla cahos..because they are all untited under a common religion...soo without that religion they would not no what to do

May 14, 2007, 1:15 AM

LULU WHATTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry Lulu but that is absolutely ... Im lost for words.

There is so much substance intellectually, philosophically and artistically binding to the people of the Middle East. Its the fact that some fuckers are willing to blow of a similar persons head because he calls the same ficticious deity by a different name that fragments it.

Grrr angry!!!!