You are welcome to your beliefs. I don’t expect to change yours or anyone else’s–that was one of the points I was making. The other is that religion has played and is playing a major role in the wars now and throughout history. It has also led to the suppression of women since the beginning. As a woman, I will speak against that. I hope you will too.

Oh yes, I do accept that my interpretation on any issue can be argued. I think that most people understand that as a given. I don’t intend to argue with you. We will have to agree to disagree.

And by the way, I voted for Sarah Palin. She indicated that she would not impose her beliefs on everybody.

Hey, I can’t help it if political leaders attend church/synagogues/mosques/temples. If they are true agnostics or atheists, let them say so. What gives you the idea that “the majority of the American voters (whether they live in the “Bible Belt” or a “deep blue” state) will choose a “believer” over a “non-believer”.” That assumption doesn’t have an iota of proof to back it up.

About Palin – do you accept that the MSM denigrated and ridiculed her religous beliefs??? If yes, my point still stands. It is precisely because she is a strong christian believer.

Hillary was ridiculed and denigrated for different reasons.

another point which you might not accept is that your interpretation is argueable……

“Try running for office as a nonbeliever.”

Palin ran as a believer, and a strong believer. The end result was that the MSM denigrated her and her religious beliefs. So your point is not factual.

For the British Mullah, forget about opposition–why can’t he be arrested for hate speech? He is an obvious threat to the community. Rule of law is the only thing we have to protect us. It must be used against these people.

Wafa Sultan also brought up a good point in the last video clip: to look at this as a modernization issue. (Think of Christianity 700 to 100 years ago. Much has evolved in it side by side with our culture, especially regarding womens’ issues.) We have to think of how to promote Islam’s modernization (within their cultural framework, not the West’s) which is at least a road going somewhere, since opposition is a dead end (figuratively and literally).

Also, it is apparent the 80′s was the best decade for music everywhere!

The West understands win-win. Much of the rest understands only zero-sum.

Much of the world is so miserable that a loss-loss scenario has restructured their brains; the only possible “win” is in checking-out permanently and seeking reward in an imagined paradise upstairs.

I enjoy your comments, HC. “Awesometastic!”

I dare say more non believers are discriminated against than believers in any community. Try running for office as a nonbeliever.

There are 2 sides to any story. There are many closet believing christians among a group of agnostics or atheists. If they speak about their faith, they’re afraid of being ostracized and their old friendships broken.

Blaming religion is discriminatory. Its as bad as blaming gays, blacks, women………..

Notice that the ‘religious’ leader quickly labels her a heretic of Islam and other not so nice labels for mainly speaking.

I say nominate the woman for a Noble Peace Price. If more people would have the respect for others as she does the world would be much more peaceful. Her rock analogy is spot on and the first time I have heard a woman say that on a broadcast, having heard it in my early life.