April 2012
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Today’s WashPost A1 headline is “The Two Faces of Freedom.” It’s about the state of Islam since Arab Spring and like the cultural relativist rag that it is, it buries the lede. The very last sentences of the article quote one of the persons interviewed for the article: “Every Muslim will reach our phase and be like us,” he says. “Our duty is to convert...
Apr 29th
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Beautiful Hitch Quote
“In order to be a Christian you have to believe that, for 98,000 years our species suffered and died. Most of our children died in childbirth. Most people having a life expectancy of about 25…Famine, war, struggle…suffering, misery. All of that for 98,000 years and heaven watches it with complete indifference. And then, 2,000 years ago, thinks, “that’s enough of that” it’s time to...
Apr 21st
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http://www.france24.com/en/20120414-zahra-lari-ice-... →
Isn’t this a charming story of a muslim ice skater? Is it fair to call children who are raised religious and still practice it as blinded by Stockholm Syndrome? “We are in a cult that insists you not go out with your head uncovered and really, your father thinks you’re a whore going out there and showing off in front of all those men.” Religion is anti-humanist and...
Apr 15th
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