Don't Miss This Video
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Don't miss this, it says a lot about what we take for granted in our culture.
http://www.mic.com/articles/129820/viral-video-shows-what-happens-when-you-show-people-a-bible-with-a-quran-s-cover-on-it?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.lLNnfATcJ
Don't miss this, it says a lot about what we take for granted in our culture.
http://www.mic.com/articles/129820/viral-video-shows-what-happens-when-you-show-people-a-bible-with-a-quran-s-cover-on-it?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social#.lLNnfATcJ
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Good video. I believe all religion is based on hate and brainwashing. It\'s all totally ridiculous to me that anyone would believe this stuff now. It\'s all from the dark ages and we should have progressed far beyond that by now. But it just shows how brainwashed people are. And how much people WANT to believe in things, despite lack of evidence.
I was wondering what your thoughts are on the latest shooting in San Bernardino?
very interesting and enlightening video Richie! Thanks for sharing xx
I think the shooting in San Bernadino proves that we here in the US keep underestimating those who oppose us. The latest evidence uncovered by the FBI shows that those two people sided with Islamic State militants long before they initiated their attack...probably years before.
If you want to win an altercation, your first step is an honest appraisal of your opponent\'s strengths and weaknesses...and your own. Instead we cling to a grossly over-inflated self-image and repeatedly underestimate everyone else. This is not strength, it\'s weakness on our part and groups like Islamic State have exploited that weakness.
Glad you liked the video, Penny. I\'m always amused by the fact that people put such absolute trust in the contents of the Bible without ever having read the book. The irrationality of our human species seems to have no limits.
If you want to learn more about the Bible, I recommend reading the section on the Midianites. A concordance will give you the chapter and verses. But please, please, don\'t tell me you\'ve read a Bible story for children and that\'s the same thing.
I\'ve spent years telling people to do this and so far nobody has ever read the verses on the Midianites and got back to me. I guess people don\'t really want to know what\'s in the Bible...they just believe that whatever is in there must be good because it\'s the Bible. So there\'s no need to read it.
People are so strange. You\'re right, Smith...people believe what they WANT to believe. Truth is irrelevant.