Posts by thatsmealright

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Would Hollywood EVER dare ...

by The Fall Guy in

... to "abuse" the name of mohammed in a similar way as they do with the name of jesus christ?.

i'm prompted to ask this having recently watched a police action movie where "jesus f------g christ" was twice uttered.. in the western world at least, christians & christianity appear to be fair game, (no objections here) but islam verges on being sacrosanct - at least it appears so in the uk..

thatsmealright

Our culture accepts the abuse of the name and few Christians speak up about it. That's kind of a shame. People discuss giving up their lives for their beliefs but they won't even speak up about something like that. They may not think it's appropriate for their child to see at the movies. We also have a culture where it's polite to just step back when we don't like something rather than to speak up if we are offended. We don't want to look like a stick in the mud.

Hollywood reflects our society for sure. Our society is not really interested in islam.

Hollywood takes the most common exclamation among muslims(Allah akhbar) and has turned it into a terrorist war cry, but it's honestly what we have actually heard coming from terrorists. Just as Christians use the name of Jesus for praise and worship, Allah akhbar is something muslims use to express gratitude, satisfaction etc.

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Did Ray Franz Help You To Get Out of “The Truth”?

by minimus in

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i sneakily read his books at work.

it was written in such a way that no one could accuse him of being another bitter old apostate.. once it registered in my brain, especially after reading the second book, i knew i had to get out!.

thatsmealright

I was already out, but I appreciated presentation and wrote ray a letter. The material was a lot more organized in reasoning than I am, so it helped to refer others.

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What would make an Ex-Jw go back to been a full in Baptized JW

by LOLS in

i was just wondering , why would my jw husband return to been a full blown baptized jw after 20 years of fading?.

he has spent 20 years of his life been a worldly person , with a worldly wife & kids & worldly friends .... to joining the borg full time , to getting baptized , to getting new brothers & sisters .... and to writing off most of his worldly friends (some his known his whole life ) , to trying to convince me & our children how wonderful this org is ......and anyone else who will listen :(.

has anyone ever experienced this ...... oh and he seems to be in it 110% and no-one can say anything about this crazy org or show him proof that it all bs...... his such a clever independent , successful guy , why on earth would he go back to this , after been out for so many years & change into this domineering , opinionated fool ..... oh and his entire family also went back ... father , mother , brother & sister .

thatsmealright

Did the whole family experience a horrible loss recently? Go through trauma? Illness, death can hit people hard.

My condolences to you and your kids. That's a hard life when you are raised in it and believe. To have all the craziness dumped on you, unsuspecting must be difficult.

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Would Hollywood EVER dare ...

by The Fall Guy in

... to "abuse" the name of mohammed in a similar way as they do with the name of jesus christ?.

i'm prompted to ask this having recently watched a police action movie where "jesus f------g christ" was twice uttered.. in the western world at least, christians & christianity appear to be fair game, (no objections here) but islam verges on being sacrosanct - at least it appears so in the uk..

thatsmealright

For reasons that are beyond me to explain, Christians have come up with and use crass language involving Jesus /god and rarely speak up if they are offended.

Jesus ** christ! Is not a Muslim way of cussing, it's origin is Christians. There is no typical way that I've heard muslims use to be crass with the name of their prophet or god.

I have heard Christians make claims about Muhammed that muslims disagree with. They do so on Christian talk shows, right wing talk shows, and I don't think Richard Dawkins holds back on his opinions of islam.

Cussing out muhammad is not part of Muslim culture while using Jesus as an explitive is in Christian world. I have seen muslims object to usingname of Jesus to cuss with.

Crazy muslims think it's fighting over if muhammads name is disrespected. It still happens and people do, but sometimes a whack job decides to make a point on this subject and harms others. It makes the news, but bill o Reilly doesn't censor himself. Plenty don't and they aren't all anonymous.

If Christians slowed down seeing movies where Jesus name was denigrated, then it would end in the movies.