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there are always good stories on npr, but this morning there was an editorial by one of their regulars who is in bagdad, and he had something really bizarre to report. apprently, shiite clerics have issued a new "law" declaring how produce can be displayed so as to avoid any resemblance to something sexual, be it a body part or an act. there was a man who owned a fruit stand who apparently didn't know or follow this new law, and he was EXECUTED. this was not a joke. i'm sorry, but that's just fucking nuts. what the hell is wrong with them???
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there are always good stories on npr, but this morning there was an editorial by one of their regulars who is in bagdad, and he had something really bizarre to report. apprently, shiite clerics have issued a new "law" declaring how produce can be displayed so as to avoid any resemblance to something sexual, be it a body part or an act. there was a man who owned a fruit stand who apparently didn't know or follow this new law, and he was EXECUTED. this was not a joke. i'm sorry, but that's just fucking nuts. what the hell is wrong with them???
wow that sucks, dont be sorry, that is fucking nuts!
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
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conoalias wrote:
diaglo wrote:
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
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Gimme Some Skin wrote:
conoalias wrote:
diaglo wrote:
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
Exactly.
Some black people kill each other. I love black people.
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Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
Exactly.
Some black people kill each other. I love black people.
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Gimme Some Skin wrote:
conoalias wrote:
diaglo wrote:
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
no, he just doesn't like the people that follow the shiite's religion.
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corduroy_blazer wrote:
Gimme Some Skin wrote:
conoalias wrote:
diaglo wrote:
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
no, he just doesn't like the people that follow the shiite's religion.
If they kill people because of fruit, then i'm not a big fan either. I can't imagine that being anything but some bastardized form of their religion, though. There religion couldn't originally have been concerned with such minutiae as fruit stands, could it?
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Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
no, he just doesn't like the people that follow the shiite's religion.
If they kill people because of fruit, then i'm not a big fan either. I can't imagine that being anything but some bastardized form of their religion, though. There religion couldn't originally have been concerned with such minutiae as fruit stands, could it?
Exod.35: 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
If this was to be enforced in this day and age, would the religion be crazy, or the followers who enforced it?
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diaglo wrote:
Gimme Some Skin wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
Gimme Some Skin wrote:
conoalias wrote:
diaglo wrote:
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
pure logic, gotta love it
That's a bit of a broad brush. Killing someone for displaying obscene fruit has nothing to do with religion. Blame the crazy people.
no, he just doesn't like the people that follow the shiite's religion.
If they kill people because of fruit, then i'm not a big fan either. I can't imagine that being anything but some bastardized form of their religion, though. There religion couldn't originally have been concerned with such minutiae as fruit stands, could it?
Exod.35: 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
If this was to be enforced in this day and age, would the religion be crazy, or the followers who enforced it?
Everything about it would be crazy.
If the Muslim religion actually says that a person should be killed for displaying a peice of obscene fruit, then their religion is crazy. My point was that I don't think that it does.
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diaglo wrote:
Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
Let ME get THIS straight...
Fruit, that is created by God, and is the SEXUAL ORGAN of a plant, bears a strong resemblance to the sexual organs of an animal?!?
Whooda thunkit?
It would be totally awesome if all those people who are afraid of sex became so afraid of sex that they stopped reproducing. THEN I'd believe in a just and loving God.
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Let me get this straight. Fruit that is created by God bears strong resemblance to something sinful in the eyes of the same God. So God created fruit that tempts with impure thoughts, but the man is put to death for displaying it.
I love religion.
Let ME get THIS straight...
Fruit, that is created by God, and is the SEXUAL ORGAN of a plant, bears a strong resemblance to the sexual organs of an animal?!?
Whooda thunkit?
It would be totally awesome if all those people who are afraid of sex became so afraid of sex that they stopped reproducing. THEN I'd believe in a just and loving God.
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let me clarify: the fruits themselves were not necessarily shaped erotically. it's their arrangement in the display that freaked these people out. oh, and lead to the put-to-death thing.
lord only KNOWS what they'd do if faced with a penis-shaped gourd or breast-like fuzzy melon.
These freaks need to have a huge orgy. Stop focusing on religion and war so much and get your dicks and pussies wet. It would probably save the world
agreed. i think most muslim hatred for the west stems from their sexual frustration and the fact that they would love to get their dicks wet by a blonde big titted swedish chick.
These freaks need to have a huge orgy. Stop focusing on religion and war so much and get your dicks and pussies wet. It would probably save the world
agreed. i think most muslim hatred for the west stems from their sexual frustration and the fact that they would love to get their dicks wet by a blonde big titted swedish chick.
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honey wrote:
it's their arrangement in the display that freaked these people out.
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