[ale] [OT] Psychology of Denial about Climate Change

[Jeff Lightner]

Bickering between Christian groups hasn't always been tame.  You could
go back to Catholic suppression or Protestants or Protestant suppression
of Catholics a couple of centuries ago or you could just go back to way
Mormons were treated more recently that drove them ultimately to Utah
which was a desert (or the massacre of non-Mormons that they did after
they got there).  

There's a reason our founding fathers put a prohibition on establishment
of a state church in our Constitution.   Many of the original settlers
here (including the Pilgrims) were religious refugees.

Also of course Muslims weren't always the "terrorists".  I'd invite you
to read an account of what happened when the Crusaders captured
Jerusalem or what they did to a Constantinople that welcomed them in on
their way to "The Holy Land".

There are those that will pervert religion for their own ends.  Some are
worse than others.   It always amuses me how folks like W would use
religion as a whipping up point when it helps them with their base (e.g.
Gay Marriage) but ignore things they could actually change that are also
Biblically prohibited (e.g. usury) when it helps their capitalist
cronies.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Preston Boyington
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:38 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Psychology of Denial about Climate Change

david w. millians wrote:
> On 12/10/2009 3:21 PM, Preston Boyington wrote:
>> different sects of Muslims.  the ones I know (from Trinidad) are
pretty
>> hard partying and drink like fish.  not wine mind you, that is 'for
>> sissys' according to them.
> 
> This is a first for me. I have *always* heard that alcohol is
forbidden, 
> period. Which made the Saudis and their wine cellars particularly 
> intriguing. Investment, my foot.

lol, no they are just as much of a skirt chasing bunch as anyone.  it's
interesting how they get around their religious law.  my adoptive
brother has sent me pics from inside one of their 'party planes'.
apparently these are like 'Vegas' for those that can pay.

I hear from them how political/divisive the different sects of Islam
are.  Seriously makes the bickering between Christian groups look tame.
the Wahhabists are the most extreme, mostly by rejecting 19th and 20th
Century interpretation/westernization of Islam.

oh and Allah is not the same as the Christian God.  Al-Iliah was around
long before Mohammad repackaged Islam into a monotheistic religion.
Al-Iliah is the 'moon god' which is why mosques still have the crescent
moon symbol adorning them.  incidentally the name of Jericho (as in
Battle of Jericho) from the book of Joshua in the Christian Bible
translates to 'city of the moon god'.

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