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Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed, set alight over Koran burning (www.reuters.com)

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[-] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 44 points 11 months ago

So it's not ok to burn a book but it's ok to burn a building.

[-] lildictator@feddit.nl 24 points 11 months ago

If I may...

It is not okay to burn your own book but it is okay to burn somebody else's building

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Or crash planes into it.

[-] MercuryUprising@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

"Well the people who live there are all going to hell anyways." - Fanatic Logic

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Taking notes

[-] c0c0c0@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

People will do batshit crazy shit if they think God wants them to.

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

And unfortunately there are so many gods...

[-] FoxBJK@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

There’s some overlap though. Lots of different names for the same entity.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

People say the Islamic god and the Christian god are the same god, but Christians and Muslims can't even agree on what their god is within their own religions, hence all the sectarianism, so I don't really buy that.

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Don't forget Judaism. God, Yahweh and Allah are all the same deity, yet look how much bloodshed has been spilled over which one interpreted things correctly...

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

That like asking if movie Superman is the same character as comic book Superman. It's entirely a matter of opinion.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I am sure my buddy who is a copyright lawyer would disagree;)

But yeah your point is taken.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Then you have the Hindu gods which is basically like the less popular 3/4 of the Marvel catalog.

I can make this joke, someone else will have to do the greeks.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Which one? Catholics got 5 major gods, and like hundreds of minor ones. Prots got 4 major gods. Muslims have two major and a bunch of minor ones.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

And all equally fictional

[-] bossito@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So they have zero confidence in their own god to punish Sweden or coran burners.

I call it "fragile religiosity" or "weak faith".

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

It's more that conservatives in general think an attack on something they like is a personal attack on themselves.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Religion of peace.

[-] Demigod787@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

This must have been an unexpected turn of events to everyone.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Are the book's feelings okay?

[+] noob@lemm.ee -14 points 11 months ago

It is human decency to not mock faiths and their sacred writings, regardless of what you think the truth is. I do not condone or promote these actions, but be prepared to face the consequences if you are going to harm a big proportion of the world's people anyhow.

[-] Chaser@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago

Everything you say before the but doesn't really matter. Fuck these people. There literally isn't a book you could burn that would offend me in this way. Their magic book doesn't entitle them to throw a hissy fit when people do something they don't like. Full stop.

[-] lonke@feddit.nu 5 points 11 months ago

If your world view is based upon a conspiracy theory with little to no backing evidence, you are bound to face mockery.

When you use these theories to suppress the rights of others and act like a barbaric caveman, either conflict arises or you have an ideological dictatorship.

Religion is great at detaching you from reality and your fellow man. Calling it human decency to encourage both of those behaviors is absolutely awful and you should be deeply ashamed.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I will mock any sky-daddyism whenever I feel like it. Oh and your buddy Moe was a pedo criminal who ordered prisoners of war tortured and his personal enemies murdered.

Your irrationality is not immune from criticism just because it is dear to you.

[-] Beanedwizard@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I’m all for respecting faiths if those faiths are respectful in return. Everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want; but if your beliefs are outright dangerous, don’t be surprised when you get backlash for it. Sadly Islam has no respect for anyone, not even it’s own followers. There is no place for Islam, Catholicism or any other extreme religion in modern society. Leave that shit in the middle ages.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

A value in faith or sacred writings is in no way more "human" than a disdain for the illogical.

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?

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