Religion and Politics

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What do you guys think of the notion of Europe becoming a predominately Islamic continent in the next few decades.

Originally posted by Darkn3ss is QnL Originally posted by ax412 What do you guys think of the notion of Europe becoming a predominately Islamic continent in the next few decades. Lolwut? Why did that pop into your head?   It dont think that will happen. Too many differences in habits, believes and lifestyle.

Boy, you don't live in Germany, you wouldn't know.

Originally posted by ColossusSlayer THIS IS MY OPINION AND I'M SAYING IT IN THE MOST POLITE WAY POSSIBLE: I believe there was a man called Jesus or something along those lines and he preached about a one God and blah blah blah and he got some followers that completely believed him and it just stuck through out the ages. Its like if I said to you right now "I am a God and I can grant you eternal life", and everyone believed me 100% and 1000's of years after I died people would still say there was a God called Edward that existed and he could grant eternal life. My point is that all the resurrection, turning water into wine, feeding 1000 people with 1 loaf of bread is all a great STORY but its nothing more. The bible is great book for learning life lessons and I believe that's why it was created and the best thing about religion is that it gives people faith and alot of people the will to live and be the best they can be but as for GOD being real well I think that's all BS. people that are religious good for them I don't blame them for having faith in something even if it is a made up story but I truly believe that not of it is true but hey it doesn't matter what I think at all like I said I respect people who are religious so no skin of my teeth. btw I got an A* in R.E at school in my GCSE's :)

haha you said that before but I want my other question answered.

Did you guys hear about that Saudi Arabian guy who tweeted about Muhammad and had to flee the country? Apparently his tweet was "blasphemous" and he could possibly be put to death because of it. Wow who would want people like that to be the majority? People would be dying left and right

Originally posted by TuNA FISh Did you guys hear about that Saudi Arabian guy who tweeted about Muhammad and had to flee the country? Apparently his tweet was "blasphemous" and he could possibly be put to death because of it. Wow who would want people like that to be the majority? People would be dying left and right

It''ll start happening in Europe first in our lifetime lol.

Originally posted by ax412 Originally posted by Darkn3ss is QnL Originally posted by ax412 What do you guys think of the notion of Europe becoming a predominately Islamic continent in the next few decades. Lolwut? Why did that pop into your head?   It dont think that will happen. Too many differences in habits, believes and lifestyle.   It's happening now lol. If it continues to happen they can just elect themselves into office. And if the statistic of !% of all Muslims being radical keeps up you better watch out.

CS, you have to remember that religion has been apart of our species for 10s of thousands of years and has been built up to what it is today. I suggest you check out the documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams on Netflix. It's about a cave in France that has the oldest known cave drawings and has been untouched for thousands and thousands of years. It gives you a glimpse of primitive religion And it's amazing. Check it out

Originally posted by TuNA FISh CS, you have to remember that religion has been apart of our species for 10s of thousands of years and has been built up to what it is today. I suggest you check out the documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams on Netflix. It's about a cave in France that has the oldest known cave drawings and has been untouched for thousands and thousands of years. It gives you a glimpse of primitive religion And it's amazing. Check it out

^^agreed but that day will never arrive! United by our common interests and divided by our differences man has always collaborated and competed with equal zest.
@fluff - there is a statistic that suggests the indigenous population will react once the 10% threshold is reached. PS you're still anti-religious then but how is religion immoral? And if Jesus was the son of God what then?
@phantaci: I live in a very cosmopolitan city in England and yes tensions are rising betweens blacks and Asians and whites and Asians with people saying they're taking over. We now have new communities a 3rd influx of polish, with Lituanians, somalians and Arabs alongside large Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian communities. Coupled with rising unemployment and economic gloom it's a powder keg waiting to be ignited. I doubt very much if Muslim Britain could ever happen or in france there is even less chance due to their laws.
The EU cherishes democracy the ideals that formed your declaration of independence. However secular societies are more tolerant therefore more vulnerable to the popularity of Islam. And on the basis of increasing birth rates of Muslims well you are born into the faith and so a Muslim by birth. While their ranks swell, Christian communities are dwindling and those new Borns are not usually proclaimed as Christian. Brits often declare that we are a Christian country and in last years census 70% registered their faith as christian lol but many have never seen the inside of a church. So In short there is a growing problem!       

Originally posted by TuNA FISh Did you guys hear about that Saudi Arabian guy who tweeted about Muhammad and had to flee the country? Apparently his tweet was "blasphemous" and he could possibly be put to death because of it. Wow who would want people like that to be the majority? People would be dying left and right

Holy f.ck, dude, are you serious ? "Who would want people like that to be the majority?" ? People like that ? As if Muslims were all the same.  

Originally posted by ax412 Originally posted by -DaGoN- Originally posted by TuNA FISh Did you guys hear about that Saudi Arabian guy who tweeted about Muhammad and had to flee the country? Apparently his tweet was "blasphemous" and he could possibly be put to death because of it. Wow who would want people like that to be the majority? People would be dying left and right Holy f.ck, dude, are you serious ? "Who would want people like that to be the majority?" ? People like that ? As if Muslims were all the same.   Yes, their number is greatly increasing in Europe, especially in Germany but I don't see a problem in it ?   Germany is a secular regulated state, this is put down in our consitution, in the first 20 laws that are unchangeable (due to our history..)   And no religion has a right to proclaim another religion as false.. And just remember Nazis were never the majority in Germany.  Terrorists are not the majority in Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur etc etc. We see how that's playing out however. Why do you say that? And every major religion claims its the only way. If your the only way than all other ways are "false". Some just have different views on non-believers.

Nazis were never the majority is hard to say, Hitler managed to convince most of all people in the beginning.