Another Loser is Big in Japan

[Samurai_Jerk]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I don't understand why he wouldn't stand for the national anthem? What's that got to do with Allah?
Will he stand for kimigayo?
I'm baffled by fundamentalist believers of myths.

[Taro Toporific]

I don't understand why he wouldn't stand for the national anthem?

Q. Whatz the Fourth Commandment?

[indent]Hint:
4th You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.[/indent]

The Stars and Stripes is an idol in the "form of anything that is in heaven above" aka the Stars and "or that is on the earth beneath" are the 13 original States represented by the Stripes.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Sure, I realize it's idolatry under Christianity, but do the 10 Commandments apply to Muslims?
And, if this is the case, why do all the U.S. Christian fundamentalists make up so much of the hoopla, flag-waving population over there?
Strikes me as more religious hypocrisy.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Sure, I realize it's idolatry under Christianity, but do the 10 Commandments apply to Muslims?
And, if this is the case, why do all the U.S. Christian fundamentalists make up so much of the hoopla, flag-waving population over there?
Strikes me as more religious hypocrisy.

Remeber when the Taliban blew up those ancient statues of Buddha a few years ago?

Muslims are hardcore about no idolatry. Muhammad's (Peace be upon him) face cannot be represented and some of the more extreme Muslims don't even allow photos of anyone. Of couse you have Ismailis on the other hand who basically worship the Agha Khan.

In the end, it's all hypocritical BS.

[Ketou]

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

In the end, it's all hypocritical BS.

You said it, mate.
I don't mind what anyone is gullible enough to believe in if it gets them through the night, or makes them happy, but I hate it when they stuff their beliefs down other peoples' throats like Amway salesmen.
I proudly boast of being a worshiper of the Nure Manko faith. (Maybe it should be Nurase Manko faith...we true believers don't really care which one.)

[FG Lurker]

I proudly boast of being a worshiper of the Nure Manko faith.

Many a night I have bowed down in homage...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I haven't bowed down so much as gone down....but I get we're you're coming from.

[Ketou]

Many a night I have bowed down in homage...

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to FG Lurker again.

My altar is getting harder and harder to pray at.....

[FG Lurker]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to FG Lurker again.

Much appreciated.

My altar is getting harder and harder to pray at.....

If your altar is a jealous altar then that is difficult indeed... I like a bit of variety in my places of w(h)orship, and am actually looking for a new idol presently.

[Socratesabroad]

[nottu]

[Marked Trail]

...why do all the U.S. Christian fundamentalists make up so much of the hoopla, flag-waving population over there?
Strikes me as more religious hypocrisy.

Idolatry or not, I'll stand erect and salute this flag.

Semi-NSFW: Click to enlarge.

[Ketou]

I think you meant you're getting harder and harder the more you pray at the altar.....

Nope...once you idolatrize to the point of marriage they require ever decreasing amounts of homage.

[sublight]

Sure, I realize it's idolatry under Christianity, but do the 10 Commandments apply to Muslims?

Yep. The old testament is considered the foundation of the Big Three in the Middle East. Just as the Christians think JC gave them god's "real" message in his Faith 2.0 upgrade, Muslims think the "real" word is in Muhammad's 3.0 version (and that JC, rather than being an official company spokesman, was just another vendor).

And, if this is the case, why do all the U.S. Christian fundamentalists make up so much of the hoopla, flag-waving population over there?
Strikes me as more religious hypocrisy.

Faith is the opposite of logic, after all.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Yep. The old testament is considered the foundation of the Big Three in the Middle East. Just as the Christians think JC gave them god's "real" message in his Faith 2.0 upgrade, Muslims think the "real" word is in Muhammad's 3.0 version (and that JC, rather than being an official company spokesman, was just another vendor).

Wow! I knew the Big Three were all sons of Abraham, but I didn't know Allahology followed through the complete myth. Thanks for the lesson. Sadly, knowing how interrelated the myths are, it makes all the troubles in that part of the world even more miserable.
Karl Marx didn't get much right, but he was spot-on when it came to religion.

[Mike Oxlong]

I recall reading somewhere that while the Muslims believe they have religion 3.0, their economies by-and-large are version 1.0, and that pisses them off...

[Catoneinutica]

I recall reading somewhere that while the Muslims believe they have religion 3.0, their economies by-and-large are version 1.0, and that pisses them off...

Heh. While it's the 1.0 Jooos (British uni speak) that have the only 3.0 economy in the ME.