Another religious topic......

[LogGrad98]

My dogs leave little bits of their brains on the front lawn. Don't you two idiots look STUPID!!!

That is what I said. Moran.

 

[Nate505]

I disagree.

With what? I made like two separate points there.

 

[Stoked]

How about this question.
When we have to fill out some "informational, statistical" survey on if we are "white, non hispanic", or blablabla.... does that reinforce any racism that still exists in this country? Every time I fill out a job application, government paperwork, etc.... are they in a way saying "we want you to be reminded every day if possible that you are different than other people around you"?
Is the government racist?
Is the government giving something to companies that hire people of a certain race, supporting racism in our country?

The bolded parts apply to my job. I have that question come up numerous times a day. I answer them for everyone who walks thru that door as "no answer". I care about their opinion on that as much as I care about their color.

One of the main reasons the government does this is for statistical reasons. So they know population densities of different races, where they are moving to, where they are leaving...

 

[Deleted member 848]

I always laugh when I get those informational sheets that ask me for my race. I was once told that I am not really caucasian, so I've filled out "Other" ever since

For the record, Im pretty damn sure Im caucasian, lol.

 

[Hantlers]

The government shouldn't care who companies hire...hell, other than maybe a couple exceptions companies are always going to hire the best person for the job. Giving companies bonuses for hiring minorities is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of.

 

[PearlWatson]

This conversation has raised a question I have been wondering about. Are there varying degrees of racism, or is every single racist act or attitude exactly equal to any other? Is the lds church denying the priesthood to blacks, while in no other way restricting anyone at all exactly the same as, say, the kkk burning Crosses and hanging blacks?

Racism is no worse than any other form of hatred, or violence. It has just been politicized to death, and used as crutch too much.

Whether you are hurt or killed for your race or for being in the wrong place at the wrong time doesn't change anything.

 

[Bronco70]

People from Africa origins are, as a whole, slightly stronger and faster for a couple of reasons, one is Allen's Rule. Another is white slaveowners only let mate their strongest slaves. After a couple of generations of that, it increased the average athleticism of slaves. The biggest reason though is the mentality that people have. Black people are poorer as a whole and one way to escape the slums is professional athlete. Black people want it more. I would say it is 99% mentality. Are Asians smarter then whites who are smarter then Mexicans and Blacks?? HELL NO. Gotta get your mind straight and correct habbits down and the difference in intellect between people is miniscule, this is same for natural athleticism though not quite to the same extent as intellect as you still gotta have height and decent proportions. Bruce Lee was one of the weakest kids growing up for example and was a beast before he died just to provide an extreme example.

Now Black people and Mexicans are poorer as a whole then whites. Of course this is ONLY due to the upbringing they have etc and not because whites deserve the better jobs. The government is trying to fix this so Blacks and Mexicans have a slightly easier time getting into good schools and some jobs, they aren't doing enough imo.

Jimmy the Greek?

 

[franklin]

So does the moon reflect light (noor) or is it made of light? Does Allah reflect light (using the same word as for the moon - noor) our is he made of light. Seems the muslims use translational inaccuracies every bit as much as the Christians when trying to explain incongruous passages of scripture.

This was a very interesting post. I wonder when One Brow will be back to comment on it.

 

[The Black Swordsman]

This was a very interesting post. I wonder when the Badass Black Swordsman will be back to comment on it.

Look, I want to take a long break from posting about religious things as I bet others here do as well but since you brought it up again and wanted my input. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L2oxoagQbM&list=UUSEJJw_7lB_nzuHxsej_WnA&index=4&feature=plcp

This video explains it perfectly. Allah has used light and guided it to make us how we are made today, stars, planets, you and I are all condensed light beams which Allah guided in a certain way making it so that we can exist by putting the earth in the distance from the sun etc.

If anyone wants to discuss religion with me you can send me a private message. Isaac Newton said that Science was his second favorite interest behind religion (he also believed in a Unitarian Christian view btw which is the closest religion to Islam i.e. Jesus is not god, there is no trinity etc) and I also share this view.