The God Delusion

Pinku writes "They are good jokes"

I can assure you that your posts are bigger jokes than anything found in religious texts,

have a nice day,

TNI Masadi

hamid writes "my biggest problem with religion is that people have been conditioned to equate religiosity with morality when in my experience it is an inverse relationship .."

Another ignorant conclusion without any measures of religiosity or any sampling to determine this relationship, neither any operational definitions of morality. So religiosity is based now on claim and holding of office, and mass media propaganda. Masha-allah, what a fine dimwitted way to lead your life on brain farts

hamid writes ".... i think that the muslim ritual of allowing a man to share his bed with four 'wives', fourteen concubines and a boy is much more 'exotic' than anything the poor nacirema can come up with - crowded, but exotic ..... what about the islamic tradition of burying women alive as practiced in balucistan and sind ?.... and what about the silly ritual of starving yourself for a month which is going on as we speak ? ....."

So now you are reduced to inventing straw-men to support your biases, isn't that how typification works when facts go against your stereotypes? There is nothing islamic about either sharing your bed with 4 or burying women, on the contrary whatever is written in that piece about the Nacirema is 100% true and they are real, as real as you sitting on the computer typing this sh**. You just don't get it because it does not fit in with your prejudiced typification. The Nacirema are a very exotic people with odd rituals, in fact so odd that when confronted by an anthropological rendition of their rituals they are themselves surprised!

Ha Ha...

I also like religion if people don't follow them and their prophets. They are good jokes. Read the book with opoen mind, you will enjoy it.

Hamid,

".... my biggest problem with religion is that people have been conditioned to equate religiosity with morality ...."

Bas itni si baat? I thought that you were averse because it is equated with civilization and knowledge.

Re: # 201

GT,

.... my biggest problem with religion is that people have been conditioned to equate religiosity with morality when in my experience it is an inverse relationship ...... the more religious the person, the more immoral - if you want proof, you don't have to look further than the pope or osama bin laden or your neighbor with the callouses on his ankle and the mark of the devil on his forehead ....... to me this proves that religion is the biggest immorality of all ..... but then, i am a simple minded person who can't get past alif laam meem, while tahmed is a wise man who understands the koran 'haaa meem' and all .....

#197 Posted by muradbaig on

Hmmm... so the gold standards of prophet-giri were set by Abrahm himself and Muhammad just tried to beter it??? That is why muslims do not want to blame mo??

I would say that the Mrs is a wise person.

Re: # 201

gt mian,

..... this is the holy month of ramadhan and mrs hamidm is in a religious frenzy atoning for her sinful behavior during the year - things like making me do the dishes, wearing capri pants and living in sin with an apostate ...... i am sure that you will agree that the first one is a mortal sin but the other two are nitpicks ..... no?

What is there to be confused about? Just ask the Mrs.

Re: # 199

GT,

ummmmmm .... now i am really confused !

Hamid,

God exists and signs are everywhere in chowk. Had it been left to evolution, many in chowk (me included) would not have existed.

#194 Posted by nkg on
nkg,
nobody is capable of disputing those assertions, they can only be ignored. So you have to repeat them occasionally, that is what i do:-)

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Just saw this and I have to sadly agree with most of Richard Dawkins book. Unfortunately a large number of illiterate and a few literate followers of almost all religions (that all profess to promote peace and brotherhood)have been hijacked by bigoted priests of religion to make `religion' the greatest trigger to hatred and violence. Dawkins correctly says... " evil things are never done with such glee and pride as when they are done in the name of religion."

Dawkins also very convincingly rubbishes many prophets of religion. If you read the accounts about Abraham (the founder of Judaism, Christianity and Islam),as recorded in the Old Testament, you will be shocked at his many human frailties and deceitfulness.

nkg#194:

I did not dispute hamidm's contention; merely said that tahmed saheb's views on this issue are well-known to most of us.

#194... contd...
and leading life of a pet dog...
Eating dog biscuits/rice/vegetables , sleeping in sofa etc...