Comments on: THINGS I DO NOT UNDERSTAND

By: Goli

Goli — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:56:31 +0000

Yeah unfortunately… seems we can never get rid of ‘em!

By: thenewcomer

thenewcomer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:20:59 +0000

I thought of that as well. I assumed she was one of you or teng’s more sinister friends. after all, you have classmates who leave you pretty weird remarks.
Even cyberspace isn’t free of “Amerin-be-maroooof” and “Nahian-az-monkar”

By: Goli

Goli — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:36:12 +0000

Let me see… How does this Banoo (!) know Salad n teng r your siblings?! OMG she sounds dangerous…. she’s religious & nervous & looking for a fight too… Oh dear god, Keep her away from us; Amen!

By: thenewcomer

thenewcomer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:12:50 +0000

Look at the all people who are in hiding and have to live under 24 hour guards because they “insulted” a world religion whose name we know but won’t say here. Look at all the people who were killed throughout history for refusing to believe in a particular cult. The logical extreme of religion, is, yes, unfortunately, regrettably, death to unbelievers. Moderate practitioners of a religion don’t like to say this out loud, but in fact it is they who are deviating from the holy texts, -their so-called fanatic or extremist co-religionists have the “correct” interpretation.

As for why I didn’t stop her- I didn’t have to. The lecturer and other students politely stopped her by simply ignoring her religious outburst. Nobody `debated` her- it was not the time or place to discuss abortion from a religious point of view (which was the whole point of my blog post in the first place). She was wasting the class`s time. And that is a BIG SIN.

By: teng

teng — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:55:49 +0000

regarding that i used the term “hate” a couple of times in my comment, I dont believe I am “hiding” my hatred.

By: Banoo

Banoo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:14:38 +0000

Did I propose you are non-religious? I can’t see any sign of that in my comment. and come on, do you really believe all those poeple who expresses everywhere, in any non-related context according to you, that they are religious, order DEATH sentences and KILL people for holding beliefs they do not approve?
I got the point of the post at the first sight, you did not get the point of “freedom of expression” ; if you really assume his religious boring biliefs is irrelevant to the context, why you dont use your logic, your freedom of expression, your confidence and courage (if you think you have) to stop him commenting irrelevant points? just if you were as brave as he was, and had the same faith on your whatever religious or non-religious or scientific or whatsoever belief you have, you could stop him from commenting irrelevant issue. there, you can do that without being worried about any possible harmful consequences regarding whatever living in a society like Iran of today may cause. you choose not to speak out your beliefs, you choose to stop others from expressing themselves, although it may sound stupid to you.
in musical context, if one say something about stock market all would stop him, with logic and rationale. if one start talking about religion, others would complain why religious people are such and such. and please do not ferget, non-religious poeple have the tendency to lable religious people with whatever relevant or irrelevant (it’s another story not suitable for this long comment)….. the last point, there, you can practise and use your right of freedom of speech, like all those religious people who are brave and confident (or even confident and brave enough to be or sound stupid!) to express themselves everywhere, in any context

By: thenewcomer

thenewcomer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:13:44 +0000

Excuse me banoo, however sensitive non-religious people are (and who said I was non-religious? ), at least they don’t order DEATH sentences and KILL people for holding beliefs they do not approve. The point of the blog was that religious people can’t stop from voicing their boring beliefs and social practices in any, non-related context. if it was a religious studies class, or a class about the ethics of abortion, she was welcome to talk about her beliefs. As it was she should have just shut up.
Also, you shouldn’t be surprsed if having lived the most part of lives in a highly intolerant society, we should have become a teeny weeny bit intolerant ourselves.

By: Banoo

Banoo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:13:15 +0000

and why non-religious people are so sensitive when a religious person expresses that he is religious? a religious person has the same right to express himself (including his religious opinion) as others have, as you have, as any other person has. If you were in Iran, such groaning of why religious peolpe are such and such could be acceptable, but now you are there and you can also express your opinions, instead of complaining about that; and if you don’t want to – or maybe can not for any reason – to do so, that is something else.
if “freedom of expression” is to be respected, it is respected for religious and non-religious; for you and your siblings (teng, salad, …) as well, whose comments show hidden hatered…

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:30:41 +0000

Religion Sucks

By: Crab Salad

Crab Salad — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:29:16 +0000

Cause that’s what religion is about; say it out loud! Fight for it, insult other people, make a fuss, then dear merciful God will drop you in heaven.

I can’t believe they don’t wear make-up; life without make-up would be a mistake; a big one.