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[–] Blizzard 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So it's not ok to burn a book but it's ok to burn a building.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I may...

It is not okay to burn your own book but it is okay to burn somebody else's building

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Or crash planes into it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

"Well the people who live there are all going to hell anyways." - Fanatic Logic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Taking notes

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People will do batshit crazy shit if they think God wants them to.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And unfortunately there are so many gods...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There’s some overlap though. Lots of different names for the same entity.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

People say the Islamic god and the Christian god are the same god, but Christians and Muslims can't even agree on what their god is within their own religions, hence all the sectarianism, so I don't really buy that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Don't forget Judaism. God, Yahweh and Allah are all the same deity, yet look how much bloodshed has been spilled over which one interpreted things correctly...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That like asking if movie Superman is the same character as comic book Superman. It's entirely a matter of opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am sure my buddy who is a copyright lawyer would disagree;)

But yeah your point is taken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then you have the Hindu gods which is basically like the less popular 3/4 of the Marvel catalog.

I can make this joke, someone else will have to do the greeks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Which one? Catholics got 5 major gods, and like hundreds of minor ones. Prots got 4 major gods. Muslims have two major and a bunch of minor ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And all equally fictional

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So they have zero confidence in their own god to punish Sweden or coran burners.

I call it "fragile religiosity" or "weak faith".

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

It's more that conservatives in general think an attack on something they like is a personal attack on themselves.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Religion of peace.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

This must have been an unexpected turn of events to everyone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Are the book's feelings okay?