Have fun. What a dunce.

https://soundcloud.com/evan-carroll/islamaphobic-christian-wants-to-unite-with-atheists-against-muslims-who-pray-in-school 

Do you think you could live in an Islamic country and state the stuff you do here?

Wanting equal treatment in the public schools doesn't make her Islamophobic. Get real. Are you going to use the race card next? 

Do you think you could live in an Islamic country and state the stuff you do here?

Such grammar....poor sentence construction. "country and state" the same?

Or should "state" mean "say"?

Small wonder you are not understood. 

Small wonder you are not understood.

No, actually it's no wonder why you don't understand what a word means in the context of a sentence. 

If all a person has to offer to any discussion is grammar and spelling on a blog where casual style is the norm, you have nothing. 

Do you think you could live in an Islamic country and state the stuff you do here?

Of course not. ISIS (operative word Islamic)would behead you. 

Grammar is important.
Intelligent people understand this. 

A snobbish English teacher was sitting in an Atlanta airport coffee shop waiting for her flight back to Connecticut, when a friendly Southern belle sat down next to her.

?Where y?all goin? to?? asked the Southern belle.

Turning her nose in the air, the snob replied ?I don?t answer people who end their sentences with prepositions?.

The Southern belle thought a moment, and tried again. ?Where y?all goin? to, b*tch?? 

Technically, you cannot "say" something that you are writing. "State" is the correct word. Anyone who has taken college English should know that rule. 

Intelligent people understand this.

Yes, intelligent people would understand that "'State' is the correct word. Anyone who has taken college English should know that rule." 

Yes, intelligent people would understand that "'State' is the correct word. Anyone who has taken college English should know that rule."

More proof of your elitist snobbery. Is this how you stay so superior to those of us who never went to college? 

More proof of your elitist snobbery.

Quoting the truth from someone else isn't evidence of elitist snobbery. If you think someone is superior to you, it's because you either don't try to learn or you bring yourself down through bias.

You show evidence of this bias because you considered my quoting someone else to be "elitist snobbery", while stating nothing about Jams' statement. 

At the least I must say that I am proud that a posted something that gives one or more people a platform for endless and senseless posting 

The ones pointing out grammar problems are the ones who are experts at deflection. Once something presents itself as a threat, or a truth, the Biff's of the board use deflection. It's a classic tactic here. 

Evan, he probably approached you, thinking you'd help because he thought you were Jewish- 

Grammar is important.

Only to those that can't argue the point. 

Intelligent people understand this.

If you are using the pronoun in a demonstrative way, your sentence is incorrectly worded. 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 

Do you think you could live in an Islamic country and state the stuff you do here?

Turkey? Sure.
The Territories controlled by ISIS? not really no. 

Turkey isn't an Islamic country. 

Religious groups according to estimates:[65][73]

Muslim - 96.83% (80-85% Sunni, 15-20% Alevi)
Christian - 0.13% (60% Armenian Orthodox, 20% Syrian Orthodox, 10% Protestant, 8% Chaldean Catholic, 2% Greek Orthodox)
Jewish - 0.03% (96% Sephardi, 4% Ashkenazi)
Bah? Faith - 0.01%
Atheist - 3%


and over 60% claim to fulfill or strive to fulfill all religious obligations.


Turkey isn't an Islamic country.

And exactly how would you define an Islamic Country? 

And exactly how would you define an Islamic Country?

Where they have a theocratic government, not a secular one. 

Using Satsumas logic we could safely say that the US is a Christian nation.

Where they have a theocratic government, not a secular one.?

Yep, thats correct. 

I believe Evan Carroll should try working with Isis and see if they would appreciate his Zionist background. Evan could then wear the dunce hat on the stub that used to support his head 

Stop picking on Evan! He was robbed and raped in Kingwood just a year ago. This is a safe place Evan - we can help - just ask. 

Using Satsumas logic we could safely say that the US is a Christian nation.

Fair point. especially since I posted no criteria.

But lets take a look at the U.S.

73% of Americans Identify as Christian, so about 1/4 are non-christian

96.8% of Turks Identify as Muslim, so only about 1/33 are non-christian (or 3.2/100)

60% of Turks "strive to meet religious obligations" or "meet all religious obligations".

36% of Americans "attend religious services nearly every week or more"

I don't know where you would draw the line, but it seems fair to say that Turkey is a HECK of a lot more a Muslim country than the U.S. is a Christian one.

but you both seem to think that Islamic country should be defined by having a non-secular government. ok. no problem there. We have different definitions, and were talking about different things. i agree. Non-secular governments are antithetical to human freedom and dignity. 

You forgot to state that secular governments are antithetical to human freedom and dignity. 

No, secular governments do not oppose freedom and dignity. If this WERE truly a "Christian" nation, a whole lot of freedoms would be squashed.

Unless of course you're using big words with no understanding of their definition.
In the United States, there IS a separation of church and state and your tears won't change that. 

?i agree. Non-secular governments are antithetical to human freedom and dignity.?

Yes, true. One needs no more proof than the theocracy of Iran. 

No, secular governments do not oppose freedom and dignity.

Yes, they do. Taking the life of an unborn child is proof of that. If this were a Christian nation, that right to life wouldn't be taken away. We also wouldn't have people changing the definition of marriage.

In the United States, there IS a separation of church and state and your tears won't change that.

I'm not the one that has a problem understanding. There is no separation of church and state in the Constitution. 

Yes, they do. Taking the life of an unborn child is proof of that.

but that's not what we were talking about. Your phrasing implied that secular governments were "antithetical to human freedom and dignity" in principle.

when juxtaposed to my identical comment about non-secular governments, I thought you were going straight up Hobbs on us. Man being a rugged individual in a state of nature and free. Thus all governance would be a violence on freedom (but not necessarily antithetical to it).

Didn't realize you were gonna go all right to life on it. A secular government could very well endorse a right to life principle. so I don't see how your point supports what it looked like you were saying: that a secular state necessarily was antithetical to freedom and dignity. 

Yes, true. One needs no more proof than the theocracy of Iran.

True dat. But I think Iran is technically an "Islamic-republic"... [riiiiight].

Even Malaysia regularly abuses its citizens rights (their government is a weird kinda-democratic thing, but Islam is the official state religion) 

Thus all governance would be a violence on freedom?

Yes it is, but then without government you have anarchy. 

Even Malaysia regularly abuses its citizens rights (their government is a weird kinda-democratic thing, but Islam is the official state religion)?

And two justice systems. 

but that's not what we were talking about.

Then you apparently don't understand what the words "freedom" and "dignity" mean.

so I don't see how your point supports what it looked like you were saying: that a secular state necessarily was antithetical to freedom and dignity.

Again, you apparently don't understand what the words "freedom" and "dignity" mean. 

Again, you apparently don't understand what the words "freedom" and "dignity" mean.

YOU aparently don't understand what "necessarily" means.

give me an example of -or argument for- how a secular government necessarily violates dignity and freedom.

your comment about abortion didn't accomplish that because it in no way establishes that you must have a religious government for it's policies to be pro-life. 

YOU aparently don't understand what "necessarily" means.

Since I didn't use the word, it wasn't necessary for me to abide by your addition of the word to your initial statement.

your comment about abortion didn't accomplish that because it in no way establishes that you must have a religious government for it's policies to be pro-life.

Since I wasn't trying to accomplish that, your statement is sorta ridiculous. However, it is true that a government devoid of God will necessarily lead to a lack of freedom and dignity. Abortion is a good example. 

jacobson --- 2 hours ago - quote - hide comments

You forgot to state that secular governments are antithetical to human freedom and dignity.

your words.

and when a8 said:
No, secular governments do not oppose freedom and dignity.


your reply was:
Yes, they do. Taking the life of an unborn child is proof of that.

Right there. you stated that secular governments "oppose freedom and dignity" because, they allow abortion.

you didn't qualify it.
Thus, since you placed your initial response in the context of my comment, you implied that secular governments oppose freedom and dignity in principle.


Since I didn't use the word, it wasn't necessary for me to abide by your addition of the word to your initial statement.

ah yes. captain literal has no concept of context I sometimes forget.

Since I wasn't trying to accomplish that, your statement is sorta ridiculous.

by failing to accomplish that, your reply to a8 served no purpose whatsoever.

but yes. it is ridiculous to respond to you in any way. don't know why I do it from time to time. 

night all!