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If I think that, why should it concern you ?
I'm not telling you how to live your life.
You have developed your own private religion, you have said before you not only believe in an after life, but also think your actions in this life affect your next life.
Sensible people don't believe what either religion or atheism preach as neither has proved their case.
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If I think that, why should it concern you ?
I'm not telling you how to live your life.
I am not attacking you for your beliefs, you have the right to hold them, I was just pointing out that you do have a religion, because in the response to Julia you said you don't, but you do.
As I said, I am just clarifying a single point.
You have a wide definition of religion. I'd say I have more of a belief system, like the belief that there is no God as you have.
Its not that wide, you clearly fit the first part perfectly.
1, the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
2, a particular system of faith and worship.
Despite your semantic contrivances, if my belief system is a religion, it's a pretty innocuous one. If you replaced all other religions with mine, would you say the world would be a better place ?
I make no claims that I can talk to God, or that I know what He wants. I won't ask anyone to come to my church or give me any money, just to live their lives as though they will get some reward or punishment in future lives and leave it to their conscience to determine their actions.
It may not be your idea of heaven on earth, but its better than what we've got.
I have answered this for you before, yes In general I prefer deists over theists any day.
Value Collector said:however, both you and I could find our selves in the gallows in certain parts of the world for not accepting the authority of various theocratic systems.
I prefer it when the carpet matches the curtains myself.
I can't imagine what deists and theists have to do with this thread, but i suppose that VC and SR love to argue over trivia. I seem to recall that they argued for days on the merits or otherwise of halal labelling.
How do you know that?
Both his actions and words were consistent with that of an Islamic terrorist. Unless we have information to the contrary why would we think anything differently.
Just because he was not acting on behalf in an organized team of terrorist within Australia does not mean that he was not an Islamic terrorist. The Islamic state have encouraged Muslims worldwide to commit acts of terrorism on their own without great planning or organisation against Westernised countries, this can be achieved through a single person such as this man actions.
This whole thing is a bit of a beat up...the guy is a nut pure and simple.
I don't think someone acting on their own can genuinely be called a terrorist, he didn't even have an IS flag, a bomb or decent weapon...what he did have was a proven criminal history and clear signs of delusion and mental illness.
This whole thing is a bit of a beat up...the guy is a nut pure and simple.
Flag being held by Lindt Chocolat Cafe hostages is not an Islamic State flag
The flag shown being held by hostages against the window of Lindt Chocolat Cafe is not an Islamic State flag, but is an Islamic flag that has been co-opted by jihadist groups.
However, Greg Barton, a terrorism expert from Melbourne's Monash University, said that "getting hold of an [Islamic State] flag would be quite difficult, and people will make do with what they have got".
That means it doesn't help confirm or rule out that the hostage-takers' affiliation is with Islamic State or any other group.
The flag appears to be a Shahada flag, which represents a general expression of faith in Islam, but has been co-opted by various jihadist groups.
That means it doesn't help confirm or rule out that the hostage-takers' affiliation is with Islamic State or any other group.
The translation of the flag is: "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
The Shahada is the testament of Islamic faith, which is one of the five pillars of Islam.
A translation by Fairfax Media has established that the script on the flag is very precise, classical Arabic. Mass-produced flags typically skip over the more complex grammatical notation - such as short vowel signs - because they are hard to reproduce.
This one is very precise in detail, suggesting it is not mass-produced.
Monash University senior politics lecturer Ben MacQueen, whose work focuses on the Middle East, said the Shahadah - which is what the white writing on the flag appeared to be - was the testimony or core statement of belief in Islam.
I don't think he is a pure and simple nut. He was an Islamic jihadist nut. I know that you, like many posters, are desperately trying to to separate his terrorism from the Islamic faith. Why? It's a futile exercise. What happened to your cynicism? Has it been replaced by naivety?
I don't think someone acting on their own can genuinely be called a terrorist, he didn't even have an IS flag, a bomb or decent weapon...what he did have was a proven criminal history and clear signs of delusion and mental illness.
I don't think he is a pure and simple nut. He was an Islamic jihadist nut. I know that you, like many posters, are desperately trying to to separate his terrorism from the Islamic faith. Why? It's a futile exercise. What happened to your cynicism? Has it been replaced by naivety?
Why on earth not?I don't think someone acting on their own can genuinely be called a terrorist,
So now you're a psychiatrist, what's more, able to diagnose mental illness in someone you've never met and know almost nothing about.he didn't even have an IS flag, a bomb or decent weapon...what he did have was a proven criminal history and clear signs of delusion and mental illness.
This whole thing is a bit of a beat up...the guy is a nut pure and simple.
Didn't he request an IS flag? Also, his weapon was decent enough to kill 2 people and would possibly have killed more had the police not stormed the building.
Didn't he request an IS flag? Also, his weapon was decent enough to kill 2 people and would possibly have killed more had the police not stormed the building.
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