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    Same shit in the uk. Muslims are a fraction of the overall population but apparently they’re taking over.

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      Yup, I 100% have a problem with Muslims in political office. Same as I have a problem with Christians, religious-Jews, Hindu’s, etc who identify by their magical thinking and uses it to govern.

      I 100% have no problem with any humans in political office who use the best data available and reason to govern and elevate the human condition

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    Well duh it can’t be the group of pedos in pizza parlor basements injecting baby blood for eternal youth, because they actually are in charge now.

    So the magats a new enemy, and Muslims aren’t them so they’re safe to attack.

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    Way sicker of watching evangelists take over North America personally. I try not to be a hateful person but I’m starting to have a hard time hiding my anger towards evangelists and Christian reform people.

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      That’s because you’re judging people based on their actions.

      Instead of judging them based on the color of their skin, or what they chose to believe privately.

      An altogether fair way to judge people.

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        Thank you for rationalizing this, I was starting to wonder how I could be so frustrated with some people. But it’s always their actions that trigger me not who they are.

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    Canadian parties have been winning election on this for the past 25 years. But this time it’s true, it’s about to happen, trust me.

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    “But if I stop fueling their racism they’ll realize I’ve been making their lives worse and abdicating my duties as an elected official”

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    Maybe they’re talking about how the Saudis have bribed their way into controlling Republicans?

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    Clearly they are worried about the ultra-efficient Muslims; who with such a tiny percentage of political power; are taking over.

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    I mean, I have never seen anyone walk up to the minimum wage Cashier and start yelling about how pork is against the “traditional Muslim values.”

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    What would be the problem? They tend to be too brown? Nobody who spouts an overall negative opinion of Islam has ever read the Qur’an, and probably goes around talking ignorant nonsense in general. But 1) the West dislikes personal responsibility, so actually living in accordance with one’s beliefs (that God exists and He will judge us all for our actions, so you better act right) is seen as extreme 2) the American war machine plus attack dogs have been pushing dehumanising and islamophobic narratives (going mega hard for about 3 decades at least but it has been in the Western European cultural background since at least the Crusades/Roman invasion of Judea) so they can better sell their murder and pillaging of the Middle East to those committing the atrocities and their loved ones at home. 🤷

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      Inversely anyone who has critically read the Qur’an also usually holds and overall negative opinion on Islam.

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        Yeah I’m sure the call for righteousness, self control and maturity that is constantly repeated throughout the Qur’an is something you personally dislike, lol.

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          Is righteousness the calling for the killing of ex-muslims and the enslavement of other people? Is self control the marriage of very young women to old men? Is maturity beating your wife and controlling every facet of her public life and dress? These things are not righteousness, self control, or maturity.

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            Of course not, but the Qur’an only talks about killing in the background of a just war (and even then it says it’s better to capture them and then release them if possible, in a time where Rome just came around and raped, murdered and pillaged without even the need for narratives, lol), makes no mention of old men marrying children (???) nor beating your wife! You’re confusing the culture around the Qur’an made by horny and power hungry men (nothing new there, lol). Jesus never talked about pretty much everything done in his name for about 2000 years by Rome, the church and Western powers, yet his message remains true regardless, right?

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      I’ve read the Q’uran. Let’s not lie about its contents.

      That being said, their instinctive hate for Muslims is another reason to despise conservatives.

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      not to say that any action is justified against muslims, but the quran is just as bad as any religious text. i don’t need to learn everything about scientology to be able to dismiss it, why should it be different for islam? or any christian sect and the rest too

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        Have you read any of it? 🙄 I’m pretty sure the Sermon of the Mount and Ecclesiastes are very different from the doctrines of Satanism wherever they’re written, lol, you can’t just put all belief in one bag because you don’t know what belief is!

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          THERE ARE SEVEN FUNDAMENTAL TENETS

          I

          One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

          II

          The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

          III

          One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

          IV

          The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.

          V

          Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.

          VI

          People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

          VII

          Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

          I am not a satanist, but these are the tenets of the satanic temple.

          Edit: formatting

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            Damn, that’s pretty moral and nice and not devilish at all, lol. Whatever Marylin Manson was acting up to be is what I thought Satanism was, but I see could be a Satanist! 😂

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          Indeed we can. Because “belief” is not based on reason. Therefor it is ALL in the same basket as something I don’t want in my government. If I believed (get it!) any of them could be trusted to govern in a secular manner I might be less salty. But I have been given very little evidence that they** can.

          ** They = anyone who openly, loudly, repeatedly identifies themselves by their magical thinking while campaigning / governing. They are more than welcome to believe what they want so long as they keep it out of the way of deciding my way of life. I still hold a place in my heart that thinks that’s possible, but it is getting smaller every day as I watch the [religious text]-thumpers screaming louder and louder.

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            Belief just means standing for something. I believe in generosity, self control, avoidance of violence, the proper treatment of women and children, etc etc. I’ll stand behind it regardless of what you say. The Qur’an also advocates this, and people agree with it so they “believe” in what’s written. Only believing in the Creator Himself and everything that happens after death requires any sort of “effort”, and even the former I would say is self evident!

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          well they are all just stories, so in the “base your life on it” sense it doesn’t matter. have you read any satanist texts?