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shafique

Nice to see some humour among the soldiers and Palestinians on You Tube:

First six soldiers in Hebron:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIrVofeR ... r_embedded

And a response from Hebron:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MGsDI0W ... r_embedded

shafique

Given that there are more than one Olympic-sized swimming pools in Lebanon, are you now providing evidence that Gaza is (after all) in a worse off situation than Lebanon? Or perhaps you're applauding what the government is doing despite the siege? I see no refutation that 80% are dependant on food a...

shafique

Bump for FD who seems to believe that Gaza is a paradise! (I guess he was just waiting to give us the spin about footballers - I mean we've had the swimming pool, as well as the non existent stats ;) But let's remember what seems to have triggered the regurgitation of the Israeli spin (which even Je...

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There are many, many sects in Islam - over 100 (at least). It's analogous to the numbers of churches in Christianity. The sects can be broadly divided into Sunni and Shia sects (think of Catholic vs Protestant). The main difference between Shia and Sunni is over the successorship of the Prophet - Sh...

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Hey, after the failure last night - let me help you out in the name of charity. Here's an extract from the Jerusalem Post piece in 'Gaza - A Paradise' thread: SO WHO are these goddamn Jew-haters and their boats, The Rachel Corrie – the “St. Pancake” they should call it. Who are these Nazi human righ...

shafique

Life expectancy under occupation 73 years, life expectancy in Israel 79 years (at birth). Gaza is a paradise if Foreign Ministry statements are any indication. Don’t you just wish you lived in Gaza? Don’t you just envy those people who get to raise their kids amid such abundance? Look at all the stu...

shafique

Nowadays, it is understood that a genocide was carried out in North America against the indiginous peoples there. Noam Chomsky raises an interesting point that this genocide was not a cause of concern or shame for centuries. In fact he makes quite an interesting point: When I was a kid, I considered...

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Infant mortality in Gaza strip is about 425% of that in Israel (for every one infant death in Israel - per thousand population, there are 4.25 in Gaza strip). https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html And yet the spin continues. You're not avoiding my questi...

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Yawn. Loon spin in response to a story about genocide. Loons are restless these days it seems. Probably has something to do with the fact that the young poster is the only one who refuses to condemn an act of genocide: http://www.dubaiforums.com/philosophy-dubai/most-extreme-religous-fanatic-here-t4...

shafique

Still in denial I see eh.

All bluster, no evidence - such is the way of the loon. They start a thread, quote Chomsky and then say 'I don't believe the evidence'. Not very convincing, methinks. Perhaps in Loonville they have classes on alternative realities?

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Perhaps the lady is actually a Mooslim?

Funny how American loons like to invent incidents, but then again it is the only way they can make their case.

Young eh presents as fact made up sermons:
dubai-politics-talk/fox-news-let-down-t42289.html

Cheers,
Shafique

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Viewers of the Channel 10 news last Friday were amazed to see a scene that seemed to belong to the world of sick imagination: To shorten the route to the Cave of the Patriarchs for the Jews of Hebron, the windows of Arabs’ homes that the worshipers pass were sealed off. You had to rub your eyes to ...

shafique

Note the key word in the post below : 'evidence' PS - here's a link to Gallup's surveys and the questions specifically relating to the Bible: http://www.gallup.com/poll/21811/american-beliefs-evolution-vs-bibles-explanation-human-origins.aspx Evidence, young loon, evidence. 73% of your brethren beli...

shafique

Here's a loon denying a genocide:

http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/07/pamela ... de-denier/

shafique

curiouser and even more curiouser: Missing Iranian scientist appears at embassy in US A missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran says was kidnapped a year ago by the CIA, has taken refuge in the Iran section of Pakistan's US embassy. A spokesman from Pakistan's Foreign Office, Abdul Basit, told...

shafique

The evidence has already been provided: ... Sorry, but you can't blame lack of education or ignorance/confusion on evolution when it comes to Turkey - and even there, a much lower percentage of Turks accept evolution than Americans. I refer you back to the conclusion I quoted from the same paper. h...

shafique

Let's remind everyone what Chomsky's arguments are and re-emphasise that eh hasn't produced an iota of evidence that contradicts what Chomsky says below about the proportions of Americans who reject science according to Gallup surveys etc. ... Anyhoo - here is what Chomsky said in 1989 (taken from p...

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Shafique, can you stop running just for a second and reread my question instead of replying on your own one. As you might guess I absolutely does not care what was written in Quran. It's your area but at my point of view you use foreign terms without full understanding them. Ok, let me quote you an...

shafique

In any event, I don't feel all that compelled to prove my case to a whack-job. This thread is here more for those who aren't loons and who would roll their eyes at Chomsky's dumb comment. Translation: "I started a thread quoting Chomsky, and when shown the latest Gallup poll evidence that back...

shafique

Well, one of my favourite hypotheses about creation is: "We were all created 5 minutes ago with ready-made memories" This theory can't be disproved (or proved) but it is one I choose not to believe to be true. Similarly, whilst evolution hypothesis hasn't been proven in all details, it is ...

shafique

We now know that Newton's laws are not completely correct, but they are not completely wrong either - but science is essentially about discovering the nature of the universe and accepting theories that fit observations, and those theories do change when we get more data. It's wrong again. Newton's ...

shafique

Sorry, let me know when you want to address the fact that 25% of Turks accept the theory of evolution compared to 40% of Americans. ... Please try and keep up eh - I've already addressed your points in the thread where you first selectively quoted this passage. And besides, it is 73% of religious R...

shafique

It seems a bit rich to start a thread on cosmology and the Quran when this long-outstanding question about cosmology in the Bible is left unanswered!

Ahh, the loon diversionary tactics - don't you just love them?

[Moved to Koran and Science thread]

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

So, still no scientific explanation for the Bible's account of the sun staying still in the sky for a day.

Hmmm.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Mod Edit: Moved from 'Bible and Science - eh's defence' BTW - a good treatment of what the Quran has to say about cosmology is here: http://www.alislam.org/library/books/revelation/part_4_section_5.html (This can be compared to the loon spin in the other thread - for example the first Quranic quote ...

shafique

I'm not surprised you are not impressed. You are looking up the wrong verse - the numbering convention used by the author counts the first verse as number 1 (Bismillah), whereas Ali etc don't count this verse - and start with the second verse. Therefore the verse in question is numbered 47 in Ali et...

shafique

I'm just quoting the stats. 73% of YOUR peers reject science and believe the Bible's version. The same poll gives the proportion of those in the General population. This is what should be compared with Saudis and Afghanis - and so far you haven't shown that half of Saudis or Taliban/Afghans reject s...

shafique

Ahh, loons ignore evidence - not for the first time. Transliteration: Waalssamaa banaynaha bi-aydin wa-inna lamoosiAAoona Literal: And the sky/space We built/constructed it with power/support , and We (E) are extending/spreading (E) So, when will you get round to addressing the issue of the Biblical...

shafique

I'm just pointing out one of the results of the survey that's quite telling -i.e. that 73% of your fellow brethren reject science and believe the Bible's account (i.e. you are in a minority when we look at your peers). Whilst the general population the rate is in the 40s (percent), the rate rockets ...

shafique

Huh? You're losing it big time FD - the Al Shabbab terrorists targeted restaurants in Kampala and gave specific reasons for their terrorist attacks - nothing to do with football, but rather the presence of AU forces in Somalia. Your loon anti-Islam zeal is really clouding your judgement these days. ...

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