Religious whackos

[TehBorken]

I'm so sick of religion. Not "this" religion or "that" religion, but ALL religion.


20 July 2014

ISIS expelled all Christians (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/07/20/Islamic-States-Claims-Deadly-Baghdad-Bombings-and-Purge-of-Mosul-Christians) from the historic city over the weekend after the people were told to convert to Islam, pay a tax, or die. The majority of Christians left with only the clothes on their back, and ISIS marked homes with an "N" for Nazarene. ISIS is also cutting off water supplies (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/07/22/ISIS-Cutting-off-Water-Supply-to-Christians-Kurds-in-Regions-They-Do-Not-Control) to Christian and Kurd communities they do not control.

Also, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) told shopkeepers in Mosul the mannequins must wear veils. The veil is in accordance with Sharia law (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/22/isil-forces-iraqs-shopkeepers-veil-mannequins-mosu/) since "the human form is not depicted in statues or artwork." Both gender of mannequins are to wear the veil.

[Gopher]

Does this mean that all classical works of art will be over-painted with burkas?

[TehBorken]

Does this mean that all classical works of art will be over-painted with burkas?

Well....since their rule is that "the human form is not depicted in statues or artwork", I'd have to guess that they would be.

Really, these people are f*cking crackers, completely insane.

[Gopher]

And what for the men? There's something sure to be wrong with figleaves.

[TehBorken]

And what for the men? There's something sure to be wrong with figleaves.

Trying to make sense of religion or find even a shred of logic in it is a waste of time. The whole thing is utterly ridiculous. It might have seemingly made some (false) sense to people 2000 or 3000 years ago, but now we know how the world works to a fairly high degeee. And one of the things we know is that there is no magical, invisible sky-being running the universe. There's no Master Plan of divine purpose to any of it. None, zero, zip, nada.

The universe is just a big, dumb, mechanical thing with no inherent meaning or purpose. The only purpose is what we give it.