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Oh yeah of course back then there were a lot religious strife within Christianity, including the crusades. At the moment, Islam is the only religion on Earth that is causing strife overtly - globally. Yes the west is causing problems in the middle east and there are unfortunate occasions where innocents die.
But It seems like wherever theres a large population of Muslims in any country, trouble follows. It's fact.
Originally posted by Starcrossd
reply to post by IEtherianSoul9
Thank you for posting that (Hermetica). I've heard of it but hadn't read anything from it before.
Hopefully they are protected- aren't they considered on of the seven ancient wonders of the world? Surely, the pyramids will be allowed to stand? Ignorant humans..What a loss for the world if that came to pass.
Originally posted by Deplume
Send somebody out there with some massive guns.
If anyone sets foot near the pyramids without proper permission granted, send them to their 72 virgins early.
They've destroyed enough (''peaceful'' religion?????????????)
This actually makes me really angry, and I would be genuinely cut up if anything happened to them.
It's about time we grew out of this ''my magical sky-wizard is better than your magical sky-wizard'' BS.
Society DISCOURAGES children for having imaginary friends... it's about time the adults took a leaf out of their own book, and stopped blowing each other, and everything else up over NOTHING..
Originally posted by FlyersFan
This doesn't surprise me at all.
The extremists blew up the Buddhist statues and can't stomach other religions .. even those that are no longer active and that are just historical shells in nature.
Thing is .. these idiots are causing problems for the Egyptian people by wanting to do this.
1 - If they blow up the tourist places, there will be no tourists and Egypt gets a whole lotta money from tourism.
2 - If they blow up these historic sites, then there will be a loss of $$ from the world of academia as well.
If they destroy the pyramids ... they are freakn' idiots. Plain and simple.
Originally posted by steve1709
Originally posted by Starcrossd
reply to post by IEtherianSoul9
Thank you for posting that (Hermetica). I've heard of it but hadn't read anything from it before.
Hopefully they are protected- aren't they considered on of the seven ancient wonders of the world? Surely, the pyramids will be allowed to stand? Ignorant humans..What a loss for the world if that came to pass.
yep, it is up there with the sacking of Alexandria by both the mussies and the chrissies and the wiping out of the South American cultures by the cathos. Sounds like we should demolish all of the religions as well then. And before anybody starts mentioning Atilla the Hunny or Hittler the maggot or Stalin the stupid, I don't want to do comparisons. The religions have caused soooo much sh1t over time, we would be better off without them.
(Reuters) - Islamist militants destroyed two tombs on Tuesday at the famous 14th century Djingareyber mosque in Timbuktu, classified by UNESCO as a world heritage site, residents said.
About a dozen militants arrived in an armored four-wheel drive truck, armed with pickaxes and hoes. They fired in the air to intimidate people and started smashing the tombs, said Ibrahim Cisse, who witnessed the scene.
"They blocked the two main roads leading to the mausoleums. When they saw people gathering for a ceremony nearby, they began firing shots in the air," said another resident, Mahamad ould Ibrahim.
The new destruction comes after attacks last week on other historic and religious landmarks in Timbuktu that UNESCO called "wanton destruction".
Islamists of the Ansar Dine group say the centuries-old shrines of the local Sufi version of Islam are idolatrous.
Ansar Dine and well-armed allies, including al Qaeda splinter group MUJWA, have hijacked a separatist uprising by local Tuareg MNLA rebels and now control two-thirds of Mali's desert north, territory that includes the regions of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu.