Comments on: London Pride Signs and Twitter Storms https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/ Home of Stephen Knight and The #GSPodcast Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.9 By: Dave https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8521 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:18:25 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8521 Can I ask, did you report the threats to the authorities, and if so how did they respond?

]]> By: kris https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8519 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:49:48 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8519 Sorry Stephen, but you must be incredibly naive not to have anticipated such a twitter storm. If you honestly imagine that a few ex-Muslims expressing distaste for the tenets of the most authoritarian religion in the world is going to make any significant change you are very mistaken.
The likes of Nawaz and Hirsi Ali, are always bringing up very welcome secular issues to stir up the fanatics into an entertaining veritable fury but Im sure most Muslims just ignore them. Any ex- Muslim is just that, ex, has been, out of the picture and no longer of interest to the holders of the faith. Even the mildest of adherents to Islam simply accept the religion and all its beliefs without question regardless of what they might say in public.
They believe that homosexuality is a very punishable sin along with adultery, same sex marriage, women’s place in society, secularism and many other liberal shibboleths that are a key part of Western freedom and culture.
Not just you but the entire ruling elite are naive to imagine they can bully people who take their religion very seriously into simply turning their backs on it and adopting a watered down ‘western version’ of their faith.
They succeeded in doing this with Christianity because that is a much weaker religion. The result being that few people in Europe, at least, take Christianity seriously any more. That is a good thing. I believe religions of any coloour have long since had their day and have no significant place in modern societies.
But that is not likely to happen with Islam. They have seen what Western decadence and moral decay has done to Christianity and they are very unlikely to roll over and let the same thing happen to them.
That is the reason why encouraging immigration of Muslims into Europe is such a terrible mistake as they will never accept the Western way of life and we will eventually be faced with the reality of Sharia Law. Trying to convert them is a ridiculous undertaking. If you think you will succeed in that any time soon you will be disappointed.

]]> By: Paul Williams https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8518 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 20:48:28 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8518 ‘A new set of studies in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology finds that atheists and agnostics report anger toward God either in the past or anger focused on a hypothetical image of what they imagine God must be like. Julie Exline, a psychologist at Case Western Reserve University and the lead author of this recent study, has examined other data on this subject with identical results. Exline explains that her interest was first piqued when an early study of anger toward God revealed a counterintuitive finding: Those who reported no belief in God reported more grudges toward him than believers.’

]]> By: kale https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8517 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:40:46 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8517 Paul, what’s offensive about identifying Jesus as gay? Jesus has told you in the bible that he’s everyone who faces oppression.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, “I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”

]]> By: Dave https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8516 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 15:39:38 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8516 Paul, the link you direct us to is wrong. We are not angry with a non-existent god, just as the author is not angry with unicorns. We’re angry with the believers of imaginary gods and their desire to push their infantile beliefs on us. Your original post being a prime example!

]]> By: Paul Williams https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8515 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:33:16 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8515 In my experience many atheists are very angry at God. It’s quite bizarre. I pray they come to their senses and give up their rebellion against their Creator.

]]> By: Jimbob https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8514 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 12:57:33 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8514 The term God is simply used in context of argument, it’s not belief or anger at your non existent deity.
Honestly why are some theists baffled by this?

]]> By: Paul Williams https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8513 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:58:01 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8513 Important reading for all you atheists: When atheists are angry with God https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2011/01/when-atheists-are-angry-at-god

]]> By: Kev https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8512 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:45:47 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8512 Eminently sensible (but sad, as you say) decision. These things are simply judgement call and this is your judgement. You might change your mind, you might not. It’s up to you.

]]> By: Nick https://www.gspellchecker.com/2019/07/london-pride-signs-and-twitter-storms/#comment-8511 Sun, 07 Jul 2019 11:15:18 +0000 https://www.gspellchecker.com/?p=6027#comment-8511 Hi Paul, can you explain why you think people with no faith should be forced to observe blasphemy rules? Thanks.

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