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And how would the Shia describe the Sunni?

Lightsong it might be helpful to have clearer categories for what you're discussing. For instance I think it's quite clear that SilverFox is detailing clear problems with a system of ...

Thanks for the response Pretzel. I feel like you've made some excellent points. I will note though that many of your responses are to an argument that I didn't make, ...

This point seems like a critical one, in that while this conversation may seem weighted in favour of cultural or ethnic minorities, it is beating back against a far wider, ...

I do not understand Christians who would read Matthew 6 and think "Yes, clearly mandatory teacher-led school prayer is God's purpose for school." Imposing the practices of a religious belief ...

This election is easily the most important one that's taken place this century, with the eventual president likely to make appointments for both the Scalia and Ginsburg slots [and others?] ...

To be fair though all it takes is one single country doing some stupid move, and then everyone is at war again. The risk now is that every single super ...

To borrow a line from a different play, the best way to stop terrorism is to probably not be a terrorist, and to repudiate those who use terrorism in your ...

Surely that would depend on a pretty liberal interpretation of "debating people" in its application to this thread?

It depends on your goals. The more intent I am on demonstrating obvious truths or changing uninformed opinions the more frustrated I tend to get by the outcome. Positive outcomes ...

But there is a clear difference to the violence I'm talking about here with the one made as punishment by the Sharia Law. Using violence to your advantage in the ...

You can stop calling it violence if it is simply a form of punishment of the Sharia Law to someone who commits crime. The violence I was talking about was ...

I'm sorry then, because I've clearly misunderstood. For the purpose of this discussion, at what point does violence stop being violence? A hanging is violent, whether a man is sentenced ...

Any system of belief that is not pacifistic promotes violence. Furthermore a system of belief can easily include both a promotion of forgiveness and kindness in some contexts, and a ...

I appreciate the analogy Ferranwright, but I do feel driven to point out that the source you used to support your point in regards to me is wildly inaccurate. I ...