Poll: Muslims have highest Obama approval; Mormons lowest

Page 4 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

CanOWorms

Lifer
Jul 3, 2001
12,404
2
0
Islam is in the news right now. I started a lot of threads about the Iraq war back in 2003. Unlike you, who posts about Europeans even when it's not relevant. Cookie?

Europe is always in the news.

You currently have at least 7 separate threads about Muslims on the first page of the forum!
 

Infohawk

Lifer
Jan 12, 2002
17,844
1
0
Europe is always in the news.

You currently have at least 7 separate threads about Muslims on the first page of the forum!

That just says that the topic is popular. If it wasn't, it would sink to the bottom. I've also started threads about a former Republican coming out of the closet, a shooting of an American in Mexico, A Hitler DNA study, US troops still being in Iraq, Republicans scared of Bike Sharing Programs, Science Funding, and overpopulation. If I'm posting a relatively large amount of muslim posts and if people keep those threads going it's probably because it's in the news. And no, Europe isn't always in the news and everyone knows you're the only one capable of turning a thread about crop manipulation into a rant against European genocide.

But as usual, you're veering off-topic and not adding anything to the thread. This will be my last off-topic rebuttal to you.
 

xj0hnx

Diamond Member
Dec 18, 2007
9,262
3
76
Another shining example of all you liberal douch bags crying Bigot, when you yourselves are all bigots.

Loony Moonbat is one of the biggest bigoted racist here. He almost never misses an opportunity to insult, or call for death the people that don't think like him.
 

Infohawk

Lifer
Jan 12, 2002
17,844
1
0
Another shining example of all you liberal douch bags crying Bigot, when you yourselves are all bigots.

Although I'm not a fan of mormonism or most religions, and Moonbeam would probably claim to be joking or some crap along those lines, I have to agree with you. There is an enormous double-standard that some on the left have with regards to Islam. They shit on the traditional American religions and get angry at bigotry, but some are the first to defend Islam, which is more backwards and bigoted than the rest of the American religions.
 
Last edited:

Moonbeam

Elite Member
Nov 24, 1999
73,231
6,338
126
Loony Moonbat is one of the biggest bigoted racist here. He almost never misses an opportunity to insult, or call for death the people that don't think like him.

The world is better off without the polio virus and will be better still when conservative bigots die off. Also, I pass on many many occasions where I could point out what an insulting idiot you are, but I don't have either the time or the interest to nail them all. I am like a native African villager. I have learned to live serenely in the presence of millions of flies.
 

Moonbeam

Elite Member
Nov 24, 1999
73,231
6,338
126
Although I'm not a fan of mormonism or most religions, and Moonbeam would probably claim to be joking or some crap along those lines, I have to agree with you. There is an enormous double-standard that some on the left have with regards to Islam. They shit on the traditional American religions and get angry at bigotry, but some are the first to defend Islam, which is more backwards and bigoted than the rest of the American religions.

Your opinion that Islam is more backward and bigoted than the rest of American religions is rank ignorant bigotry.
 

Infohawk

Lifer
Jan 12, 2002
17,844
1
0
Your opinion that Islam is more backward and bigoted than the rest of American religions is rank ignorant bigotry.

Even if mormons USED to engage in polygamy, they didn't dress their cover their wives up or make them walk behind them in some of the hottest climates on Earth. If you have reasonable arguments about Islam is more progressive than American religions, I'd be happy to hear it.
 

ConstipatedVigilante

Diamond Member
Feb 22, 2006
7,670
1
0
Well, one thing about Islam is that it's a real religion and Mormonism is a joke.
One religion is about how a crazy pedophile in the Middle East thought he talked to an angel and so destroyed and desecrated all the other shrines and idols that people worshiped. Thus, he demonstrated that he stood for religious intolerance and led a conquest of the region through ideology, sparking wars that still rage today.

The other religion is about how a snake-salesman looked into a hat and read some golden tablets given to him by an angel (that, of course, no one else could read) which decreed that people should wear magic underwear and culture should return to Puritanism.

They're both jokes. I don't think religion is real, although the values taught by many of them are worthwhile. Religion is a great way to get people to behave in a civilized way if it's used one way - used another way it can turn them into angry, bigoted, and boorish barbarians.
 

JSt0rm

Lifer
Sep 5, 2000
27,399
3,947
126
all religion is fucking control of the masses, thats it. Being an ignorant dumb fuck just like the other guy doesn't make you better or worse, it makes you exactly the same as them.
 

bfdd

Lifer
Feb 3, 2007
13,312
1
0
Loony Moonbat is one of the biggest bigoted racist here. He almost never misses an opportunity to insult, or call for death the people that don't think like him.

he doesn't believe black people are equal to white people, no im not takling about viper, i'm talking about moonbeam.
 

Throckmorton

Lifer
Aug 23, 2007
16,829
3
0
George Washington and Andrew Jackson both owned slaves and were founders of this country. You still follow their founding principles.

Yes but isn't Mormonism based on God communicating with Joseph Smith? Wouldn't God have told him that racism is wrong?
 

Moonbeam

Elite Member
Nov 24, 1999
73,231
6,338
126
Islam and World Peace - Explanations of a Sufi
by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
The True Meaning of Islam
HomePart Three—UnityThe True Meaning of IslamBuy this Book | Email this to a friend | Print this page | Font Size: Standard - Medium - LargeI seek refuge in Allah from the evils of the accursed satan.
In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate.
In the name of God, the Most Merciful and Most Compassionate. May all praise be for God alone. May we give the entire responsibility for our lives to that one God who is limitless grace and incomparable love. May the peace of God and all His blessings fill the lives of all who may read this message.

To all who say they believe in God, please realize with your faith that God hears every word you say. God hears your every thought. Realizing this, speak only what is truth and act only with God's qualities of love, compassion, justice, patience, and the realization that each life is as important as your own. This is the true message within the Qur'an. The Qur'an does not cause divisions among God's children. It exists to bring about brotherhood and unity. The Qur'an soothes those who weep in sorrow and gives comfort to those who suffer. To those who may be poor, it explains the bounteous wealth of God. It inspires faith in those who may not have believed in God and helps them reach a state of reverence for God.

Do not wave the words of the Qur'an as though they were a banner you were going to carry into battle. Do not say, "The Qur'an says this and the Qur'an says that," without truly understanding the inner wisdom of God's qualities within your own life. If one has faith, certitude, and determination, he will see the seed of that purity that is Islam within everything. He will see the power of Allah in every creation. Therefore, he will not discriminate against another creation or discard him.

Anyone who has the purity of Islam and that true faith, certitude, and determination within his heart cannot hurt the heart of another in any manner. Instead, he will have the patience of God in dealing with others; he will use his gratitude to God as the strength with which to comfort others; his praise for God will be the wealth he will share with others; and his total trust in God will be his own wealth, contentment, and security. He will consider anything that does not exist as the quality of God (known in Islam as Allah's ninety-nine names or powers) as forbidden, or evil. Only that which exists within those divine qualities is permissible, or good. These attributes of the grace of God are the law of the Qur'an. These divine attributes are the law within the heart of one who has true faith, certitude, and determination and is truly Islam. The capture of other lives and attacks against other countries are not the law.

Muhammad, the Messenger of God, did not keep anything other than God. From the time of his appearance until the time he departed, the only wealth the Messenger of God displayed and the only power he showed was the wealth and the power of God's qualities of compassion and grace.

Children of any religion who have true faith must realize that God is the only One who knows all of everything. Therefore, only God can judge whether a person has faith, certitude, and determination or not and whether a person lives with that purity that can be called Islam or not. No one else can give that judgment. Do not wave your religion like a banner and go out to capture others. Only one kind of war is permissible in the eyes of God: the war you wage within yourself to defeat the demonic forces of lust, anger, jealousy, desire for revenge, and other evil feelings and attributes that may exist within your heart. God has sent each of the prophets as witnesses to the grace of God and as supports to help us in this inner war. This is the reason for the Qur'an. It is to help the true Muslim fight this inner battle and win victory over his own base desire's that God sent the Messenger with the Qur'an.

We must use the wisdom contained within the Qur'an to spank our own naughty minds and defeat our own compulsive desires. If we do that, what is called Islam will taste like honey. What we do now by battling in the world and calling it Islam tastes bitter and covers the light of the Qur'an in darkness. The light of Islam should reveal the essence of God in every life. If we see that essence, then we will live in unity; we will eat from the same plate; we will live as one family whether some are in a church, some are in a mosque, or some are in their homes. The beggar and the king will be able to pray together. We will discover our own faults, discard our own anger, and embrace one another with love. That is what the Qur'an says. That is why we cannot tell lies, indulge in treachery, or threaten to kill other lives and claim that it is being done in the name of Islam.

Islam teaches that we must recognize and praise the essence of God as it exists in each and every life. Consider this explanation of the truth that is in the Qur'an: If you take a tiny atom and split it into ten million particles and take one of these particles and examine it with that true wisdom found within Islam, you will see within that tiny particle ninety-nine particles revolving around one another without touching. (The ninety-nine are those qualities of God's grace that are known as the names, or powers, of God.) If you take one of those ninety-nine particles and split it into five million particles and examine one of those pieces with that wisdom, again you will see ninety-nine-ninety-nine revolving around one another without touching. And if you take any one of those particles and split it into one million pieces and examine one piece, again you will see the ninety-nine particles revolving around one another. If you take one of those and split it into five hundred thousand pieces and take one of those particles and split it into two hundred and fifty thousand pieces and take one of those and split it into one hundred thousand pieces and then one of those into ten thousand pieces and one of those into another thousand pieces and if you take one of those infinitesimal particles and look within it with that wisdom, you will see ninety-nine: His ninety-nine divine powers.

Every particle of every atom contains the power of Allah, the divine power of God. We who are Islam must realize this. If we reflect on this, anyone who calls himself Islam will never harm anyone. He will not wreak revenge. He will not be treacherous toward anyone. Islam must realize this. Everyone who has faith in God must realize this.

All children of God, leave behind all lustful desires and come to the plenitude of firm faith in God. Give up anger and come to the house of patience. Give up the tendency toward vengeance and treachery and come into the house of contentment with God's wealth of grace. Give up the hell caused by your attachment to the world and come into the love of God that is His grace.

Only when you incorporate His ninety-nine compassionate powers as the basis for your actions and as the law for your life can you discover even one atom-one tiny particle-of God's mercy and compassion. In the name of God, the Most Merciful and Most Compassionate. May all praise and praising be to God alone, and may we have His peace in our hearts. Amen.
 

xj0hnx

Diamond Member
Dec 18, 2007
9,262
3
76
The world is better off without the polio virus and will be better still when conservative bigots die off. Also, I pass on many many occasions where I could point out what an insulting idiot you are, but I don't have either the time or the interest to nail them all. I am like a native African villager. I have learned to live serenely in the presence of millions of flies.

Thanks for the continual affirmations that you are indeed one of the most hateful, bigoted, racist here.
 

Elfear

Diamond Member
May 30, 2004
7,126
738
126
Mormons spend TWENTY MILLION PLUS to continue to molest and batter homosexuals .. not even in their own state mind you..

Miserable excuses for LOVING christians..

TWENTY MILLION??

The LDS Church is required to file a report on all of it's contributions to the Protectmarriage.com coalition which was in support of Prop 8. Non-monetary contributions totaled $189,903.58. The LDS Church donated NO cash contributions. Exaggerate much?

spend that shit on

FOOD
Shelter
LOVE

Ok.

Aid to Pakistan

Haiti Support

Katrina Aid

Aid to Chilean Earthquake Victims

Indonesia Earthquake Relief

Europe Flood Relief

Food for Australians

$884+ Million in aid since 1985
 

hal2kilo

Lifer
Feb 24, 2009
24,205
10,865
136

lol. Is that what they teach in the tabernacle that us unwashed are not allowed to be in? I knew that they believed that you could have essentially your own world/heaven with your family thing, but I never knew the details, or is that some kind of joke?

Maybe my anti-Morman bigoted brother has something there? Of course anything other than believing that there is something more than a higher power and then organized (religion) is a joke anyway.
 

xj0hnx

Diamond Member
Dec 18, 2007
9,262
3
76
The LDS Church is required to file a report on all of it's contributions to the Protectmarriage.com coalition which was in support of Prop 8. Non-monetary contributions totaled $189,903.58. The LDS Church donated NO cash contributions. Exaggerate much?



Ok.

Aid to Pakistan

Haiti Support

Katrina Aid

Aid to Chilean Earthquake Victims

Indonesia Earthquake Relief

Europe Flood Relief

Food for Australians

$884+ Million in aid since 1985

Uh oh, looks like someone might have just wiped the foam out of the corners of dahunan's mouth.
 

Elfear

Diamond Member
May 30, 2004
7,126
738
126
lol. Is that what they teach in the tabernacle that us unwashed are not allowed to be in? I knew that they believed that you could have essentially your own world/heaven with your family thing, but I never knew the details, or is that some kind of joke?

Maybe my anti-Morman bigoted brother has something there? Of course anything other than believing that there is something more than a higher power and then organized (religion) is a joke anyway.

Some of what the cartoon portrayed was true but there were a lot of inaccuracies about Mormon beliefs.
 

Infohawk

Lifer
Jan 12, 2002
17,844
1
0
Is it possible Muslims like Obama because he is generally for gay rights? Or because Islam shares many of the core principles of the Democratic party like tolerance?