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As a matter of principal, which is more important to you?
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Which is more important to you?
The secular world practices gender, sexual, and ethnic equality, and stands with its victims without exception. The religious community fights literally against the notion of equality.
The secular world stands in solidarity, rejecting the ownership of human beings, the slavery of men, women and children.
Luke 12:47-48
47 "And that slave, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." ~ Jesus Christ
The religious community preaches as a matter of doctrine, dominion over everyone and everything.
Genesis 1:27.....So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male...
28 ...replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Which life is the religious truly seeking power in?
The secular world supports the use of contraceptives as a means of birth control, and to slow the spread of STD's such as the deadly AIDS virus.
The religious community adamantly forbids the use birth control, even in the case of AIDS, which it views as the "work of the Lord," thus ensuring the poorest people on earth will have the most children and the shortest lives.
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Support for stoning
In hadith
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 50: Conditions, Number 885: A bedouin came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's apostle! I ask you by Allah to judge My case according to Allah's Laws." His opponent, who was more learned than he, said, "Yes, judge between us according to Allah's Laws, and allow me to speak." Allah's Apostle said, "Speak." He (i .e. the bedouin or the other man) said, "My son was working as a laborer for this (man) and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people told me that it was obligatory that my son should be stoned to death, so in lieu of that I ransomed my son by paying one hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious scholars about it, and they informed me that my son must be lashed one hundred lashes, and be exiled for one year, and the wife of this (man) must be stoned to death." Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, I will judge between you according to Allah's Laws. The slave-girl and the sheep are to be returned to you, your son is to receive a hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. You, Unais, go to the wife of this (man) and if she confesses her guilt, stone her to death." Unais went to that woman next morning and she confessed. Allah's Apostle ordered that she be stoned to death.
A survey carried out by the Indonesia Survey Institute found that 43% of Indonesians support Rajam or stoning for adulterers.
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found relatively widespread popular support for stoning as a punishment for adultery in Egypt (82% of respondents in favor of the punishment), Jordan (70% in favor), Indonesia (42% in favor), Pakistan (82% favor) and Nigeria (56% in favor).
As a matter of principal, which is more important, defending gender equality and human rights where needed, or defending the rights of the religious to practice this barbarism?
I find it strange, those who can easily point out the obvious offensiveness and absurdity of Fred Phelps' (Westboro Baptist Church) literal preaching of the Bible, and by the same token, view any and all criticism of Islam as equally offensive.
Religious moderates are, in large part, responsible for the religious conflict in our world, because their beliefs provide the context in which scriptural literalism and religious violence can never be adequately opposed. ~ Sam Harris
There is no middle ground, you must choose principals or promises.
