[FoRK] Faith and/or Science dingding redux

[Tom Higgins]

On Nov 28, 2007 9:05 AM, Jeff Bone <jbone at place.org> wrote:
>
> BTW, let's shift the discussion back to the concrete. Again, THIS is
> what religion does:

A small, very small, sampling of how others belifes impact others.......

"From her baptism in Liberia to Christmas years later in her adopted
New York City, Mamie Manneh never lost the longing to celebrate
religious rituals by eating monkey meat. Now, the tribal customs of
Manneh and other West African immigrants have become the focus of an
unusual criminal case charging her with meat smuggling, and touching
on issues of religious freedom, infectious diseases and wildlife
preservation. The case 'appears to be the first of its kind relating
to that uniquely African product,' defense attorney Jan Rostal wrote
in a pending motion to dismiss. 'Unfortunately, it represents the sort
of clash of cultural and religious values inherent in the melting pot
that is America.' [...] A criminal complaint cited evidence that the
illegal importation of bushmeat encourages the slaughter of protected
wild animals. More ominously, the complaint warned of 'the potential
health risks to humans linking bushmeat to diseases like Lassa fever,
Ebola, HIV, SARS and monkeypox.' Defense attorney Rostal has countered
by accusing the government of picking on a poorly educated immigrant.
Her client's only offense, she said, was her inability to grasp
Western attitudes and highly technical regulations regarding
bushmeat."
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5guaQPRZOcY-x2nxqc5sWTHpQK_igD8T48EN00

Does your religion of peace have a body count?
"11/27/2007 (Mogadishu, Somalia) - Islamic militias gun down a vendor
at a market.
11/27/2007 (Baqubah, Iraq) - A suicide bomber disguised as a shepherd
manages to kill nine Iraqis, including three women.
11/27/2007 (Kabul, Afghanistan) - A suicide bomber kills two civilians
walking along a road.
11/26/2007 (Mataban, Somalia) - Six civilians are killed when Islamic
militias attack Ethiopian troops in a populated area.
11/26/2007 (Paktia, Afghanistan) - Religious extremists kill four
Afghans with a roadside bomb.
11/26/2007 (Mosul, Iraq) - Jihadis murder four people. A woman is also
gunned down in Basra."
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/


US support of sharia authorities---

The Bush administration funded the Taliban to the tune of US$43
million (just a few months before 9/11 - read about that spinning to
the left or to the right). The Bush administration has ignored years
of evidence that the government and wealthy of Saudi Arabia are
largely responsible for 9/11 and other acts of jihad. But the Bush
administration did say something about this women's sentence. They
said they the sentence was "discouraging and outrageous." Even that
weak response is more than NOW has offered us.
http://www.ovo127.com/blog/2007/11/trevor-blake-now-and-sharia.html

Oh yeah, do not forget that the god of love wants all fags to burn in hell...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church


Rape a 7 year old girl, then sue the state over dietary laws set on
you by god...
"A federal judge was driven to rhyme after receiving a hard-boiled egg
in the mail from a prison inmate protesting his diet. U.S. District
Court Judge James Muirhead reached for Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham"
for inspiration after getting the egg from inmate Charles Jay Wolff.
"I do not like eggs in the file," Muirhead wrote. "I do not like them
in any style. I will not take them fried or boiled. I will not take
them poached or broiled. I will not take them soft or
scrambled/Despite an argument well-rambled." [...]

Wolff, 61, says he is an Orthodox Jew and has accused prison officials
of refusing to feed him a kosher diet. Wolff also says he cannot
tolerate hard-boiled eggs and is suing the state Department of
Corrections for $10 million. Wolff asked the judge to issue a
preliminary injunction that would force prison officials to serve him
meals that meet "both his spiritual and medical needs." Wolff is
serving 10 to 20 years for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. His
lawsuit was filed in August 2006 and is scheduled for trial in June
2008."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20925030/



(thanks, as always, to trevor over at http://www.ovo127.com/blog for
doing the legg work on these links.)

-tomhiggins