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As you probably saw in the last post I’m starting to add some of Sam Harris’s wisdom to the site. I am personally in debt to Mr. Harris for helping me into the final stage of Atheism and rejection of (mostly) organized religions. One of the videos that focused on Harris thoughts toward Islam starts with him saying something like “no one of us is currently losing sleep over the Amish…”, and to be honest he’s spot on, I absolutely lose sleep over Islam. Now lets be clear about this, some other religions have been, or have the potential to be, as dangerous as Islam, unfortunately its not the only bad boy on the block, however this belief system should worry anyone who is proud and happy of the modern western life as they are, and is enjoying the personal freedom that they so willingly give to any citizen of the western world.

In the next few weeks I will try and bring forward issues that are reflecting the issue with Islam today, and how this very relevant news items should serve as an alarm to anyone who has not yet realized that religion is something that can be used as an excuse to celebrate a peaceful holiday or two but nothing more. Beyond the evident clash with (mostly) the Western world Islam is not a whole group religion as it is also has internal forces who fight each other with the same, if not more, passion and hate.

One last thing, this is an atheist blog, so there is no point or reason to dive into the full issue of Islam in modern times, and this religion is not more objectionable than some others, however it looks like there is a lot of sense into looking how can Islam change our lives today if the radical religious succeed in their current crusade.

Sudan’s Big Day

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South Sudan goes to the polls today.

As in many African countries there are too many sides, too many stories and too much religion involved in a decision that, normally, would have been a very easy one to a group of people who define themselves. The north is mostly opposed for the separation of regions, mainly because of the dependency of resources that will have a significant economic effect on the north – in case the south breaks away.

Slava Kirr, the current president already warns of war, and asks all the citizens to be tolerant of the decision – whatever it is. However the same person told Al-Jazeera TV station yesterday that the forces that move to South away from the North are “the global Zionism” which basically means that the Jews are pushing the Christians (the south) away from a partnership with the Muslims (the north), which is a little extreme, baring in mind that the country has been in a state of civil war for years, only to be broken with a treaty – the same one that stated that in 2011 (that’s today) the south will vote for its future. It is clear that the people of south Sudan do not want anything to do with the north, almost as clear as the threat of another war, bloodshed and religion based violence once the call has been done, lets hope that this time things will move in another direction.

Now, imagine a world without religion, imagine a continent without religion – Africa. Without Christianity forbidding the use of condoms, without Muslim Christians tensions, but with a much better future.

Frits Bolkestein & Some Things That Never Change

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a few weeks ago, a well respected gentelman was quoated as saying that “obvious” Jews should probably consider moving out of Holland becasue their wellbeing can not be garanteed by the local authorities. That gentelman was no other than Frits Bolkestein, who has already sparked a few controversialists in his time, and who can not be blamed for saying so out of sheer Jew hating sentiments.

Mr. Bolkestein simply stated what he believes in (or believed in – at the time) based on very simple facts, the Dutch authorities could not stop the murder of several people who were in danger because of criticism of Islam (Theo Van Gogh being one of them), so it would be very likely that they could not protect every religious Jewish person – who looks like a Jewish person, in Holland.

And some things never change. The idea that someone will be under constant threat only because of his beliefs is not new, the fact that governments tell Jews that they can not keep them safe, even though they are native citizens with equal rights – not new.

Why not do this the other way around, why not tell anyone who plans on executing hate crimes that the government can not promise to keep them safe, why not tell communities that support such actions that they will not be safe, and better move to another place, a place that supports such a behavior?

As for religious Jews, I think it was the great Christopher Hitchins that said that the Jews are the perfect evidence that there is no god, if you are Jewish and look like one is no different to believing in any other god and not looking like that, but if that directly threatens your life, maybe you should consider a fashion change discussion with the almighty, after all it can not be that god dictated a dress code, only humans do that.