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In reply to the discussion: ISIS, and the theroy that all they need are jobs. [View all]snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)36. "unmitigated evil book" Those are your words not mine. I simply state that the Koran like EVERY
other holy book is the creation of human imagination and therefore fallible and flawed. The fact that it is flawed doesn't mean that it is evil or doesn't contain some good. All these books have been created by male humans who wanted to organize their societies to suit their own ideas of how an ideal society should be organized. Each religion invoking a deity to give what men created the illusion that a supernatural power was responsible for what got produced.
As for lack of economic opportunity being responsible for this heinous group of vile murderous shitheads please provide some evidence.
Countless people over the centuries have been horribly oppressed and they have not done what ISIS is doing.
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This shouldn't be too difficult to absorb. It's absurd for those so inclined to try and
blm
Feb 2015
#26
I think that the statement was made not in regard to ISIS so much as the young who are from
jwirr
Feb 2015
#3
I think you need to ask that of the person who said it first. I was merely pointing out that this
jwirr
Feb 2015
#8
No. I did read that one but this is about those who are talking about stopping ISIS recruiting in
jwirr
Feb 2015
#18
So Islam is the sole cause of middle eastern terrorism? Does that seem logical? nt
el_bryanto
Feb 2015
#14
"unmitigated evil book" Those are your words not mine. I simply state that the Koran like EVERY
snagglepuss
Feb 2015
#36
An excellent book called "Harvest of Rage" connects unemployment to the militia movement
arcane1
Feb 2015
#23
You need to remember that most industries in Iraq were sold off to foreign owners
arcane1
Feb 2015
#16
"surprised to learn from our student that Jesus is actually also a prophet in Islam"
Xyzse
Feb 2015
#31
This is such a well-founded, elementary factor in social deviance and criminal behavior that
closeupready
Feb 2015
#35