Indonesia's atheists escape online
Nibble
Facelessbook
Monday, 26 January 2009, 09:19
INDONESIA'S atheists are escaping the pressures of living in the world's largest Muslim-majority country by using social notworking tools to communicate with each other.
Atheistic communications are mostly sardonic put-downs of religion and superstition. In a country where it is easier to say you are gay than an atheist, most of the communications are anonymous and if it were not for the Internet then they would have to be entirely silent.
Officially they do not exist. µ
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No proof, no examples, no "this side and that side" and where are the 5 W's?
Just more anti Muslim ranting aimed at the ignorant.
Isn't that the USA?
(leave out the conspiracy theories mont)
@mont:
Unlike the poor old BBC, where balance means that if someone is explaining gravity they are virtually required to have some idiot flat-earther on dribbling their uninformed crap at the gullible public, INQ can say whatever they like.
And, this time, they're right.
If you don't like it, why not pray to your God or Gods about it? See where it gets you.
I thought real men didn't call themselves "Guy"........
You have proven my point: you are brainwashed yet maintain the illusion of having a free mind.......
"why not pray to your God or Gods about it?"...you have assumed what your media has decided you should and then become aggressive without the least invitation or motive AND without ever questioning your assumption......you are a product of propaganda so see how far that gets you.
"I thought real men didn't call themselves 'Guy'..."
Mont, I am sure you are applying a negative connotation to the name of "Guy", but you should realize that there was an important man by the name of Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), who made a significant impact in UK history. Needless to say, some words mean different things to people in different countries.
"maintain the illusion of having a free mind"
damn, speaking of assumptions! He could have easily been brainwashed by his mom, SATAN or a can of tuna.
You were correct up until that parting muslim bit. And I have to asuume that it was targeted at the " easier to say you are gay than an atheist " part. because the rest is pretty straight forward fact. Which then implies, you think it's easier to say "you're atheist than gay there." And you sound muslim.......
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What Muslim bit? I don't get it but maybe that's because I'm a Jew and not a Muslim.
Religion has no place here but since you bring it up: the rules (commandants) are to be applied equally to everyone, Jews, Christians and Muslims. Catholics have persecuted Protestants, Protestants have persecuted Catholics, Everyone has persecuted Jews and today the target of persecution is the Muslims. If those of us not targeted today do not protect the rights of Muslims we will be the ones targeted tomorrow or have we learned nothing from history.