Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by martyb on Sunday April 21 2019, @12:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP dept.

According the Beeb (BBC):

At least 137 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources say.

At least eight blasts were reported. Three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo's Kochchikade district were targeted during Easter services.

The Shangri-La, Kingsbury, Cinnamon Grand and a fourth hotel, all in Colombo, were also hit.

A curfew has been imposed from 18:00 to 06:00 local time (12:30-00:30 GMT).

The government also said there would a temporary block on the use of major social media networks.

No group has yet said it was responsible for the attacks.

Update:"At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say."


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @03:19PM (25 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @03:19PM (#832967) Journal

    Absolutely NOT "stem from Christianity". If it "stem" from anything, it is from Judaism - but that's stretching things a long looooong way. Mohammed had his little halucinations, dreams, and plans. When he was losing, he hoped to ally himself with the Jews. He rewrote a bunch of his shit, and made up anything that sounded good, then approached the Jews. And, they turned him down. It was too late for Mohammed to undo all the stupid shit he made up, so he was stuck with that whole "Children of the Book" thing. Because he makes claims on Abraham, and so do the Jews and Christians, we get the tiniest nod of respect from Islam. First, that tiny not of respect, then they kill Christian and Jewish men, rape the women, and because they have ejaculated into the women, that makes the women Muslim, and their wives.

    You may think me very crude - but pick up a few books, and learn enough to refute what I say.

    The ONLY thing Islam shares with Christianity, is their claim to be descended from Abraham.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +2  
       Troll=1, Insightful=1, Informative=2, Total=4
    Extra 'Informative' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   4  
  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:26PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:26PM (#833068)

    We'll just add this to the list of things Runaway knows nothing about but pretends to be an expert in.

    Just because you want it to be true doesn't make it true.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @07:01AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @07:01AM (#833283)

      So you concede then.

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:52AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @08:52AM (#833315)

        We concede that Runaway the 1956 does not have the habilitation of a Doctorate in Theology, or a philosophiae doctor, but is just blowing stuff out of his ass that was put up there by Tucker Carlson and the Faux News Network to begin with. Think of Runaway like one of Andrew Jackson's gators at the battle of New Orleans.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by JNCF on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:27PM (21 children)

    by JNCF (4317) on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:27PM (#833069) Journal

    The ONLY thing Islam shares with Christianity, is their claim to be descended from Abraham.

    So given that the Koran says Jesus was born of a virgin mother, Christians must not believe in Jesus at all -- and if they did believe in Jesus they'd insist that his mother was not a virgin -- right?

    Next time you type with such self-assurance, could it be on a topic you're even slightly familiar with?

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:37PM (20 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:37PM (#833073) Journal

      Muslims don’t believe Jesus was the son of God, but they do revere him as a holy prophet. Reconcile that with Christianity. The one thing that sets Christianity apart from all the rest of the world is the belief that Jesus is the Son of God.

      • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:48PM (19 children)

        by JNCF (4317) on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:48PM (#833075) Journal

        That statement is not at all equivalent to the original statement I quoted from you. Do you agree that the original statement I quoted is unequivocally wrong?

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @07:43PM (18 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @07:43PM (#833090) Journal

          Mohammed had his little halucinations, dreams, and plans. When he was losing, he hoped to ally himself with the Jews. He rewrote a bunch of his shit, and made up anything that sounded good, then approached the Jews. And, they turned him down. It was too late for Mohammed to undo all the stupid shit he made up, so he was stuck with that whole "Children of the Book" thing.

          It was Mohammed's intention to use the Jews, and the Christians.

          • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday April 21 2019, @07:57PM (12 children)

            by JNCF (4317) on Sunday April 21 2019, @07:57PM (#833095) Journal

            You seem incapable of answering my simple yes/no question, instead trying to divert the topic yet again. Do you ever worry that you're unwilling and/or unable to admit past incorrectness even when you internally know that you were wrong? What would such a quality say about an individual?

            • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @08:47PM (11 children)

              by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @08:47PM (#833108) Journal

              Which part of ruling the world have we missed here? Which part of Sharia law? Which part of "kill the infidels"? I am incapable of answering a simple yes/no answer, because there is no simple yes/no answer, thank you very much. It's Islam against the world.

              No, Islam is NOT descended from Christianity, any more than Christianity is descended from the Druids. Christianity has "borrowed" Easter, and the Christmas tree from other religions, and Islam has done the same. Mohammed put lipstick on a pig when he talked about the "Children of the Book". That doesn't stop Muslims from collecting jizya when and where they can. That doesn't stop them kidnapping Christian girls, and raping them, and declaaring them to be Muslim.

              You want a yes/no answer? Then ask a question that has a yes/no answer. Islam is NOT descended from Christianity, and they have precious little in common with Judaism or Christianity.

              • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:00PM (9 children)

                by JNCF (4317) on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:00PM (#833113) Journal

                Simple yes/no question, from two of my comments ago: "Do you agree that the original statement I quoted is unequivocally wrong?"

                The statement, for reference:

                The ONLY thing Islam shares with Christianity, is their claim to be descended from Abraham.

                When answering this simple yes/no question, please keep in mind that the Koran says Jesus was born of a virgin mother.

                • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:06PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:06PM (#833115)

                  Runaway is a Republican, they don't know how to address their own emotions except for anger. Being wrong on an emotional topic is not something he can handle.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:26PM (2 children)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:26PM (#833120)

                  The Hebrew "Almah" translates as "unmarried woman" and not "virgin". So I also don't understand what you're asking here?

                  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:46PM (1 child)

                    by JNCF (4317) on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:46PM (#833128) Journal

                    The claim of Mary being a virgin in the Koran doesn't rest on the definition of this word:

                    45. The Angels said, “O Mary, God gives you good news of a Word from Him. His name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, well-esteemed in this world and the next, and one of the nearest.

                    46. He will speak to the people from the crib, and in adulthood, and will be one of the righteous.”

                    47. She said, “My Lord, how can I have a child, when no man has touched me?” He said, “It will be so. God creates whatever He wills. To have anything done, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”

                    Sauce. [clearquran.com] I can't read the original language, but it's my understanding that this is well accepted in the Muslim world.

                    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:14PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:14PM (#833144)

                      The claim of Mary being a virgin in the Koran doesn't rest on the definition of this word

                      Right but Mohammed was illiterate as was most of the world population, the stories were passed on and embellished via oral tradition before being written down. I don't know if Runaway is religious but as an atheist, I don't accept immaculate conception as fact any more than I accept Mohammed riding a Buraq to heaven. In that regard, the repetition of the myth becomes irrelevant and there's zero import of universalist Christian values in Islam.

                      I can't read the original language, but it's my understanding that this is well accepted in the Muslim world.

                      Classical Arabic with so many ambiguous loan words that it can't be clearly translated. What is it with religious texts and "virgins"? [inquirer.net]

                • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:46PM (4 children)

                  by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:46PM (#833129) Journal

                  Christians worship Jesus as God. Muslims demoted Jesus to a mere prophet. As I stated, Mohammed gave a little lip service to the "children of the book". He used what he could take from another religion, as Christianity has done with a dozen other religions. So, once again, Christianity and Islam share almost nothing. To Christians, Moslems are infidels, because they reject Christ. To Moslems, Christians are infidels, because they reject Mohammed.

                  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:02PM (3 children)

                    by JNCF (4317) on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:02PM (#833138) Journal

                    This is what I'm talking about. Last comment you indicated you would answer a simple yes/no question, but this comment you're still incapable of saying "yes, I was unequivocally wrong in making that statement," even though you know you were; you're talking around it instead of saying it. This is like pulling teeth, man! If you can't admit to the external world that you were wrong on a little sub-point how can you possibly expect yourself to adapt to your own wrongness about the world and improve your own model of reality over time? Please, do yourself a favor; just say that you were wrong. It's okay. You don't have to let go of your greater world view yet, just admit that one little statement was factually incorrect. It's not a big deal, trust me. Here, wrap this thread around the loose tooth, I'll tie the other end to that door knob...

                    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:23PM (2 children)

                      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:23PM (#833147) Journal

                      So, one group worships Jesus as God, as part of the Trinity. The other group says Jesus isn't very special, he was just a prophet. So - you say that they "share" Jesus? No, they don't share Jesus.

                      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:54PM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:54PM (#833161)

                        You are saying Jesus is only 1/3 god? That kind of talk, after the Council of Nicea, can get you burned at the stake! Careful, Runaway, you are dabbling in topics you know nothing about.

                      • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Monday April 22 2019, @03:16PM

                        by JNCF (4317) on Monday April 22 2019, @03:16PM (#833409) Journal

                        Here's something the bible has in common with The Terminator: they both have a character named "John," albeit very different characters. Having had a good night's sleep are you still unwilling to admit that Christianity and Islam share the quality of having a character named Jesus who was the son of a virgin, even if you want to call them different characters? You can't admit that those religions share anything other than Abrahamic roots just because you said it once yesterday, and now you're still unwilling to admit that "ONLY" was an overstatement? What good can come of this stubbornness? How can others take your arguments in good faith when you pick a linguistic accident as your hill to die on? I know it's probably wasted energy, but I'm trying to prod you into a chance for personal growth here. I hope that you at least reflect on this as a wasted opportunity at some point, and think about how this conversation could have been handled differently.

              • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:08PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:08PM (#833140)

                Which part of "kill the infidels"?

                Pretty sure it don't say that, it just says "kill all the Runaways", which is why Runaway is so scared, and why he is trying to rope the rest of us in. And, to add to the list of things that Runaway does not know, "infidel" is not the same thing as "unbeliever". This is not Imperialist Christianity of the Pontifex Maximus we are talking about here.

          • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:55PM (4 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:55PM (#833137)

            What Islamophobe websight did you copy this from, you idiot Runaway? Citation needed, so the insanity will be clear to all.

            • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:46PM (3 children)

              by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:46PM (#833156) Journal

              Have you read the Koran?

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:55PM (2 children)

                by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:55PM (#833163)

                Yes. Have you? Or are you just relying on the batshit crazy rightwing nut-job Cliff's Notes version?

                • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:11PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:11PM (#833171)

                  Why do Muslims pray facing Bakkah, home of the Kaaba? The Kaaba is a pagan representation of Saturn yet Islam considers idolatry and polytheism shirk. All Muslims are Mushrikun, condemned to everlasting hell by their own religion. Indeed, might one say that Islam is Islamophobic?

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:33PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 22 2019, @12:33PM (#833350)

                  Obviously not.
                  His response was clear,
                  And no, obviously you haven't. Or, you've read the Sunday School version that they give our to Western morons to convert them without showing the real book.