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From Cracked: 5 ridiculous things you probably believe about Islam

Good article. It ought to be required reading for a couple of people around here.
 
I really don't understand that article. It's not funny and it's only going to challenge your preconceptions if you're an ignorant fool. Really don't see why it's on a humour site.
 
The article featured below on "10 things atheist and christian can agree" is OTOH very very poorly thought out. Especially read the part on morality, and cry.
 
Aepervius said:
The article featured below on "10 things atheist and christian can agree" is OTOH very very poorly thought out. Especially read the part on morality, and cry.
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Yeah, we were subjected to Wong's false equivocation in the past.

As for the article itself, it was pretty good, but like Sledge I wonder why it was in Cracked.
 
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The funny has fallen off in recent months, and I read the site less.

Not to turn this into a referendum on Cracked or nothin'.

I have the entire run of the original mag, just sayin'.
 
Every once in a while, Cracked comes up with something pretty intelligent, then disguises it with humor. Many other times, though, it's just some random "List of funny things" that somehow always takes up two pages for double the ad revenue.
 
Sledge said:
I really don't understand that article. It's not funny and it's only going to challenge your preconceptions if you're an ignorant fool. Really don't see why it's on a humour site.
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Not everything has to be funny. As for ignorant fools... well, it's not like there is a shortage of them.
 
On a humour site? I think it should at least be trying to be funny. That's what Cracked is there for.
 
Sledge said:
I really don't understand that article. It's not funny and it's only going to challenge your preconceptions if you're an ignorant fool. Really don't see why it's on a humour site.
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Because the notion that you can successfully challenge the preconceptions of an ignorant fool is freakin' hilarious?
 
I think you have to give Wong credit for the things he's done right. He's brought a lot of good skepticism to the otherwise unsuspecting audience of Cracked readers. If his views aren't 100% the same as yours, they're sure a damn sight closer than most of the editors of online magazines. How much debunking has CollegeHumor done?
 
Let's see:

One one hand we see a few religious Mormons who dress modestly living in a state that allow other Churches, Synagogues, etc.

On the other hand, we have a country that prevents women from driving and bans any other churches.

Is that a fair comparison between a Secular/Christian country and a Muslim country?

BTW Can you name any other religion that has a death penalty for those who quite their religion?
 
boyntonstu said:
BTW Can you name any other religion that has a death penalty for those who quite their religion?
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How many people have been executed by their governments worldwide for apostasy from Islam in the last ten years?

Here's a hint: I already know the answer.
 
boyntonstu said:
Let's see:

One one hand we see a few religious Mormons who dress modestly living in a state that allow other Churches, Synagogues, etc.

On the other hand, we have a country that prevents women from driving and bans any other churches.

Is that a fair comparison between a Secular/Christian country and a Muslim country?

BTW Can you name any other religion that has a death penalty for those who quite their religion?
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You funny long time - maybe you need to learn a little about that driving ban...cause it aint religious - and that Secular/Christian country is capable of producing Fred Phelps and sticks people in jail for years for using drugs people in other countries can buy at the corner store
 
KingMerv00 said:
Phil gets similar complaints for his blog. His response is usually, "My website, my content."
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I don't think there's much of a comparison. If you go to someone's blog, you're going to read their thoughts. If those thoughts don't happen to be funny... well, who is funny all the time? Cracked, on the other hand, explicitly sells itself as a humor site. If an article isn't funny, I'm left thinking "why did I just read that?" and "whatever it would cost them to get Jay Pinkerton to do some articles for them would be totally worth it."
 
boyntonstu said:
Let's see:

One one hand we see a few religious Mormons who dress modestly living in a state that allow other Churches, Synagogues, etc.

On the other hand, we have a country that prevents women from driving and bans any other churches.

Is that a fair comparison between a Secular/Christian country and a Muslim country?

BTW Can you name any other religion that has a death penalty for those who quite their religion?
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Sure. Read Numbers. A genocide is ordered not only against those who quit their religion, but against the city-state that accepted them.

Then look at the Inquisition. Its _main_ mission was to hunt down heretics (like you know, those newfangled protestants) and apostates, not witches. The main accusation against most of those burned by the actual inquisition was that they converted (back) to Judaism or Islam.
 
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