151. Now Muslims Get Their Own Laws In Britian

Comment #36733 by bamboospitfire on May 2, 2007 at 5:43 am

If Muslims want to settle their differences in a Sharia court from which I am excluded by virtue of my atheism, I could not care less. If I have a grievance with a Muslim, it will be dealt with in the British courts as usual. The decision of a Sharia court is totally meaningless to me.

The only issue of relevance is whether there is any serious threat of the British legal system being replaced by Sharia law. I can't see that happening in any event, but if it is already open to Muslims to refer their disputes to a Sharia court then there really is no need for Britain to be subjected to Sharia law across the board. It seems to me that the existence of these courts entirely undermines the already weak argument for full imposition of Sharia law in Britain.

152. Iran arrests 300 'insufficiently veiled' women

Comment #35387 by bamboospitfire on April 27, 2007 at 3:42 am

All this from the religion which persuades its adherents to annihilate themselves and others in return for the promise of eternal prurience. Something is amiss.

153. Bill Maher - APATHEIST

Comment #35374 by bamboospitfire on April 27, 2007 at 2:42 am

Thanks to MrEmpirical for summarising what was actually said, which seems like the most important thing to me.

I had not heard of Bill Maher until I saw these clips. Since that is all I have to go on, I thought the points he made were useful and valid, particularly that "you should be a good person for the sake of being a good person" and that doing so does not require religious belief.

I recognise that the public may decide whether or not they agree with what someone like Maher says based on his image and previous statements rather than his current content, but no-one could actually justify doing so. He's either right or he's not.

Perhaps Maher could have been even more effective at dealing with Scarborough, but the fact that he is making the points contained in these clips must be useful. Surely it's better that these things are said than not at all.

Finally, was Scarborough's question about "Christians going around shooting each other in America" rhetorical?