Today's Theist News

[Warren Stupidity]

The U.N. mission in Iraq said Tuesday that 979 people died in September, most civilians caught up in the violence by insurgents led by al-Qaida in Iraq who appear determined to rekindle the tensions between Sunnis and Shiites that nearly pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-2007.

http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Al-Qaida-claims-Iraq-bombs-that-killed-55-4858868.php

Security forces raced to contain deadly violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state on Tuesday, police said, after mobs torched Muslim homes and Buddhist villagers were attacked in a third day of unrest in a region plagued by intractable sectarian tensions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/01/us-myanmar-violence-idUSBRE9900LL20131001

Lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, whose father led a party that backed Pakistan during the country’s independence struggle, was found guilty of nine charges of genocide, including the killing of Hindus, prosecutor Syed Haider Ali told reporters in Dhaka today. His Bangladesh Nationalist Party holds 32 of 300 directly elected seats in Parliament.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-01/bangladesh-opposition-lawmaker-sentenced-to-death-for-war-crimes.html

[rug]

1. The name of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party may give you a clue.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I'm far more concerned that Dawkins might be the atheist pope.

[cleanhippie]

4. +1

[rug]

14. Doubtless.

I'm far more concerned about nationalism.

[el_bryanto]

3. So as a theist I should be applauding this news ? or embarrassed to be a theist?

Or what are you hoping that Theists (like myself) take away from these stories.

[cleanhippie]

5. You shoud be doing what you think is right for you.

Are you embarrassed or applauding?

[el_bryanto]

6. Not really doing either

It's a great big world of theists - I can't be responsible for every one, particularly ones that don't share my belief system.

I guess my question goes more towards why post this, and more to the point, why post it with the headline Warren Stupidity did? What point is he trying to communicate.

Bryant

[cleanhippie]

7. While good questions, they apply to nearly every post in Religion.

Meaning that we could ask those questions of every OP that gets posted here, like the flood of Dawkins posts we've seen lately.

Take away what you find important, and if you don't find anything important, don't take anything away from it. YMMV.

[el_bryanto]

9. I don't know

I'm just asking for clarification of what point Warrent Stupidity was trying to make - I mean I think I know what that point is; but I'd still like to be sure.

Bryant

[Warren Stupidity]

8. That is entirely up to you.

I'm just reporting today in theist news.

[el_bryanto]

10. It's interesting that the only important theist news stories are about theists doing

horrible things. When you do your round of Theist news story do you ever notice anything positive that Theists are doing?

Bryant

[Warren Stupidity]

11. Well there was ongoing vatican bank corruption, fake canonization, and assorted

ongoing pederasty scandals, but these were the theist related top stories on google.

[el_bryanto]

12. Hmmmm. Those seem like really bad things as well. Maybe I wasn't clear. I apologize.

Do you ever see positive things that Theists do?

Bryant

[cbayer]

13. That's not true. These are the top stories on google regarding religion.

Jewish secularism on rise, Pew survey finds

We teach Irish children about gods as well as atheism

Greece v. Galloway: Why We Should Care About Legislative Prayer

If you google using "theism", there is only one story that comes up in the last 24 hours:

The evolution process of human beings

What search terms did you use exactly?

[rug]

15. "Theist flamebait".

[cbayer]

16. LOL! No hits at all for theist flamebait, but I did get one for "theism flamebait"

http://blizzforums.com/showthread.php?25044-Theism-and-Morality

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17. Why am I not surprised that link has a whole forum on World of Warcraft?

[trotsky]

18. When was the last time you posted a positive story about Richard Dawkins, cbayer?

Seems rather hypocritical to try and bully someone into silence, claiming they are being selective about the type of stories they post about a topic.

[hrmjustin]

19. Very sad when people kill others.