the topic is 'Sharia Law is coming' which for some reason sets off all the Christophobes. Amazing!

btw a very high percentage of those paedophile priest like boys showing themselves homosexuals. Which came first? Priesthood or homosexuality in their lives. I suspect strongly that rates of abuse are far higher among the muslim community however you god deniers would not even have Islam investigated. It just would not suite your narrative. The humanist have certainly their far of kiddie fiddlers who they shielded for decades but again does not fit your filthy little narrative.

SteeleRedux,
John Newton was not a follower of Christ when he took up the Slave Trade. If you note carefully the development of his thinking and behaviour you will notice he grows closer to a Christian view of treating others as equals. It was his Christian convictions that caused him to give up Slave Trading. A true Christian is one who serves others; not one who is waited upon by others. One who gives his / her life for the improvement of the weak, vulnerable, and oppressed, not as a martyr but one who believes in equality and opportunity. Have a look where Christian Mission is involved today.

Toni,

But Christ didn't have any children, in the biological sense, so if all had followed His example then humanity would have died out long ago.

runner like a good Christian you would much prefer to have those inconvenient truths about the practices of perverted Christians locked away and never discussed or see the light of day. The Church hierarchy to the present time, have done their up most to protect, conceal, blame victims and hinder investigation into the perverted clergy.
If we take the 7% figure admitted by the Catholic Church as being the number of pedophiles within the ordained, then it could be reasonable to assume of the 115 cardinals that elected Pope Francis 8 were pedophiles.

As usual the misguided Christian will try and protect by throwing in that old red herring, relating pedophiles to homosexuals. My gay friends are as outraged by the actions of pedophiles as the general community is, a pity the Church hierarchy was not as outraged, maybe it would not have gone on or have been so widespread as it is.

Dodgy Josephus, when are you going to produce the evidence to backup your claim about "atheist brothel owners". A good Christian never ducks the question.

Hi Toni,

So, if I looked at everything I buy in a supermarket, if it has the 'halal' symbol on it, I'll be paying more for that product ? What a mug I am :( Thanks for that: to be honest I'd forgotten about that symbol which we see on so many products: silly me, I didn't connect it to halal certification payments.

My limited understanding is that kosher butchers usually kill their own meat, and sell it as kosher only in their own shops: I didn't know that there were kosher butchers in every abattoirs alongside the halal ones, each charging the ultimate customers for performing an outdated and barbaric religious ritual. As a left-winger of the old school, I was a bit put out by that. Thanks for putting me wise: in the interests of cultural and freligious diversity, it's probably best for all of us to set side funds in this way.

You suggest that " ...... the Jews do charge for kosher certification. Of course they do: they're Jews. I daresay they charge a lot more than the Muslims, because they're Jews."

With respect, I beg to ask if you have any evidence that they charge any more than Muslims, or "a lot more than Muslims". Your assertion that they do so, "because they're Jews", may need some clarification also.

Joe

Paul 1405,

Unable to answer, I see.