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One could argue that some the worst things happen precisely when you think you have god on your side. In the paraphrased words of Christopher Hitchens, "The sui

One could argue that some the worst things happen precisely when you think you have god on your side. In the paraphrased words of Christopher Hitchens, "The suicide bombing communities and the child genital mutilation communities are almost entirely faith-based."

cpr 11y ago
Yes, but it's taboo (this will get downvoted hard) to point out that neither the Christian nor Jewish communities are involved in such activities. (Not that Christians and Jews as a group are sinless, of course.)
- homonculus1 11y ago
  Christians and Jews are pretty heavily involved in child genital mutilation.
  - cpr 11y ago
    Yes, but circumcision doesn't seem to have any long-term effects on genital function. Yes, there are arguments back and forth in the medical community, but it's not an obvious mutilation.
    - retbull 11y ago
      You are wrong sorry. Plenty of Christian mutilation of female genitalia is permanently disfiguring and removes their ability to have pleasure during sex. Any mutilation is horrible just because it isn't so bad does not excuse it at all.
      - cpr 11y ago
        I'm sorry, but I've never heard in all my decades of life about female mutilation among Christians. Can you point to some credible evidence?
        retbull 11y ago
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507121/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507121/ By all means >Practice of FGM has no relationship with religion. Muslims and Christians practice it, but it is more widely spread in Christian predominated parts of Nigeria.[2]
    - dougmany 11y ago
      I have found in life that when people say obvious, they really mean unexamined. If you have the courage to honestly know the damage done, you will see mutilation.
marktd 11y ago
This is false, see http://cpost.uchicago.edu http://cpost.uchicago.edu About half of all suicide bombings are secular. (I don't know about child genital mutilation)

cpr 11y ago

Yes, but it's taboo (this will get downvoted hard) to point out that neither the Christian nor Jewish communities are involved in such activities. (Not that Christians and Jews as a group are sinless, of course.)

homonculus1 11y ago
Christians and Jews are pretty heavily involved in child genital mutilation.
- cpr 11y ago
  Yes, but circumcision doesn't seem to have any long-term effects on genital function. Yes, there are arguments back and forth in the medical community, but it's not an obvious mutilation.
  - retbull 11y ago
    You are wrong sorry. Plenty of Christian mutilation of female genitalia is permanently disfiguring and removes their ability to have pleasure during sex. Any mutilation is horrible just because it isn't so bad does not excuse it at all.
    - cpr 11y ago
      I'm sorry, but I've never heard in all my decades of life about female mutilation among Christians. Can you point to some credible evidence?
      - retbull 11y ago
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507121/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507121/ By all means >Practice of FGM has no relationship with religion. Muslims and Christians practice it, but it is more widely spread in Christian predominated parts of Nigeria.[2]
  - dougmany 11y ago
    I have found in life that when people say obvious, they really mean unexamined. If you have the courage to honestly know the damage done, you will see mutilation.

marktd 11y ago

This is false, see http://cpost.uchicago.edu http://cpost.uchicago.edu About half of all suicide bombings are secular. (I don't know about child genital mutilation)