Hitchens warned us
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https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20414/france-skyrocketing-threat
49% of French Muslims want Catholics to convert to Islam, and that 36% percent want churches to be transformed into mosques... The survey also discloses that 25% of French Muslims said that the word "France" is a word they reject.
France is a country where more than 70% of prison inmates are Muslim. According to reports, the crime rate among the Muslim population is high.... There are also more than two hundred rapes every day in France, most perpetrated by Muslim men who entered France illegally.
17% of French Muslims admit that they hate Jews. 39% say they have a bad, or very bad, opinion of Judaism.
Much more at the link.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20414/france-skyrocketing-threat
49% of French Muslims want Catholics to convert to Islam, and that 36% percent want churches to be transformed into mosques... The survey also discloses that 25% of French Muslims said that the word "France" is a word they reject.
France is a country where more than 70% of prison inmates are Muslim. According to reports, the crime rate among the Muslim population is high.... There are also more than two hundred rapes every day in France, most perpetrated by Muslim men who entered France illegally.
17% of French Muslims admit that they hate Jews. 39% say they have a bad, or very bad, opinion of Judaism.
Much more at the link.
@George-K said in Hitchens warned us:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20414/france-skyrocketing-threat
49% of French Muslims want Catholics to convert to Islam,
Well, yeah… Frankly, that number’s low. 100%?of the Muslims should want Catholics and Christians to convert, just like 100% of Christians should want the Muslims to convert to Christianity. It’s in the tenants of their religions. Frankly, it’s the ones that don’t that you should find threatening.
Now, the rest of this is very problematic…
and that 36% percent want churches to be transformed into mosques... The survey also discloses that 25% of French Muslims said that the word "France" is a word they reject.
France is a country where more than 70% of prison inmates are Muslim. According to reports, the crime rate among the Muslim population is high.... There are also more than two hundred rapes every day in France, most perpetrated by Muslim men who entered France illegally.
17% of French Muslims admit that they hate Jews. 39% say they have a bad, or very bad, opinion of Judaism.
Much more at the link.
The Brad
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@George-K said in Hitchens warned us:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20414/france-skyrocketing-threat
49% of French Muslims want Catholics to convert to Islam,
Well, yeah… Frankly, that number’s low. 100%?of the Muslims should want Catholics and Christians to convert, just like 100% of Christians should want the Muslims to convert to Christianity. It’s in the tenants of their religions. Frankly, it’s the ones that don’t that you should find threatening.
Now, the rest of this is very problematic…
and that 36% percent want churches to be transformed into mosques... The survey also discloses that 25% of French Muslims said that the word "France" is a word they reject.
France is a country where more than 70% of prison inmates are Muslim. According to reports, the crime rate among the Muslim population is high.... There are also more than two hundred rapes every day in France, most perpetrated by Muslim men who entered France illegally.
17% of French Muslims admit that they hate Jews. 39% say they have a bad, or very bad, opinion of Judaism.
Much more at the link.
@LuFins-Dad said in Hitchens warned us:
100%?of the Muslims should want Catholics and Christians to convert, just like 100% of Christians should want the Muslims to convert to Christianity.
Of course. But in the case of Mohammedans, it's either convert or pay a tax, you dhimmi.
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@George-K said in Hitchens warned us:
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20414/france-skyrocketing-threat
49% of French Muslims want Catholics to convert to Islam,
Well, yeah… Frankly, that number’s low. 100%?of the Muslims should want Catholics and Christians to convert, just like 100% of Christians should want the Muslims to convert to Christianity. It’s in the tenants of their religions. Frankly, it’s the ones that don’t that you should find threatening.
Now, the rest of this is very problematic…
and that 36% percent want churches to be transformed into mosques... The survey also discloses that 25% of French Muslims said that the word "France" is a word they reject.
France is a country where more than 70% of prison inmates are Muslim. According to reports, the crime rate among the Muslim population is high.... There are also more than two hundred rapes every day in France, most perpetrated by Muslim men who entered France illegally.
17% of French Muslims admit that they hate Jews. 39% say they have a bad, or very bad, opinion of Judaism.
Much more at the link.
@LuFins-Dad Agree, I was going to make the same point. Christians of course want others to be Christian. It's out of love. Out of a belief that this is what God wants, and for humans to be saved and go to Heaven. Like you said, there are different tactics. I grew up in a church that showed this by welcoming the poor, traveling to build an orphanage in Mexico (my first trip abroad), and so forth. Convert out of love, by love.
It might be the accent, but I'm usually enthralled when Hitchens is making a point. He has a great structure with how he builds and conveys his point.
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@LuFins-Dad Agree, I was going to make the same point. Christians of course want others to be Christian. It's out of love. Out of a belief that this is what God wants, and for humans to be saved and go to Heaven. Like you said, there are different tactics. I grew up in a church that showed this by welcoming the poor, traveling to build an orphanage in Mexico (my first trip abroad), and so forth. Convert out of love, by love.
It might be the accent, but I'm usually enthralled when Hitchens is making a point. He has a great structure with how he builds and conveys his point.
@89th said in Hitchens warned us:
@LuFins-Dad Agree, I was going to make the same point. Christians of course want others to be Christian. It's out of love. Out of a belief that this is what God wants, and for humans to be saved and go to Heaven.
I'm not sure that's how Hitchens would have described it
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@89th said in Hitchens warned us:
@LuFins-Dad Agree, I was going to make the same point. Christians of course want others to be Christian. It's out of love. Out of a belief that this is what God wants, and for humans to be saved and go to Heaven.
I'm not sure that's how Hitchens would have described it
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Listen to his talk on Mother Theresa - very entertaining.
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Listen to his talk on Mother Theresa - very entertaining.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hitchens warned us:
Listen to his talk on Mother Theresa - very entertaining.
I'd forgotten about that one!
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Hitchens warned us:
Listen to his talk on Mother Theresa - very entertaining.
I'd forgotten about that one!
@George-K said in Hitchens warned us:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hitchens warned us:
Listen to his talk on Mother Theresa - very entertaining.
I'd forgotten about that one!
It's funny, I was coincidentally just listening to a BBC podcast about him this morning on my drive to work, and that popped up. His disliked her almost as much as he did the Clintons.
