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Since we've gotten told to stop talking generally about religion twice in the Homosexuality and Religion thread and were told that, if we want to talk generally about religion, we need to make a new thread, I have made a new thread.

Full disclosure: I am an agnostic atheist and anti-theist, but I'm very interested in theology and religion.

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edited 9th Feb '14 1:01:31 PM by Madrugada

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#12976: Jan 20th 2016 at 8:53:07 AM

"Trolleys"

Oh yeah, that's what you call shopping carts...

Everything is packaged, how is the non-halal food going to 'contaminate' the halal food?

edited 20th Jan '16 8:53:41 AM by Xopher001

Elfive Since: May, 2009
#12977: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:03:00 AM

Apparently the dry stuff is fine, but fresh items are a problem. I guess it comes down to potential leakages.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#12978: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:03:39 AM

In my experience with dogs, they are FULL of leakage, particularly drool.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#12979: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:12:19 AM

@ Xopher:

"Trolleys"

Oh yeah, that's what you call shopping carts...

Yeah, it's a standard term in most of The Commonwealth.

What you call a "trolley" we call a trolleybus or if it is on rails, a tram.

edited 20th Jan '16 9:15:27 AM by Greenmantle

Keep Rolling On
Corvidae It's a bird. from Somewhere Else Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
It's a bird.
#12980: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:12:42 AM

If this kind of stuff is really such a big deal, you'd think someone would have mentioned it earlier. I kind of doubt that the concept of "non-halal shopping trolleys" would even occur to the average Muslim unless someone deliberately tried to make a problem out of it, but on the other hand nothing really surprises me anymore, so who knows?

Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#12981: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:17:31 AM

Is this silverware kosher? tongue

Keybreak Since: Apr, 2010
Elfive Since: May, 2009
#12983: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:18:51 AM

Would separate compartments on the trolley not be sufficient? They could put a solid plastic barrier in the middle if they're really concerned.

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#12984: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:19:51 AM

Apparently there are procedures for making your silverware kosher...

Elfive Since: May, 2009
#12985: Jan 20th 2016 at 9:22:46 AM

IIRC some really orthodox Jews basically have two kitchens so they don't mix meat and dairy or something.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#12986: Jan 20th 2016 at 4:00:06 PM

Back in the day, Israel allowed new immigrants to move with all their stuff without paying customs. This led to some abuse. "Sir, why three refrigerators?" "One for the meat and one for the dairy" "What about the third?" "That one is in case I ever want to eat pork!"

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#12988: Jan 21st 2016 at 2:21:16 AM

It's lia car wreckage. I can't look away. It's a few cogent but also obvious points, drowned in a sea of weak, idiotic jokes. The constant references to terrorism really bum me.

edited 21st Jan '16 2:21:46 AM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Holding out for a hero
Formerly G.G.
#12989: Jan 22nd 2016 at 7:00:34 AM

Why do they associate what the Quran says with terrorism?

"We are just like Irregular Data. And that applies to you too, Ri CO. And as for you, Player... your job is to correct Irregular Data."
Elfive Since: May, 2009
#12990: Jan 22nd 2016 at 7:19:52 AM

It's more noting a lack thus far of anything denouncing it, which I think is a bit premature on their part because they're still in the bit going "yo everything in here is totes legit and if you don't believe us then you're blind and stupid and going to burn in hell because reasons".

TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#12991: Jan 22nd 2016 at 9:59:37 AM

As a point of interest, a Tibetan tantric choir

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#12992: Jan 22nd 2016 at 10:17:04 AM

[up][up]Those *reasons* are the reason I never managed to fully, properly believe, even as I desperately yearned to.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#12993: Jan 26th 2016 at 3:48:59 AM

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
AngelusNox The law in the night from somewhere around nothing Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
The law in the night
#12994: Jan 26th 2016 at 10:40:27 AM

[up]That video never gets old.

HUEHUEHUE.

Inter arma enim silent leges
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#12995: Jan 26th 2016 at 10:49:53 AM

[up]

"Porta dos fundos" is great. I love the "ten commandments" sketch as well.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
SpaceWolf from The Other Rainforest Since: Apr, 2012
#12996: Jan 26th 2016 at 10:53:30 AM

I should research some Polynesian mythology. I know that it varies by island, so I'd have to select a place to start.

This is a signature.
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#12997: Jan 26th 2016 at 11:08:19 AM

[up]

Hawaii. You can start with its warrior culture and obsession with mana.

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
#12999: Jan 26th 2016 at 11:59:46 AM

The deep, yet sometimes paradoxical connection between martial arts and spirituality is very dear to me.

edited 26th Jan '16 12:00:06 PM by TerminusEst

Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#13000: Jan 26th 2016 at 12:04:49 PM

Namida Butsu...

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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