PeterLI wrote:It is not about atheism. I am not an atheist. It is about keeping politics and religions away from a neutral forum. If you want to talk about religion: visit a religion forum.
For someone who joined this forum merely two years ago, you have a lot of presumptions. In other times, I would flame you like I did those who bothered me, but not this time. This time, I wouldn't participating in turning the memory of my mother into flame war.
PeterLI wrote:BTW: the Dutch did not invade. We suppressed an uprising.
You have problem with my mother's religion, that's your own problem. You have huge problem with my country declaring independence from your country, that's your own problem. You have problem with certain religious words like 'Allah', 'zakat', and 'sadaqah', which, by the way, are integral part of the memories of my mother, then it's your own goddamn problem. WolverineDK is an agnostic, and he has no problem with my religious belief, just like I have absolutely no problem with his religious belief (or the lack thereof). And if he mentioned the memories of his deceased loved one, alongside with atheist-related things that are integral part of the deceased, I absolutely have no problem with that. Anyone could leave nice memories whatever her/his religious belief (or the lack thereof) is, and if such memories happen to coincide with her/his belief (or the lack thereof), then it is not evangelizing; it's simply part of the memories.
I also mentioned Louis Armstrong as a part of my mother's memory; does it mean I evangelize 1950's jazz? I also mentioned her doctoral study; does it mean I evangelize doctoral studies? Are you kidding me or what?
This is my very last reply to whatever you post on this thread, because like I said, I'm not going to change the sweet memories of my mother into flame war. Besides, others have addressed it spot-on, like Draconihil and badmojo.
DracoNihil wrote:I don't think Kreshna's hyperlinks qualify as proselytism, they're wikipedia articles. I've often hyperlinked words to relevant articles to explain what the word means.
badmojo wrote:@PeterLI
If there ever was a thread in which the OP could post whatever thoughts, sentiments, and links they like, then this is it. Drop it already.
So, from now on, Li, you're on my ignore list. You are free to try turning this thread into flame war, but such war won't happen if I just ignore you -and that's exactly what I'm going to do.
Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman.