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.............. Whoa there bro, my example of the sheikh in the casino and the Albanian Moslem waiter is taken from life and both were well and truly Muslim. I have no issue at all with anyone's sincerely held beliefs, howsoever odd, just reserve the right to to comment on same. Hence posting on TTB rather than say Dharma Wheel or Taliban Focus where a more unified voice is expected. We do not all have to agree in order to be able to get on together, despite what some religions teach.

..... I believe in you too bro, therefore you exist. Two more and you're a demiGod.

Eberhard Arnold has a good take on the swastika image on Page 266 here. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nAQiPK0D7s4C&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=eberhard+arnold+and+the+swastika+and++Fire&source=bl&ots=v55EoqHpOh&sig=4slCT-VH425LoRNCZaHsXQXmYOg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OkfOUOC5DZOA0AXxmIGYCQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=eberhard%20arnold%20and%20the%20swastika%20and%20%20Fire&f=false

Chocolate. That's irresistible.

Well my understanding is that Falun Dafa people in China have to keep their heads down as it's very much frowned upon by the authorities in much the same way that these non sanctioned Xtian sects are so maybe they have a thing or two in common.

Satan can withstand most things apart from being laughed at. (C.S. Lewis)

Netherlands is pretty crowded but very low crime rates.

Not exactly seasonal tigers really. Poor reindeer. :-(

Yes but you also call a torch a flashlight. If I took a flashlight to check on my roosters at night in their coop they would become alarmed by the flashing and likely leave the roost, then we'd have no chickens.

Unorthodox Cartoonism (First Reformed Branch) I've seen you a sneekin into meetin.

one lives to serve sifu. :-)

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=IeEgz4WFMWw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIeEgz4WFMWw&gl=GB Quite sublime. Enjoy. The dancer's hands are in 'Separate Heaven and Earth' position from 8 Strands of Silk Brocade QiGong. The guy who is an expert on Dervish ways and music the qanun master Julien Wiess a Swiss (Jalal Edin) who converted to Islam and lives in Damscus has been involved on work to do with investigating artistic parallels between the Dervish practice and Gurdjieff .... Interesting stuff here... http://www.studiesincomparativereligion.com/public/articles/Gurdjieff_in_the_Light_of_Tradition_Part_1-by_Whitall_Perry.aspx

Ahhh, life's natural course. Get used to that bro, it's a given.

I don't think having a pop at Islam takes us any further really. One can find fault with any religion.

...... Why so angry?

None taken. :-)

Over here a rooster is a hen sitting on her eggs.

Thank you for sharing your views. The texts are there to be read should you choose to do so.

Tom Paine was a ladies corset-stay maker by trade. Amazing how life works out isn't it? One minute you're knocking out bustiers for the female gentry, next minute fomenting revolution.

He was better in The Truman Show :-) Good man yerself sir and may the festive tide and coming year bring all that you might wish to you and yours.

Foghorn Leghorn Now that was a cartoon. On the old Huckleberry Hound show.

Yep taking caste as a socio-cultural ethnographic there is a caste system amongs Moslems. The sheikh playing the tables in a London Casino has little in common with the Moslem Albanian waiter serving his drinks and it's likely they'll attend different mosques. The religion itself proclaims unity and brotherhood but in real life the rich float around on the top and the rest of us are down there with the tea leaves lower down the glass. It's perfectly natural because people like to mix with those similar to themselves and is no reflection on the religion of Islam which to me seems to be all about everyone being equal in the sight of Allah, it's just that in real life people aren't actually all that equal at all. Take women for example, they get a bit of a rough deal in some religious societies. For example Xtian Coptic Ethiopian women have a very raw deal indeed, they are still classed as their husband's property along with his cattle and stuff. Way of the world brother and we'll not change it.

You'd need to ask sinan the ex-dervish about that buddy.

Ahhh I can sleep easy tonight. Thank you . We also call carnations 'border pinks', do you?

I know.... Dreadful. Mind you AC's 'Gangliam Style' was a big hit with the flappers in its day. it was Number 1 in the charts for six weeks I believe.