To want a way to label the reasonable fear of the variety of Islam that wishes to impose Sharia law?

[Oodiks]

I understand that there are different sects within Islam and that while some pose no concerns, others do. I am horrified at the type of Sharia law imposed in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan, which denies women human rights, but it's hard to talk about those reasonable fears without being labelled Islamophobic. It's not unreasonable to fear a religion that imposes such harsh lives on women.

This man charts Christianity then he does juadaism then he does Islam. But it seems that yes as I can see on the chart

It didn’t justify it
HTH.

Because the artists involved did indeed say it was inspired by/parodying the Last Supper, before their comments were scrubbed from social media.

I could only find this link just now (because it's essentially been buried as a story) but here you go:
https://www.rvasia.org/asian-news/drag-queens-admit-paris-olympic-games-performance-parody-last-supper

Quite a lot of revision and backtracking went on around then, it's interesting to look back at now.

They both can't be right. So at least one is definitely false.

Reminds of of Mark Knopflers lyric

"Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong ...."

😀

Apart from women attending clinics that are targeted by pro-life protestors. Also, it very much depends on the church. I know of one in London that is a branch of Christianity but is essentially a cult and its main aim seems to be making as much money from the congregation as possible. It’s been pretty oppressive and abusive towards some of its members. I expect the survivors of sexual abuse perpetrated and covered up the church would also beg to differ.

Religion isn’t the issue. It’s what some narcissists and abusers with power use it for that’s the problem.

Wait they grew out of polytheism?

Where do all those Catholic Saints come from ?

I don't think you understand the concept of saints if you think it's somehow polytheistic.

I understand how Christianity was spread by missionaries equating peoples local gods with Christian saints to help "make sense" of it all.

What an interesting interpretation.

Yes, the Abrahamic religions grew out of proto-Judaic polytheism and certain parts were lifted lock, stock and barrel from other polytheistic religions albeit rewritten slightly to make several gods/goddesses into one god changing his mind.

A good example is the myth of Noah’s ark. The original story involved one god wanting to destroy humans with a flood, but another god and goddess sabotaged the plan by warning & convincing Noah to build an ark and making the flood waters recede.

Christianity with its 3 in 1 God (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) is not as monotheistic as Islam and Judaism.

Perhaps you aren't looking?

Well someone has to use this thread to plug a book, surely ? 😀

I didn't see a book mentioned but if you have any recommendations, I'm all ears (or eyes in this case!)

Our Lord, ChatGPT, decrees:

The relationship between Catholic saints and local pagan deities has been a subject of scholarly investigation. One notable work is Peter Brown's The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity (1981), which examines the development of saint veneration in early Christianity. Brown discusses how the cult of saints may have absorbed certain elements from pre-existing pagan practices, though he cautions against directly equating saints with pagan gods.
Wikipedia

Additionally, Bernadette Filotas's Pagan Survivals, Superstitions and Popular Cultures in Early Medieval Pastoral Literature (2005) explores how early medieval Christian literature addressed lingering pagan customs, including the adaptation of pagan figures into Christian contexts.
Wikipedia

These studies suggest that while there was some integration of pagan elements into Christian practices, the transformation of pagan gods into Catholic saints was not a straightforward process.

I will try, for the last time. to explain what a rebuttal in a debate is.
Here it goes: When two people debate, one of them makes an argument, and the other follows with a rebuttal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong and this is why" argument.
All you have done is copy and paste my points and written the word assumption, next to it.
Two points I would also like to rebute:
Firstly, you really should read the Bible to educate yourself on how Jesus was inclusive.
https://www.openbible.info/topics/inclusion
Secondly, the idiom I used comes from the 17th century. It relates to the practice of tarring sheep to claim ownership of said sheep. If you tarred them all the same way, no one would know who they belonged to.
I also think you confused this idiom with " tarred and feathered". Two different things,
Finally, when I read the bit, to my black husband, where you accused me indirectly of being racist, he looked at me and laughed.
I am looking forward to your rebuttal of my points.

Really, you shouldn't have to search around for it, until you eventually find a pocket of tolerance surely?

AV63 I will try, for the last time.....

Oh if only.

Meanwhile back to the topic,,,,,,

will try, for the last time. to explain what a rebuttal in a debate is.
Here it goes: When two people debate, one of them makes an argument, and the other follows with a rebuttal, which, plainly put, is the "no, you're wrong and this is why" argument.

No it isn't 😀

You don't have to mention Islam to declare yourself strongly in favour of secularism, democracy, and equal rights for women.

Firstly, you really should read the Bible to educate yourself on how Jesus was inclusive.

The same Bible that tells us to shun menstruating women (Leviticus 15:19-30) ?

Old Testament versus new testament Old Testament like Leviticus was before Jesus time. I don’t class myself as religious but I know the bible

Then you need to contact the various dictionaries which give the definition of rebuttal as I have stated.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english-word/rebuttal

Ah, so we can ignore the old testament when we talk about "the Bible" ?

E2A: Weirdly I don't class myself as religious. But I know my Bible ....

Sorry, is this the five minute argument, or the full half hour ?

Nice deflection here! By the way, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Still waiting for your rebuttal. I have a long wait ahead but I live in hope.