Islam Clearinghouse

[JimC]

I gotta go with Islam, myself. While some wacky cults might be "worse," the sheer alarming number of Islam's adherents puts it right up top: violence, discriminatory nature, divisiveness, the fact that its followers seek to impose it on the world at large, etc. all add up to a really awful, awful combination. If any Muslims are "offended" by this, too bad.

Of course, christianity used to be at least as bad, until centuries of work by brave rationalists pulled their teeth...

[Mung Bean]

Definitely Zoroastrianism. By a mile. The others pale in comparison.

[...Idle]

I pick Hinduism. Due to Sati, and the caste system. Hinduism treats women worse then Islam.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I pick Hinduism. Due to Sati, and the caste system. Hinduism treats women worse then Islam.

How could it? Do they eat their women or something?

[beige]

It's the same affliction no matter how you look at it, although some are worse than others. I just can't bring myself to single out a particular delusion as the worst, because they all have the same potential for harm by making followers completely bypass the use of their brains.

+1 for pernicious, although I guess it depends on where you get your "worst" from, if we're talking about actual damage, not just potential - right now Islam probably does win.

[...Idle]

I pick Hinduism. Due to Sati, and the caste system. Hinduism treats women worse then Islam.

How could it? Do they eat their women or something?

They burn women;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rizzw ... n_Hinduism

[JimC]

I pick Hinduism. Due to Sati, and the caste system. Hinduism treats women worse then Islam.

How could it? Do they eat their women or something?

They burn women;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rizzw ... n_Hinduism

Not that common these days. What probably causes more deaths over all is violence associated with their dowry system, although that is really a cultural rather than a religions trait.

[...Idle]

I pick Hinduism. Due to Sati, and the caste system. Hinduism treats women worse then Islam.

How could it? Do they eat their women or something?

They burn women;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rizzw ... n_Hinduism

Not that common these days. What probably causes more deaths over all is violence associated with their dowry system, although that is really a cultural rather than a religions trait.

Really?

[Coito ergo sum]

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[mandy]

salam to any muslims here. hello to others.
i want to ask what is a cargo cult.

[JimC]

salam to any muslims here. hello to others.
i want to ask what is a cargo cult.

Welcome, although I think it is telling (and a little sad) that you separate folk by 2 different greetings. Another symptom of religious delusion, it would appear...

A cargo cult is a type of religious practice that may appear in traditional tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced cultures. The cults are focused on obtaining the material wealth (the "cargo") of the advanced culture through magic and religious rituals and practices, believing that the wealth was intended for them by their deities and ancestors. Cargo cults developed primarily in remote parts of New Guinea and other Melanesian and Micronesian societies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, beginning with the first significant arrivals of Westerners in the 19th century. Similar behaviors have, however, also appeared elsewhere in the world.

Cargo cult activity in the Pacific region increased significantly during and immediately after World War II, when large amounts of manpower and materials were brought in by the Japanese and American combatants, and this was observed by the residents of these regions. When the war ended, the military bases were closed and the flow of goods and materials ceased. In an attempt to attract further deliveries of goods, followers of the cults engaged in ritualistic practices such as building crude imitation landing strips, aircraft and radio equipment, and mimicking the behaviour that they had observed of the military personnel operating them.

Over the last sixty-five years, most cargo cults have disappeared. However, the John Frum cult, one of the most widely reported and longest-lived, is still active on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu. This cult started before the war, and only became a cargo cult afterwards. A number of editions of the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier from late 1969 report an apparent latter-day cargo cult, but with more traditional practices involved.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

salam to any muslims here. hello to others.
i want to ask what is a cargo cult.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

[Wumbologist]

No option for Discordianism?

[maiforpeace]

salam to any muslims here. hello to others

"Holland...where is the baby?"

Is there some jihad going on towards atheists recently? What's with the larger than usual influx of muslims on the board?

[Tigger]

Mandy's back.