Re:India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textb...
by SpaceManNabs on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @03:48PM
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Completely irrelevant. I find this whataboutism as a very common pushback when I comment on my sadness on the direction of India. I have no connection, but I have empathy for my friends that feel like they lost a home.
Re:India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textb...
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @05:37PM
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> This, my dear friends, is Abrahamic privilege at work
I mean, yes. There are idiots in the world, and they're not limited to one religion. We generally decry putting them in positions of power, particularly over eduction.
Richard Dawkins: Do you actually believe that Muhammed split the moon in two? Do you believe that Muhammed flew to heaven on a winged horse, for example? I pay you the complement of assuming that you don't.
Mehdi Hasan: No, I do. I believe in miracles.
Richard Dawkins: You believe that?
Mehdi Hasan: Yes.
Richard Dawkins: You believe that Muhammed went to heaven on a winged horse?
Mehdi Hasan: Yes, I believe in God. I believe in miracles. I believe in revelation.
Hasan is a respected journalist and opinion maker. I don't see people saying things like `you can't normalize journalists believing stuff like "Muhammed split the moon in two/Muhammed went to heaven on a winged horse"` about him or others like him who follow one of the Abrahamic faiths.
This, my dear friends, is Abrahamic privilege at work.