Do Women's Actions Really Cause Earthquakes?

[Borg]

I don't know what to say about this other than to wonder what this guy was thinking.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_earthquakes_promiscuity"

I love the reaction though. http://www.news.com.au/technology/boobquake-determined-to-prove-cleric-wrong/story-e6frfro0-1225856787031"

 

[drizzle]

I just read the title and go crazy laughing, I thought this's a joke.

Wait a minute… did he mean that literally?

 

[lisab]

Ooops, sorry, that last one was me...my blouse came unbuttoned . My bad!

 

[MotoH]

I remember reading about this a couple weeks ago.

I Lol'd.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Perhaps he will cite an increased number of traffic accidents as the consequence of the "boobquake".

 

[aquitaine]

A classic example of women's rights in islam. Didn't you know? Women = evil. :p

 

[rootX]

:sad: there is no emotion for sad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8641099.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8642806.stm

On other note, a cleric in Africa is banning public soccer broadcast because people will not work.

 

[drizzle]

A classic example of women's rights in [STRIKE]islam[/STRIKE]. Didn't you know? Women = evil. :p

Put whatever you like other than that, cause I won't buy it.

 

[turbo]

I don't know what to say about this other than to wonder what this guy was thinking.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_earthquakes_promiscuity"

I love the reaction though. http://www.news.com.au/technology/boobquake-determined-to-prove-cleric-wrong/story-e6frfro0-1225856787031"

There are religious nuts in every society. We have "Christian" fundamentalist preachers claiming that liberalism and tolerance toward gays is angering God, who allows us to be attacked by terrorists, natural disasters, etc as punishment for our "sins". I don't see a significant difference between their irrational views and the irrational views of the cleric.

 

[mgb_phys]

Just to even the score

Gays Caused Haiti Earthquake...Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the spokesman of the Rabbinical Alliance of America,

http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/fa...aused-haiti-earthquake-haredi-rabbi-says.html

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

There are religious nuts in every society

Indeed, we have Pat Robertson :(

 

[leroyjenkens]

Even if they did, how would he know that they're the reason?

Is promiscuity really the worst thing going on right now? If god was to make an earthquake over something, that would probably be far down on his list.
That's like someone running a red light and smashing into my car and then me getting angry only because I spilled my drink.

 

[turbo]

Who caused the unpronounceable volcano in Iceland to erupt? Lady Gaga?

 

[mgb_phys]

Who caused the unpronounceable volcano in Iceland to erupt?

I think that was Pat Robertson - he must have annoyed Pele.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

The missus always made the Earth move under my feet.

 

[sami-rehman]

the title is highly unethical and should have received universal condemnation if attempted to blame islam somehow...we need to realize that women make half of world population...they are not baby-producing machines but humans like men and must be treated that way...even in the so called civilized societies women do face momentous problems.e.g. women recruited in US army are subjected to so many shameful situations. so the thing is we need to realize and give women their due rights.

 

[Borg]

the title is highly unethical and should have received universal condemnation if attempted to blame islam somehow...we need to realize that women make half of world population...they are not baby-producing machines but humans like men and must be treated that way...even in the so called civilized societies women do face momentous problems.e.g. women recruited in US army are subjected to so many shameful situations. so the thing is we need to realize and give women their due rights.

Catch a clue. There is nothing unethical about the title. Where do you think anyone blamed Islam for anything? I don't care who that person was or what his religion is. His statement is beyond stupid - just like the US Congressman who said that Guam might tip over if we put too many troops there.

 

[Borek]

we need to realize and give women their due rights.

Which are...?

 

[Galteeth]

This should not be surprising. It has always been the role of religion (pretty much like, all of them, ever) to claim disasters are supernatural occurrences that result as punishments for violation of a moral code. It is this very claim, the ability to prevent the unpredictably (or seemingly unpredictably) catastrophic, and to utilize such fear to reinforce social stability.

the title is highly unethical and should have received universal condemnation if attempted to blame islam somehow...we need to realize that women make half of world population...they are not baby-producing machines but humans like men and must be treated that way...even in the so called civilized societies women do face momentous problems.e.g. women recruited in US army are subjected to so many shameful situations. so the thing is we need to realize and give women their due rights.

The status of gender equality in America is a separate topic, but women's rights in secular versus fundamentalist societies is no contest. Let's not pretend income gaps are the same thing as getting acid thrown in your face for learning to read.

 

[drizzle]

... Let's not pretend income gaps are the same thing as getting acid thrown in your face for learning to read.

I don’t know what religion you are referring to by that, but suppose you mean Islam [and btw, I suggest you read before judging]: just so you know, the first word in the first verse that descended in the Qur’an was ‘IQRA’ which means read or recite.

Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), Has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood) Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, Who has taught (the writing) by the pen (the first person to write was Prophet Idrees (Enoch)) Has taught man that which he knew not

TMQ, 96:1-5.

 

[rootX]

I don’t know what religion you are referring to by that, but suppose you mean Islam [and btw, I suggest you read before judging]: just so you know, the first word in the first verse that descended in the Qur’an was ‘IQRA’ which means read or recite.



TMQ, 96:1-5.

He is referring to Pakistan, Afghanistan and many other countries that have fundamentalist societies I believe. Religion has nothing to do with it but it's the abuse of the religions that is interfering with the basic human rights. You can derive infinite different interpretations of the religious quotes so they are pretty much meaningless to justify anything.