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State department to spend $400,000 for camel statue in Pakistan
Apr 2, 2014 14:32:29 #
Our state department is paying for this statue.
Please read the article and tell me if you see the same problem that I see.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/state-department-to-spend-400000-for-camel-statue-in-pakistan/
Please read the article and tell me if you see the same problem that I see.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/state-department-to-spend-400000-for-camel-statue-in-pakistan/
Apr 2, 2014 14:49:01 #
Apr 2, 2014 14:50:27 #
lovesnature wrote:
What a waste! I'm sure this money could have gone to better use. Thanks for sharing.
Did you see anything else wrong with the statue in a Muslim country?
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Apr 2, 2014 15:10:33 #
Apr 2, 2014 16:00:04 #
TrainNut wrote:
Did you see anything else wrong with the statue in a Muslim country?
I'm surprised there wouldn't be an uproar among the Muslims concerning the representation of the camel in the Bible New Testament Matthew 19:24. Muslims have a different idea of their way to heaven. Does that answer your question?
Apr 2, 2014 17:09:20 #
lovesnature wrote:
I'm surprised there wouldn't be an uproar among the Muslims concerning the representation of the camel in the Bible New Testament Matthew 19:24. Muslims have a different idea of their way to heaven. Does that answer your question?
Yes. That plus the "separation of Church and state " that the libs keep yelling about. If it was a statue of some other Bible story it would be big news. Is it OK because it is a camel?
How do you think the Muslims will react to that?
From the article.
"The sculpture by artist John Baldessari depicts a fiberglass camel staring into the eye of an oversized needle in play on a passage from the New Testament about the difficulty the wealthy have in entering heaven."
Matthew 19:24
"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Apr 3, 2014 06:16:28 #
I heard once that the "eye of a needle" was the name for a narrow gate into a city (Jerusalem??) It was possible to get a camel through that gate, but knowing the bad tempered nature of camels, it would take a lot of shouting, yelling and pushing etc to actually accomplish this. Most drovers would walk all the way round the city to get through a wider gate.
To me this makes much more sense than just "putting a big thing through a tiny hole"
To me this makes much more sense than just "putting a big thing through a tiny hole"
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Apr 3, 2014 11:09:11 #
pbearperry wrote:
I hope it's like the Trojan Horse and it's filled with nuclear waste.
Yep let's do it, give them a whole damn caravan of nuclear camels.
Apr 3, 2014 12:10:19 #
TrainNut wrote:
Our state department is paying for this statue.
Please read the article and tell me if you see the same problem that I see.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/state-department-to-spend-400000-for-camel-statue-in-pakistan/
Please read the article and tell me if you see the same problem that I see.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/state-department-to-spend-400000-for-camel-statue-in-pakistan/
Wouldn't that qualify as pornography?
Apr 3, 2014 12:12:28 #
TrainNut wrote:
Did you see anything else wrong with the statue in a Muslim country?
Aside from the Islamic prohibition against art that represents humans or animals, what could [i]possibly[\i] go wrong?
Apr 3, 2014 12:52:32 #
TrainNut wrote:
Our state department is paying for this statue.
Please read the article and tell me if you see the same problem that I see.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/state-department-to-spend-400000-for-camel-statue-in-pakistan/
Please read the article and tell me if you see the same problem that I see.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/state-department-to-spend-400000-for-camel-statue-in-pakistan/
Actually based on the current Administration it should be the statue of a DONKEY.
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Apr 3, 2014 13:16:39 #
[quote=rocketride]Aside from the Islamic prohibition against art that represents humans or animals, what could [i]possibly[\i] go wrong?[/quote]
I don't know. I can't see a problem. :roll: :roll: :roll:
We do not want to offend them in our country, but go over to theirs.............
I don't know. I can't see a problem. :roll: :roll: :roll:
We do not want to offend them in our country, but go over to theirs.............
Apr 3, 2014 15:59:38 #
TrainNut wrote:
I believe they are our "allies" and the statue is going on US soil, the questionable thing is the Biblical theme, using government funds!! :)... particularly in the way the world views Americans as being rich and wasteful.Did you see anything else wrong with the statue in a Muslim country?
Apr 3, 2014 20:48:20 #
papayanirvana wrote:
I believe they are our "allies" and the statue is going on US soil, the questionable thing is the Biblical theme, using government funds!! :)... particularly in the way the world views Americans as being rich and wasteful.
That was one of the problems I saw with it. :thumbup:
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