I hope she knows she isn't entitled to housing benefit :D

Blackflash;849295 wrote: There are a lot more success stories than there are failures in our communities. I don't know why people choose to focus on the lowest common denominator. I haven't seen a thread dedicated to each of the innocents murdered in Somalia this week, yet drug dealers get multi- page condolences? True, how many Somali kids are dying in the fatherland? Few are concerned. These people have made their choices. Don't play Russian roulette with your life as sometimes you'll lose. In the UK you used to hear this kinds of stories but it's not common anymore.

I would assume it's family otherwise, WTF?

Still nothing?

Interesting research. I always thought faith was down to indoctrination leading to a false understanding of the natural world.

mahad yare;849116 wrote: wow! how did you miss the obvious sign? Google ‘obvious' as a dictionary maybe too much. Go!

sharma-arke451;849141 wrote: to relate before birth to after death, and describe the state as nothingness, highlights The ignorance index of your deeply held belief about life and death. the statement above is an evident against your very basic claim. If you believe after life is a nothingness state, what proof can you come with? How do you refute what you don't know? cilmi iyo aragti hadeeysan jirin, jahliga ayaa jaah la modaa. You have critiqued my position but you've failed to offer your own. Let's see if it is more reasonable than mine.

mahad yare;849113 wrote: someone has been living under a rock. Yes, they're called houses.

The joggin one can't be real, LOOL.

Alpha Blondy;849085 wrote: very interesting idea. are you saying there is no life after death. can you please elaborate on this strange and i'm assuming pseudo-science induced idea of the 'gaal' atheist. One can believe what ever gives them comfort however I must say Eastern religions (Hinduism, Buddhism) are closer to the truth than the Abrahamic ones. Their basic ideas of death and rebirth is scientifically plausible but only at the atomic level. Stars must die so others can be born out of their dust; For our solar system to exist, a star had to explode. Thus, the cosmic dance of death and rebirth.

Alpha Blondy;849072 wrote: the other day i attended my 4th funeral. it wasn't a pleasant experience and i must admit that it left a very sour and indeed gloomy ideas of life in my mind. i lost someone very special to me when i was very young and even though i've never felt the void, since you can't miss what you never had, like the disabled not been aware of what it means to have two normal arms or legs etc, laakin you always know the inevitability death and that its never too far away and life's only certainty. towards the end of the funeral, one very wise man lol said 'mark your spot for indeed you could be next' to all present. i though that very poignant and true. for the last two days, i've been researching death as experience from different cultures and worldviews and how the departed are mourned. Death is only problematic for the living. For me, death is similar to before I was concieved, nothingness.

Mario B;848983 wrote: Jokes aside, my wife is a placid and kind woman, the type that wont hurt a fly, I would have to do something really horrible for me to end up likeone of Dexter's victim. You're living the dream brother; congrats.

Showqi;848989 wrote: Mario, I advise you to become a gun collector, and tell your wife (booto) that you are one of a hell target shooter, even while you're sleeping..... lol- is that Charlie Sheen playing both parts?

^^ Politicians have no immunity from ridicule.

Nin-Yaaban;848999 wrote: Yaa Arabic yaqaano oo inoo sheegi karo wuxuu muranka kataagan yahay? Koleyba radii xabado gaartay sheekadu, umaleen mayo ineey wax fudud tahay. I don't speak Arabic but I think it has something to do with Syria- they say it several times. Mario- Our MPs used to use chairs (remember '04 in Embagathi?) but they have downgraded to fisticuffs. Next step is just words followed by nasty looks. That is progress.

This man doesn't have the demeanour of a president; he looks like someone who had a large meal and is ready for a nap.

Our MPs use fists but these guys are on another level!

Mario B;848978 wrote: ^^ Talking about knives, she recently went to Holland with her sista and came back with a set of sheffler knives [ I help with the cooking and these things are sharpest tools you could find], now you got me worried.:eek: LOOOL, you're a gonna!

burahadeer;848962 wrote: Mogadishu people must neva again leave the command of the army to president or anyone in executive branch.The governor who should be from locals must have the last word & the ultimate decision on the forces in the capital...that way he can save guard his constituency.Look how somaliland and puntland have their own.You should not be tricked to lose your divine rights cos you'r the capital. Federal forces can stay in remote regions & away from capital so could not be used againest you. *** you aware that every region has its own militia? * Mogadishu is somali =Muuq disho(means image killer).how it came about was when the proud nomads come to the city & told by white skinned people that they can not go certain area or humiliated. history repeats itself...guess not coincidence how it destroyed somali image last 20yrs( have nothing againest victims ,just high-lighting the place itself). Wikipedia seems to disagree with you :The name Mogadishu is held to be derived from the Persian مقعد شاه Maq'ad-i-Shah ("The seat of the Shah"), a reflection of the city's early Persian influence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu#cite_note-Laitin-10 Reference: David D. Laitin, Said S. Samatar, Somalia: Nation in Search of a State, (Westview Press: 1987), p. 12.

Mario B;848967 wrote: ^^Lol, my wife is even a bigger fan.I make sure I behave, just so I don't end up in a black bag, chopped up,. LOL :D. If you ever find a special set of knifes man you're in trouble!

Mario B;848952 wrote: What claim that I have ever made on this forum about God or religion that you have challenged? It was a general statement highlighting the sway religion held as an explainer of the natural world. As I mentioned in this thread, since the beginning of Islam, Muslim scholars debated atheists in the mosque in front of believers. So if you are here to debate then fire away! Where to start?? Besides I doubt we'll agree on what constitutes as evidence but maybe I'm presuming too much? I have seen a lot of atheist complain about threat of violence from theist in those forum [justifiably so] So it is interesting to read your veiled threats. The threat is one of inducing cognitive dissonance among the faithful; granted, this can be brutal. For me religion is personal , I'm not responsible for what governments do or not do, just like I won't hold you responsible for what atheist or 'secular' people do in the name of their ideology or value system. I respect your position and you're right, one cannot be responsible for the action of others. ^^

Mario B;848953 wrote: Lol@Dexter...but at least he was killing nasty people [unlike our good DR], not that I condone his action or encourage his vigilantism. Hey, a fellow Dexter fan! Dexter only takes out those the law cannot touch, so it's ok-eeish:D I'm waiting for the next series to start in September.

Mario B;848945 wrote: Did you mean this fella? Only difference is the glasses but he would fit in perfectly. Now if only we could employ Dexter to do his work. Nice little packages.

I understand you're coming from an Islamic perspective which sees adulthood starts at teenage years but I view the issue from non religious perspective. Though, you're right that a 15yr old would know right from wrong you cannot extrapolate from that to say someone of that age would make the same decisions as an adult of 30. The 15yr old might act on impulses without considering the long term effects of their actions. Also when I mentioned kids being worked like donkeys I wasn't talking about chores (which I would agree are good) but kids having actual jobs. In the west this is no longer the case but it is still exist in other places.

Coofle;848938 wrote: Dadkan waawayn ee 17 iyo 16 Jira ee danbigoodu la qorayo maxaa beenta loogu sheegaa horta.... Back in the good old days a 14 years old started acting like adult oo nool iyo mood wixii reerku leeyihiin lagu aamino...Aside from the Hormonal Uprising which happens to everyone They should be Treated as adults starting from 15 years old...Runtii... Gaalada warkooda naga dhaafa...No more teenagers,,,There is Children and There is men, wax u dhaxeeya ma leh Back in the “old days" people were kept as slaves, children worked like donkeys and women couldn't vote. Evolution of society is to be welcomed. I'm glad they're having such discussions in America as they do sentence minors (teenagers) to life imprisonment or worse, death.