One,

It must feel a little strange for some people to feel threatened by a religion other than Christianity.

One,

"Melbourne Airport has revealed it has Unisex Toilets but Gender Segregated Islamic Prayer Rooms"

What's to stop other people from using those rooms for other purposes?

Maybe someone should use one for an ordinary snack break and challenge any rule reserving it exclusively for religious use.

If the authorities remove or arrest that person, it could create an interesting court case.

Zed,

I don't see me and you as being at war.

We are sharing viewpoints.

There is a growing conflict in America just like is happening in other countries.

Long standing national identities are losing to aggressive Muslim tactics to setup their culture instead.

The reason I started this thread is to show an example of what is actually occuring here in America. This isn't hypothetical. Their anti-American beliefs are a genuine threat to the American way of life.

It's not about hating Islam.

It's about radical Islam hating me and you.

Monson,

What do you think about what's happening in Dearborn?

Db,

"Same way all of the pastors I've known"

How did you come to meet and know so many Pastors and their personal feelings?

Db,

"Makes me a good Christian."

No...it just makes me a Christian.

Zed,

"We have this one poster who argues I should be terrified of Islam as a threat to Western Civilization."

Right now, atheists and Muslims may not see themselves as being in direct conflict. In Western politics, they may find themselves on the same side in opposition to traditional Christian and Jewish influence.

Just wait.

I think that alliance will become much harder to maintain as Islamic influence grows in Western institutions and communities.

How will atheist parents react if their children start coming home from school praising Islamic beliefs or bringing Islamic religious practices into their homes?

Think that can't happen?

At present, Islam is often far more assertive than modern Christianity about maintaining visible religious practices and seeking accommodations for them in public life.

Some of the people who currently regard Christianity as the greater religious threat, may eventually find themselves confronting a religious culture whose expectations are considerably less compatible and more objectionable to their own secular beliefs. Muslim values are stricter than what they are accustomed to.

Also, Christianity in America generally does not require public rituals performed several times a day that can affect everyone around them. Islam has practices that many Muslims regard as religious obligations, and American religious freedom laws can require governments and institutions to make reasonable accommodations for those practices.

Right now, secular people may be saying, "Why should I worry?"

Some of the same secular people who strongly defend Islamic religious accommodations today may eventually conclude that what they regarded as harmless accommodations was a Trojan horse.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-08-08 04:58 PM | Reply

I am aware this will be difficult for some atheists and far-left individuals as soon as they hear any sort of defense of Christians. I will repost something I wrote earlier on this subject.

Dan,

"No claims of improper or stolen votes."

Of course there were cases of improper voting and instances of ineligible people who voted.

As far as a disaster, the 2020 election ended up people busting into the Capitol building.

That's not a disaster?

Dan,

"All that's been proven, is folks are gullible and Trump is a liar."

I believe were it not for using mail-in ballots, the Capitol break-in would not have occurred.

There would have been no reason for wide spread doubt in the election results.

Take mail-in ballots out of the equation, there would have been no break-in.

That's my opinion.

Dan,

"Remember when you railed against the mail-in ballots before Covid?"

A month before the 2020 election.

I was saying how I felt that was a disaster in the making.

Jan 6 proved me right.

Dan,

"I said that both sides have equal opportunities"

Earlier you said as follows, "You're just afraid universal mail-in ballots would allow folks you don't want to vote, to vote."

Who might those people be? Assuming I am supporting the republican side, that makes the other side democrat.

I'm not saying I agree that people should be prevented from voting. That's your accusation.

But it is apparent you believe democrats have the advantage with mail-in ballots.

And it's pretty well all over that other people believe the same thing.

Dan,

"No more or less than Republicans."

Did you not say mail-in ballots benefit democrats more than republicans?

If the methods of cheating with mail-in ballots are being used by anyone, it doesn't appear republicans are doing it very well.

Dan,

"Historically, Republicans cheat much more than Democrats."

I am referring to very specific methods of cheating available with mail-in ballots that are mailed to homes (excluding absentee ballots that are requested). Your accusations of who cheats the most historically should be taken with caution considering your propensity for out and out lying.

I am not talking about anything else. Only methods of cheating available with mail-in ballots.

This has been covered ad nauseam so I have no desire to rehash that.

I'm sure you've read all the accusations about mail-in ballots.

I should have put "Just admit it, and be done with it." in quotes since that was your accusation to me for those who might read this out of context.

Dan,

Mail-in ballots provide an easier way for democrats to cheat.

Just admit it, and be done with it.

Dan,

Did the people who voted in 2020 with ballots mailed to them successfully vote in previous elections?

I would bet they did.

Dan,

"Like their skin color, country of origin, or religion, right?"

At a certain, that sort of thinking is simply paranoia.

Not everything is someone out to get you.

Dan,

"do you believe it should be made easier for the legal voter to cast her or his legal vote, or harder for the legal voter to cast their legal vote?"

Ease of voting is only one goal.

There are many other factors that must be taken into consideration equally if not more important than trying to accommodate every single person.

Dan,

If one year it was decided to drive voting trucks into neighborhoods for people to vote in person, elections after that people will complain their voting rights are being suppressed if the trucks aren't run the next election.

2020 was something special done due to COVID and now people are saying they are being suppressed if ballots aren't mailed to everyone's houses.

Dan,

Assuming they were eligible voters and wanted to vote, were they being suppressed in any way simply because a ballot wasn't mailed to their house?

I'm not counting on you to give a rational answer but we both know they were not probably thinking they are being suppressed because they weren't mailed a ballot.

Most likely they didn't even think of that prior to 2020.

Dan,

Do you believe voters who used mail-in ballots in 2020 somehow managed to successfully vote in prior elections?

To explain to you.

A rock is not a sponge.

Speak,

"You could say that about literally every election'

2020 had unique circumstances which I will not attempt to you.

Speak,

I had doubts about the accuracy of mail-in voting on my own.

Contrary to what you might think, not everyone who voted for Trump hangs on his every word. That's something you apparently need to believe.

What is my opinion today? I have never said that I believe Trump actually won.

What I will say is that the exact tally will never be known with absolute certainty.

A recount can verify that the ballots received were added correctly, but it cannot determine whether every ballot counted was valid or account for legitimate ballots that may have been lost or damaged before they could be received and counted.

If the original data was corrupted, counting it again will not make it more accurate.