Living with the Enemy on SBS

[ufo_investigations]

I just watched LIVING WITH THE ENEMY on SBS.  The story about Ben the Aussie going to live with Lidia and Ahmed the muslims. Lidia is an Aussie and was raised Catholic and converted to Islam. Ahmed was born in Saudi Arabia.

What did I learn?

- Muslim women wont shake hands with a male person their not related to. (Very rude).

- When husband and wife muslims pray in their own house, the wife has to pray behind her husband. (Women are not treated as equals even in their own house).

- Christians are not allowed to visit Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Why? Because you have to be muslim to be allowed.

- Mosques can be built all over Australia but we can't build a Church in Saudi Arabia.

- The Quran tells muslims to kill people.

- In the mosque women are behind the curtain at the back. It's their own area. Why? Because the men have to be in a different section. Why? To give women privacy. This is the reason they cited. The real reason I believe is not to cause desire in the men.

- When they went shopping they visited a halal butcher to buy lamb shoulder. Ben wasn't consulted. What if he wanted pork chops?

- They went to Bondi to do an "Aussie thing called surfing". Lidia went swimming in her full Islamic clothing then when she came out of the water she placed a towel around her depicting the Australian flag.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@ufo_investigations wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

You are having a lend of us aren't you?

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No. It's all true.

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Then prove it by 'offering up' a sensible explanation on the chocolate question.

[the_great_she_elephant]

If an unbeliever invites you to a meal, go if you want to, and eat whatever is put before you; you need not ask questions of conscience first. But if someone says to you, 'This food has been offered in sacrifice,' do not eat it.

Are Catholics sacrificing their food when they say grace before meals?

Bless us oh Lord and these thy gifts which through thy goodness we are about to receive?

[ufo_investigations]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@ufo_investigations wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

How is the chocolate sacrificed?

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If you read back a few posts you will find out.

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No explaination in the post you are referring to that applies as far as I can see.

Oxford Dictionary on SACRIFICE: An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity:

So I shall ask again. What part of the chocolate animal (cause everyone knows that this is where chocolate comes from) is slaughtered and offered up to Allah in order for it to be halal and therefore is offlimits to Catholics?

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re "surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity:"

Deity is a god. An offering of chocolate to a false god is off limits as per wording in the signature below. I don't bow down to false gods or serve them.

[ufo_investigations]

Why are you worried about this anyway? I don't buy halal chocolate but the muslims will so what is the problem?

[ufo_investigations]

Going for a walk ... later. 😉

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

If an unbeliever invites you to a meal, go if you want to, and eat whatever is put before you; you need not ask questions of conscience first. But if someone says to you, 'This food has been offered in sacrifice,' do not eat it.

Are Catholics sacrificing their food when they say grace before meals?

Bless us oh Lord and these thy gifts which through thy goodness we are about to receive?

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[i-need-a-martini]

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@ufo_investigations wrote:

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re "surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity:"

Deity is a god. An offering of chocolate to a false god is off limits as per wording in the signature below. I don't bow down to false gods or serve them.

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But at what point is the chocolate offered up to a God?

[bushies.girl]

The way they slaughter their animals totally disgusts me, Allah is obviously into animal cruelty 😞

[purplecarrot-top]

Is any slaughter humane?

I hate live export for the inhumane way animals are treated. I thought all animals in Australia are stunned first.

[para-slights]

It seems some that are labeling Muslims as radical religious zealots - unmovable and uncompromising are fast becoming a perfect example of all that they claim to despise in others.