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Manipulating minds

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Submitted by John B (Spain), Jun 29, 2009 at 06:33

For any social structure or system of thought and religion that is supposed to have come from God (and most commentators, politicians, social theorists, etc in the West also seem to believe that Islam comes from God) to have to engage in such subterfuges and manipulations of reality in order to get its point across is to me exceedingly strange.
The God I know is not one of deviousness or subterfuge. He simply does not need it. In fact He does not need anything from me for His well being or to maintain His Kingdom. He is quite capable of keeping reality simple and of surviving with or without the help of any man.
Neither does He need my sword.

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Conspiracy Theories in Iran's Unrest [194 words]HCNov 9, 2009 14:58164279
Conspiracy Theories - Too complex to Comment [356 words]SMJMar 26, 2010 13:08164279
Conspiracy Theories in Iran's Unrest [345 words]HCMar 26, 2010 21:14164279
CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN IRAN [259 words]SMJMar 29, 2010 21:50164279
2Independent thinking is the enemy of the islamist. [16 words]Phil GreendAug 26, 2009 08:32160653
Escobar on Iran [46 words]Jerry WeissmanJun 30, 2009 16:51158268
Conspiracy Theories in Iran [58 words]S.C.PandaJun 30, 2009 04:27158228
Conspiracy Theories. [27 words]M.D'SouzaJun 29, 2009 15:37158211
kuran and conspiracies [121 words]G.VishvasJun 29, 2009 13:50158209
KORAN ENCOURAGING CONSPIRACY THEORIES ? UMM, AGAIN SUPERFICIAL [156 words]SMJMar 26, 2010 15:33158209
Not only the kuran [299 words]G.VishvasMar 30, 2010 06:17158209
Iranian People don't know [317 words]HJun 29, 2009 08:54158188
Manipulating minds [118 words]John BJun 29, 2009 06:33158182
Glad to know we're so important.... [109 words]Shaun PilkingtonJun 29, 2009 06:09158181

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