I didn't know there *were* any slacker Muslims. I thought they all spent all of their waking hours attempting to destry the West. [sigh of *relief*] Allah be praised.

I agree. Prayer is a waste of time.

It is, so long as your are praying incorrectly. Praying to Gaia, or your latest political diety, or the pedophile prophet is a compete waste of time.

Prayer directed to the God of the Universe is always worth the time, Pinko.

fuck allah

What about Vishnu?

Also a waste of time, Pinko? Got any more dieties in your pocket you want to throw out? I'll save you the time… SAME ANSWER!

Sorry the question mark at the end of the first sentence is throwing me there. Just to clarify, are you saying that prayer to Vishnu is a waste of time?

Stop being a jerk, Pinko. You know what I meant.

Federal officials say a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant should give Muslim employees prayer time and not retaliate against workers who ask to pray.

I agree that they should do this. But I question whether they should have to do this.

Who are these “federal officials” to dictate how a private business is “allowed” to run its own affairs?

What the Hell was the purpose of that comment? What possible reason could you have had for saying that other than blatant trolling?

Mock Thor at your own peril, weakling.

*cracks knuckles*

Keyboard wired to 'special' underpants; stimulated by typing inane things.

I laugh at Thor and his puny little hammer.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

While these muslims ask for a little while to pray, Christians get an entire day off for Christmas. It's a national holiday.

Please, let's not be too offended.

Which God of the Universe? The Christian? The Muslim? The Jewish? The Norse? The American Indian?

I know, I know. Your God is the one and only God.

It may be a waste of time to pray to Vishnu, but if it is it's a waste every bit as profound as praying to the Christian God of the Bible, given that their existence are both predicated on the same kind of faith.

Yes, He is Jane.

And the Muslims believe that THEIR God is the only one. Same as the Jews. Most every major religion has that type of exclusivity in their faith. Funny how only Christians are being demanded to set that aside and be tolerant of others, by bigots like you.

You could not be more wrong, Jane. And you should be used to that by now.

Haven't you read the papers in the last decade or so, Jane? that is now Winter Holiday. Many business and schools will not even acknowledge Christmas or that it even exists.

Yeah, you are THAT clueless.

Not very clever, Jane. Even non-Christians get that day off.

And this is very good news, indeed.

Christians are being asked to set aside their belief that their God is the only God? Really? LOL…Where?

Educate me. How is your faith different from the Jewish or Hindu or Buddhist or muslim faith.

It's a Federal Government holiday. Please, educate yourself, your stupidity is showing every time you post.

There is no muslim god.

It's the true faith. Islam is a false, pagan religion. The Jews are the chosen people of God the Father.

Really, get educated.

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Well I'm down with that. Can I get Ramadan off too?

But sex is good!

Are you referring to Abir? If so I agree.

As always, stanley, the last word is yours.

Given that the Koran never states when you must pray, just how often, there's no need to adjust the work schedule to accommodate these people.

Has the fact that your entire argument above crumbles with this admission sunk into your consciousness yet?

The fundamental difference is that Christianity is about what has been done for sinners, outside of them, in history rather than what individuals do for themselves through works of penitence and effort to receive reward.

That, and Christianity has proved a net positive for its cultures and civilizations as opposed to Buddhism and Hinduism which ground theirs to a near-stasis and in the case of Hinduism lock people into inescapable class structures.

Yes, you would think so, bigot.

Still trying to get in the last word, Vega? How pathetic!

Are you kidding? Do you think all of these faiths are the same?

Jane, you are pathetic.

Christians are denegrated, LIKE YOU DID, for believing that their is the only way to heaven. And that is wiyhout ever acknowleging that opther faiths have the same restriction.

And like muslims are??

What I mean to ask is how is the nature of your faith different from the nature of the faith other's have.

Perhaps…to everything you say. But that's beside the point. Im wondering how the nature of one's faith in the christian god is different from the nature of faith others have in other Gods.

This is stupidly akin to saying all buildings made of the same kind of bricks are the same.

I'm sure that as I write this, there's a greedy SEIU organiser-type rubbing his hands together and muttering “Yeah, that's the ticket. We'll get 'em all to convert to Islam, then we'll hit those bastard bosses with demands for five prayer breaks a day and a few more holidays. They'll never know what hit 'em!”

Would you care to rephrase that into, y'know, actual English?

I have a fair solution here: how about muslims get the exact same break times as everyone else and if they choose to use them for prayer that would be fine.

I just explained. Unless you're asking a question about the quality of faith, in which there is no basic difference. The faith you have that your spouse loves you and that your car will start is the same kind of thing as faith in a savior of the world.

What matters is the object of the faith, not the faith its self. The more worthy, great, and powerful the object of your faith, the more significant it becomes. Faith in a mythical idol is thus significantly diminished when compared to faith in an almighty, all knowing, all wise, just, righteous, and loving God.