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		<title>By: HolyGhostGoesToHollywood</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-24398</link>
		<dc:creator>HolyGhostGoesToHollywood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK. What would damn interesting is if someone made a sculpture of the Holy Ghost blessing Christians. How can they worship a Holy Ghost and so pollyannishly judge others, eh?

As for the article on thugs...what really IS damn interesting is just what British were doing in my country! They came as merchants of &quot;East India Company&#039; and started to steal from all over India. Now that&#039;s a thug (pirates, they came on ships, after all). Soon, Bengal, the most green and prosperous region of my country suffered the biggest famine on earth  -  exposing the hungry greedy Charles Dickens Britta&#039;s greed and evil. Today India is poor and Britain is rich. And they look better in pictures as well. The only consolation is that Muslims, whom you support as Pakistan, are going to bite your balls off. They are real &#039;THUGS&quot; and they are with you! God IS great.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK. What would damn interesting is if someone made a sculpture of the Holy Ghost blessing Christians. How can they worship a Holy Ghost and so pollyannishly judge others, eh?</p>
<p>As for the article on thugs&#8230;what really IS damn interesting is just what British were doing in my country! They came as merchants of &#8220;East India Company&#8217; and started to steal from all over India. Now that&#8217;s a thug (pirates, they came on ships, after all). Soon, Bengal, the most green and prosperous region of my country suffered the biggest famine on earth  &#8211;  exposing the hungry greedy Charles Dickens Britta&#8217;s greed and evil. Today India is poor and Britain is rich. And they look better in pictures as well. The only consolation is that Muslims, whom you support as Pakistan, are going to bite your balls off. They are real &#8216;THUGS&#8221; and they are with you! God IS great.</p>
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		<title>By: braver13</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-24319</link>
		<dc:creator>braver13</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this would make an awesome movie</description>
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		<title>By: Vrolock</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-23885</link>
		<dc:creator>Vrolock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How come I never get to learn about this awesome stuff?????
I hate the US history curriculum in middle school</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How come I never get to learn about this awesome stuff?????<br />
I hate the US history curriculum in middle school</p>
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		<title>By: elphaba</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-23654</link>
		<dc:creator>elphaba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>crap, why haven&#039;t I seen this one before? fascinating and terrifying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>crap, why haven&#8217;t I seen this one before? fascinating and terrifying.</p>
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		<title>By: Ronald</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-21742</link>
		<dc:creator>Ronald</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David have you ever actually read the bible?  I mean read it and not had it read to you.  How can you say there are no contradictions?  Are you aware that Genesis gives to different creation stories.  They cannot both be correct so in the very first book of the bible you have a contradiction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David have you ever actually read the bible?  I mean read it and not had it read to you.  How can you say there are no contradictions?  Are you aware that Genesis gives to different creation stories.  They cannot both be correct so in the very first book of the bible you have a contradiction.</p>
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		<title>By: sid</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-17236</link>
		<dc:creator>sid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting piece, but I&#039;m shocked nobody has mentioned (or, apparently, seen) the movie Gunga Din.</description>
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		<title>By: CanInternet</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-17214</link>
		<dc:creator>CanInternet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now I´ll wait for an article about the Hashashin.
;)</description>
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;)</p>
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		<title>By: HiEv</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-17141</link>
		<dc:creator>HiEv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[quote]dennis said: &quot;many times, in both OT and NT, the Bible tells us, that:&quot;[/quote]

The Bible is just a book of stories written by men.  Some of it is true, a lot of it is not.  Just because the Bible says something happened, doesn&#039;t mean it really happened.  If the Bible says insects have four legs, that doesn&#039;t mean that insects really only have four legs (see Leviticus 11:20, where it talks about &quot;flying insects that walk on all &lt;i&gt;fours&lt;/i&gt;&quot;.) 

For example, outside of the Bible there is zero evidence that &quot;God killed many Egyptians, during the Moses/Exodus episode………….the Egyptians were very evil&quot; (as you put it.)  No record of plagues and no record of an exodus of supposedly over a million men, women, and children plus livestock and supplies exists other than the Bible, which is an odd and rather tremendous omission for the Egyptians, who were notorious record keepers.  There is also no pharaoh and exodus period that completely fits the timeline given in the Bible and what we know of history.  And there is no archaeological evidence of a million people living in the desert for a couple of decades.  No firepits, no pottery, no graveyards, no trash pits.  And need I mention that over a million people would have been a majority of the population of Egypt at the time?  The number is simply ridiculous  Since there is no objective evidence for such an event there is much debate about when it could have occurred, but without evidence it&#039;s all merely speculation.  Simply put, all of the evidence suggests that the Biblical story of the Exodus bears little resemblance to what actually happened.  (for more see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beliefnet.com/story/157/story_15723_1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)

If you want to believe that stuff though, that&#039;s your choice, I don&#039;t have a problem with that.  However, you have to understand that most people who don&#039;t already believe it&#039;s true, won&#039;t believe it&#039;s true simply because you insist that it is.  It would be as if we referred to the stories of the Greek gods as though they were true to prove to you that they were true and powerful gods.  Those kinds of claims rather unconvincing to anyone who isn&#039;t already a believer.  In other words, your conclusion is based on various claims, and those claims are founded on the assumption that your conclusion is true, which is circular logic.

So, please stop witnessing at us, this is not the proper forum for it and you aren&#039;t going to change anyone&#039;s mind arguing like that anyways.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[quote]dennis said: &#8220;many times, in both OT and NT, the Bible tells us, that:&#8221;[/quote]</p>
<p>The Bible is just a book of stories written by men.  Some of it is true, a lot of it is not.  Just because the Bible says something happened, doesn&#8217;t mean it really happened.  If the Bible says insects have four legs, that doesn&#8217;t mean that insects really only have four legs (see Leviticus 11:20, where it talks about &#8220;flying insects that walk on all <i>fours</i>&#8220;.) </p>
<p>For example, outside of the Bible there is zero evidence that &#8220;God killed many Egyptians, during the Moses/Exodus episode………….the Egyptians were very evil&#8221; (as you put it.)  No record of plagues and no record of an exodus of supposedly over a million men, women, and children plus livestock and supplies exists other than the Bible, which is an odd and rather tremendous omission for the Egyptians, who were notorious record keepers.  There is also no pharaoh and exodus period that completely fits the timeline given in the Bible and what we know of history.  And there is no archaeological evidence of a million people living in the desert for a couple of decades.  No firepits, no pottery, no graveyards, no trash pits.  And need I mention that over a million people would have been a majority of the population of Egypt at the time?  The number is simply ridiculous  Since there is no objective evidence for such an event there is much debate about when it could have occurred, but without evidence it&#8217;s all merely speculation.  Simply put, all of the evidence suggests that the Biblical story of the Exodus bears little resemblance to what actually happened.  (for more see <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/story/157/story_15723_1.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>)</p>
<p>If you want to believe that stuff though, that&#8217;s your choice, I don&#8217;t have a problem with that.  However, you have to understand that most people who don&#8217;t already believe it&#8217;s true, won&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s true simply because you insist that it is.  It would be as if we referred to the stories of the Greek gods as though they were true to prove to you that they were true and powerful gods.  Those kinds of claims rather unconvincing to anyone who isn&#8217;t already a believer.  In other words, your conclusion is based on various claims, and those claims are founded on the assumption that your conclusion is true, which is circular logic.</p>
<p>So, please stop witnessing at us, this is not the proper forum for it and you aren&#8217;t going to change anyone&#8217;s mind arguing like that anyways.</p>
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		<title>By: Nicki the Heinous</title>
		<link>http://www.damninteresting.com/the-thugs-of-india/#comment-17100</link>
		<dc:creator>Nicki the Heinous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No faith is entirely right or entirely wrong. People will always believe what they need to.</description>
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		<title>By: dennis</title>
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		<dc:creator>dennis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>many times, in both OT and NT, the Bible tells us, that:

God punished, rebuked, killed evil people.

God killed many Egyptians, during the Moses/Exodus episode.............the Egyptians were very evil.

God commanded Israel to destroy every person in 7 Caananite nations, during the Conquest of the Promised Land.................those Caananites were very evil..........they passed their children THROUGH THE FIRE (offered as sacrifices to Molech).

God sent all Israelites into Exile into Babylon, because, at that time, Israel was very evil.
After Israel spent 70 years in exile in Babylon, they returned to the Promised Land, and THEY NEVER WORSHIPPED IDOLS AGAIN.---------they had learned their lesson.

God killed Annanias and Saphira------they lied to the HOLY SPIRIT.

God killed Jezebel and her followers for teaching false religions in the early Christian Church.

God loves Love and Righteousness.
God condemns non-love and wickedness.
He is eager to forgive, and slow to anger.
Think of all the times that we deserved punishment, and God didn&#039;t strike us.--------He is hoping that we will repent from our sins and un-belief.

In a similar principle, you correct (and sometimes punish) your own children when they are evil.

so, what is the problem?..............there is no problem with the Bible.
The Bible is Loving, Righteous and True.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>many times, in both OT and NT, the Bible tells us, that:</p>
<p>God punished, rebuked, killed evil people.</p>
<p>God killed many Egyptians, during the Moses/Exodus episode&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.the Egyptians were very evil.</p>
<p>God commanded Israel to destroy every person in 7 Caananite nations, during the Conquest of the Promised Land&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..those Caananites were very evil&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.they passed their children THROUGH THE FIRE (offered as sacrifices to Molech).</p>
<p>God sent all Israelites into Exile into Babylon, because, at that time, Israel was very evil.<br />
After Israel spent 70 years in exile in Babylon, they returned to the Promised Land, and THEY NEVER WORSHIPPED IDOLS AGAIN.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;they had learned their lesson.</p>
<p>God killed Annanias and Saphira&#8212;&#8212;they lied to the HOLY SPIRIT.</p>
<p>God killed Jezebel and her followers for teaching false religions in the early Christian Church.</p>
<p>God loves Love and Righteousness.<br />
God condemns non-love and wickedness.<br />
He is eager to forgive, and slow to anger.<br />
Think of all the times that we deserved punishment, and God didn&#8217;t strike us.&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;He is hoping that we will repent from our sins and un-belief.</p>
<p>In a similar principle, you correct (and sometimes punish) your own children when they are evil.</p>
<p>so, what is the problem?&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..there is no problem with the Bible.<br />
The Bible is Loving, Righteous and True.</p>
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