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Countries that arent bound by religion for marriage in law

Started this discussion. Last reply by Okinawa R. Jul 27, 2011. 4 Replies

My partner and i have begin thinking about our future and we want a wedding, sadly...in our country, cross religion marriage isnt allowed (this is effecting me as well even though i'm atheist by…Continue

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Sup' people (i'm a bad title maker...)

Started Apr 6, 2011 0 Replies

well...for first let me introduce myself (do mind that english isnt my 1st language) :Di came from quite a liberal family due coz my parents had different religion tho in these past few years my mom…Continue

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Okinawa R. replied to Brad White's discussion 'How do you define religious intolerance? Any real world examples or how it has impacted you personally?'
"Your argument are based on hatred towards a particular religion, take a rest and think more on it. this law is approved by the government to handle sparks that currently existed among the public. This country is not your beloved full of justice…"
Jun 17, 2012
Okinawa R. replied to Brad White's discussion 'How do you define religious intolerance? Any real world examples or how it has impacted you personally?'
"So.....regardless what the law said, someone shouldn't be prosecuted for breaking the law ?"
Jun 15, 2012
Okinawa R. replied to Brad White's discussion 'How do you define religious intolerance? Any real world examples or how it has impacted you personally?'
"He was not prosecuted for not having belief in God, he was prosecuted for insulting which is regulated under a law; 1. Your uncle is gay.  2. Your uncle is gay, he had sex with the guy next door. see the difference ? insult is not a fact,…"
Jun 15, 2012
Okinawa R. replied to Brad White's discussion 'How do you define religious intolerance? Any real world examples or how it has impacted you personally?'
"I'm gonna "fix" this. He did not only state "God does not exist", that's completely BS since i was presented with few of his remarks over the facebook. To make it simple, he was throwing bad insults…"
Jun 15, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on Rocky Oliver (LotusGeek)'s blog post 'Tough, somewhat embarrassing situation for me; time to share...'
"^  what he said. and Rocky, the story of what you've told is not much different from what my mom have been saying ever since i said to her i'm an atheist."
Apr 2, 2012
Okinawa R. replied to Diego's discussion 'Atheist view on sex'
"What are your toughts on sex?  its good... What is the minimum age to lose your virginity?  its lost......well i guess the minimum age would be 19..tho i lost it at much..much later on~  Would you have sex just for fun?  i'm…"
Mar 30, 2012
Okinawa R. replied to Lindsey Harris's discussion 'Offending Christians'
"I have been in a lot of debates before, tho i never being the one who initiate it; since in my view, its useless to have a personal debate since there wont be any significant changes especially with those who are delusional..unless its at a mass…"
Mar 20, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on Logan Peaker's blog post 'Inspiration'
"was listening to a classical music when i read this, somehow the words become poetry like...lol nicely said :)"
Feb 15, 2012
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Feb 2, 2012
Okinawa R. replied to Ben's discussion 'And the beat goes on.....'
"i rarely get a gasp from telling other people, because most people doesn't really care somehow @_@ except for my family of course..and some remarks that i easily brush off since my friends love to joke around and in a way caring tho…"
Jan 29, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on Vrinelly's blog post 'Scarred'
"sounds like the position where i am~ people especially your family might think its just you're in rebelling stage or whatsoever and they talk about it with you like they know what're your thoughts, feelings, and reasons unknowingly hurt…"
Jan 26, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on sjtoupin's blog post 'Atheist faces jail after Facebook remark'
"i get what you mean, but while you're able to say anything that you like...the laws sets by the government are clear. while i can say the law over here are...biased in practice most of the times, the theory is not. sure, being an atheist grant…"
Jan 24, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on sjtoupin's blog post 'Atheist faces jail after Facebook remark'
"@archaeopteryx, do understand the difference between a criticism with insults and after that, know that there's a law for those who make/announce insults towards any religion in Indonesia. thus now, we get back again to the news...this…"
Jan 24, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on sjtoupin's blog post 'Atheist faces jail after Facebook remark'
"i posted this up @ TA blog few days ago, while i havent update the news...just to make it clear, there's someone posting about what he wrote when he was in a discussion/argument where his post is plain insults; thus making some people searching…"
Jan 23, 2012
Okinawa R. commented on Okinawa R.'s blog post 'Goverment office staff beaten up and arrested for being an Atheist'
"@Steve well luckly Indonesia is a law based multicultural country...thus he's life will be spared, tho i'm quite sure that he will be removed from his office or transferred to office somewhere else since staying at his office…"
Jan 20, 2012

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I was never religious from the start tho once i prayed because a fear that i had when i was still a kid...and currently am stuck between atheist and agnostic.
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25-30
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because there isnt any other place to discuss about this matter without angering myself or the receiving ends over here.
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Goverment office staff beaten up and arrested for being an Atheist

Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:26am 2 Comments

I just read this news few minutes ago, and i must say this is the first time i can remember shit like this happened in my country...tho the story only comes up in local newspaper

The news, tho its in Indonesian

So i'll just sum it up here, without any less information provided by the newspaper.

A government office staff (31 years old) being an atheist since 2008 is arrested (tho i can say…

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