1. Mononoke

    Most mercyfull or most brutal GOD

    I don't know what you are implying. But that avatar seems hilariously self defeating.
  2. Mononoke

    Islam & Wife Beating. Can someone clarify things for me?

    Source I find this disturbing, as well as being and non-compatible with modern values. Can someone explain the exact implication of these statement, and how you would justify it's validity in civil society? Some ground rules. 1) Picking other verses from the Kuran does not negate this...
  3. Mononoke

    Ex-Muslim - My story

    Ha, I thoroughly enjoyed that. Cheers!
  4. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Some one has to buy the us bonds. If these bonds were to devalue too much the guy who buys is also screwed. It's like loaning money from a bank when the interest rate is lower than inflation. I know my responses aren't cohesive. I'll give you a nicely put together response tomorrow.
  5. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Also I highly doubt that the Euro will be stable in the long term. The EU can't even come to a consensus on how to name their Apples.
  6. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Yet an Ipod costs 300 dollars most of which is going to Steve Jobs. Just because goods are manufactured in china doesn't mean chinese get all the money, this has mostly to do with patents which belong to American companies. Cutting edge technologies are all developed in America, or Japan to a...
  7. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Look share prices falling doesn't mean anything in the long run. Shares will automatically reset it self once the country revalues itself, this is why I said it is the building and goods that matter. The American economy can survive a short term shock, I highly doubt the Chinese can. Think...
  8. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Not quite, remember both of those countries survive on importing to america. Also according to your model both of those countries would have higher opportunity cost for exporting because of the appreciated currency. Also America doesn't need to compete with India and China, they can easily...
  9. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Two things. Firstly, it is a piece of paper without any real value. In some sense the dumping of money is the best situation for America, it would have purchased goods for a piece of paper. What matter are the buildings and goods that are in America. Secondly, even if the Euro gains strength...
  10. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    And what do you think will happen to all the investments in china if the dollar falls. The country that will suffer the most from the current depression is china, because they are completely dependent on america for growth and even sustainability.
  11. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Who is going to buy all those dollars? After all it's only a piece of paper, there isn't any gold backing it up, there is no real value in it. For china to sell the Us dollars there has to be buyer, who is stupid enough and rich enough to buy it. And if they swap currencies inflation will...
  12. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    I don't see anything wrong with high birthrates, other than them not being sustainable and ultimately detrimental. My point was that merely numbers don't mean anything today, unless there is investment in either technology or industry.
  13. Mononoke

    I know sinhala very well. I grew up here went to ananda for 19 years, did all of my studies in...

    I know sinhala very well. I grew up here went to ananda for 19 years, did all of my studies in sinhala. Went to katubedda for two weeks and then got a scholarship to a US university for my bachelors. The reason I don't like to use sinhala in posts is because using the english script simply...
  14. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Trade deficits are not what you think they are. China, and to a lesser degree Saudi Arabia, invest in America not because of any begging or pleading. They can't dump US debt without committing suicide. It is mutually necessary. If you want to learn more about this read up on 'Monetarism'.
  15. Mononoke

    I know sinhala very well. I grew up here went to ananda for 19 years, did all of my studies in...

    I know sinhala very well. I grew up here went to ananda for 19 years, did all of my studies in sinhala. Went to katubedda for two weeks and then got a scholarship to a US university for my bachelors. The reason I don't like to use sinhala in posts is because using the english script simply...
  16. Mononoke

    Most mercyfull or most brutal GOD

    Why don't you say this to a kid with leukemia
  17. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Ane moda pako, onna kindi wennai yanne! 1)You are a moron for not reading your own article I was directly referring to the original source which the BBC used. More importantly BBC and NBC rarely do census. they most often rely on external data which come from sources like Pew or other such...
  18. Mononoke

    Prophet Ibrahim (AS): Shaping the History

    sorry for the late response. The point is not weather god saved the Kid or not. Your god requires you to devalue human life to the point where a true believer should be willing to sacrifice another human being, for him life holds no sanctity when compared to god. What kind of message is that...
  19. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    My point wasn't about Buddhism vs Islam, but that your numbers are insignificant. http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf This was survey done in 2008 by an independent Washington based think tank. In page 10 it says that .6% of Americans are Muslim, while...
  20. Mononoke

    25% of the world is now Muslim-BBC

    Why don't you check the birthrates before opening your mouth. And 20,000 converts per year in a country of 300+ million people is a joke, I'm willing to bet there are more converts to Buddhism in America than that. If you think world order is tied to demographics you are living in the stone...

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