345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Jan 12th 2006, 3:15 pm
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345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
It never ceases to amaze me what people will go through for their religion and beliefs:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
Jan 12th 2006, 3:18 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by CarlM
It never ceases to amaze me what people will go through for their religion and beliefs:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
Jan 12th 2006, 3:24 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by Celsius
Your comments makes the pilgrims sound as if they wanted to die...
Jan 12th 2006, 3:38 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by Celsius
Your comments makes the pilgrims sound as if they wanted to die...
Jan 12th 2006, 3:46 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by neil
Isn't a pilgrimage all about getting closer to god?
Jan 12th 2006, 3:46 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by CarlM
It never ceases to amaze me what people will go through for their religion and beliefs:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
Jan 12th 2006, 3:49 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by NJ_Dave
Actually it's pretty tame compared to some of the things that people do for religion (like flying planes into tall buildings, for instance).
Jan 12th 2006, 4:16 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by CarlM
It never ceases to amaze me what people will go through for their religion and beliefs:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ede/index.html
This happens every single year. You think they'd learn!
Jan 12th 2006, 4:21 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by Pigtails
This happens every single year. You think they'd learn!
Jan 12th 2006, 4:26 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
How would they learn when they are dead?
Jan 12th 2006, 4:29 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Life does not end with death, it merely moves on somewhere else
Jan 12th 2006, 4:32 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Life does not end with death, it merely moves on somewhere else
Jan 12th 2006, 4:37 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by CarlM
I rather thought it did.. surely you are either alive, or dead!
I'll get my coat
Jan 12th 2006, 4:38 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
I was trying to spark a philosophical debate
I'll get my coat
I'll get my coat
Jan 12th 2006, 5:30 pm
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Re: 345 reported dead in Hajj stampede.
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
I was trying to spark a philosophical debate
I'll get my coat
I'll get my coat
I'll hold your coat so you can stay a while longer
