…is that people can be convinced by religion.

You may be surprised by what I have said and it is the opposite of what is often suggested.

A common assertion made by atheists is the supposed scientific basis for their beliefs, and quoting theories such as Occam’s razor. What they do not tell you is that whenever there has been a major scientific discovery, the scientists of that generation often did not accept it. It was only the next generation that would take that information and apply it.

From Malcolm X's autobiography:

I was later to learn that Elijah Muhammad's tales, like this one of 'Yacub', infuriated the Muslims of the East. While at Mecca, I reminded them that it was their fault, since they themselves hadn't done enough to make real Islam known in the West. Their sileince left a vacuum into which any religious faker could step and mislead our people

Something I didn't know until I was told a few hours ago - Emmanuel Adebayor has accepted Islam. It happened around June time this year.

The ceremony where he said his shahadah is available on Youtube:

">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUbyLMkHUu8]

He had recently run into some family trouble that was causing him stress, so it is good to hear that he has found peace in Islam.

">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSwZ2Y0Ops]

And the story/science behind the hoverboard:
">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_BYvUlDviM]

That is quite substantial effort and engineering just to include a lexus car in the video for a few seconds.

I am not going to comment on the news, but how it is portrayed on the BBC News website.

The murder of a toddler is belittled to simply a Palestinian issue.

The headline is providing subtext to the whole story if you don't pay attention, it is easily gone undetected.

Normally words for a headline are carefully chosen to portray the most meaning in the least words.

Here the headline would have been a lot more poignant if the word "Palestinian" was either not present or present later in the sentence to further describe the child.

Instead it is added to the start where it takes away from the headline and story as a whole.

I still have quite a few let's talk shows to upload... Should I continue as they are or put them on youtube (with placeholder image)?

Does anybody listen to them?

Secondly, how do people find the comment display? Is it a bit odd and should I go back to the odl forum style comments?

Eid Mubarak to everyone - whether you are celebrating on Friday or Saturday.

اللْهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

Ummul Mu'mineen, Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said:

I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'O Messenger of Allah, if I know what night is the night of Qadr, what should I say during it?'

He (The Prophet PBUH) said:

'Say: O Allah, You are pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.'

(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Tirmidhi).

The transliteration of this Dua is

"Allahumma innaka `afuwwun tuhibbul `afwa fa`fu `annee"

 
اللْهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ
O Allah, You are pardoning

تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ
and You love to pardon

فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
so pardon me

Taken from Twitter.

This may seem obvious, but the UK should stay out. SO should the rest of the "west".

There are plenty of people calling for intervention, and not only from the west. But my opinion is that we should stay out.

We don't have a good track record - recent examples and Iraq and Libya, but this goes all the way back to World War 1.

Well, I should rephrase that - we don't have a good track record for the people living there. I am sure prestige was gained and riches obtained in them all.

Another thing to remember is that when you go to war, there is always a reaction.