Why don't they just change their religion?

[MicrosoftBob]

Blackadder: It is so often the way, sir, too late one thinks of what one should have said. Sir Thomas More, for instance, burned alive for refusing to recant his Catholicism, must have been kicking himself, as the flames licked higher, that it never occurred to him to say, "I recant my Catholicism and announce my faith in the flying spaghetti monster"

FTFY

[Ticktock]

That proves you are a better person than I am.
I am unable to offer people of any religion anything other than derision and contempt.

Much as your posting history leaves you open to, due to the obvious low intelligence I mentioned before.

[DaveB]

So dickhead what would you do?

OK, let me rephrase that.

Why didnt the Jews stop being Jewish?

[d000hg]

OK, let me rephrase that.

Why didnt the Jews stop being Jewish?

Hardly the same. Hitler hated Jews based on their ancestry not their confession of faith.

[expat]

Hardly the same. Hitler hated Jews based on their ancestry not their confession of faith.

It is the same for the Rohingya: Myanmar will not even discuss them with anyone who calls them anything other than "Bangladeshis". They are not being persecuted for their faith, but for being perceived as "immigrants".

I hope the lesson for kippers is clear BIDI.

[EternalOptimist]

If these people are being persecuted for their religious beliefs to the point that they are prepared to risk their lives on a rusty boat in the middle of the Ocean why dont they simply change their religion? Malaysia orders search for boatpeople as Myanmar hosts talks

I think changing religion would be hard. I can imagine YOU saying 'long live the revolution comrades', but then you are pragmatic.

I think the refugees should get pragmatic and take swimming lessons

[DodgyAgent]

It is the same for the Rohingya: Myanmar will not even discuss them with anyone who calls them anything other than "Bangladeshis". They are not being persecuted for their faith, but for being perceived as "immigrants".

I hope the lesson for kippers is clear BIDI.

what has that got to do with UKIP?

[original PM]

It is the same for the Rohingya: Myanmar will not even discuss them with anyone who calls them anything other than "Bangladeshis". They are not being persecuted for their faith, but for being perceived as "immigrants".

I hope the lesson for kippers is clear BIDI.

well they are immigrants

illegal ones at that

and many who say they are been persecuted for their faith probably mean it is my chance to get out of this tuliphole so I will make something up...

[expat]

what has that got to do with UKIP?

It's where a rabid anti-immigration obsession leads.

[DodgyAgent]

OK, let me rephrase that.

Why didnt the Jews stop being Jewish?

I do not know if it is an option for these people. I was asking the question not making assumptions. Unlike you