Because ISIS doesn't give half a shit more about the Koran than the average politician over here does about the Bible. It's a tool to keep them in power and keep the sheep following them.

Why do you think people in the Middle East would be different from people in other parts of the world?

Isis is violating a fair lot of Islam rules. Not just now.

Just like so many radical groups they use religion as a tool to justify their actions. It's hardly a new idea.

Because when people learn critical thinking skills, they automatically dismiss ignorant hate-centered dogmas.

Any religion is afraid of science.

Religion is about faith.
Science is about doubt.

It's fairly easy to see why one is anathema of the other.

I can well see Muhammad and Jesus looking down on the whole mess and going "Dude, if I had known what they turn it into..." "Yeah, yeah, me neither".

About 3000/1000.

And some shrapnel.

Oh I'm fairly sure, if they thought they'd get away with it they'd cram the crap down your throat with fire and brimstone. It's not like the history of religion has been too peaceful.

Quite the opposite, I'd expect them to turn green with envy.

The cynic in me would say that's the real reason they hate the Islamist fundies: Envy.

Yeah, but for a different imaginary friend. For some odd reason that's important for them.

So ... the afterlife is a lot like a 90s LAN party?

So I wasn't the only one thinking "replace Allah with God and you should have quite a bit of support with some domestic lunatics"?

Do you seriously think that England will erect a fence all along the border and place immigration checkpoints along it? Do you really think that the Spanish will lock themselves out of Scottish fishing waters by blocking their EU membership? And then the rest of the UK will just watch as Russian soldiers arrive on their doorstep?

This is the kind of fantasy people talk about when they mention scaremongering. It's not even remotely based on reality.

Imagine how the Scottish feel having to accept crippling austerity to prop up reckless English banks. Yes, obviously RBS is Scottish, but it's losses were all made in London under weak UK regulation from the Thatcher era.

Outside investors are always looking for new oil fields and that won't stop after independence. It may be small fry but it's still billions of pounds.

The currency union can't be blocked. Even if it were they would not be reneging, they would simply no longer own that debt. It's the BoE's debt, and if they no longer used the BoE why would they continue giving it money? The debt goes with the currency, it only exists to maintain the value of the currency.

Thatcher destroyed manufacturing and industry in the whole of the UK. The north of England and Wales were trashed just as badly. She did that to Scotland, as well as the Poll Tax which caused riots. All the stuff she privatised has gone to shit - energy companies, the railways, British Telecom... Now they see Cameron privatising Royal Mail and the NHS too.

Her policies failed utterly and lead to the global financial crash a few years back. In the end she was such a liability her own party had to get rid of her. Scotland would do well to get away from her legacy.