3 Things You Should Know About Islam

by onemore 121 Replies latest jw friends

  • Quillsky
    Quillsky
    You can bank on me bashing any culture that has

    a death penalty for apostasy and/or homosexuality

    Thank you. Exactly.

    So back off on the Islam attacks. (Not only you - everyone.)

  • Dark Side
    Dark Side

    I think we should be doing more to understand Islam as a religion and way of life

    Let's be more understanding and less judgemental of everyone. That's alway been our problem

    hitler

  • Dark Side
    Dark Side

    Ever hear of Timothy McVeigh, Christian Identity Movement, Hutaree Militia, William Pierce, The Worldwide Church of God, James Wickstrom, and even to a lesser extent.............Sarah Palin?

    I don't say this often because when I say it, I mean it. miseryloveselders, you are truly a fucking idiot

  • Quillsky
    Quillsky

    Dark Side, beside your Godwinism could you also explain what you are trying to say?

  • myelaine
    myelaine

    dear quietlyleaving...

    you said:

    "demonizing Islam seems to be one of the rites of passage for xjws during the early part of their exit. I also remember trawling the internet when I first started question to worldviews and came accross much fundementalist propaganda against Islam and for a time believed some of it and was shocked and disgusted. It was tempting to see Islam as the new satan and put such things far away from me.

    Also when we compare christianity and how it was 250 (& plus) years ago with how Islam is today we are forgetting one huge thing. Christianity gave way to secularization and nationalism (plus fundamental religion of course). Under nationalism violence is given a civilized cloak but it is the the same violence as that practiced by whichever religion you would like to name at any time. Violence predates man. Assuming a righteous stance regarding your own country's violence and condemning another group's violence smacks of major hypocrisy and ignorance.

    Does this mean we shouldn't condemn violent acts and atrocities? Of course we should but we also need to be attentive to the violence and atrocities committed by our own countries before we point the finger. At the same keeping attentive to the fight going on within a country or a religion for change."

    "fundementalist propaganda against islam"...so every thing we have read, all the pictures we have seen and every new report is a lie that fundementalists propagate against islam?...golly...good thing you know the truth of the matter now and you're no longer shocked and disgusted.

    "way to secularization and Christianity gave nationalism (plus fundamental religion of course). "...or how about christians accept/tolerate a secular milieu apart from their fundamentalism?...imo it would be best if pornography and its offshoots were erradicated but I'm not going to kill anyone over my opinion...imo promiscuity leads to all kinds of problems but I'm not going to kill anyone over my opinion...those that have the control of the direction that islam is going...would kill anyone over their opinion...and furthermore they would kill you if you only opposed their opinion.

    "shouldn't condemn violent acts and atroDoes this mean we cities? Of course we should but we also need to be attentive to the violence and atrocities committed by our own countries before we point the finger"....yeah...maybe if we ask osama bin laden nicely to hold off for a while he'll shut down the whole "machine" and give us some time to clean up our own house...

    a line in one of the articles posted: "But what was being said has deep implications for the future of this country."...islam spreading as a religious/governmental/cultural FORCE...is not benign...the whole FORCE of it has "deep implications"...regardless of how "peaceful" it is said to be.

    love michelle

  • sooner7nc
    sooner7nc

    So back off on the Islam attacks. (Not only you - everyone.)

    No, I won't back off. This thread's about Islam and if I want to attack it or say anything bad about it, or it's pantywaist apologists, I will. If you don't like it then don't read it.

    And no I don't like Muslims that preach their hate religion, nor Christains who try to shove their dogma down my throat. That being said, piss off.

    sooner7nc

    Insisto vesti conscientia quod subsisto invictus!

  • Quillsky
    Quillsky
    And no I don't like Muslims that preach their hate religion, nor Christains who try to shove their dogma down my throat. That being said, piss off.

    Not all 1.2 billion Muslims preach hate, Sooner7, and you know that as well as I do. Inciting hatred against 1.2 billion people, the vast majority of whom are peaceful and just getting on with their lives, says more about you than about them.

    Your peaceful "piss off" is noted.

  • palmtree67
    palmtree67

    Quill,

    Are you muslim or do you know muslims?

  • Quillsky
    Quillsky

    Palmtree, my opinion is as objective as it can be, and isn't about me at all. I hope Christians (and former Christians) can say the same thing.

  • palmtree67
    palmtree67

    OK, fair enough.

    I was just curious what the level of education on the subject is for some.

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