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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:40 am


I was just wondering what your thoughts were on this. I think in some way that it does but i have no proof to support my thoughts. I know alot of people who feel the same way. Again my intent isnt to cause a problem or to start a fight.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:30 pm


stare

Christianity still sponsors the burning of witches...

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:54 pm


True. Very true.
PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:04 pm


Islam does not sponsor terrorism, and does not endorse it.

The Mullah's of Iran and militant extremists manipulate the meanings of passages from the Qu'ran to justify themselves.

Islam is submission to God, and shares the same consonent-base as the arabic word for peace.

Remember: when you think about Muslim terrorists, you're thinking of a small portion of an extremely large population... and the population at large tends to dislike the group that you are thinking of.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:05 pm


It's the basic law of rules:

The radical minority defines the masses.

You have some minority sitting in front being a representant for the entire population. And then a broad mass of dumb sheep following them in different ranks, then the neutral people who have more of an opinion like "Leave me alone with all that s**t!", the contras "I don't agree with it, because of this and that!" and the antis "OMG, I don't even need to look at it to find it crappy, it's all s**t!"

You can apply those basic rules to almost every situation:
Job, School, Religion, Nation, Culture and what not.

I know a lot of muslims who state the opinion, that the western propaganda just delivers a new image of the enemy like the russians or germans (yeah we ate ur babies) back in their times, and always pick on the same people, who are seen in their eyes absolute scum!
PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:22 pm


Religious fundamentalism, whether it be Christian fundamentalism or Islamic fundamentalism, is often used to promote violence.

However, not all Muslims, as with Christianity and other religions, are fundamentalists and/or promoters of violence.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:20 am


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Christianity still sponsors the burning of witches...


Oh which continent please???? I studied Catholic Theology for 4 years and not even the word "witch" has ever been a topic.

But that leads to extremism again. Of course there will always be people who will go too far for the right reasons. I mean I can understand that some people do not want a society like ours. The sexual revolution has not only helped being aware of pleasure and dangerous things, but also made it something less valuable... and there are a lot of more things to critisize. On the other hand you will find other bad things in islamistic (? what's the adjective?) society. I think it where you wanna live depends on which errors you can handle better.

Nevertheless. During my studies I had to learn about another religion as well, so I chose Islam. I think it is a more open aggressive religion than the christian one. That Jews were killed by them is a important fact of the history. I know christians also did extremely cruel things and some still do. But nobody would ever think this was a glorious thing to let following generations know.
On the other hand it might be a more truthful way to tell everbody about the past...
In the end everything is a matter of opinion.

Therefore I think I don't consider the Islam as dangerous itself, but I am afraid of people who tend to get too far. And those people can be found in ANY religion or group who follows ideals.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:25 pm


War nur ein Witz, diese Frage beantwortet sich selbst mit etwas nachdenken.

True believers in any religion do not sponsor violence in the name of their religion, it's just the offensive propaganda, which tosses people to the violent counterpropaganda.

For example if a state is attacking your region to liberate you from "ZOMG! TERRISTS!!11!!" you would rather go and join the known resistors than the guys who burn your house, bomb your town and tell you they bring you "freedom".

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