C'mon man, yeah, there's a lot of crazy Muslims out there. They have absolutely no sense of humor when it comes to their religious icons. Even so, that's not all muslims. Christians do some crazy shit too. Depending on your view of it, the Isrealis do horrible things because of their religion all the time. I think it's far more indicative of the conditions they live in than their religion.
Quit with the moral relativism crap. Christians do not blow themselves up to kill infidels. And any Christian who does is not a true Christian. The same can not be said about Islam. A good Muslim will kill an unbeliever and subject a Jew or Christian to dhimmitude (if they're lucky).
And the Crusades started to help the Byzantine empire from Muslim aggression, so don't even bother. Oh, and it was 700 years ago, get over it.
You can go here and get a lot of my views (it's my LJ). Now, my post is a knee-jerk reaction, so I recommend that you read my post and all of the comments in their entirety if/before you reply to anything I wrote there.
Well, what I was trying to say is that the actions of some Muslims aren't the actions of all Muslims. Saying all Muslims are violent bomb-wearing jihadists based on what that mob was doing is like saying all black people are gangsta ghetto crack dealing homeboys. It's a stereotype. Granted, some stereotypes have a foundation in reality. The one with Muslims certainly does. There's no arguing about whether or not some Muslims blow people up and are violent. They obviously are
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What you said is certainly correct (your overall thesis that member x of group a does not represent everyone in group a).
But, my point is that Islam is a violent religion by it's teachings. Christianity is not. Judaism isn't either (at least to the best of my knowledge). I'm only so quick to jump on this because everyone seems to always want to bring up Christianity's dark side in the defense of Islam, when I feel that the comparison is not deserved...based on the fundamental principles of the two religions.
Irony for the day: Islam has much more in common than Judaism than Christianity.
The people rioting in the middle east right now are a bunch of primitive nutcases.
i agree with you. if they are going to fight, the should NOT do it in the name of god/religion. i mean, fighting is the opposite of what religion teaches!
Or Christianity. Or Judaism. If you look in any scripture there is this notion of fighting for what you believe in. There's also this notion that it's okay to fight back against oppressors and unbelievers who violate the faith. In most cases they're contradicted by their own rightings. Islam preaches peace as well as jihad. The Bible contradicts itself too. Which end gets more emphasis is up to the individual priests or sects involved than the religion as a whole.
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And for God's sake, stop watching Fox News.
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And the Crusades started to help the Byzantine empire from Muslim aggression, so don't even bother. Oh, and it was 700 years ago, get over it.
You can go here and get a lot of my views (it's my LJ). Now, my post is a knee-jerk reaction, so I recommend that you read my post and all of the comments in their entirety if/before you reply to anything I wrote there.
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But, my point is that Islam is a violent religion by it's teachings. Christianity is not. Judaism isn't either (at least to the best of my knowledge). I'm only so quick to jump on this because everyone seems to always want to bring up Christianity's dark side in the defense of Islam, when I feel that the comparison is not deserved...based on the fundamental principles of the two religions.
Irony for the day: Islam has much more in common than Judaism than Christianity.
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i agree with you. if they are going to fight, the should NOT do it in the name of god/religion. i mean, fighting is the opposite of what religion teaches!
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