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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: RMF who wrote (11208)8/23/2006 12:18:27 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
From the perspective of some people it appears that Muslims worship a God made up by a man trying to justify his shortcomings. To summarize what others have been saying about Mohammad:

He married for money and then wanted more, so he made polygamy legal in his new religion. He couldn't remain honest in contract dealing so he made it legal to cheat people who were different. He failed as a military leader so he said it was ok to have truce to build a force to overcome the militarily superior. He had married for money so he didn't need to earn a living; he made interest on capital illegal to gain popularity with the masses.

"I believe that the right to freedom and the pursuit of happiness are fundamental human rights; they are not just something we should practice at home but not allow others to have. By always helping the cause of freedom in every corner of the world, we can look at ourselves and see good. Even if despots attempt to portray us as something other than we are, we know that there is no higher secular cause than freedom. Some people never mature enough to perceive things outside the template that they learned in youth, but mature people see things and reach their own conclusions."

let's say my wife and I are fundamentalist Muslims and we wish to be free to pursue our fundamentalist Muslim beliefs. That makes us happy.

You do your thing without impinging my freedoms and I will not bother you. Your rights of freedom of speech do not give you the right to yell fire in a crowded theatre. If you desire to limit my rights then go to a place like Saudi Arabia. Don’t try to make Riad on the Hudson.

"you do not have a true God. "

You are entitled to your opinion. IMHO that opinion is wrong.
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