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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: faqsnlojiks who wrote (5395)	2/27/2007 5:20:46 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Ok thanks. The last paragraph is not accurate and it really gets at the point I was hoping you would consider... "The fact is, none of that is acceptable in Christiandom, I know that none of that is acceptable in Christiandom and you know it. "and you won't find people that claim it as part of Christianity, But you are wrong in your conclusion. I have heard many people right here in the good ole' USofA say that Christians believe that all they have to do is Recite John 3:16 then all things are permissable. You've never heard anyone say that? It is usually by an anti-religious type. There are quite a few who attribute all kinds of heignousness to the Authority of the church. Are you sure you've never heard that? But that wasn't even the scenario. The scenario was to consider what someone who had never been exposed to a decent person like yourself and who had been lectured only on anti-Christian view points founded partly on the examples and statistics gathered from American culture. You say I wont find people claiming this is cause and effect. I don't want to make a big issue out of how wrong you are about that but it wasn't something I was trying to prove in the first place. It was a question for you about a hypothetical situation. "...whereas there are many, many, examples of heinous acts where the perpetrators (and the people that send them out there) attribute their acts to Allah/Islam and/or Sharia (sp?) law" You are right, there is no doubt that the Radical Extremists have wielded the religion in such a way. I doubt I would be able to convince you that the vast majority of Muslims and the general view of Mainstream spokespersons condemn such things. You heard differently and it was probably not from a decent Muslim person. In fact it was probably from somebody that is pretty pissed off at Muslims. Just a guess. "...whereas there are many, many, examples of ... I doubt you would be convinced if I told you Anti-Christians start their presentation in similar ways and hold the Christian Authorities responsible for many bad turns of events. Well, actually I'm certain of it. I am happy for you if you are a member of a decent religious community, and I am sorry that I have failed to get you to consider the possibility that what you've heard is partly founded on propoganda from anti-Muslim sources, rendering the information suspect. Personally, I don't believe religions do any thing bad. People do bad things and people use religions to do bad things. You don't have to agree.