(July 29, 2011 at 2:27 am)Rhythm Wrote: Well, probably a hardliner here, but I can't describe any of the abrahamic religions as anything more than hate groups. A pillar of their belief system is that they are cosmically superior, by divine edict of the lord almighty, and that the rest of the unwashed, those different from themselves, deserve (indeed will receive) damnation. Any Mosque, Church, Lodge, what have you that doesnt get built somewhere is a victory for basic human decency and goodness. That's just my two cents.
See, I'm not antireligion, but I can see why some people are. I have a problem with assuming all adherents of certain religions actually adhere to their religions' teachings. Sure, their teachings may be what you outlined above, but some people simply interpret them the wrong way, which is often both a good and a bad thing. I don't think a mosque is enough for Islam to sweep across the nation. However, I am the kind of person who doesn't get angry about what people might do. Maybe that is a flaw because I have to wait for them to actually do it to react, but isn't that the basis of our legal system. The people building that mosque have done nothing wrong, legally and I think nothing wrong, morally.
There is a battlefield somewhere, I believe it is Turkey, where there are memorials for soldiers on both sides of the conflict. I think I am remembering this correctly, but if I am wrong, someone please correct me. I believe it was the Gallipoli campaign between Australia and Turkey and afterward, the survivors were so impressed by the other side's stamina and strength that Turkey respected their enemy on their own soil. I know the situations are different, but let us not forget that the World Trade Centers were not filled with white Christians.
