(June 7, 2012 at 12:04 pm)zentor Wrote: 1. the % of muslims that want to kill people is very small compared to the worlds population of muslims'
where as the % of christians that want to tell me about Jesus is much higher
2. the muslims i have met in real life, (in america and abroad) were very nice people, and they didnt shove the koran down my thraot like christians shoved bible, and you wouldnt even know they were muslim if they were white
3. Muslims actually seem to respect god. christians joke about him all the time, "jesus is my homeboy" but with muslims god is srs business. they do their religious rites strictly.
4. Had a muslim friend in highschool, during the month of ramadan i didnt even know he fasted (i didnt even know when ramadan was!) and during lunch he would just be like "nah im not hungry"
this last year in college, had a catholic chic in my psychology class. She gave up chocolate for lint. for the first 2 days she wouldnt shut up about how much she misses chocolate, then the 3rd day she bought a huge bag of hersheys and said "its ok, god forgives me"
5. I like the sound of their surahs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jivNz_i9QTU
nice but this is why I don't:
1. there are a higher about that do, they don't say it to your face or they say it in Arabic.
2. I can not disagree with this one as long as you don't do or say anything that my offend them.
3.There a difference between respecting ones God, and getting over-sensitive then somebody disagreed or makes a slightly insulting remark, Muslims take it TOO seriously.
4.I can't say anything
5. see 4.
my own reasons:
1. Islam is a science black hole. In the last 10 years Islam has produced 440 science papers, that's smaller then just Harvard.
2. Islam has a strange superiority complex, stronger then xian or Judaism.
3.Islamic lunatics are the most dangerous in the world, they well literally kill there self for an attack.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain