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US Muslims struggle with condemnation
#81
RE: US Muslims struggle with condemnation
(December 8, 2015 at 7:38 am)paulpablo Wrote:
(December 8, 2015 at 2:08 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The Jesus character is a raving homicidal maniac.  He likes to roast people.

John 15:6 (TLB) = "If anyone separates from me, he is thrown away like a useless branch, withers, and is gathered into a pile with all the others and burned."

But there's a difference between Jesus saying "They will be burned." In a metaphor talking about what happens in the afterlife, and the instructions from Muhammad on how to crucify people, when to beat your wife, when to go to war and so on.

This sounds a bit like what I've read on the Jewish Talmud, which an enormous collection of instruction to micromanage life's every little detail. Christianity doesn't have anything quite comparable, which has given it more flexibility to go with cultural changes (Xtians didn't ban pork because most of them were gentiles, Jesus didn't say they should, and Gentiles knew it is tasty when cooked right). The significance of this difference is demonstrated by Judaism, with dire implications for Islamic reform - Judaism reformed only when Jews began to ignore the Talmud, which had bound them together through centuries of oppression with its own suffocating choke-hold. It never was the origin of Judaism anyway (not even the Torah really had that distinction), while the Koran and the asshat prophet who was credited with writing it is the one thing which defines Islam. Given the nature of this book, and its status at the center of the religion which it defines, Islamic reform is unlikely at best.
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#82
RE: US Muslims struggle with condemnation
(December 8, 2015 at 1:15 pm)abaris Wrote:
(December 8, 2015 at 1:18 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: https://newrepublic.com/article/125069/s...ign=202704

You don't want to quote the Newrepublic if your goal is to be taken seriously. Might be true, might be pure invention. If you got some serious source, bring it on.

Qutoing the newrepublic on something is like quoting Mein Kampf for an opinion on jews.

Here's a google search on the developing story: 

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=ch...udi+arabia

I don't think we're doing ourselves any favors by denying that evil like this is still happening in developed countries.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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#83
RE: US Muslims struggle with condemnation
I don't think there is any doubt that the Saudi's are scum, dear.

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Too bad Bush never got it.
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#84
RE: US Muslims struggle with condemnation
Jesus, didn't need to see that.

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 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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