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Member 3605 Level 25.37 Mar 2006 |
Are you shitting me? Those are passages from the Koran.
Edit: I'll be a little more precise. The first number is the chapter, the second is the verse. Hence 8:12 is Chapter 8 (The Accessions), verse 12. This states, "When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them." How someone couled argue that doesn't encourage violence against the "infidel" is beyond me. There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Ballpark Frank; Jan 3, 2008 at 09:26 AM.
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Ryu, if you honestly believe that the religion isn't easily twisted for the use of extremists, you're a fucking fool. Frank is only scratching the surface here.
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-you only take one verse from Koran,if you read that page from this verse that for past not this time.
-ten commandments not all Muslim,there only some doctrines. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Rework that first sentence. It makes no sense at all.
And on the second one, yes, there are only some doctrines that use specific parts of the Koran, but they all (including b'hai) utilise some form of ethnocentric, xenophobic rhetoric. They are the chosen people vs the unbelievers. You're not doing well here, RYU. Stop flailing. I was speaking idiomatically. John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD. |
Member 70 Level 26.54 Mar 2006 |
Quoting passages is fine anyone can twist views left right and centre; but just out of curiousity has anyone actualy read the whole thing?? English translations are easily obtainable.
I have read the whole Koran (In arabic and English) and its nothing like what most myopic folk who look at 1 or 2 paragraphs portray it to be. Sure there is one or two things I would I say I deplore and are outdated with the current moral values subjective to each society, even countries such as Pakistan with a 98% Muslim population don't use sharia law because of the aforementioned reason. Who the hell is somebody who lives in the West to judge who has better standards its toally subjective alot of the stuff you do they find deplorable and rightly so. The fact it doesn't say go bomb, murder, pilage, or rape, God has reserved pre-planned punishments for those that do. Plus I wish people really knew the true use and meaning of the word Jihad rather than just holy war against the west, which is wrong. Islam's biggest problem is 'the brainwashers' as I like to call them who twist and twist so as to get these innocent young children to carry their will and NOT God's will. These people are always in it for themselves they don't give a shit about God and they are the ones that will burn in hell. BTW The line
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
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Member 3605 Level 25.37 Mar 2006 |
I'm not sying Islam is evil. I'm not saying Muslims are wrong. What I'm saying, well, I'm not. Deni said it already.
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Last edited by Ballpark Frank; Jan 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM.
Reason: This member got a little too post happy.
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Yeah, Fernando, I've read the whole thing. And it seems exclusionary and reactionary like most western religious texts. The problem here is you have two reactionary sides. One, like Smelnick, is made of people who hates muslims because, well, because let's be fair, lately, it's difficult not to look at them with derision given the activities of the extremists (Seen Jesus Camp? Watch it and tell me you don't take umbrage with Christians for not publicly condemning the actions of a minority. Just saying.) And the other, like RYU, jump up and down saying there's nothing wrong with the Muslim faith. But there is. Just like there are lots of things wrong with Christianity, and Shintoism. Being close-mindedly liberal is as retarded as being close-mindedly conservative.
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Maybe if "true" moderate Muslims would open their mouths and condemn extremist Islam at any occasion they can, the western world wouldn't be so vindicative in it's view of Islam. I heard the protests from the official European Muslim organizations during the Mahomet caricature crisis, but I don't hear them condemning terrorist attacks and religious oppressions that happen every weeks.
Just saying, it would help drawing a line, you know. How ya doing, buddy? |
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That's like, telling Catholics in the Philippines to condemn the Branch Davidian cult in America. It is a silly, tired argument born of an unfortunate tendency to lump together groups whose only connection is the name of their beliefs. Not to mention that Muslim leaders have been doing it. You just never notice. And it doesn't solve a damn thing anyway. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
However, the problem lies with the fact that God is supposed to be eternal and never-changing. If God claims that he'd kill non-believers the first time, what's keeping him back this time? Bin Laden might be twisting it to mean something, but essentially, isn't he being pretty true to the intent of the Koran? I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
And I'm sure some do, but you gotta admit it's a vastly ambiguous situation. I was speaking idiomatically. |
How many followers do the Vatican represent? That's awfully ambiguous as well. You're asking for lip service that's both unreasonable and ineffectual.
I simply hate it when people use guilt -- or worse, vicarious guilt -- as some sort of leverage. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?
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If you really don't want to see the correlation between the fact the world is flooded with extreme acts committed by Muslims that no other Muslims openly and firmly condemn and the growing incomprehension of Islam in the Western world, then I don't know what to add. =/ To me, the Islamic communities worldwide should be demonstrating when others commit despicable acts in the name of their faith, but hey, I guess I'm an idealist or something ~ FELIPE NO |
Cool. I just heard a segment called "Ask a Muslim" on a morning radio talk show I enjoy. Here's a few things the guest mentioned...
Islam is a religion of peace. Muslims advocate drawing close to God and living a godly life. It's frustrating to many Muslims to constantly tell people what they aren't instead of getting to tell them what they are. Treating women poorly is a misuse of the Islamic faith. Many of the most populous muslim countries have or have had female rulers at the highest level of office. Infidel is a Catholic term, not an Islamic one. There is no Islamic clergy. Additional respect is given to theologians, but it isn't a position of power. Many muslims do in fact denounce radical Islamists. But that sort of thing is hardly news worthy so we often don't hear about it. However, the outcry against radicalism needs to be louder in certain parts of the world. The footage from Palestine of muslims celebrating the 9-11 attack was more about celebrating the success of a muslim rather than the death of 2000+ innocents. Not unlike the way many African Americans celebrated O.J.'s freedom but not Nicole's death. Feel free to visit or call your nearest Islamic center. They will be more than happy to answer your questions and explain the truth about their faith. Many muslims actually have great affinity for America: movies, music, cars, people. But many muslims can't stand our foreign policy. This includes the unconditional support of Israel, but also dictatorships in the middle east. There were some other points as well. The hosts asked questions and let callers ask some as well. Not as fun as the "Ask a whore" or "Axe a black" segments this show has had in the past, but still very entertaining and informative. Most amazing jew boots |
Ok, pineapple, you understand why a lot of that doesn't work, right? I.E. there is muslim clergy in a very powerful position. They lead entire factions, and governments. And also I believe the "many" countries is like, two or three. And one of them got shot. Also, the catholics are a religion of peace. Oh, Crusades. Oops. And they were cheering the success of a muslim IN KILLING THOUSANDS OF FUCKING INNOCENTS.
God, get a grip. Propaganda is propaganda is propaganda. The religion is flawed. Jam it back in, in the dark. John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD. |
I'm not saying I agree with everything I paraphrased. But I did find the interview very informative at times. I think it really helped to hear things from a different perspective.
"Many countries" means at least four. Yeah, not sure if that qualifies as 'many', but I don't know how many democratic countries have large muslim populations. I don't doubt that there are powerful muslim leaders, but my understanding from what I heard was that the political power they wield is not prescribed by Islamic teachings. I find it interesting, or to be more honest, depressing how the majority of those who cling to Islam or Christianity appear to do so in a way that isn't true to the teachings of those faiths. Well, maybe the majority isn't doing things the way they should be...but they are a majority so they end up being representatives. D'oh! Most amazing jew boots |
Also, pro-religion propaganda? In my Palace? This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Member 3605 Level 25.37 Mar 2006 |
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Let's not kid ourselves, they enjoyed the sight of the WTC towers crumbling. The morning after the incident I went to my General Paper class, and my tutor (an Indian female) was almost beside herself with glee. SERVES THEM RIGHT, she said. And everyone in class giggled.
And this is a pro-America country. How ya doing, buddy? |
People in general, especially large groups of them, can be and often are...idiots.
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Oh, don't pretend you guys don't do it too. Emotional detachment, Internet, et cetera.
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Last edited by Bigblah; Jan 5, 2008 at 04:13 AM.
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Answering "lulz all terrorists" to any thread that involves a westerner criticizing Islam is fine I guess, but trying to understand the causes behind it would be better. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
To push another analogy, have you seen wide-scale demonstrations by Christians against pedophiliac clergymen? And somehow it's easier for everyone to accept that these are isolated cases without the aid of street protests.
(This picture is a representation of just how horribly off tangent the argument has gotten, because I simply cannot fathom how 9/11 relates to the Malaysian religious ministry acting like dicks) Most amazing jew boots |
And yes, this has gotten off tangent like pretty much all Islam related topics do. I'll grant you that pretty much all Bush/American foreign policy topics do as well, though. ~_~ There's nowhere I can't reach. |