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Is Islam a "Religion of Peace"?
Yes?
No?
Yes and no?
Something else?
Please give some thoughts behind your conclusion.
Bonus question: In your opinion, why did Bush II go out of his way to refer to it as such after 9/11? Do you think he actually believed it? Do you think he was trying to keep people (us and them) calm?
Is Islam a "Religion of Peace"?
Yes?
No?
Yes and no?
Something else?
Please give some thoughts behind your conclusion.
Bonus question: In your opinion, why did Bush II go out of his way to refer to it as such after 9/11? Do you think he actually believed it? Do you think he was trying to keep people (us and them) calm?
Is Islam a "Religion of Peace"?
Yes?
No?
Yes and no?
Something else?
Please give some thoughts behind your conclusion.
Bonus question: In your opinion, why did Bush II go out of his way to refer to it as such after 9/11? Do you think he actually believed it? Do you think he was trying to keep people (us and them) calm?
Is Islam a "Religion of Peace"?
Yes?
No?
Yes and no?
Something else?
Please give some thoughts behind your conclusion.
Bonus question: In your opinion, why did Bush II go out of his way to refer to it as such after 9/11? Do you think he actually believed it? Do you think he was trying to keep people (us and them) calm?
It's neither a religion of peace or violence. However, it arose in a culture of violence.
Depends on the people who practice it's faith. I think it is almost completely peaceful, with some violent nut jobs. Kinda like every other religion and group out there.
Social objects do not have a will.
Any religion that puts to death those who wish to leave it is not a religion of peace. As religions go, it's probably one of the worst ones ever invented. It's in dire need of a reformation.
Can Islam produce a Martin Luther?
To be fair, Islamic support made a Martin Luther *and there were many just like him, before him* an actual reformationist. That and German princes tired of Catholic land domination.
The real question is; why are people so willing to live their lives in fear? Freedom includes everyone, and with that freedom comes a terrible price of "insecurity". One, I personally, am willing to pay.
Can Islam produce a Martin Luther?
This is the Fallacy of anecdote/Exception.For what it's worth, here's my take. Any religion, including Islam, is what the individual believer feels it is. Some Muslims are peaceful, some are not - some are accepting of others beliefs, some are not. Replace the word Muslims in the previous sentence with any other religious word, like Christian, Jew, etc. and the same applies.
However, Islamist extremists are the only ones beheading people on YouTube right now, that I'm aware of. But, Christian extremists are the only ones I know of that have blown up abortion clinics or killed doctors for performing abortions, but there may be some other religious group that has done that as well - I just don't know.
Wouldn't you say that freedom is a fairly new idea in the course of human history?
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