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If you actually advocate abortion publically you do run the risk of excommunication. And if you're pro-abortion and pro-gay rights why would you go to a church and put money in a collection plate to support an organization that you don't agree with?
You still haven't given any evidence Ric on how I am two faced.
Instead you have gone off on a rant about God knows what.
Another Muslim conspiracy no doubt.
I just wanted to post in this thread because I think there is a correlation between Islam and violence. I can't find the quote now, but I think Reza Aslan said once "Islam has a problem with terror". These are not isolated incidences, but a correlation between the culture and ideas or whatever it is. I'm not saying that all Muslims are violent, but what I'm saying is that there is a significant fraction who are and you can make a correlation from it.
Um, yeah, there is a correlation between Islam and violence. Take for example India and Pakistan. The two are similar countries, the only major difference being their religion. In fact, the two were originally part of the same country until they were partitioned into one being an Islamic country, and one not. Pakistan is one of the major sources of terror in the world. Look at how many suicide bombings it has. Pakistanis are also responsible for attacks conducted in other countries. How many terrorist attacks originated from India? You'll have a hard time finding one.There isn't a correlation between Islam and violence as it is that there's a correlation of political powerful religious institutions and violence.
Ok, Al-Queda, Taliban, Al-Shabab, Jemaah Islamiyah, etc. etc. how many people is that? That's a significant fraction. Take a look at this: Islamic terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and try to tell me that 'there aren't anymore violent Islamists than in any other religion'.Also, I don't think there's a source on the planet which could reliably back up your assertion that a significant fraction of Muslims are violent. Feel free to prove me wrong.
What does that even mean, elders who? The most powerful nations in the world are majority Christian, and they lost political power? Britain, France, US, Italy, Germany, maybe Russia, these are Christian nations and they're not weak either.As I've said elsewhere, it's not so much that Christians suddenly had an awakening and became more humane and accepting. It's that its elders and institutions steadily lost political power, until they had to learn to live with the world around them.
Where did you run off to?There isn't a correlation between Islam and violence as it is that there's a correlation of political powerful religious institutions and violence.
As I've said elsewhere, it's not so much that Christians suddenly had an awakening and became more humane and accepting. It's that its elders and institutions steadily lost political power, until they had to learn to live with the world around them.
Also, I don't think there's a source on the planet which could reliably back up your assertion that a significant fraction of Muslims are violent. Feel free to prove me wrong.
TED,
Can't wait to hear what Opteron's bull**** definition of "significant fraction" is. :lol:
Where did you run away to?
Um, yeah, there is a correlation between Islam and violence. Take for example India and Pakistan. The two are similar countries, the only major difference being their religion. In fact, the two were originally part of the same country until they were partitioned into one being an Islamic country, and one not. Pakistan is one of the major sources of terror in the world. Look at how many suicide bombings it has. Pakistanis are also responsible for attacks conducted in other countries. How many terrorist attacks originated from India? You'll have a hard time finding one.
Ok, Al-Queda, Taliban, Al-Shabab, Jemaah Islamiyah, etc. etc. how many people is that? That's a significant fraction. Take a look at this: Islamic terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and try to tell me that 'there aren't anymore violent Islamists than in any other religion'.
What does that even mean, elders who? The most powerful nations in the world are majority Christian, and they lost political power? Britain, France, US, Italy, Germany, maybe Russia, these are Christian nations and they're not weak either.
Right, because you haven't answered any of the points I brought up in my posts. I laugh at your attempt at a response.I didn't run away, I laughed at you and decided to save you for a midnight snack. Very well, here we go:
Do you have a coherent point to make here? Or just some vagueries about elders and religion having political power. It is about Islam and it is about the prevalence of violence observed within the religion. It has nothing to do with political power.You didn't respond to what I actually said. I was saying that it's not so much about Islam as it is about a religion having power. Historically, politically powerful religious sects have incited all kinds of violence.
So the whole of your point is trying to question what "significant fraction" means. If you don't have enough sense to figure out that the number of Islamic terrorist organizations listed in Islamic terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is significant, there's not much point in responding to you.You still haven't defined what "a significant fraction" is.
It won't do me any good, anything you write is incoherent babble anyways.Are you actually reading what I'm posting?
Wait, let me answer my own question: No.
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Right, because you haven't answered any of the points I brought up in my posts. I laugh at your attempt at a response.
Do you have a coherent point to make here? Or just some vagueries about elders and religion having political power. It is about Islam and it is about the prevalence of violence observed within the religion. It has nothing to do with political power.
So the whole of your point is trying to question what "significant fraction" means. If you don't have enough sense to figure out that the number of Islamic terrorist organizations listed in Islamic terrorism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is significant, there's not much point in responding to you.
Nevertheless, if your whole counterpoint requires a definition of the term, we can say that a significant fraction is a number statistically significant, or its a number of terrorist involved people that is greater than the average of other religions. If you require a number, we can say its greater than 50% of the average of other religions, even double. It doesn't even really matter because there are many more terrorist involved organizations in Islam than any other religions, the exact number won't matter too much.
It won't do me any good, anything you write is incoherent babble anyways.
Hell, if you compare modern Islam to Christianity at its height, you'd probably find that politically powerful Christianity is a hell of a lot more violent than modern Islam -- and that rather than making Christianity look bad, it makes my point.
Except Islamic radicals are responsible for more deaths annually than during the entire Spanish Inquisition. In fact Islamic Imperialists are responsible for the largest genocide in history up until Hitler which they perpetrated on the Indian Subcontinent.
And more Americans Citizens kill American Citizens then any other demographic on earth, even in Afghanistan and Iraq. Whats either yours or Tacticalevildans point?
It was about power and ambition, not about religion.
And more Americans Citizens kill American Citizens then any other demographic on earth, even in Afghanistan and Iraq. Whats either yours or Tacticalevildans point?
I can't speak for Agent Ferris, seeing as how I have them on ignorelol , but my point (which I thought was very clear) is that violence being committed today by Muslims isn't about Islam any more than violence committed by Christians during the height of the Roman Catholic Church was about Christianity.
It was about power and ambition, not about religion.
I can't speak for Agent Ferris, seeing as how I have them on ignorelol , but my point (which I thought was very clear) is that violence being committed today by Muslims isn't about Islam any more than violence committed by Christians during the height of the Roman Catholic Church was about Christianity.
It was about power and ambition, not about religion.
Islam on the other hand, while certainly killing off a certain number of their own, have spent over 1200 years killing primarily those of other religions.
I can't speak for Agent Ferris, seeing as how I have them on ignorelol , but my point (which I thought was very clear) is that violence being committed today by Muslims isn't about Islam any more than violence committed by Christians during the height of the Roman Catholic Church was about Christianity.
It was about power and ambition, not about religion.
Actually, Islam is at the very core for these fundamentalist Islamic groups. Many of them have Islam in their organizations' names and they all want to establish an Islamic caliphate, live by the Koran, and make everyone convert to Islam under their control. How can you say its not about Islam? I don't know what the Catholic Church's motives were, but for the Islamic fundamentalist groups, Islam is at the very core of their movement.I can't speak for Agent Ferris, seeing as how I have them on ignorelol , but my point (which I thought was very clear) is that violence being committed today by Muslims isn't about Islam any more than violence committed by Christians during the height of the Roman Catholic Church was about Christianity.
It was about power and ambition, not about religion.
Actually, Islam is at the very core for these fundamentalist Islamic groups. Many of them have Islam in their organizations' names and they all want to establish an Islamic caliphate, live by the Koran, and make everyone convert to Islam under their control. How can you say its not about Islam? I don't know what the Catholic Church's motives were, but for the Islamic fundamentalist groups, Islam is at the very core of their movement.
Yeah, but it shows that the Bible has weird rules in it too, but people in Christian majority countries don't force everyone to submit to these rules. Even though the Bible says things about women being owned by men, Christian majority countries still allow for equality between men and women. Muslim countries do not have this equality.I agree, and you make a comment worth a moments reflection. Im adding, the bible; my bible says things about the way women are owned by men. So it is not just the Quran
Yeah, but it shows that the Bible has weird rules in it too, but people in Christian majority countries don't force everyone to submit to these rules. Even though the Bible says things about women being owned by men, Christian majority countries still allow for equality between men and women. Muslim countries do not have this equality.
It doesn't matter if it is a twisting of the religion, or if they have hijacked Islam, the point is that for these groups, religion and Islam is at the very core of their movement.No, a perversion of Islam is at the very core of their movement.
Just like a perversion of Christianity was at the very core of the Roman Catholic Church and its quest for more and more power.
Just the same, the Islamic caliphates back in the day enforced their rules on their subjects too. But now its the 21st century. Other religions have transformed and coexisted with modern life, but Islamic countries haven't transformed significantly, the one exception may be Turkey.When the Church had sufficient power and authority, these rules most certainly were forced on others.
But now its the 21st century. Other religions have transformed and coexisted with modern life, but Islamic countries haven't transformed significantly, the one exception may be Turkey.
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