Christianity vs. Islam - Page 2

wolf · 12-21-2006, 10:02 PM

Christianity has already passed through that "convert or die" stage.

I don't consider that I have a good sample if I base my opinions about Islam only on Muslims I have met and have had an opportunity to discuss theology with. They are all professionals (psychiatrists) who have emigrated to America, and became citizens, one of whom said he took a trip back home to Pakistan and never felt so scared in his entire life. Even the ones who attend services at their local mosque have a lassez-faire approach to religion.

I read the Koran.

Sundae · 12-22-2006, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Christianity is 700 years older than Islam and what were Christians doing 700 years ago? The Crusades?

Give Islam a couple decades to a century and they should liberaize just as Chrsitianity has.

Don't forget the Inquisition. About 700 years ago the Cathars were being wiped out for heresy. And a good deal of politics and greed was tied up in that episode of genocide too.

piercehawkeye45 · 12-22-2006, 11:26 AM

Exactly, that is why I get pissed off whenever I hear that Islam is a violent religion.

In reality, it is actually more peaceful and forgiving than Christianity.

wolf · 12-22-2006, 12:52 PM

I don't see exactly where you get that ...

Suicide-bomber-a-day was never part of the Inquisition.

Phil · 12-22-2006, 01:20 PM

its the exremists on both sides who fuck everything up for everyone else.
i work with a muslim, a sikh, a catholic, a buddhist ... all nice people.

http://www.truthbeknown.com/victims.htm

Happy Monkey · 12-22-2006, 01:27 PM

They were in power. They hardly had to do suicide attacks when they could just summon the victim to the torture chamber.

wolf · 12-22-2006, 01:45 PM

Need I point out that it is not the 14th Century?

Phil · 12-22-2006, 02:32 PM

need i point out that just because women arent being burned at the stake, not much else has changed.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-22-2006, 08:08 PM

You could, but you'd be wrong.

Beestie · 12-22-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil

need i point out that just because women arent being burned at the stake, not much else has changed.

need i point out that, after reading your post, the ammonia-soaked homeless dude I encounter back and forth to work everyday just passed you on the credibility scale?

I think you could pass him back if, for example, you publicly renounce your belief that the sun revolves around the earth.

wolf · 12-23-2006, 01:21 AM

You might be surprised by the credibility of the ammonia soaked homeless dudes you pass, should you spend time in conversation with them. I doubt that you'll be surprised by Phil.

Phil · 12-23-2006, 01:08 PM

keep deluding yourselves.

Flint · 12-23-2006, 08:16 PM

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Beestie · 12-23-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil

keep deluding yourselves.

Great. Show us two of the worst photoshop jobs ever made then scorn us for living under the veil (no pun intended) of delusion.

Take thine own advice.

Flint · 12-23-2006, 09:56 PM

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just doing what i can to piss off the religious right.

12-21-2006, 10:02 PM	#16
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Christianity has already passed through that "convert or die" stage. I don't consider that I have a good sample if I base my opinions about Islam only on Muslims I have met and have had an opportunity to discuss theology with. They are all professionals (psychiatrists) who have emigrated to America, and became citizens, one of whom said he took a trip back home to Pakistan and never felt so scared in his entire life. Even the ones who attend services at their local mosque have a lassez-faire approach to religion. I read the Koran. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-22-2006, 12:52 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I don't see exactly where you get that ... Suicide-bomber-a-day was never part of the Inquisition. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-22-2006, 01:27 PM	#21
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	They were in power. They hardly had to do suicide attacks when they could just summon the victim to the torture chamber. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

12-22-2006, 01:45 PM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Need I point out that it is not the 14th Century? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-22-2006, 08:08 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You could, but you'd be wrong. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-22-2006, 11:26 AM	#18
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Exactly, that is why I get pissed off whenever I hear that Islam is a violent religion. In reality, it is actually more peaceful and forgiving than Christianity.

12-22-2006, 01:20 PM	#20
Phil Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 304	its the exremists on both sides who fuck everything up for everyone else. i work with a muslim, a sikh, a catholic, a buddhist ... all nice people. http://www.truthbeknown.com/victims.htm

12-22-2006, 02:32 PM	#23
Phil Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 304	need i point out that just because women arent being burned at the stake, not much else has changed.

12-23-2006, 01:21 AM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You might be surprised by the credibility of the ammonia soaked homeless dudes you pass, should you spend time in conversation with them. I doubt that you'll be surprised by Phil. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-23-2006, 01:08 PM	#27
Phil Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 304	keep deluding yourselves. __________________ Atheist n A person to be pitied in that he is unable to believe things for which there is no evidence, and who has thus deprived himself of a convenient means of feeling superior to others. Last edited by Phil; 12-23-2006 at 01:15 PM.

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