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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On ^ The Thousand And One Nights is a far more interesting read, if you are looking to get a better perspective on the culture.

Hmmm, sounds interesting. Merci!

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN i wouldn't bother unless you found the bible to be a thrilling read. its just as painful to trudge through.

If I want to see that much killing, mayhem and scandal I'll just watch the news.

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Islam is not just the guy who blows himself up and tapes videos saying he is doing some sort of jihad,or the dood that tells others to come and kill all the non believers.......It also consists of those regulars and average joes that just go about their lives paying taxes and working 40 hours a week,going to school,having a good time friends and family,people who watch movies at cineplex,people who listen to music and go clubbing and do all the other things that people from several other religions do......



Now how do we decide which is the proper Islam ?..........Is it fair to paint everyone with the same color?

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Originally posted by UmmiE Islam is not just the guy who blows himself up and tapes videos saying he is doing some sort of jihad,or the dood that tells others to come and kill all the non believers.......It also consists of those regulars and average joes that just go about their lives paying taxes and working 40 hours a week,going to school,having a good time friends and family,people who watch movies at cineplex,people who listen to music and go clubbing and do all the other things that people from several other religions do...... Now how do we decide which is the proper Islam ?..........Is it fair to paint everyone with the same color?

Does it matter? The point is it has more bad people then other religions... and not by chance but because of the religion itself.

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter Does it matter? The point is it has more bad people then other religions... and not by chance but because of the religion itself.

Interesting.........Where do you get your stats from?

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter Does it matter? The point is it has more bad people then other religions... and not by chance but because of the religion itself.

I thought Christianity was in the lead?

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Originally posted by jonSun I thought Christianity was in the lead?

That's what I thought too....

Darkarbiter, did you just pull that out of your arse?

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i'd like to point out that in my rantings concerning religion, i do not include buddhism in that rant. i know next to nothing about buddhism, mostly because it minds its own business and doesn't seem to cause anybody any strife. ive only ever seen it "fight" for just causes.

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter Does it matter? The point is it has more bad people then other religions... and not by chance but because of the religion itself.

So you are making some kinda point about an entire religion based on, what, a few hundred morons that made a mess in the name of Allah?.. that's so short-sighted.

Based on a sample of that size...one could state that all Christians are just as bad...(because I'm sure, if I felt so inclined and wanted to take the time) that I could go to any Christian book store, and find books that said almost the same crap about Jews, from a Christian point of view.

I mean, it hasn't been that long since Christians took it for granted that "the Jews killed Christ..", and, historically, there has always been a certain amount of bias between Jews and Christians.

Even today, as much hate and violence is committed by Christians, who are convinced that they are acting the way God wants them to.

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Originally posted by Enigmatik So you are making some kinda point about an entire religion based on, what, a few hundred morons that made a mess in the name of Allah?.. that's so short-sighted. Based on a sample of that size...one could state that all Christians are just as bad...(because I'm sure, if I felt so inclined and wanted to take the time) that I could go to any Christian book store, and find books that said almost the same crap about Jews, from a Christian point of view. I mean, it hasn't been that long since Christians took it for granted that "the Jews killed Christ..", and, historically, there has always been a certain amount of bias between Jews and Christians. Even today, as much hate and violence is committed by Christians, who are convinced that they are acting the way God wants them to.

Jesus didn't marry a 9 year old. My point was there are teachings in the Kuran that lend towards violence.

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter My point was there are teachings in the Kuran that lend towards violence.

And the Bible has none?

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Originally posted by jupiterone And the Bible has none?

yeah, exactly. you're way off if you think either is inherently worse than the other.

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