"There is no belief system in the history of the world that hasn't descended at some stage to murder to support and justify its beliefs."
Not true! The Holistic theory is a belief system that can never have any part in such things, it is entirely personal yet covers the whole of creation. Buddha himself followed it. The Japanese Suicide pilots were motivated by politics not religion. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Naef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'LUList'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [LU] NON LU - 2K Terrorists >I was at a footie match yesterday so missed the hoo-hah, here is my 2p > worth. > > Remember Japanese invented suicide bombing and they are Shinto Buddhists, > it > was reborn in the last few decades by Hindus in Sri Lanka. The massacre of > a > million innocents in Rwanda was in part led by priests and their ranting > from the pulpits. The Lords Resistance Army in Uganda spouts a > bastardised > Christian/local theology while massacring Children. Judaism, Christianity > and Islam all come from the same roots, the problem isn't with the > particular flavour, but what people will do when they stop thinking for > themselves. > > There is no belief system in the history of the world that hasn't > descended > at some stage to murder to support and justify its beliefs. > > >> Fundamental Muslims want to rule the earth. Their stated aim >> is for the whole planet to conform to that religion and >> anyone who doesnt conform is the enemy and should/could be killed. > > That's a sweeping statement Mark one of many you have made. Islam takes > many > forms and some "fundamentalists" ie people who people the word or the > Koran > - as they read it - take a very different view and inform me that it is > all > about Peace. > > There is a strand of islam - politically motivated by what they see as the > injustices meted out by the West upon their people - which favour extreme > violence. > > Using your generalisations one could say that the US wants everyone in the > world to live in a capitalistic democracy (translation: Protect Oil > Supplies) and are willing to kill to achieve this. I don't think many > Americans do, but I am pretty sure some neocons do. > > The world is really very complicated - what about the pilot of an F-18 or > BlackHawk pressing a button to fire high explosive rockets at a compound 3 > miles away. he has no idea how many women of children are in there, but > he > considers them casualties of war. To the poor bastard who gets blown up > it > matters not a jot. > > If we as members of a democracy send soldiers out to an aggressive foreign > war, remember neither Iraq or Afghanistan attacked the UK, why should we > be > surprised if they attack us back, surely we are partly culpable, That's > Democracy. > > ttfn > > Richard > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > 6 in a bloody row! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 6 in a bloody row!
