On 11/15/06, Bobby Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is Islam a religion of violence, or is the violence related to the fact that a large portion of the world's islam population is in opressed third world countries where there is little hope of changing their government (or the US government) that is opressing them and people turn to religion instead, in this case Islam, picking and choosing the portions of it that help them resist their opression, which are often the violent portions.
My impression of christianity is that it is a particularly violent religion as well. At least the way many so called christians choose to practice it. I have had christians tell me how good GWB is and how they know he's a good born again christian. So either they're wrong, or christianity too has a place for extreme violence as well. And, how about all of the "family values" preachers who quote bible passages that are then used to support beating gay people to death. Or the KKK who purport to be following good christian teachings too. I always thought that Jesus preached tolerance and forgiveness, but this doesn't seem to be too in vogue in many christians.
I can tell from the responses that none of the people here have read any of
the Koran. There is a particular passage known as the "Sword Passage" that
promotes violence against all infidels, particularly jews. Even the foremost
experts on Islam are beginning to see that it is a religion of violence.
Is Islam a religion of violence, or is the violence related to the fact that a large portion of the world's islam population is in opressed third world countries where there is little hope of changing their government (or the US government) that is opressing them and people turn to religion instead, in this case Islam, picking and choosing the portions of it that help them resist their opression, which are often the violent portions.
My impression of christianity is that it is a particularly violent religion as well. At least the way many so called christians choose to practice it. I have had christians tell me how good GWB is and how they know he's a good born again christian. So either they're wrong, or christianity too has a place for extreme violence as well. And, how about all of the "family values" preachers who quote bible passages that are then used to support beating gay people to death. Or the KKK who purport to be following good christian teachings too. I always thought that Jesus preached tolerance and forgiveness, but this doesn't seem to be too in vogue in many christians.
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