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yes those damn bad apples ruin it! I was asking him because I am curious if he ever studied it. The religion itself is not harmful. The 5 articles within the muslim creed are Belief in a single God, Belief in angels, Belief in the revealed books, belief in the prophets and belief in judgement day. That in itself sounds familiar to me The 5 pillars of Islam in short confessions of ones faith in God and the prophet Muhammed, ritual worship (5 times a day), The Almsgiving (to benefit the poor), Fasting during the month of Ramadan, and then the Pilgrimage... These things they believe in and adhere to are not hurtful and damaging. It is when some become fanatical that things may become dangerous. There are sick people within every religion. It is horribly unfortunate. Anytime hurting or harming another person is involved in religious views or any views for that matter then something is wrong. Quote:
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I understand that, and I am not saying that you are. What I am saying is this. We live in a different world than that of the first century. We understand a great deal more about human behavior and our enivironment than we did then. Running the country based on the ideas, from the first century, like good, evil, souls, the devil, god, heven and hell is a recipie for disaster. Just a cursory examination of how the president is handling world affairs should convince anyone that his is a very biblical, first century point of view. That is dangerous and all rational people should fear it. Starboy |
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As to the rest... You keep conflating technology with spirituality. They aren't the same, and they aren't likely to be very often. In the mean time, you are still making a claim just as unsupported as the ones you so despise, and you are drawing exactly the same conclusion from it that they do - "people who disagree are the root of all evil". |
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