Posted on 12/03/2015 11:45:01 PM PST by walford
“If you don’t think you have a dog in this fight you’re blind!”
The quote you cited regarding whether I have a dog in this fight with Islam as do Christians and Jews on a THEOLOGICAL level — particularly whether they worship the same God or Gods. I don’t care.
Regarding whether Islam’s violent expansionism affects me and other practitioners of religions that did not originate in the Middle East, I refer you to comment #12:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3368010/posts?page=12#12
That's a very, very vague and unquantified assertion about Christians. How about some specific detail? Was it four Christians after a night of drinking, or was it vast armies with ostensible theological and legal supports?
Do a little research on who (actually, what) it is that muslims worship.
The Mohammed Factor >>> very tru and that is why this religion needs to always be reference as mohammedanism.
Good luck. You’re going to need it.
Actually, “People of the Book” are allowed to keep their religion IF they agree to pay the Jizya and submit to Dhimmitude with it’s discriminatory restrictions. Non-PotB, like pagans, for instance, had to convert to Islam or die. Exceptions were made, like India, but probably because there were too many Hindus to kill.
If that’s the case, what about Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, or Bangladesh? They were all originally Hindu.
Stopped right there - that statement is 100% wrong and factually inaccurate.
The muzzies worship satan (aka allah). Their "Book of Satanic Verses" declared war on God and His Judaeo-Christian followers
Any attempt to link the satanic, savage muzzies to God is pure propaganda from an incompetent and intellectually stupid author.
I guess you missed this part of the sentence...
“Not all muslims seem to adhere to their own rules...”
Good grief.
So the fundamental problem with Islam is that it is not Christianity? It would seem that the Muslims are thinking something similar and are demonstrating far more resolve in correcting this problem as they see it. If we’re going to be having a Holy War based upon which form of dogmatism is the stronger, I’m betting on the Mohammedans.
But let me offer this:
When we, as finite beings...
- Presume to know Divine Will and go further to act — and even kill — in the name of God,
- Decide that our religion is the only valid one and the non-believer is by definition damned,
- That the entire purpose of our finite lives is to determine what “place” our immortal souls will reside for all eternity...
Life becomes cheap.
Other people become means to an end.
The mere existence of those who do not share our beliefs is a threat, so we are not only permitted, but obliged to conquer, plunder and slaughter.
Non-believers, being by definition damned, are not entitled to life; they are less-than human in their refusal to accept our God and practice our religion. We can therefore take from them, enslave them, rape them, murder them, because what we do to them here on this Earth is nothing compared to what awaits them on the Other Side.
Such is the nature of theological exclusivism, hence it is the problem, not which religion upon which it is based is the Correct one. The finite cannot claim to know the mind of the Infinite, much less presume to act — and even kill — in the name of God.
Dogmatism is blasphemy.
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