When Christians embrace Islam (growth of Islam in The Phillipines)

The Manila Times ^ | 17-19 November 2003 | Johnna Villaviray

[fortunecookie]

“Before I became a Muslim, the focus was on money, how to get ahead in life. But now, I ask myself, ‘What’s all that for? Isn’t salvation what’s important?’” Rivera said. --------------------------------

Salvation? Through becoming a follower of an angry perverted psychotic wandering about shouting in the desert 1,400 years ago. The potential for following the Reverand Jim Jones's lies in the nature of human stupidity and susceptibility to hysteria.

Agreed!! Especially the fundamentalist, terroristic variation rampant throughout the Phillipines, where not every converts willingly!!

Not to mention that many Filipinos are - or were! - Catholic in particular and Christian in general. I know that Christianity teaches this very thing. Don't worship money. Money as a means, not an end. Sharing your bounty with the less fortunate. And the salvation we have received from Jesus and his life and death on the cross. Most every Christian is taught this, and the themes are reinforced on a regular basis. And many ignore these teachings. Just like this Filipino, who suddenly 'found' a better way. Better that he return to or convert to Christianity and rediscover the truths there!!

[Gritty]

IslamForever
Since Dec 21, 2003

Good morning, troll!

[douglas1]

OH YEAH I cant wait I want to be treated like a animal, I cant wait to watch the men of AMERICA whipping their wives for questioning anything they do ,and of course us AMERICAN women are going to beg forgiveness for even doubting them, after all allah sees and knows of everything and all our little baby girls will be married off to some old mulah, and of course the gays here are going to love it they are going to be some ammans little pearl ,OH GOODY GOODY coming to a town near me.

[fortunecookie]

Seems like Islam is ultimately all about control. In this life the control of the infidel through murder slavery and taxation and in the afterlife the ownership of virgins and young boys.

Islam feeds on the lusts of the flesh, in stark contrast to the Biblical model which is based on the unmerited grace of God and results in serving rather than using others.

Well said!! I might add the ownership of virgins and young boys in this life as well. The treatment of women as chattel and the 'madrassah', so often used as a propagandist, cultish corruption of the boys instead of as the purported system of education it should be.

[Commie Basher]

The Cure For Islam:

However, not a loving God's cure. Only a hater's cure.

[tet68]

Islam is the cure.


"The operation is a success doctor, the patient died."

[tet68]

Islam is like a cancer, one day it's just a spot on your butt, the next it's threatening your life.

To date we have been trying to surgically deal with it, if it becomes even more virulent, then it's time for radiation treatments.

[VOA]

The commonest reason to convert to Islam is that otherwise they will kill you.

While true for the vast majority of cases, I can see other angles.

To my naughty mind, I see Islam as one of the pre-eminent "code of ethics
for thugs", with great appeal to men wishing to answer their baser instincts,
while having a veneer of religional respectibility with these sorts of positives:

Kill your infidels neighbors and take their stuff...even better,
enslave them and make them into an un-ending cash-flow system.

Have as many as four wives at once. And be able to divorce them at will and
cycle new sex-slaves, er, wives through the household.

What's not to like!? For males of baser instinct...

The one thing that I can't wrap my mind around is the female that would convert to Islam.
The desire for a long-term sado-masochistic relationship is about the
only explanation I can think of for a woman who willingly converts to Islam.


All-in-all, I am thankful that most Muslims are apostate. They are simply people
of fairly good will who either ignore or are ignorant of what is in the Koran/Hadith.

I fear the day they all become observant Muslims like Osama and the Palestinian terrorists.

[Capitalist Eric]

And the spread of the dogma to afghanistan and iraq has been what?

The CRUSHING of countries that sponsor terrorist attacks on the USA.

Any other stupid questions???

[Cicero]

Yes, I certainly agree with you. I vaguely remember reading an introduction to "Ali Baba" many years ago, in which the editor pointed out that Muslim stories have oddly different values from ours. Instead of performing heroic deeds and helping others, such as you might read of in the stories about King Arthur or Charlemaigne, it's all about winning the lottery, getting rich, and winning the most beautiful virgin. And it is mostly luck, because Muslims don't much believe in free will or taking responsibility for your actions. Aladin stumbling across a magic lantern is typical.

[FierceDraka]

Haw haw haw haw! I posted that nuke pic over a month ago, and I'm still getting comments about it. Un-freakin'-believable!

Commie Basher: Yeah, it's a hater's method. God is love, and I don't love my enemies. It worked against the raving, fight-to-the-death fanatics of Imperial Japan, it'll work against the raving, fight-to-the-death fanatics of Islam.

IslamForever: Don't think so, serf. Ah'd see this whole world burned to a radioactive blackened cinder before handing my sisters and nieces over to the rapists and butchers of Sharia Law.

But Ah'm confident that befo' that happens, mah people will wise up an' do what's necessary to terminate y'all's threat to our way o' life, be it puttin' y'all undah the Yoke, or puttin' the nuculah blowtorch to y'all's countries. Go ahead an' push us, serf. Y'all may have bitten off mo' than y'all care to chew.