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Lee Kuan Yew gives warning to Islamic moderates
AFP / Taipei Times ^
| 3/28/04
| Staff
Posted on 03/28/2004 12:17:51 AM PST by tubavil
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To: Capt. Tom
Oh Good Gravy!
"What your talking about are heretics and slackers. People who profess to believe in a religion but pick and chose the parts they want to follow."
You want to tell me how many Christians follow the Ten Commandments every day of their lives? Everyone picks and chooses what they follow. (leaving out the Pope and a few others, I guess)
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03/28/2004 12:04:01 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))
To: nuconvert
You want to tell me how many Christians follow the Ten Commandments every day of their lives? Everyone picks and chooses what they follow. (leaving out the Pope and a few others, I guess) You obviously miss the point. If Christians follow their religion to the letter, or do not follow their religion, it is no threat to you or me.
If Muslims decide to follow their religion to the letter; it is a threat to everyone who is not a Muslim. - Tom
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03/28/2004 12:21:06 PM PST
by
Capt. Tom
(Don't confuse the Bushies with the dumb republicans. - Capt. Tom)
To: Capt. Tom
It seems to me that the point of the article is that Lee Kuan Yew recognizes that there are differences between muslims in Singapore (and he ought to know, having been the prime Minister for 25-30yrs). And he is speaking to moderates. Anyone who thinks that there ISN'T a difference, is WRONG. So following the religion "to the letter" or not, isn't the point. And if it were, the people who "followed to the letter", still wouldn't necessarily be radicals. The radicals and terrorists are an abberation. They believe in things that go Against the teachings of the Koran. Do you know that suicide is forbidden as a means of getting to the afterlife? Terrorists are NOT representative of the religion.
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posted on
03/28/2004 2:48:57 PM PST
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( President Bush 3-20-04))
To: Brian Allen
whoa...
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posted on
03/28/2004 9:43:14 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.armorforcongress.com..... put a FReeper in Congress)
To: GeronL
Tongue in cheek, eh ........ ?
[G-d forbid that I should ever take myself seriously -- might miss the joke of the century]
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03/29/2004 3:51:08 AM PST
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Brian Allen
(Capable of inserting my own emphasis! -- "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine)
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