1 posted on
09/15/2004 3:43:42 PM PDT by
NYer
To: Happy2BMe; TheSpottedOwl; Cronos
2 posted on
09/15/2004 3:44:30 PM PDT by
NYer
(When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)
To: NYer
Palestinians have been targeting and killing Israeli women and children and teenagers for years.
This is not a new form of terrorism for Islam. Islam is just setting it's sights on bigger targets. Instead of a disco they hit the World Trade Center. Instead of an Israeli school bus they hit an entire Russian School.
And they have been justifying those acts for years.
3 posted on
09/15/2004 3:48:13 PM PDT by
DannyTN
To: american colleen; sinkspur; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; ...
Father Samir was born in Egypt but now lives in Beirut (Lebanon). He is one of the foremost Christian experts on the Islamic world. Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list
4 posted on
09/15/2004 3:48:36 PM PDT by
NYer
(When you have done something good, remember the words "without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5).)
To: NYer
5 posted on
09/15/2004 3:50:52 PM PDT by
SheLion
To: NYer
I don't think it's Islam so much as it is extremism
per se that serves to insulate the terrorist from his or her victim's own humanity. Non-Islamic terrorists have certainly committed horrifying acts against women and children (the Red Brigades, for only one example).
Terrorism, like modern art or any other cultural entity that relies on shock value, is trapped by the necessity of always having to up the ante in order to retain its effectiveness. Where murder doesn't suffice, mass murder is employed. Where that doesn't suffice, barbarous methods are employed. Where that doesn't suffice...well, that's where we are now. To up the ante from here is going to take considerable effort and a thoroughly evil creativity. Unfortunately there are people quite capable of this.
To: NYer
Islam is only becoming more faithful to the ideals of the founder. Here's more detail on the teachings of the koran...
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
Learning about the abominations contained in the koran only makes the pope's veneration of this blasphemous book all the more scandalous.
To: NYer
Can see it now: The "new, improved" face of prominent Muslim clergy will now seek to equivocate over the nuances of different forms and levels of barbarism. We got a lot to look forward to.
To: NYer
18th century Europe, when the enlightenment was seen as atheistic and anti-ChristianAnd ultimately, given the moral disarmament of the West, that view might not be totally unjustified.
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13 posted on
09/15/2004 5:06:38 PM PDT by
Coleus
(www.catholicTeamLeader.com)
To: NYer
15 posted on
09/15/2004 5:53:15 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
To: NYer
The victims were infidel women and children. Muslim women have been murdered by fundamentalists because they were the wrong kind of Muslim -- in the eyes of the fundies, they were infidels, as well.
To: NYer
ETHICAL NORMS. Who was the genius that dreamed up that expression. there is nothing ethical about blowing up a building and killing 3,000 innocent people. there is no ETHICAL NORM in blowing up two of our embassies in Africa. These Muslims yell and scream about how the Great Satan is destroying the culture and yet their governments are killing them by tens of thousands and throwing women and children in mass graves. Yep ETHICAL NORMS....
To: NYer
18 posted on
09/16/2004 8:27:56 AM PDT by
EdReform
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