Posted on 12/12/2001 11:49:15 AM PST by mdittmar
Well yes, but not all that many more than usual.
Apparently not!!
Yes, my son-in-law will bury his father tomorrow that took his own life last Sunday.
Actually, it's technically the same God as the Christians and the Jews. The "JCI" religions all have a common base. Don't confuse the word "Allah" with a name, it's just the Arabic word for "God." They may have an incorrect interpretation of that God, just as the Jews do, but it's still the same one their talking about.
Suicide is a horribly sad act, because it represents an utter loss of hope. What is so tragic is that the number one cause of suicide is untreated depression. A cycle of hopelessness, from which it seems impossible to escape.
I'm sure it must be hard for those who love suicide victims to come to grips and have any real peace. I know that depression is bad, because I have experienced it, and I also know that sometimes it is easy to want life to be over.
Take our advice, anyone suffering from depression or despair, or having thoughts of suicide or death: Call a hotline. Just pick up the phone and call a hotline, and don't feel bad about calling 9-11 to get connected.
Amen to that.
And may God have mercy on their souls. Or, not.
Actually, it's technically the same God as the Christians and the Jews
Bulls$%t !! ... No God I worship would ever condone the murder of thousands of innocent people and then pay the murderers off in virgins ....
Death to Allah and his sick twisted followers.
True, I agree with you. As I said, their interpretation is twisted, but they're drawing off the same God as the Christians and Jews.
It's the U.S. Armed Forces job to arrange the meeting!
Thank you, thank you!! That was the best thing I've heard all day.
Step away from the Kool-Aid. Please. You'll thank yourself.
Have you had a World Religions course? I did so at a Catholic university. These three religions are called the JCI religions...Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All based on the same God. Judaism is the oldest of the three, Islam the youngest. Judaism does not recognize Jesus Christ. Islam sees Christ only as a prophet, although not as important as Mohammed (of course, since he invented the religion). A cynical person could say Mohammed simply cut and pasted from Judaism and Christianity to form his new religion to unite the previously polytheistic Arab tribes...Mohammed was a traveling businessman who had come into contact with Judaism and Christianity. Interestingly, Islam accepts that Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary, and accepts therefore his mystical birth, while holding that Mohammed was born of natural parents, yet they elevate Mohammed as a higher prophet than Christ...interesting contradiction.
I guess the pain and suffering goes on.
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