Well, yes, Christian have been known to commit crimes, and so have Buddhists and Jews etc But the point to emphasize is that when others commit crimes it is despite their religion. When Muslims commit crimes it is because their religion tells them that crimes are Good. OK, this is an oversimplification, but not by much. Morally the Qur'an is in a category by itself, beyond the normal. Wife beating is OK, slavery is OK, marriage with pre-pubescent girls is OK, cutting of hands for theft is OK, crucifixion of classes of prisoners is OK too. I mean, these "holy" teachings by our standards are utterly sick. And they are sick by almost everyone else's standards also. Do Christians sometimes commit murder ? Yes. Total number of killings committed by Operation Rescue in all the years they have existed ? About 20. Total number of deaths at the hands of Muslims in the past 50 years ? About 500,000. Sure, most Muslims don't go out and kill. But a heck of a lot of them do. Not just a few malcontents. To anyone who knows what the Qur'an actually teaches this is anything but a big mystery. Most people who make excuses for the bad behavior of Muslims have never read the Qur'an and essentially are ignorant of much of anything about Islam, That is why it seems plausible to say that terrorists are not typical of Islam or have hijacked their religion. Nonsense. They simply take the teachings of Islam more literally than average Muslims who aren't especially religious. Go out and kill unbelievers ? It happens to be a core teaching of the Qur'an. Not everyone who is Muslim goes that far, thank God, but the teaching is very much real and very much effects many, many Muslims. For your information Billy --------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 12/13/2009 9:02:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I do not disagree with you, but I feel it is important to also remember that while murder and rape are horrific sins, they are not the only ones. And also, people calling themselves Christians have been known in the past to commit similar attrocities. It is absolutely right to denounce teachings that permit this behavior. But it might be a stretch to say that all Muslims think murder and rape are okay. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2009, at 3:51 AM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Lam : Mumbai a year ago, 195 killed, about 300 wounded Bali a few years ago, more than 200 killed Hundreds killed in Madrid and London 3000 killed in America on 9 / 11 Ft. Hood, Texas, a few weeks ago, 13 dead and over 30 wounded. This is only a very short beginning to the subject Almost every day there are more killings Who is doing all the killing ? Hmmmmm. Hard to figure it out. Well , it doesn't seem to be Confucians Not Buddhists, either How about Zoroastrians ? No Hindus ? Nope Jains . No. Taoists. Not them either Christians ? No. Jews ? No. Shintoists ? No Baha'is ? No. Atheists ? No. Agnostics ? No. Gnostics ? No. Shamanists ? No, it wasn't them. Pagans from Africa ? Nope. Followers of Voodoo ? No. Condomble from Brazil ? No. Asatru from Norway ? Nope. Wicca ? No. Goddess devotees ? No, they weren't involved. Gosh, I am having a really hard time guessing. Do you have any idea which followers of what religion did all those killings ? Since about 1968 there have been about 500,000 deaths SOME religion was responsible, that much I can tell you. I wonder which religion it is ? Can you tell me what this religion is ? If you know, please tell us. If you know why followers of this religion kill so many people and followers of other religions do not kill people, also please let us know. There must be some kind of reason why all the other religions are almost always peaceful There must be some kind of reason why this other religion inspires many, many people to go out and kill-kill-kill. And, O yes, when the men of this religion immigrate to other countries they regard all women who do not wear garments that cover them from head to toe as whores . Which is why there has been an epidemic of rape in Europe and the USA as much as 10 times what was usual in the past in some places.. I wonder why this religion tells its believers that women who do not wear veils and other coverings are whores and can be raped whenever a man can get away with it. Do you have any idea, or is this a subject you prefer not to admit or think about ? If you have answers to any of these questions we would like to know. Thank you Billy In a message dated 12/13/2009 3:16:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: I think I have a plausible context-based explanation for most of them, but certainly not all. I don't think that will work. Islam for example, require certain amount of background knowledge to be put into context. And we know Mr Billy too well. Lam YongXian _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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