You have to admit though they only did it to themselves, they didn't set hundreds of others on fire.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > There were Buddhist monks who set themselves on fire to protest the > Vietnam war. That's pretty extreme. The media being what it is, the > extremists are going to get the coverage. It's up to those of us who > aren't extreme to reclaim our faith, and when the media covers the > extremists by using the name of our faith, to speak up and say "those > people do not act or speak in my name". I love Jesus. I'm just not > fond of some of his fan clubs. > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Scott Stewart > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It brings up a broader issue, there are thousands of people of faith, who >> quietly practice and truly adhere to the tenants of their particular faith, >> yet the extremists (Christian, muslim and others, although I don't think >> I've ever heard of a Buddhist extremist) seem to get all the attention thus >> souring the reputation of faithful at large,. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Maureen [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 8:42 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: WTF?!?! >> >> >> And just to clarify, I am not saying the Mullah was right in his >> views, only that those in the US who are using this to attack people >> of Muslim faith should clean up their own back yard first. >> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Scott Stewart >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The thing that got me about the original article is that the Mullah in >>> question seems to advocate consummating the marriage, which in the US >> would >>> probably get him shot, and buried head down in an unmarked grave facing as >>> far away from Mecca as he could get. >>> >>> He's an extremist, but like most extremists he has a loud mouth and will >> say >>> almost anything to get attention... >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312748 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
