just a question, does bush seem to you to be a good example of a christian? Does he embody christian values?
look at it that way... Dana Harkins,Patrick writes: > Ah ok I was curious whether it might have originated from Sears! > > Your comment about the petition brings up a question that is bothering me > these days. > Does it not seem to anyone else that hatred is very often explicitly or > implicitly condoned > in the muslim world? Where's the religion in that? > > I don't think I'm being too Judaeo-Christian when I ask that, as I am a > Buddhist. > Is it just ingrained in the Arab psyche and Islam just turns a blind eye to > it > or what's the story? > > I mean it's a relevant question because many have rightly raised the > question > of how well western-style democracy will fare in post-war Iraq, in what is > more or less a medieval-style > patriarchal feudal environment? I am thinking of the problems in Japan > as another example of this issue. > > Granted that Iraq is a secular state, but then we have the > bizarre scenario of self-interested secular Iraqi politicians calling for a > jihad or holy war > against the U.S. coalition! > > The hermetic if not anaerobic nature of the Islamic Arab world, > especially it's extreme fundamentalist side, has been worrying me ever since > they issued > a jihad against Salman Rushdie. You can be sure that none of those who > issued that order > ever read his book. People with such a terminal lack of humour scare the > shit out of me.... > > Ever since that time I've been expecting a whole lot more bad to come out of > that > part of the world. Anyways, I guess the question that I'm dancing around is > to what degree is Arab violence and hatred a reflection of Islamic theology > and to what extent is it > fostered by corrupt authorities - be they religious or secular or both? > > Thoughts? Thanks. > > -Patrick > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: April 2, 2003 11:42 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: RE: Corporate Support for Activated Reservists > > > > > >The one that I got was from a Conservative action group. They send out > >emails about petitions and the like... I got on their list while I was > >poking arond looking for RNC info last year. > > > >I tend to read what they're sending me and only take action if > >I agree with > >it (there was one I saw where the petition was to install a > >Judeo-Christian > >gov't in post-war Iraq... didn't sign that one, too extreme > >for my blood). > > > >The email they sent this time was asking for people to email > >Sears thanking > >them for their support. > > > >Hatton > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
