It is quite the insult in all the ways you enumerate. --- Patrick Gillam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Peter wrote: > > > > I heard that MMY was once asked why Muslims, in > > general, were always so angry. He replied by > saying > > that if it was your first time on two feet, you'd > be > > angry too. > > Wow. A Hindu has a low opinion of Muslims. Who'd > a thunk it? > > What really impresses me are how many layers of > cattiness -- heck, outright bitchiness -- are > captured > in this bit of apocrypha. There's the assumption > that > Muslims are always angry. There's the put-down that > this is their first time as humans. There's the non > sequitur that having a human body for the first time > > would engender anger. As anecdotes go, this one > really packs a lot into a few lines! It's a work of > art > on its own. > > I'll repeat something I've posted here before. A > friend > of mine is a Presbyterian minister who's made a > career > of talking to people of other religions. He has > organized > summits of the world's religions. (See > www.cpwr.org.) > He has stated that if he had to entrust the peace of > the > world in any two religions, it would be Buddhism or > Islam. This, from a Christian pastor. Kind of > interesting. > > To read more of my friend's thinking, visit > http://tinyurl.com/pjfmf. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and > poor with hope and healing > http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
