Islam is forever degraded due to its groups of terrorists. Somehow Christians partially recovered- though the ghastly wars of the past centuries show them to be just as inhuman.
On Aug 21, 6:41�am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 Aug, 12:05, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On the way to work this moring I was pondering over a thing with the > > intent of bringing it up here. �Then of course I got into work and > > promptly forgot all about it. > > > However when Pat said this: > > > 'The history of our world is littered with good 'bad examples', yet we > > never see them as such and, so, are doomed to repeat them until we > > sort out our perspectives.' > > > In the 'What is fair?' thread, it brought it all back to me, so first > > off, cheers for that Pat. > > � � No worries. �Synchronicity is a speciality of mine. �;-) > > > Our history is rich with examples of one culture or one religoin > > invadeing the terriotory of another country in order to bring their > > own form of 'order' to that place. �Think British Empire, think > > crusades, think Tibet. > > > So is this ethicaly sound, and is there then any differance between > > these examples and our troops in Afganistan? > > The main difference is time. �The TRUTH is that we're all in this > (world) together and it would behoove us (all!) if we 'grew up' and > realised that. �Some people view their desires as more important than > those of others. �So, rather than trying to seek out a way for all > parties' desires to be striven for, those with a technological > advantage, step on those without it and force their desires on the > others without consideration (might makes right). �This is done by > selfish/self-important, callous individuals who MAY also have a form > of occult low self esteem veiled by an outward projection of arrogance > (usually seen by others as false or baseless arrogance). �A good dose > of empathy is the cure, but, unfortunately, it doesn't come in a > tablet, capsule or injectible form. �Rather, it requires humility, > which to the individual with an occult low self esteem, appears to be > too big of a price to pay, as it requires themselves to humble > themselves when they would rather be seen as 'on high'. �It was to > this way of thinking that Jesus appealed to us by saying, "...those > who would be last will be first and the first last". �Thus the true > servant of God is a servant to all humanity, rather than attempting to > be the Lord of all humanity. �It is for this reason that Islam > endeavours to instruct its adherents to be 'slaves of Allah', i.e., > servants of God. �The term 'slave of Allah' is intended to be a great > compliment, but many non-Muslims don't understand it and take offense > at the term 'slave', not realising its intention as 'willing servant'. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
