I am especially surprised by the amount of speculation that is going on about the religion of the participating candidates in the presidential election in the US. America is supposed to have founded the ideals of equality and freedom, and yet it seems to me that Obama likes to says he's Christian so as to befriend the Christians of America (he'll be in trouble if he doesn't get their votes). I don't think they should speak about their religion when they're on a platform like the presidential election, especially for a country like the US. If a country with various religious groups has to have a leader, he has to be one who is impartial and outside all the groups, because only that will give him the credibility necessary for being an objective judge and just leader.
Khaled, I really wonder how you call them the "bastards living in the Middle East". Your first name clearly indicates Arabian descent. Are you still Muslim? If not, why? The answer to the Problem of Evil is that God is simply not the kind and benevolent personal God that he is said to be (cf. Bismillah a'rahman al-rahim). God is the Eternal Law of the universe, he is not some kind of friendly advisor watching me from above. As for Christianity (and its relation to Europe), let me just mention en passant that 300 years before a Christian landed in England, a church had already been set up in the Indian state of Kerala by missionaries. Akshay On 25/01/2008, Khaled Alkotob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Steve: > > I haven't forgotten that at all. I just hear all the time that Islam > > > > is a religion of peace. I posted a bunch of quotes that contradict > > > > that claim. I was wondering what support there is for this claim > > that > > I hear so often. > > > > Regards, > > Steve > > Actually, none of the 3 Abrahamic faiths are religions of peace. Their > God is one pissed-off God. > > The term you are referring to is a post 2001 term that the moderates are > trying to rally behind to bring religion in line with the 21st century > and the MOQ. > > You can look at them as the Martin Luthers of their faith. There are a > lot of them and they do realize that reformation and modernity are > needed. And just like Martin Luther, they don't just have to survive the > sling of arrows from their own ilk, they have to fend off attacks from > people like you. So instead of putting them on the spot and asking them > to explain themselves, you should say: " Religion of peace, that sounds > like a nice term. How may help you accomplish that if you are really > serious about becoming what you claim to be or want to be?" > > Peace > > Khaled > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
