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But Donnella, It's all very well to focus on one religion - and look only at the negative aspects of it. Of course you will find it. But, if you took for example, Latin America, and how it was turned from Mayan, Inca and Aztec religions (bloodthirsty as some of them were) into devout Catholic nations - I think you would be horrified. It is a tale of the utmost evil, murder, torture and complete hypocrisy. Then you could see the Christian response to the Muslim expansion westwards - the Crusades. The Crusaders were a bunch of murderers too.... which has left a scar in the Muslim psyche for a thousand years. Well.... the Jewish faith has a relatively spotless reputation.... but probably only because it never really did become a big world religion - questions of conquest and expansion never really went on the agenda...until recently. But my point is ..... rather than just single one religion out.... try to look a little wider. And rather than focus on the negative..... look for some of the positive...which is why people stick with them. I'm a Christian...despite knowing of the absolute evil that my religion has practiced for much of its life. I think we can see that fundamentalists are not actually that far apart..... the Fundamentalist Bushes seem to have been unusually close to the Fundamentalist Bin Ladens... as Michael Moore has been pointing out. And their now seems to be an unholy alliance between fundamentalist Christians and Fundamentalist Jews - centred around the White House. (Go back forty years, and that link would have been believed impossible).And that last remark is not anti-Semitic...that's anti-fundamentalism. All three major religions have their moderates and their fundamentalists - the fundamentalists drag us all into disrepute. Tony Currie ----- Original Message ----- From: "donnella whitacre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2004 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [RHETORIC] Roots of Islamic Terrorism > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > ANNOUNCEMENTS and ARTICLES: http://pnews.org/art/art.shtml > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > what in G-s's name are you talking about? they were bored so this invasion and historic abuse was welcome? > the islamic religion was spread by the sword and made the inqusision seem tame in comparision to the sheer volume of death. > how come my stuff is a rant and you are what? > that is the point, it was the worst conquest in history. get a clue.it is still going on, the sudan and other places, the phillipines, etc. > > > all over > W.shtml > > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > > > other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press > > --- > / o o \ > ===OO=====OO================================================= > http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters > http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World > http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal > http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal > http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (Wiki) http://pnews.org/ (Home) > -DON'T FEED THE TROLLS- > ============================================================= > \_/ \_/ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > --- > / o o \ > ===OO=====OO================================================= > http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters > http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World > http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal > http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal > http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (Wiki) http://pnews.org/ (Home) > -DON'T FEED THE TROLLS- > ============================================================= > \_/ \_/ > --- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================= http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (Wiki) http://pnews.org/ (Home) -DON'T FEED THE TROLLS- ============================================================= \_/ \_/
