Mike,
I understand the danger in the numbers who have gone renegade and violent. I
just don't consider them Muslims (the several Muslim orthodoxies ought to drum
them out, and be done with them, let them know they have no harbor. Islam
needs a Pope).
It's like those who pretend to approach Zen via inauthentic and inappropriate
means: they have never been and are not yet Zennists!
--Joe
> uerusuboyo@... wrote:
>
> Joe, That sounds to me like you're white-washing the problem though. I could
> argue that the number of people being killed by AIDS is dwarfed by the
> numbers of people being killed by all other means, so lets not focus on it.
> Also, if there are a billion Muslims in the world and just 1% believe in the
> militant side of Islam, that's still a scary number of potential jihadists. I
> know how you might think this is beginning to sound, but I can assure you I'm
> not going down that road. I just think it it's neither realistic nor wise to
> pretend that all religions are equal (in terms of instigating hate and
> violence) and that this isn't a discussion that needs to be had. Just try
> wear a t-shirt mocking Mohamed (as opposed to Jesus or Buddha or Krishna etc)
> and see how real this shit gets.
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