11-22-2003, 03:34 AM
I'd just finished writing a long post about different religions, about the things Aga's said about Muslims, or what Nate said about Catholics, and some of it was angry, and most of it was to correct what I took as misconceptions. But I took it to better judgement to delete that post. What you believe, is what you believe. If you believe Jesus didnt exist, believe that, and if you believe Jesus is the son of God, believe that. If you believe Muhammed was the last great prophet, whatever.
But that's all religion is, is beliefs. Please understand that there are over a billion Muslims in the world. Nearly a fifth of it. Now I look and there's a lot of beautiful people there, in fact, most of the Islamic peoples of the world are good people, who do good things. So what if Muhammed fought a war? I'd argue it was a war for Jewish independence in Persia much like Maccabees, but really, who gives a damn? It happened years and years ago, everyone involved is now a corpse. There are a lot of people in the world who find guidence in the Quran, or the Bible. If it helps them to become better people, so be it, dont knock them for it. Fundamentalists would be screwed up religion or not.
So please, be tolerant, on here and in life. Islam, Judaism or Christianity are not the cause of what's wrong in the world.
EDIT: In the past half hour I've been writing on and off, the topic's switched to slavery. Go me, I've done it again
But that's all religion is, is beliefs. Please understand that there are over a billion Muslims in the world. Nearly a fifth of it. Now I look and there's a lot of beautiful people there, in fact, most of the Islamic peoples of the world are good people, who do good things. So what if Muhammed fought a war? I'd argue it was a war for Jewish independence in Persia much like Maccabees, but really, who gives a damn? It happened years and years ago, everyone involved is now a corpse. There are a lot of people in the world who find guidence in the Quran, or the Bible. If it helps them to become better people, so be it, dont knock them for it. Fundamentalists would be screwed up religion or not.
So please, be tolerant, on here and in life. Islam, Judaism or Christianity are not the cause of what's wrong in the world.
EDIT: In the past half hour I've been writing on and off, the topic's switched to slavery. Go me, I've done it again
i]"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum ... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"[/i] - Dirty Harry