CBRetriever wrote:
kuta, there's some people who feel exactly like that about the bible
Personally, I feel that way about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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dennydoylelives |
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CBRetriever wrote: Personally, I feel that way about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. |
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CBRetriever |
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I'm partial to Delaney's Dhalgren, myself
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kutabeach |
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yeah, some do. there are certainly facts in the Bible. There are also stories that tried to make sense of the world.
But I guess the point I'm trying to make is that Christians believe the Bible was written by God through man. Muslims believe the koran is the unchanging word of God, as told to Mohammad by the Angel Gabriel. All koran's are the same, and have been the same since it has been revealed to Mohammad (which is not demonstatively not true, but Muslims believe it anyway). Note that Muslims also believe that the Bible and the Torah were really originally just like the koran, but the evil Jews and Christians corrupted them over time to the books they are today. And this thread is about CP's theory on Islam, not Christianity. But of course all the Islam apologists have to chime in and say "but but but it's the same in Christianity!!!" whenever the topic of Islam comes up. |
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kutabeach |
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dennydoylelives wrote: Wouldn't that be great if it were true! Ford Perfect is my personal savior. |
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Podunk Town |
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kutabeach wrote:That's because you are unfairly painting Islam with broad strokes while downplaying similar aspects of Christianity as exceptions. |
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kutabeach |
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I've been very specific with Islam, even going so far as to quote specific lines from the koran, and specifically discussed islam's origins for some of
the reasons why it is the way it is.
No one in this thread has done anything like that with Judiasm or Christianity. |
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CBRetriever |
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anyway, christianity would have died out long ago if christians took the new testament literally - all that turning the other cheek would have led to all the
christians being wiped out
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Shagnanigans |
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We have cited examples from the Bible and how it was abused but you don't seem willing to acknowledge them.
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Lila Fowler |
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girls have a button, boys have a pole; wicked touching has its toll. |
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youfist |
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kutabeach |
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Shagnanigans wrote: Well, you did cite some laws from Levitticus, I believe. (even though I asked for NT examples) |
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kutabeach |
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But the main point of this thread was CP's theory on Islam.
His theory has been proven to be incorrect, but I doubt that will change his mind at all. |
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Citizen Postal |
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Oh, and btw, Islam is not "Abrahamic".What?!?!?! Look up "Abrahamic religions" ANYWHERE and islam is included. But hey, if you wanna disregard Webster and Encyclopedia Brittanica and everyone else with actual intellectual authority for the purposes of shoring up your little imaginary world, be my guest. Don't expect honest, thinking people to accept your asininity though. "I read it on the Internets, so it must be true!"Get educated. Muslims were persecuted when their religion started up. It's historical fact. 'Course, you don't give two shits about fact and reality do you? Reinforcing your fallacious worldview is much more important. Putz. This still happensNot to the extent it once did. And not to the extent that today's muslims use their holy book to justify participation in and/or support, direct or tacit, of seriously screwed up practices and policies. Christians on the whole these days are a lot more than muslims on the whole these days. But the main point of this thread was CP's theory on Islam. |
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Citizen Postal |
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Gotta love no edit feature
Christians on the whole these days are a lot more chilled out than muslims on the whole these days. |
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CBRetriever |
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Citizen Postal wrote:why we need edit ^^^ please clarify |
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Citizen Postal |
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One step ahead of ya.
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Eric in San Diego |
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Just as an example, let's take a fairly recent event in Europe to showcase the "modern" Islamists: Theo van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam for
making a ten-minute long movie titled "Submission" regarding the treatment of Muslim women, written by a Muslim woman. The killer, Mohammed Bouyeri,
was apprehended by the police after being shot in the leg. Although born in Amsterdam, well-educated and apparently well-integrated, Bouyeri has alleged
terrorist ties with the Dutch Hofstad Network. Mr. Bouyeri shot Mr. van Gogh eight times, then cut his throat, then pinned a letter to his chest with a knife.
Then there are the televised beheadings of Daniel Pearl and others, the "youth" riots in France, the bombings of buses in London, the killings of hundreds of vacationers in various spots around the world. Can anyone find similar occurences in the world ascribed to Christians? In Africa...already plagued by corruption, disease, and famine...Muslim "warriors" are hacking their way through entire villages and raping every female, regardless of age, that they find. Please do NOT try to tell me that Islam is a religion of peace. There are so many clear-cut examples of how chaos is being created in the name of Mohammed that these only scratch the surface. We in the West are insane if we believe we can simply wait them out. We think in terms of years, while our opponent thinks in terms of CENTURIES. |
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youfist |
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Eric in San Diego wrote:
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CBRetriever |
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and we better start procreating - 1 in 4 people in the world are muslim
^^^ that looks wrong grammatically, but unfortunately the wine has kicked in |
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Licorice |
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CBRetriever wrote:The conversion of Emperor Constantine was a big help too. |
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