Whence moderate Islam?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have a million dollars you can gamble with?

A Romney supporter, no doubt!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I'll bet 1 million dollars that any evil you can show done in the name of atheism I can find 100 fold done in the name of religion. Nothing *nothing* compares to the collective damage and stunting of growth to the human race...

Joseph Stalin. Pol Pot. Mao Zedong.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Yes its always those pesky atheists strapping on a bombs and running into a crowded building...

Mass murderers in Christian countries are denied by Christians, as in the case of the Anders Behring Breivik in 2011, Matthew Murray in 2007, for example. Hitler wasn't a Christian nor was Timothy McVeigh. According to Christians, no mass murderer, not even the evil Popes, is ever a Christian, no matter what they profess for themselves. If they're not Christians, and they're not Muslims, so, they must be atheists.

[Misha & Ira 113]

Mass murderers in Christian countries are denied by Christians, as in the case of the Anders Behring Breivik in 2011, Matthew Murray in 2007, for example. Hitler wasn't a Christian nor was Timothy McVeigh. According to Christians, no mass murderer, not even the evil Popes, is ever a Christian, no matter what they profess for themselves. If they're not Christians, and they're not Muslims, so, they must be atheists.

Maybe it is a perception issue?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Maybe it is a perception issue?

Where you got that picture from is among those who are creating that perception. You give them the kind of power to shape your views that they would have no right to have if you thought for yourself.

[Misha & Ira 113]

Are you suggesting I don't think for myself?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

This is a perception you don't see often, but it's easily heard, read, and posted here.

EDL to stage anti-Islam protest in Wales

http://deenfeeds.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/images/cec91_Mohammedwasaterroristplacard.jpg

Are you suggesting I don't think for myself?

It's the generic "you". I don't know you well enough to know what your personal position is.

[_Simpson_ 250]

I love your sig Sofiyya

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I love your sig Sofiyya

Thx My cousin found it and I stole it coz if it's not appropo here, it's not appropo anywhere.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

World Population Percentages by Religious Group

religious 86%, non-religious and anti-religious 14%.

Religious Groups

monotheists 54%, reincarnationists 20%, ethno religions 10%

Monotheists

Christians 33%, Muslims 21%

Reincarnationists

Hindu 13%, Buddhist 6%

Ethno Religions Chinese 6.3%, tribal 4%

Non-religious groups

Non-religious and agnostic 11.9%, anti-religious and atheist 2.3%

http://richleebruce.com/mystat.html

You might want to un-filter your search results and google "islamic terrorism".

[Sofiyya 1,687]

You might want to un-filter your search results and google "islamic terrorism".

Terrorism is not Islamic.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Terrorism is not Islamic.

And yet Radical Islamic terrorists exist. It's a mystery...

[Sofiyya 1,687]

And yet Radical Islamic terrorists exist. It's a mystery...

Radical terrorists exist, but they are not Islamic. The term "Islamic" implies that an act is approved by Islam, is part of it. Terrorism is neither. Muslims who commit terrorism are void of Islam.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Radical terrorists exist, but they are not Islamic. The term "Islamic" implies that an act is approved by Islam, is part of it. Terrorism is neither. Muslims who commit terrorism are void of Islam.

Not from their perspective. Like the Christian Crusaders of old, today's "Muslim, Radical Islamic, Extremists" fancy themselves as practitioners of true Islamic faith.

All of us from the outside looking in are left to guessing how many who practice Islam agree with "them" and how many agree with you.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Not from their perspective. Like the Christian Crusaders of old, today's "Muslim, Radical Islamic, Extremists" fancy themselves as practitioners of true Islamic faith.

All of us from the outside looking in are left to guessing how many who practice Islam agree with "them" and how many agree with you.

It's very telling that guessing is all you "outsiders" know how to do 10 years after 9/11. Guessing requires little or no intellectual effort. Most Americans probably know and care more about Kim Kardashian's booty than they do about any of the three Abrahamic religions, including their own.

Edited December 13, 2011 by Sofiyya