Oh. So it's kinda like lent?
We could talk about kunafeh....at least IndyDave would be interested.
68% of British Muslims polled believe non believers should be arrested and punished
Just happened across this in my reading and studies
Would they act upon that belief?
Or perhaps only the radicalized ones? Which tend to be the actual issue here.
Have to imagine most Muslim people have a level of self-preservation, and don't necessarily think forcing Sharia Law is in their best interest. Perhaps some were raised a certain way, and just want to live their lives like you and I.
I sympathize with those who are raised under a culture of highly oppressive Islamism. I have no sympathy for those who willingly adopt this doctrine, which can be filed in the category of "insane garbage" when given the most basic level of scrutiny.
The actual issue is not so-called "radical" Muslims (they don't exist), but any Muslim that takes the texts literally and acts upon those beliefs in earnest.
Apostasy in Islam = Death. Perhaps those raised in it are choosing the safer route of just following along peacefully, and not getting themselves killed for speaking against it.
Men are wired to have faith, we're incomplete without it. There's a hole, a void, and I'd hate to be the man who helped make that void in someone else.
As such, I think it's best if I just move on from this thread. Those who wish to learn and understand have been given the resources to do so.
So here's the cycle. We've done it several times already.
People tell me I'm supposed to be violent or I'm not doing it right.
Then I ask them to show me in the Quran where it says that.
Then people pick a few lines out of context, generally because that's what some anti-Islam propaganda site gave them.
...If you wish to paint Muslims as evil, you've got billions of people and centuries of history to choose from.
...Frankly, at this point it's boring to me to see anyone try to tear down someone else's religion. It doesn't make me "win" or "better" to try to break someone else's faith. A guess on my part, but I suspect most people who have their faith broken do not join a "competing" religion, they simply lose faith from their lives. Men are wired to have faith, we're incomplete without it. There's a hole, a void, and I'd hate to be the man who helped make that void in someone else.
As such, I think it's best if I just move on from this thread. Those who wish to learn and understand have been given the resources to do so.
You speak only for yourself. However you fell into this delusion, you don't have the right to speak for others when it comes to how we live our lives. Men are not "hard-wired" to have faith. People live full, happy and interesting lives just fine without the millstone of religion around their necks.
@ATM - I find your recent comments particularly un-civil and downright insulting to BBI and, frankly, me, as I've presented some perspectives to try to help you. Alas, you appear to be deceitful about your goals in this conversation.
Since some judge Muslims for not calling out the uglier members of Islam, I feel compelled to call you out for yours.
It's a joke. I don't use purple.Please enlighten me with the similarities between the two as pertains to the video you quoted
I suppose I can thank you for your intent, but if you can't make a reasonable case for the opinions you hold, I'm hardly going to accept them as real.
Feel free to give me something more than your feelings on this matter and I will examine that.