Greta75
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ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick Cultural differences between the two communities. They will never, ever, get that TDC. Religion determines *everything*. I've argued against that many, many times here, and almost felt people's eyes glaze over. If it says in the Koran that you should be warlike, all Muslims will *be* warlike. Just like, you know, if it says in the Bible you should not be greedy, selfish and gluttonous, you'll never find a rich, fat, selfish shit who also claims to be Christian. Those sorts of people exist *nowhere* in the West, least of all in the USA, where all avowedly god-fearing people are keen to live in near-poverty, having given away most of their wealth to the needy. You read the Holy Bible, you will know *exactly* what you're going to get should you meet a Christian. So the same runs true with the Koran. I mean: I know my local newsagent, Ali, from whom I buy my copy of The Independent every day, looks happy enough just to sell me my paper, exchanging pleasantries with me ... but I also know that he's a Muslim, so, really, he's forever dreaming of the Jihad and fantasising about slicing my throat and installing Sharia law throughout Bristol, then the UK as a whole. You know it makes sense! God almighty am I tired of these kind of brainless threads. Except, I live in a country, where we all grew up with the same culture, but different religions. Our Muslims are not foreigners. We attend the same school, grew up on the same culture. The deviation is what religion we follow. So their attitude certainly stem from the religion they follow. And not their culture, since we all follow the same culture. All you are saying is, there are exceptions. And there will always be exceptions. There will be Muslims who were raised by ISIS but may internally feel, killing is wrong, despite them being taught killing is right. It's called a human conscience. But my point is, we shouldn't be supporting any religion and awarding it the "peaceful" status, when it's not, and we are soooo reliant on the followers themselves to allow their own conscience to prevail. There should be a universally recognised understanding that Islam is not peaceful, and those who follow that religion is not following a peaceful religion. But of course, freedom of religion, allows them to follow anything if they choose to. But if it's universally recognized as not peaceful, then, that will be a good start. Many people still choose to be in white supremacist organizations or Nazism, despite it being universally recognized as not a positive thing. But it sets the correct tone.
< Message edited by Greta75 -- 5/16/2016 5:59:49 PM >
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