--- supremeadmiralsenn <AdmiralSenn@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Marc, it seems you're just against religion.
Yes, when the mood strikes me I am. My real beef is
with extreem anything, and religion is a common thing
for people to take to extreems!
> I don't know if the soldiers in the Crusades were
> guilty or not. I
> can't judge that, I'll leave it to God.
If we leave all judgements to go, we are back to
saying it is wrong for society and government to judge
you (punnish you for breaking the law).
> But Islam is very different from Christianity. I
> always immediately
> think of God as Jesus' dad. If you're going to start
> talking about
> other religions, use their name so I'm not confused.
> Allah is not the
> same as God.
I am no expert on Islam, but always thought (on paper)
it was very similar to Christianity. This is an
outsiders viewpoint. :)
<SNIP>
> And we don't have murders or theft anymore, right?
> We've evolved past
> that as a society?
No, My point was we have gotten past were we need the
concept of God to explain the "unexplained". With
science, and technology we dont need to say "god did
it".
> And please don't bring the President into this, that
> was uncalled for.
> Besides, he's not using what he *thinks* is the
> Bible as justification
> for anything. That, and I think he actually reads
> the Bible.
> Anyone who has access to a Bible (or any religious
> writing) and then
> does something contrary to it is not a functioning
> member of their
> religion. This applies to the extremists in every
> religion.
Who decides that it is to the contrary??
> The people who crashed the planes into the WTC
> towers were not
> following what their religion says, as far as I
> know.
I dont know if it did or didnt... The point is THEY
thought it did.
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