Islam

vantexan

Well-Known Member
Blacks did it too!
Muslims took over a million Europeans into slavery. Muslim pirates were taking U.S. sailors into slavery off the Barbary Coast. Jefferson had our ambassador meet with their sultan's representative in London I believe it was. When asked why they were doing this when the U.S. had done them no harm the rep told them it was their right under the Koran. Our resulting attack on Tripoli is referred to in the Marines' anthem.
 

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
Muslims took over a million Europeans into slavery. Muslim pirates were taking U.S. sailors into slavery off the Barbary Coast. Jefferson had our ambassador meet with their sultan's representative in London I believe it was. When asked why they were doing this when the U.S. had done them no harm the rep told them it was their right under the Koran. Our resulting attack on Tripoli is referred to in the Marines' anthem.
Black Moors on the shores of Tripoli?
 

BrownFlush

Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
big bad scary Islam
the abject horrors that have been perpetrated in the name of Christ
As a non-religious person, I’m horrified at both sides.

An Atheist recognizes abject horrors? Evil perpetrated? Big, bad and scary? Quite the ability for a non religious person to recognize good and bad.

Reminds me , just today , I drove by the new hospital " The Good Atheist ". They told me it was built by atheist and it would offer free medical care because they care about the good of humanity.
Drove around the block and there was the new orphanage . " The Atheist Home For Children '' The "good" atheist have done is just everywhere you look.



 

BrownArmy

Well-Known Member
Istanbul was Constantinople, overrun by Islam. Europeans fought hundreds of battles with Muslims across southern Europe. Muslim armies went as far north as southern Ukraine. It's not just Christians that fought them. You need to bone up on your history. Islam didn't spread by missionaries, it spread by the sword. We come down hard on what the Spanish did in the New World. Where do you think the Spaniards learned their brutality? Few countries suffered more under Muslim domination than Spain. Because Christianity is the dominant religion in the U.S. the nonbelievers want to believe it's evil and elevate anything at odds with it. But they're either ignorant or disingenuous about Islam's history.

You're still focusing on Islam.

As if Christianity wasn't also spread by the sword.

As an outside observer, I see both religions having an inherently peaceful message.

After all, the point is union with the divine, no?

However, it goes south rather quickly upon execution by the followers of either religion.

You and I could trade Bible and Koran versus for the next decade and we'd get nowhere - there are messages of peace and war simultaneously in both texts.

I just don't agree with you that Islam is the terror that you think it is.

History moves in waves. Don't equate Islam with the idiots that perpetuate violence in it's name, they'e not true Muslims.
 

BrownArmy

Well-Known Member
An Atheist recognizes abject horrors? Evil perpetrated? Big, bad and scary? Quite the ability for a non religious person to recognize good and bad...

You seem to be confused about what Atheism is.

In either case, yes, I can assure you that I can differentiate between good and bad, and that I'm quite cognizant of abject horror when I see it.

I'm completely confident that I can be a moral person and live a moral life without believing in...whatever you believe in.

The fact that you believe what you believe, means only that.
 

vantexan

Well-Known Member
You're still focusing on Islam.

As if Christianity wasn't also spread by the sword.

As an outside observer, I see both religions having an inherently peaceful message.

After all, the point is union with the divine, no?

However, it goes south rather quickly upon execution by the followers of either religion.

You and I could trade Bible and Koran versus for the next decade and we'd get nowhere - there are messages of peace and war simultaneously in both texts.

I just don't agree with you that Islam is the terror that you think it is.

History moves in waves. Don't equate Islam with the idiots that perpetuate violence in it's name, they'e not true Muslims.
Show me the messages of war in the New Testament. I can say this forever, you just won't accept it, but anyone waging war in the name of Christ was not practicing Christianity. War against unbelievers is sanctioned in the Koran. Big difference. And true Muslims believe in jihad. You're apologizing for people who have waged war forever in Allah's name. The only reason they aren't conquering us now is superior firepower. But the terrorist attacks will never stop as long as hundreds of millions of Muslims believe they are required to destroy infidels.
 

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
That's ignorant.
Is your goal here to make a fool of yourself?
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