BrownArmy
Well-Known Member
No, you threw in a shot about him going to all white bars. The racism is implied not only in that post but in many others. As far as Islam is concerned please understand this point. There are passages in the Old Testament where the Israelites were commanded to go down into a valley and kill every living thing. A lot of bloodshed. But that's not happening today beyond the conflicts in the Middle East over Israel's right to exist. That's not happening with Christians beyond the occasional one off nut but certainly not commanded in the New Testament. But there's a decent percentage of people in the Muslim world who take commandments to kill or dominate infidels literally, believe it's their duty to do. And have been waging war or terrorist attacks since that religion was instituted. There's no other religion that's doing what they're doing, period. There's no moral equivalency. If a person wants to believe in Allah and Muhammad that's their business. When they think everyone else must believe it too or suffer the consequences, that's everyone's business because sooner or later it's coming to your neighborhood. Ask the people of New York, Paris, Madrid, London, Mumbai, and too many others to count in just the last twenty years. If you want to turn a blind eye to it fine, but don't kid yourself, the only reason we don't have a lot more attacks is we're surrounded by oceans and we haven't made the mistake of letting millions in unvetted, YET. But oh how the Left wants to virtue signal by letting them in. Would be very foolish to do so and no one begging that we don't do this ever wants to be in a position to say I told you so. But if Democrats get power back that's exactly where we're headed.
Oh sweet Buddha, I don’t care a whit about the Abrahamic religions ...it’s desert/tribal stuff, I’m more into the mountains (Taoism, Buddhism).
I appreciate the fact that you believe what you believe, but other than that, good luck.
I’ve spent a lot of time with Buddha...he’s kind of the same thing as Jesus!
They both likely existed, and their legacy/words were written by followers hundreds of years later.
Guy, we’re still arguing about Nixon, and we have audio/video/paper transcripts of the whole affair, you’re going to tell me that the political faction that won out in ‘Christianity’ is legit?
Wrong, it’s marketing.
I love Buddha’s message, but I never took it literally that flowers sprouted from his hand or whatever.
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In my opinion, you demean the texts by insisting on their reality.