pay attention to his posts..is hypocracy will become apparent mon ami..
and i'll say it again...islam is the MOST misrepresented religion ever..READ the damn koran and NOT from online..go to a mosque and they'll hand you one for free
if i could believe in a god..i'd be a muslim..and i've said that before..
koran is the only book as old that refers to the moon as a "satellite"...talks about " the big bang"..."talks about black holes"...talks about our sun going red giant ..
of course i attribute it to "we've been helped" by aliens..some wanna believe in other civilizAtions in a universe where there r more stars then grains of sand on earth..and some wanna believe in a higher power..
occums razor finds me more valid..
As I told you in a post, only a few days ago, I read a pretty acknowledged translation. Yes, a real book. I read it first back in high school, the one time I read the whole thing through (I lent a copy from my high school). Later on, I've read passages.
You keep referring to Islam being misrepresented.
I am telling you to read the Qu'ran, and to see what is actually stated about the relationship between man and woman.
Then tell me that equality for women would be possible in a Muslim world.
And don't give me that usual bullshit about how your "sis" gets all the goodies.
It's irrelevant. Look at what the Qu'ran preaches, it is the DIRECT words of God.
Those who doesn't follow it to a T, aren't following the wishes of Allah, and aren't doing the Muslim gig 100%.
Seems like we've been over this so many times Toxy, you refusing to accept that there is something fundamentally wrong with the Islamic culture. You as a scholar should be better than anyone at picking Islam apart.
Yet, you always bring up the few positive aspects of Islam. Why is that? And what fcuking relevance does it have
today if Islamic scholars were the shit in Math 1000 years ago?
Hopefully, we're living in 2007, and trying to make democracy work, and not 1007 in Mecca.
If you would use your scientific approach when looking at Islam, you would tear that religion apart, like it would not even be funny.
And BTW. Stop bringing Christianity into this. It's a separate matter. If 100 000 people (I just picked a number) were killed in the name of Christianity during the 16th century, it doesn't make Islamic terrorism any less barbaric today.
The only time you should bring Christianity into a discussion on Islam, is if there is a Christian-Islam conflict, or some kind of parallell.
But stop excusing the crimes made in the name of Islam by bringing up crimes made by Christians. It's just stupid. You as a scholar, again, should really know this.
And finally, I think your comments on how CJ has handled his family business pretty stereotypical for the Muslim community. Even though you claim to be an Atheist.
Instead of giving him credit for being a free mind, you repeatedly bashes him whenever you get the fcuking opportunity for leaving Islam.
C'mon Toxy. You're better than that.
-Hedge