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| Islam: The Next American Religion? (puke alert) |
| 2006-09-26 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #15 Wow. Doesn't this guy read the papers? To quote from one of my more favorite movies (in this case about "islam") I do not think that word means what you think it means |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-09-26 17:21 |
| #14 I don't think Islam is catching fire anyplace in America other than its prisons That's mostly true. Also, with the uneducated, ignorant, poor and so-called 'disenfranchised'. (basically anyone who wants to shirk their personal responsibilities and blame 'whitey', the 'decadent west' and 'infidels' for their problems). Islam is the next American religion? Please. There are far too many of us who can read, think, analyze and understand to ever allow that to happen. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-09-26 16:48 |
| #13 I see no appeal in Islam. I don't see the appeal, either. But then I don't see the appeal in gambling. You are probably not a lost soul floating about in the ether waiting to be captured by a true believer any more than I get a rush from winning big. It's the same fertile ground the Scientologists plow. It's there. We just don't understand how anyone's life could be so, well...empty. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-26 11:24 |
| #12 Islam is democratic in spirit. Islam advocates the right to vote and educate yourself and pursue a profession. The Qur'an, on which Islamic law is based, enjoins Muslims to govern themselves by discussion and consensus. In mosques, there is no particular priestly hierarchy. With Islam, each individual is responsible for the condition of her or his own soul. Everyone stands equal before God. This doesn't describe any Islamic country or society that exists or has ever existed. Islam is feudal, with the strong ruling the weak by force. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-09-26 11:14 |
| #11 Islam and liberalism go hand in hand. They are just flip sides of the same coin. Liberalism says you can tolerate anything. But it's not possible to tolerate everyone/everything - so they are forced to blame others to say why the world is not a perfect place. Islam is also about blame. Everything wrong is the fault of the Jews and now the West. They have absolutely no tolerance for anything other than their own views. However unlike liberals, they simply force you to convert. Thus Islam is the stronger view and will dominate Liberalism by force. Liberalism can not fight back and will naturally be forced to succomb. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-09-26 11:09 |
| #10 As we have seen Islam has it's attractions. ( not to me) The author is a sick man. The hispanic converts are a worry. LaRAza types say that christianity was forced upon them, and could choose Islam just to make a choice, which could be really bad as it spreads. |
| Posted by: J.D. Lux 2006-09-26 10:23 |
| #9 Egalitarian? What about Steve Centani and his camerman being forced to say they will convert to Islam--at the end of a rifle? What about the way women are treated within Islam? What about the violence of the religion? I listened to a piece on NPR about Hispanics converting from Catholism to Islam in New Jersey. (NPR. Well, I question these folks motives too.) This is something that I find difficult to understand. I see no appeal in Islam. Of course this might be propaganda put out by Muslim organizations and supported by NPR. They (NPR) said they don't have any numbers on the conversions. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-09-26 10:12 |
| #8 The colonists did NOT believe in toleration, at least in Massachusetts, as Anne Hathaway and Jonathan Edwards could testify. Those who settled New England and even the Quakers could easily be described as religious extremists in their day. And they certainly were fundamentalists. This site gives a worst case, wikipedia type, view of the extent of religious preferences in the colonial period. Tolerance came slowly as the zeal of the initial settlers ebbed in their descendants. The Congregational Church was the Established Church of Massachusetts until 1831. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-09-26 10:10 |
| #7 Very funny article. The poor man. It'll be good to know that PETA and Muslims and Jews can walk hand in hand, down the lane towards the ritual slaughter. It'll be good to know that Nancy Pelosi and Gloria Steinem can hold their hands up in joy because they can pray at the same time in the same room as those egalitarian male Muslims. |
| Posted by: Jules 2006-09-26 10:00 |
| #6 they emphasize that people are equal before God Really? Hard to square with all that ranting and raving, especially the "The Pope Should Know His Place" crap. Or "behead those who insult Islam". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-09-26 09:55 |
| #5 Wow...that article made me feel warm and fuzzy all over -- sort of like that tarred and feathered feeling. I guess I should think of Muslims more as Ewoks than terrorists, since they are obviously NO threat to a capitalist, fairly well-balanced society. I think what the writer of this article is missing is the fact that the United States was founded based on religious TOLERANCE. I have yet to see Muslims practice any kind of tolerance, even toward opposing factions of their own belief system. |
| Posted by: Vickerina 2006-09-26 09:49 |
| #4 Kiss my infidel a$$! |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-09-26 09:27 |
| #3 Come on. Anyone who could say that Islam treats women well and uses Iran as an example has to be smoking something damn potent. And it's not the good shit, either. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-09-26 09:19 |
| #2 Islam is often viewed as an aggressive faith because of the concept of jihad, but this is actually a misunderstood term. Because Muslims believe that God wants a just world, they tend to be activists, and they emphasize that people are equal before God. Yes, yes. The jihad thing. Not a problem, not a big deal. |
| Posted by: Mohammad Atta: Airplane Pilot/ Activist 2006-09-26 09:08 |
| #1 Note well the comments on the 'Burg last week. From Protestant to agnoistics, about if the muzzies laid a hand on this Pope they'll regret the day for eternity. You'll see an explosion of religious commitment and it won't be to Mecca. I don't think Islam is catching fire anyplace in America other than its prisons. Now there's a prime mover of a faith. If you think about the recidivism in the joint it make sense in that harm to the kaffir doesnÂ’t count. |
| Posted by: Elmeque Elmaiting8004 2006-09-26 08:51 |