[Vision2020] Follow up - Islam the religion of peace!

[david sarff]

When I was a kid, talk about terrorist bombings was usually centered around 
the troubles in Ireland…Not many Muslims involved there. Muslims don’t have 
a corner on terrorism. They do have a monotheistic foundation though. All of 
the family of Abraham can be included in that observation. Monotheistic 
belief structures are more prone to violence because of  the generation of 
exclusivity. The more strict the authority of perceived exclusivity, the 
more intolerant believers are of  perceived ambiguity. This is exactly what 
happened in DF’s example. If one does not consider the other a brother, the 
broad message of being your brothers keeper is unknowable.

Dave




>When it comes to my posts, your reading comprehension becomes a bit skewed.
>I did not say "the church NEVER committed crimes of violence." "Never as"
>has a different meaning from NEVER. Subtle, I suppose (not really but
>benefit of the doubt & all ) but different. Since I don't think that you 
>are
>simple or impaired I have to assume that you are deliberately
>misinterpreting what I write in an attempt to reinforce a weak point. A
>tactic that doesn't do much to convince me of the validity of your argument
>or dissuade me from mine.
>
>Once more for the record. Yes, The Church has a history of violence that it
>eventually got over. Islam has a history of violence that is intensifying
>with every passing day.
>
>I'll be curious to see how you reinterpret that statement.
>
>g
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>
>To: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 12:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Follow up - Islam the religion of peace!
>
>
> >
> >
> > My response was to his comment that the church NEVER committed crimes of
> > violence.  Obviously bombs weren't used in the Spanish Inquisition.  But
> > my
> > point was not one of intensity, but to remind him that crimes were
> > committed
> > in the name of the church.
> >
> > There are other historical instances one could choose to use.  It would 
>be
> > interesting to discuss Manifest Destiny from its Christian perspective 
>and
> > the often used rationale for the destruction of entire Indian Villages 
>was
> > that, "nits make lice."
> >
> > Sue
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com>
> > To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>; "g. crabtree"
> > <jampot at adelphia.net>;
> > "deb" <debismith at moscow.com>; "Carl Westberg"
> > <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>;
> > <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Follow up - Islam the religion of peace!
> >
> >
> >> On 6/2/07, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>> Sue,
> >>>
> >>> I have to agree with Gary as being more historically accurate. The
> >>> Spanish
> >>> Inquisition did torture and kill many. However, the Inquisition did 
>not
> >>> blow
> >>> up woman and children in random bomb attacks on villages. The
> >>
> >> No, Donvoan, the Spanish Inquisition did not blow up women and
> >> children in random bomb attacks. The Spanish Inquisition did nothing
> >> randomly. Rather, it systematically killed Jewish and Moorish
> >> families, and managed to wipe out both Islam and Judaism in the
> >> Iberian penninsula. However terrible terrorism may be, it has been
> >> considerably less successful at eliminating Judaism in the Transjordan
> >> than the Inquisition was in eliminating Islam in Spain.
> >>
> >> -- ACS
> >>
> >>
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