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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:21 AM Original message |
Question about Islam |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe the evidence that Christianity is one of the most brutal religions |
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javelina (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. How are you quantifying that? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. 2 million dead Vietnamese don't lie |
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javelina (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Wait |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. In recent history, Christians are one up |
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javelina (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Your original statement |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I'm going to try to spell this out without being as condescending as you |
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javelina (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You did well |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Poor logic |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. re-casting the Iraq war as a Christian crusade is nonsense of the first order |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Seems at least one General feels that way... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Right. One general. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Whatever you say |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Doesn't sound like a crusade at all |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. And how's progress on that Palestinian state coming? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. and what exactly is your point? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. lip service |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. It may be an arguable point, however, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. What a coincidence! Spanish conquistadores used that same Christ |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Here, let me help you! |
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javelina (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. You made my point |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The Vietnam War did not have the "end times" underpinnings of |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Communism was always described as "godless" by its enemies... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Really? I'd like to hear from some of the DU veterans on that point |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Patriotism and religiosity were linked in the minds of many... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. For some, maybe, but I'd still like to hear from some actual combat vets |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I agree with that... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. even given that... |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. God that's a stupid response. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Don't feel any obligation to defend yours |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Evidence? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's not the religion of the Western oppressors. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-29-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Definate possibility.. |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. I am going to think about that one. Interesting subject. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. Couple of factors, I think |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I think Lydia nailed the reasons... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Fastest growing" can be a misleading statistic. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. They count Nation of Islam... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Most members of Islam |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, and it is gaining many converts... |
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javelina (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's not the fastest growing |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. maybe some people long for strict rules and structure in a world . . . |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
13. It is often perceived as the least racist religion |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
24. Conversion to ANY cause is a Complex act. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's got lots of mass appeal. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-28-06 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. Many things |
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