Today, a well meaning friend sent me a video. The tag line was "Take 15 minutes to watch this. It will make you think". Here is the video (it's actually 16 minutes long):
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103
If you don't have 15 to 16 minutes to watch it, I will summarize here. The video shows passages from the Koran and speeches by various Islam extremists interspersed with video scenes of 9-11-01 and other acts of terrorism around the world. The message at the end says "Stop Islamisation, Defend our freedom".
Obviously the message is that Islam and all Muslims are bad and we need to get rid of them or at least defeat their religion.
Here is the response I sent to my freind after seeing the video:
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Terry,
Thanks for the video.
It is true that religion can be used to justify some awful stuff.
I happen to be a Christian but I would never use my bible to justify killing innocent people. Unfortunately, it does happen.
The old testament does speak of some terrible things. Maybe not the same as the Koran, but I wonder how it (our bible) might be interpreted by those who want to make us look bad? So, possibly we are also seeing a slanted interpretation of the Koran?
I think that there are many good Muslims (maybe 99.999% of them!) who would never use their religious beliefs to harm anyone. I choose not to judge the rest of them based upon the actions of a very (very) small minority. I hope that they do not judge you and me based upon the mis-directed actions of a few so-called Christians.
There is lots of oil in the middle east. That’s is why I believe we are there. Not because of what happened on 9-11-01. We should be using our money to develop alternative energy, not kill more people.
We have created more hatred of America than we can ever erase. That’s my opinion.
As for the USA, we were founded on a principle called "separation of church and state" for a very good reason. When so called "religious" leaders run the country death and destruction are certain. History has proven it.
Yours in the spirit of free speech and debate,
Mike
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103
If you don't have 15 to 16 minutes to watch it, I will summarize here. The video shows passages from the Koran and speeches by various Islam extremists interspersed with video scenes of 9-11-01 and other acts of terrorism around the world. The message at the end says "Stop Islamisation, Defend our freedom".
Obviously the message is that Islam and all Muslims are bad and we need to get rid of them or at least defeat their religion.
Here is the response I sent to my freind after seeing the video:
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Terry,
Thanks for the video.
It is true that religion can be used to justify some awful stuff.
I happen to be a Christian but I would never use my bible to justify killing innocent people. Unfortunately, it does happen.
The old testament does speak of some terrible things. Maybe not the same as the Koran, but I wonder how it (our bible) might be interpreted by those who want to make us look bad? So, possibly we are also seeing a slanted interpretation of the Koran?
I think that there are many good Muslims (maybe 99.999% of them!) who would never use their religious beliefs to harm anyone. I choose not to judge the rest of them based upon the actions of a very (very) small minority. I hope that they do not judge you and me based upon the mis-directed actions of a few so-called Christians.
There is lots of oil in the middle east. That’s is why I believe we are there. Not because of what happened on 9-11-01. We should be using our money to develop alternative energy, not kill more people.
We have created more hatred of America than we can ever erase. That’s my opinion.
As for the USA, we were founded on a principle called "separation of church and state" for a very good reason. When so called "religious" leaders run the country death and destruction are certain. History has proven it.
Yours in the spirit of free speech and debate,
Mike
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