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Originally Posted by Aqua
At one time it was "THE TRUTH" that the world was flat and that the Earth was at the center of the Universe and everything thing else revolved around it.
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You mean it's not??? Aww geez, now you've gone and spoiled it for me....
I think a lot of the problems we're having now, with regards to Islam, stem from not many westerners knowing much about it.
The religious similarities between Christianity and Islam are striking, I feel.
The basis of Islamic belief is "There is no god but The God and Muhammad is the messenger of God." Sounds familiar.
Muslims believe that God revealed his direct word for mankind to Muhammad and other prophets, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. And WHO? Jesus? What the hell, he's one of ours!
Muslims hold that Islam is essentially the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to mankind since Adam, with the Qur'an codifying the final revelation of God.
See, as a religion, its more or less the same as Judaism or Christianity - hell they're all based on the same thing!
And just as we have fundamentalist Muslems, we have fundamentalist Christians and Jews. Anti-abortionists, the Irish and Israeli confilcts etc are all good examples of that.
I definitely think there needs to be much better education in schools about various religions. It's too easy, otherwise, to look at people wearing different clothes, or headgear, or doing things differently and assume (as happens so often) that something different is something to be afraid of.
How do we stop the Islam vs West problem from escalating? Look at their grievances. The terrorists aren't blowing us up because we believe in different gods. It's not a religious thing. They're blowing us up because we invade their countries, we let them starve while we grow rich, we exploit them.
There's no balance to this planet, the divide between rich and poor is a global one and it's rapidly growing. And it's not until we start addressing that problem that we'll see an easing of tensions. But it's got to be a huge correction - a sign from governments the world over that we're ready for peace.
Sigh. If only that were profitable.
CasperTG
Wow! Big rant! Awesome!