Sanders' Religion Thread, Begun @ LC Forum Options

[Sanders]

e-Dog and I have decided to re-constitute this from LC. It is a thread about the 3 major religions of the world. The goal was to follow the path of each from their common origins to the present day. We (a number of LC posters and I) got as far as the begining of the First Crusade while the thread was active.

What becomes of this thread when all the copying is done is not clear. It may be just a read-only thread for the Religion topic. Or it may be left open to posting, so we can finish the journey.

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Posted by: Sanders Jul 30 2006, 07:49 AM

and to think that god would sign off on the destruction of anyone is f*@king rediculous.

least thats what i think.

Yeah, I think so too. Ridiculous, but, unfortunately there is a long-held belief with some (backed up by passages in the Bible) that God has said (actually PEOPLE said that God said, or what people thought that they'd like for God to have said to justify what they did or were going to do...) to peoples, (I'm paraphrasing) believe in me and only me and for anyone who doesn't, it's ok to kill them. I'm no old-testement scholar, but I am sure there are passages that justify the Israelite's displacing the Canaanites by their primacy there being ordained by God. ...There was a great slaughter of the indigenous peoples of Canaan by the Israelites that displaced them I'm almost sure - I wish I knew when and under what circumstances, hopefully that'll also become clearer.

As for Jihad, I am aware also that the word simply means 'stuggle'. But if the people you are struggling against are waging a holy war against you (I'm talking about the Crusades for example), doesn't your Jihad become in essence, your part in that holy war? Semantics probably -

I agree to the point in terms of coming together that we should not say "you are wrong" and "I am right". But my thought and intent was to give rebuttals to the ridiculous judgements usediscernment has regarding Islam. That can have a negative effect. If it stays as it is, then it may be believable and accepted as true.

Briefly then - address his factual errors and be done with it. You get my point that you can never convince anyone of anything by arguing with them about it, right? That's human nature. With that in mind have at it.