Originally posted by cjdOriginally posted by Omnigeek6
Why can't they both be wrong? I'm being dead serious. Neither side seems to be making a serious attempt to coexist in Israel/Palestine.
Because there is no third religion claiming ownership of Abraham's blessing, and no third son. It was either Issac or Ishmael. I'm guessing that you probably meant that there never was a blessing in the first place, but I was more speaking of "they both can't claim Abraham's blessing. One is right, the other is wrong."
Originally posted by Omnigeek6So far as I know... both religions worship about the same god, along with a prophet/messiah. Extreme forms of both religions seem to have a good dose of sexism, extremists of both hate each other's guts, and both consist mostly of sane people. Sadly, the sane ones don't tend to post in threads like this (Kudos to ONOITSBROKO for being an exception).
I mean behaviorally. If Christians aren't following their duty to "let your light shine before men in such a way that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven," and things like "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," and "let your gentle spirit be known to all men," then we are failing to do our job. By nature we are supposed to win people over because we are so different... so much more loving, so much more giving when others have hardened their hearts, and so much more at peace, unphased by the troubles of the world. And people are supposed to see those good works and that love, and glorify the God who made us that way. But clearly it's not happening, since I constantly hear "don't Islam and Christianity believe in the same God?"
The God of Christianity had a Son, and came to earth to save His people from their sin. Above all, He wants us to love Him and love our neighbor, and He delights in answering our prayers and speaking with us, and being a part of our lives as though we were His literal children. The god of Islam has no son, and does not speak with anyone other than his prophets. When they pray, they do it out of duty rather than to speak with their god. And their god demands obedience and a set list of prayer and charity rituals rather than love.
islam just got owned...
but if i'm honest, i love the idea of culture in our country, just... you know, don't start building a mosque in my back garden please. i'm happy for them to come in, but we're not a big country, and i would prefer that, like my friend azeem, you say "yeah i'm a muslim, i ramadan it up bigtime and sometimes i pray at a mosque, but i respect that you're atheist, and i refuse to be a dick and change that"
his father, mother and the rest of his paqistani muslim family are the same way. and i love them, they are amazing people.
the same cannot be said for my atheist friend, he drinks, smokes, womanises and causes general vandalism and mayhem.
now, see the difference? makes atheists seem like jackasses, but now, let me run the comparison again.
there's this guy i know, called muhammed, he's a bit of a prick, he'll sit there and do his muslim thing, ramadan it up and regularly practise his religion, but he has repeatedly threatened violence against me and my friends because we refuse to follow islam, and also to azeem due to that he is not a true muslim. his family are not nice people and a number of police investigations related to terrorism have been made against his family.
my friend lola, on the other hand, is atheist, and she could not be nicer. she is impossible to dislike, and is friendly to everyone, she goes to college everyday, but sometimes has a little drink here and there. she's f**king awesome.
clearly, it's a matter of perspective, and that people in any religion should not be given the "dick" stamp just because they are of, or are not of a religion.
personally though, i dislike the idea of religion, i like it's ethics (not islam's, sorry gaiz) but i don't get the actual belief. but hey, that's cool. you can believe it. and hey, not to be politically incorrect, but azeem's mum makes the most amazing curries.
srsly. orgasmic. nomnom. that and she is a complete and total MILF.
srsly. nomnom.
i'm a humanist, no bullsh*t god, but we like where the whole idea of "don't be a dick. srsly. iz not t3h wayz forward. nowhauhmsayen."
anyway, for just my two cents, that was a lot of writing. but it's ok, it was written by me. so it's amazing.