the monk in the story sounds like a idiot , "look what happened to the buddhas in afganistan the top shrines of christianity in the holy land hindu temples" "how is this different from the looting of the museum of iraq that american troops ALLOWED to happen, even stood by and watched?" the difference is the american troops were not destroying these museums they didnt destroy the museums to make the statement that their religion was stronger than another religion they were not trying to destroy the existing culture and history of the country which is what islam is up to . a good way of looking at islam is arab imperialism, notice how converts dress like arabs speak arabic destroy pre-arabic culture and art Quote: "would I be allowed to marry a muslim women no quite honestly i think that point is moot because i fail to see why any woman of any religion would want to have anything to do with, let alone marry, an ignorant, hating bigot like yourself." well Im more informed than you, being a bigot is as I understand it is having a misguided dislike for something ,Ive lived in a islamic country talked to lots of muslims debated their religion with them my dads arabic speaking I have lots of ex-muslim friends . I dont like islam and islam doesnt like me ...Im a atheist not a person of the book ,also I run down mohammed who was a pedophile mass murderer that would get me a death sentence under islamic law. so I dont know why I should like a religion that wants to kill me __________________
I dont think we should start a war I dont hate arabs or middle eastern people in europe at one time we used to burn witches , so there is hope . what I do think we need to do is encourage critical thinking I may be too optimistic its very differcult for people living in islamic countrys to be critical of islam but that would be the peaceful way forward .
the monk in the story sounds like a idiot , jonny2mad Well, I think the monk in the story is a very wise and fearless pacifist. And I intend to work towards such courageous modesty. An insult from an idiot is a complement. I liked where you boasted, 'well I'm more informed than you' to one of the other members. Thats mature. Well, I love humanity more than you. So there. na na na na nana