Religion & Spirituality - 9 February 2007

2007-02-09 21:09:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most answer with out reading my detail, i would hope people would be more dilagent. but just ask people are quick about christians, i assume most just want to express their personal anger toward christianity. my question was gear toward RELATIVISM! and once abain my point was proved. why most can go about believing in whatever their whims tells them will be easy or complementing to their lives, christians are riden off as intolerent...
yet most define tolerance as the ACCEPTANCE of (blank), while the definition would be...
"The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others. Leeway for variation from a standard. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent."
the key is the difference in respecting and the hot word ACCEPTANCE yet according to this phlosophy, are you not supposed to respect at least christians too? not even accept, meary respect yet is see Hypocrasy for this bashing

2007-02-09 21:07:38 · 8 answers · asked by todd w 2

2007-02-09 21:07:28 · 20 answers · asked by sandeep s 1

2007-02-09 21:06:58 · 5 answers · asked by sandeep s 1

The Times --February 09, 2007
Our mosques are importing jihad
Mary Ann Sieghart
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article1354063.ece

Gina Khan was born in Birmingham 38 years ago to Pakistani parents, she has run away from an arranged marriage, dressed herself in jeans and dared to speak out against the increasing radicalisation of her community.

"There are mosques springing up on every street corner, she says, pointing them out to me as we drive to her tiny house in Birmingham, near the district where nine men were arrested last week on suspicion of plotting to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier.

[Two suspects have since been released without charge, a man has been accused of plotting to kidnap and kill a member of the British Armed Forces, four other men have been charged with terrorism offences
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=GAAPIE1HHYUODQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/02/09/nterr209.xml]

Over the past 15 years, she says, there has been an influx of jihadist thinking into her part of Birmingham. Bookshops sell radical literature and the mosques preach separatism and hatred. The Government and the white Establishment have allowed it to happen. And she is outraged about it. "It's all happening on your doorstep," she says, "and Britain is still blind to the real threat that is embedded here now".

"I truly believe that all these mosques here are importing jihad. The radical teaching is filtering through, and these mosques are not regulated. They are supporting everything that is wrong about Islam. We within the community knew this. People are lying. They are in denial. They knew they were bringing in radicals."

"But there are still more English and British people, no matter what, and if they got together and wanted to stamp out this radicalism, they could. I am wasting my time talking to my own people; that is why I am sitting here talking to you, to open your eyes."
Khan is particularly worried about how mosques are brainwashing children and young people: "To me, it is starting to look like a cult." And her local community certainly seems to be in denial. "After the raid I went to the corner shop here, and they were all saying it was a conspiracy. I turned round and said, 'No, it is not. Let us be honest'.
"They say we're being victimised. We're not. The truth is coming out at last, but it's 20 years too late."

Three issues in particular enrage her: forced or arranged marriages for teenage girls, polygamy and the veil. Khan herself was pressurised into marriage at the age of 16 by her father, against her mother's wishes. "I was manipulated by my dad's side of the family into a teen marriage — you know, you are a passport for someone from Pakistan. My mum wanted me to study and make something of my life because she knew what this country had to offer."
Khan married and became pregnant, but after her baby died she says that she suffered terrible postnatal depression and left the marriage. Her family disowned her, as did the Muslim community.

The mosques, she says, collude in these marriages, as they do in the informal polygamy that she claims is rife in Muslim communities. "It is still very, very common here, polygamy. This is Pakistan I have just brought you back into" she says, gesturing at the streets of terraced and semidetached houses. ...

So, although polygamy is illegal in Britain, it is still, says, Khan, being practised with a Muslim seal of approval. The "marriages", after all, are being sanctioned in the mosques.

Having banned teen marriages and the veil, cracked down on polygamy and ensured women's representation in mosques, Khans next priority as prime minister would be to get rid of faith schools and teach Britishness more effectively. Although her children are taught well at an excellent Catholic school, she fears that Muslim schools exacerbate separatism. "Britishness should be compulsory in schools, taught by English teachers. And we should let kids know how valuable their British passports are around the world."

"Compared with Third World countries, compared with every Muslim country, we Muslims are a lot safer here, I know that still. I would not want to leave and move to Pakistan or anywhere on my own as a woman with a grown daughter. I know that now, though it may have taken me a lifetime to realise it. I am so lucky to have been born here.
"We are women, we are treated equally here. If I am raped or sexually abused, the cruellest things that can happen to a woman and leave a residue on your life, this is a country that supports you. I do not have to hide. They are going to help me, give me counselling. What are they going to do in a Muslim country? Stone me. I need four witnesses. They are going to ostracise me, as if I am dirty."
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"Muslim women aren't suppose to make waves. I didn’t even hear my own screams and tears for 34 years. I have now stepped back and decided to understand and challenge my religion."
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the veil, teen marriage, polygamy, 4 witnesses (the rapists perhaps ?) for proof or, if not, the stoning of the raped woman, and so on, are all part of Koran/Hadith and Sharia-laws, they are state laws in Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, parts of Indonesia and Malaysia.

but, sure, in the name of "open mindeness", "non-biogtry", "non-racism", "multi-culturalism" we should not condem this things so as not offend the "muslims' sensibilities" but rather twist our legal system to "accomodate" them

2007-02-09 21:06:47 · 6 answers · asked by Analyst 7

I feel I have been lied to, by lying myself.

2007-02-09 21:03:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Further proof that there is no such thing as god.

2007-02-09 21:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why does the FBI and CIA investigate more muslems then christians for terror-actions? Are they not respecting the right of choosing any religion? I hate that!

2007-02-09 20:57:47 · 15 answers · asked by Brantalla L 1

has anyone ever had a dream that your seated inside a huge concave hollow carved into a holy mountain? Please explain. Were there a lot of empty seats? Were you seated in the back rows with a few other kingdom citizens?

2007-02-09 20:51:31 · 3 answers · asked by jasonsghost 1

2007-02-09 20:51:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, accourding to the popular christin notion...we die...God sends us to heaven hell..or perhaps purgatory, limbo...but....their is also the idea of a last judgement, after the world ends..why is that needed? or do we go to heaven or hell when we die..or do we "die" until we are resurrected from the dead...Id like to hear what some christans or those versed in Christan theology think.

2007-02-09 20:47:54 · 11 answers · asked by gqmighty0072001 1

I know Jesus Christ died for our sins on the cross, but I am wondering what is dying like? Was Jesus' temporary separation from God the Father, carrying the weight of all our sins, the basic pain of dying, and the ressurection what made his death significant? Am I missing anything?

2007-02-09 20:46:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

005.116. And (remember) when Allâh will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: 'Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allâh?' " He will say: "Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner­self though I do not know what is in Yours, truly, You, only You, are the All­Knower of all that is hidden and unseen.

005.117. "Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allâh) did command me to say: 'Worship Allâh, my Lord and your Lord.' And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world).

2007-02-09 20:44:49 · 12 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3

2007-02-09 20:43:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-09 20:42:15 · 10 answers · asked by george n 1

Superman doesn't exist but yet he is admired for his courage and good morals in standing up to evil. Even if God is fiction, does he still embody all of the characteristics that we shall live by? I think more important than whether God exist or not, the more important thing to ask is whether we love him or not? I see people all of the time loving fictional superheroes. By the way I am agnostic however I believe God both exist and doesn't exist.

2007-02-09 20:42:01 · 4 answers · asked by Steve 1

hi

2007-02-09 20:39:14 · 16 answers · asked by mamu d 1

Please answer if you are a priest or someone who knows what you are talking about, I am serious and scared now that I heard I can't get into heaven if I have a tattoo.

2007-02-09 20:35:47 · 24 answers · asked by zyann0102 3

i'm especially interested in lessons you've learned from someone with a learning disability

2007-02-09 20:34:59 · 18 answers · asked by rjc 1

I see many of us keep asking questions a normal and rational human being would evaluate on a topic, but isn't this just futile when the whole premise of religion is to have faith i.e. believe without or even against evidence?

2007-02-09 20:34:53 · 6 answers · asked by Alucard 4

The veil has been a symbol of reverence to God in a number of religions when women wear it, so why when a muslim female wears one is it seen as a sign of oppression?

In Christianity women are instructed to wear a veil or head cover when entering a holy place and hindu, jewish women wear the veil.

It's just a shame that muslim women are having to have thier faith questioned just because they wish to follow Gods instructions.

Long live the veil.

2007-02-09 20:34:23 · 2 answers · asked by aroundworldsports 2

I am just wondering what it is that's so great that makes all the beatings etc. worth while?

2007-02-09 20:34:17 · 12 answers · asked by anon4nw 2

Let us compare a number of important beliefs.

Christianity

God sent his son(Jesus) to save the world via a human birth involving a virgin mother(Mary). And told the people of that time you can only get to heaven or paradise through following his son.

The world was saved by a Human Sacrifice(Jesus being crucified).


One ancient Pagan Religion.

A pagan god sent his son to be born through a virgin mother(Isis). And told people of that time you can only get to heaven through following him.

Human sacrifices made to please the gods and save the people of the time.


Prove me otherwise but they are the one and the same to me so why do Christian condemn pagans when you believe the same.

2007-02-09 20:32:19 · 8 answers · asked by aroundworldsports 2

2007-02-09 20:31:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

From the number of replies on this site regarding how Islam is viewed it seems to me that those Christians who condemn the Qur'an haven't bothered to read thier own holy book namely the Holy Bible. If they have they conveniently ignore approx three quarters of the book namely the Old Testament in which Jesus is prophesied - it is also a book full of genocide of tribes surrounding those of Judeah. Open any book of the Old Testament and within its pages are horrors unimaginable carried out in the name of
God.

2007-02-09 20:31:11 · 6 answers · asked by aroundworldsports 2

Even more than atheists.

Do you think so?

Agree or disagree?

Why?


For me, I think so. I'm a muslim and I'm constantly get these sort of remarks from Christians in general, Atheists seems to be much more intelectual and insightful, other religions are cool, but Christians....they insult/mock/constantly try to prove me wrong every step of the way.


By the way, I'm not accusing Christianity, I'm merely stating the majority of the haters are Christians, agree or not? Christianity is good if taught properly, I know because I know some nice Christian folks.


So, do you agree that Christians pick on other religion, ridicule them, biased, constantly try to prove their beliefs are wrong

is true or not?

2007-02-09 20:27:38 · 18 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4

2007-02-09 20:26:15 · 9 answers · asked by naz 2

How are homosexuals a threat?

2007-02-09 20:24:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do catholics believe in Novena? What is the importance of Novena? Why believe in Novena?

2007-02-09 20:24:33 · 4 answers · asked by shraen 2

Everyone is talking about Obama on the left right now and condellisa on the right. Quite frankly I'm tired of it. I am certainly open to electing a person from a minority group, but I am not going to elect someone just because that person is black. It seems just as stupid to me to elect a person because they are black or a woman as it is to elect someone just because he's the presidents son. And I'm pretty sure if we do so we'll get the same result.

The biggest thing I fear is if we do elect a black president, we'll be accusing anyone who criticizes the president of being a KKK member. I would love to have a black president, but I also hope when we do elect one that we are mature enough to deal with such an official in a way so that dialogue about his/her policy is not clouded by this race crap. It seems by the reaction to Biden's comments regarding this pettiness, that we may not be mature enough to elect such a person yet.

What do you think?

2007-02-09 20:24:11 · 6 answers · asked by Benji Duncan 2