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  • Guess what these two would-be terrorists ordered on Amazon?

    Islam for Dummies and the Koran for Dummies.

    I don't agree with this article's contention that Islam isn't to blame for terrorism. But this is still very interesting and surprising.

    http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1...dummies-amazon
    "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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    "I don't agree with this article's contention that Islam isn't to blame for terrorism."

    So Islam is to blame for radical left wing terrorists? Various separatist groups? Groups akin to the KKK?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Kristian Joensen View Post
      "I don't agree with this article's contention that Islam isn't to blame for terrorism."

      So Islam is to blame for radical left wing terrorists? Various separatist groups? Groups akin to the KKK?
      I don't mean for all terrorism, obviously. I thought implicit in my statement was that I was restricting the scope of it to terrorism traditionally ascribed to Islam.
      "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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      • #4
        Quite an interesting article.
        1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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        Scripture before Tradition:
        but that won't prevent others from
        taking it upon themselves to deprive you
        of the right to call yourself Christian.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
          I don't mean for all terrorism, obviously. I thought implicit in my statement was that I was restricting the scope of it to terrorism traditionally ascribed to Islam.
          Okay. However I am not sure I would agree with even that. Since people often assume that just because the members of a terrorist organisation are Muslims that terrorist organisation is an Islamic one but some terrorist organizations have political and territorial goals and motivations. Is it really correct to call an organisation that wants an independent Palestinian state an Islamic organisation and to blame its existence on Islam?

          What about all the many many many Muslims that aren't terrorists?

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          • #6
            Is it really correct to call an organisation that wants an independent Palestinian state an Islamic organisation and to blame its existence on Islam?
            What is the name of this organisation that you speak of?
            1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
            .
            ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛
            Scripture before Tradition:
            but that won't prevent others from
            taking it upon themselves to deprive you
            of the right to call yourself Christian.

            ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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            • #7
              Originally posted by tabibito View Post
              What is the name of this organisation that you speak of?
              I am talking hypotheticals here. If you were to found such an organisation, what would expect the religious background of your member base would be given the demographics in the area?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Kristian Joensen View Post
                "I don't agree with this article's contention that Islam isn't to blame for terrorism."

                So Islam is to blame for radical left wing terrorists? Various separatist groups? Groups akin to the KKK?
                No, the credited response would be "Universities."

                Originally posted by Mencius Moldbug
                The charge that universities are directly responsible for almost all the violence in the world today, for example, strikes me as essentially accurate.

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                • #9
                  Islam for Dummies...
                  "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

                  "Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman

                  My Personal Blog

                  My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Kristian Joensen View Post
                    Okay. However I am not sure I would agree with even that. Since people often assume that just because the members of a terrorist organisation are Muslims that terrorist organisation is an Islamic one but some terrorist organizations have political and territorial goals and motivations. Is it really correct to call an organisation that wants an independent Palestinian state an Islamic organisation and to blame its existence on Islam?

                    What about all the many many many Muslims that aren't terrorists?
                    To think as you do one has to be ignorant of Islamic history, starting with Mohammed himself. He started out peaceful, but when that didn't get him what he wanted he moved on to more, terrifying methods. At one point he had between 600-900 Jews executed. Heck, in one of the ahadith* he admits to being made "victorious through terror".

                    As for the Muslims who aren't terrorists, they are usually either ignorant of Islamic history, afraid to leave Islam for fear of their lives, contributing to terrorists, or very rarely, Quran Only types who try to downplay what's in the Quran itself.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                      Islam for Dummies...
                      Hey, they successfully found their target audience.
                      "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                        Hey, they successfully found their target audience.

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                        • #13
                          What I don't understand is that, if these guys want a violent, war, slaughter, and conquer religion, is why they always go for Islam. If I wanted such, I would just go all out and worship the Norse or Roman gods.
                          Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

                          -Thomas Aquinas

                          I love to travel, But hate to arrive.

                          -Hernando Cortez

                          What is the good of experience if you do not reflect?

                          -Frederick 2, Holy Roman Emperor

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                            Hey, they successfully found their target audience.
                            "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

                            "Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman

                            My Personal Blog

                            My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)

                            Quill Sword

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by TimelessTheist View Post
                              What I don't understand is that, if these guys want a violent, war, slaughter, and conquer religion, is why they always go for Islam. If I wanted such, I would just go all out and worship the Norse or Roman gods.
                              Not a whole lot of Nordic or Roman evangelists....
                              "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

                              "Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman

                              My Personal Blog

                              My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)

                              Quill Sword

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