leon_the_14,
Thank you for your considered thoughts on the faults, of all those persons who profess a faith in the God of Abraham.
In response...
On your Christian 'acquaintance', who went to assert his own cultural rights, in a halal restaurant.
I ask, was your Christian acquaintance 14 years old ?
That is to say, your description of him did 'paint' him as being juvenile.
On the vices and error of those who refer to themselves as Christians, Jesus had this to say....
Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
What is the will of God ???
Jesus said it was this;
Matthew 22:36
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
And;
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things
whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
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You told us of the Bosnian moslem who didn't like 'Lebs'.
And stated that the conflict between the Bosnian moslem, and the 'Leb', had a racial component.
Thank you.
But you did not appear to address or acknowledge the cause of the often very open moslem enmity for non-moslems....that moslem enmity [for non-moslems] as sourced from within ISLAM, and that is 'resident' within all moslem communities ???
Why the omission ?
Don't you think that in your discourse, you should address the reasons why, ISLAMIC doctrines compel, and encourage, moslems to always be in conflict with those who are not moslems ???
i.e.
Why did you 'overlook' the actual 'sanctification' of moslem violence against those who are not moslems, as is evident within the Koran, and the Hadith....
Dictionary;
sanctify = =
1 consecrate.
2 make legitimate or binding by religious sanction.
3 free from sin.
4 give the appearance of being right or good."....Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith."
Koran 2.98
"....those who reject Allah have no protector."
Koran 47.008
v. 8-11
"O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him)."
Koran 9.123
"...And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah...Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan:.."
Koran 4.74-76
"Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise):
they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain:...."
Koran 9.111
"Allah 's Apostle said, " I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' ...."
hadithsunnah/bukhari #004.052.196
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As for your assertion, of there being only one God, i agree.
But, imo, the God who inspired the Koran, is not
THAT God.
To confirm that hypothesis of mine, all you need do, is compare what is stated within the Koran [by the God called Allah],
....and then compare that, with what is stated in the OT Bible, by the God of Abraham.
you can see my exposition on that topic, here....
Jews kill 12 protesters
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1305553526/211#211