Soren wrote on Oct 26
th, 2014 at 10:10pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Oct 25
th, 2014 at 7:21pm:
How devout are Muslims, Soren?
Average attendance at Mosques in Australia on a Friday every week is below 40%. Average attendance at Churches in Australia on Sundays is about 30%. How does an attendance 10% greater suddenly turn all Muslims into raving beheading demanding, fatwa decreeing unhumourous people?
Obviously, the other 60% of Muslims who don't attend their Mosques regularly are not as devout as you appear to believe, Soren.
Soren, your Islamophobia is becoming a serious condition. I'd highly recommend you seek help with it. Seriously. People who are suffering from the paranoid delusions that you display should get help.
Islam and Christianity are vastly and fundamentally different. Look at the examples of Jesus and Mohammed to see the diametrically opposite direction of Christianity and Islam propelling or urging their followers.
To live up to Jesus's example is very, very hard. To be like Muhammed is as easy as shitting in your pants - it requires no effort at all, you open your bowels/ recite the mantra about allah and Mohammed as his last prophet and you are done. You need declare that you are a righteous and you are in. What you actually think is immaterial. It's all performative, it's all show for the clan, tribe, sword wielding enforcer.
To give your life - that requires actual f**ing sacrifice and conviction.
Which one is WORTH trying to emulate, Brain?
I see you avoided my question, Soren. How bloody unsurprising.
So, how does a 10% greater regular attendance at Mosque over that of Church make all Muslims suddenly so devout that they will become "raving beheading demanding, fatwa decreeing unhumourous people?"
The reality is that the majority of Christians and Muslims, despite your bigoted viewpoint aren't actually that much different in their attitudes towards religion. Like in any group there are the devout and the lackadaisical, the backsliders and the one's who just don't give a toss and only use the label when the Census form appears on their doorstep. They'll mouth the words but carry on their lives the way they want to.
You, however prefer to erect this strawman view of Muslims. I've spoken about it frequently before. It allows you to create something which is more easily knocked down rather than actually arguing against the reality of what Islam in Australia is. It isn't monolithic, most Muslims don't attend Mosque regularly, there are many different types of Muslim and most of them don't support the radical extremist view you claim they do. Face it, you're so completely out of touch with reality you may as well trot off to Syria, put a turban on your head and join all the others that share your beliefs about Islam.