karnal wrote: Quote:


I don't think the jews have been mentioned, my understanding is that it's a thread about a muslim terrorist being quiet happily accepted at a demonstration by other muslims who are unhappy with our terrorist laws.

It also contains the usual islamic terror apologist's excuses.

Nothing about Jews I'm afraid.

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 18^th, 2014 at 11:41pm:


Cool story John Smith

Brian Ross wrote on Dec 18^th, 2014 at 11:31pm:


He was a wife killing serial sexual  offender who sent nasty letters to parents of deceased soldiers when that protest happened.

Did this bogus reffo ever work in Australia or was he supported by taxpayers with Centrelink?

So, Moses, no difference between Sh'ia and Sunni?  Sufi and Wahabbi?  There are more than a dozen different "denominations" within Islam, Moses.

Tell me, would you consider Christianity monolithic?  Hinduism?  Buddhism?

Brian Ross wrote: Quote:


I reiterate:

one qur'an

one single author of the qur'an

one doctrine for jihad,

one doctrine for hijrah,

one doctrine for taqiyya and kitman,

one doctrine for self alienation from normal society,

one doctrine for hate speech,

one doctrine for torture and murder of hypocrites / disbelievers / corrupters,

one doctrine for a prophet of islam has to be a mass murderer etc. etc.

monolithic adjective: Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity

Methinks the terror dogma is Characterized by total uniformity.

But we all know it's got nothing to do with islam or muslims.

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I know nothing about Hinduism or Buddhism couldn't say anything.

My perceptions about Christianity:

Several versions of the Bible

Several (48 prophets / 7 prophetesses) in the O.T.

Several accounts of the gospel of Christianity, several accounts of the future trials of true Christians, plus a book of revelations in the N.T.

Monolithic adjective: Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity

Methinks, very closely aligned, a sharing of common attributes,  monolithic no.

Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith. The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differences, but political ones. Over the centuries, however, these political differences have spawned a number of varying practices and positions which have come to carry a spiritual significance.

The first major schism of the Christian Church happened in 1054 when the Eastern half of the Church split from the Western half. This resulted in the Catholic Church continuing as before under the Pope. But the Eastern Church rejected obedience to the Pope as the Supreme Head of the Christian Church as Christ had commanded. The reasons for the schism are as follows:

Culture - The cultures of both halves of the Church were different. This caused the potential for petty misunderstandings that escalated into abuse on both sides.

Power Base - Their centres of power were far from each other. The Pope resided in Rome (Italy), but the subordinate head of the Eastern Church resided in Constantinople (Turkey).

Language - Their languages were different. People in the Western Church spoke Latin. People in the Eastern Church spoke Greek. This difference fuelled confusion.

This division meant that Christians had to be more specific about their religious identity. Where before 1054 every baptised follower of Jesus was a Christian in the Catholic Church, now they had to identify themselves as Catholic (ie Latin Rite Catholic â€" 'Roman Catholic', because the Pope's headquarters were in Rome and they spoke Latin; or 'Eastern Rite Catholic' - a significant number of Eastern Christians remaining faithful to the Pope) or Eastern Orthodox (because their headquarters were in the East â€" also called Greek Orthodox but this is only one branch of it, the majority being Slavic).

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The second major schism in Christianity occurred in 1517 in North Western Europe. (As above, both sides were to blame.) Before this split almost everyone in Western Europe was a baptised Catholic. The people who split from the Church in 1517 were protesting against the corruption that existed within Catholicism at that time. They revolted against the Catholic Church by rejecting the leadership of the Pope and by denying certain articles of faith that Catholics had believed for more than 1,000 years (eg Purgatory, Indulgences, Holy Communion and other Sacraments). They failed to realise the following two facts:

1. That the Church is God's and can never fall into the hands of Satan.

2. That the Church is also a gathering of believers who do not always imitate Jesus.

Shortly after the Protestant Revolution the Catholic Church set about rectifying the abuses and corruption that had led to the Protestants leaving. But, by then, it was too late. Since 1517 more and more Protestant Churches have been formed. All of them differ from each other on key points of doctrine. Only the Catholic Church has remained loyal to the papacy. It is the only Christian Church that can trace an unbroken line back to the first Pope, Peter.

Clarify which parts of the O.T. Yadda uses. Elucidate your statement he is a Christian.