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originally posted by: MyHappyDogShiner
Don't worry, the different sects are busy fighting with each other for the foreseeable future.
They will probably never agree on anything for long enough to develop anything resembling continuity and pose any real actual threat to anyone but each other.
Man created God in his image, not the other way around, that's why religion just doesn't really actually work for anyone....
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
originally posted by: St Udio
snips from the OP link: dated 20 June 2014
so indeed, Obama is saying that military combat action, war atrocities conducted by religious zealots is a justifiable method of operation towards any Nation...
AQ/ISIL must be only pesky groups of like minded individuals with every right to kill, maim, steal, rape, plunder a Sovereign State as a normal course of protest to affect societal change
Obama is denying the presence of a horde of Jihadists, and tells the Iraqi government this chaos in the country is a result of governmental policy that is not 'inclusive' enough
so, Obama is rigidly adhering to his view that there are No 'Bad' Islamists
Jihad is just one of the acceptable means of practicing the religion,
extreme Jihad is not criminal or viewed as aggression... (thus doing away with civil liberties/rights & Constitutional protections)
originally posted by: beezzer
a reply to: St Udio
I do agree that Obama is pandering to the extremists.
Obama is just naïve (?) enough to actually believe it is about religion.
originally posted by: Logarock
originally posted by: beezzer
a reply to: St Udio
I do agree that Obama is pandering to the extremists.
Obama is just naïve (?) enough to actually believe it is about religion.
Well his comments about "clinging to guns and the bible" comes to mind. He certainly believes that the effort to support the 2nd amendment is carried out by religious extremists and not really folks that are constitutionalist.
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because everything those cretins are doing is taught against in that religion.
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: BO XIAN
First you must define what "A Good Muslim" is and what "A Bad Muslim" is. From what I'm gathering you are just throwing every Muslim under the Terrorist banner and that is disgusting. What these extremists are doing in contrary to the teachings of Islam and obviously that is something you haven't bothered to look at.
The Qu'ran does not teach Muslims to kill all Non-Muslims, The Qu'ran clearly states that righteous Christians and Jews are as good as a righteous Muslim. What I gather from people like yourself is that you choose certain issues and use them to push your bs agenda or beliefs.
Extremists are being funded by the West and allies of the West in the Middle East. This is the first clue that Extremists are not fighting in the name of Islam as much as they like to flap their gums they are. If you had any idea about Islam, you would understand this clearly... Maybe if you stopped mis-interpreting what seems negative in the Qu'ran, you would see a clearer picture.
The teachings go much deeper than what you are putting forward. Keep looking for that flying donkey, you will be looking for a lifetime.
While progressive left downplays the hostile take over of [yet another] whole COUNTRY by militant Islam