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Originally posted by pieman
sorry, didn't mean to offend you speakeroftruth.
i, personally, think that the new age movements are almost always self serving, self gratifying, spiritual masturbation. i think it is consciousness retardation dressed up as awakening. i hate the way it claims to offer insight into the universe that is at best a misinterpreted and isolated element of 19th century spiritualism. in short, if satan spawned a belief system, i honestly believe it would be new-age.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
and believe that all government departments are the blight of the earth....
Originally posted by pieman
[christianity is in essence so non-elitist that to call it so inherently, is to spit on it. this is even more true of islam.
Originally posted by born²
Didn't know where to post this....but I just came acrossed it.
Kinda wierd...
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Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
Islam is non-elitist? HAHAHA You have got to be kidding me, fella. Anyone who is not Muslim is considered an "infidel" or "heretic." Thanks for the laugh. You just made my day.
[edit on 9-10-2008 by SpeakerofTruth]
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Originally posted by pieman
you should avoid using terms you don't understand, elitist suggests a group which excludes others or restricts membership to that group, islam encourages conversion to islam, therefore it is not elitist. in fact, conversion to islam is incredibly easy, it simply require you repeat statement of belief in islam three times. that's hardly restrictive, is it?
Originally posted by SpeakerofTruth
Well, elitism to me is the whole "I have the truth and you don't" mentality. It is the whole "I am entitled and you're not," thing. I suppose arrogance would be a better word for it, rather than elitism.
Originally posted by pieman
if i might make a request, can you u2u me or start a thread if you want to continue this element of the conversation. i would do so but i hate to do it uninvited. it's just that i feel we would be derailing the thread if we continue in this manner.
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