Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:20pm:
Your OCD? A minor problem but one which you claimed meant you looked into matters deeply. It normally doesn't disappear overnight and without effort, Augie.
Playing the man again, I see. You think that OCD is a minor problem because you don't know anything about it, nor have you probably ever suffered mental illness (considering you served in the army). Don't shoot your mouth off about things of which you know nothing.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:20pm:
Not the answer a true sufferer from OCD would offer in my experience, Augie. You're dissembling.
There are many types of OCD, Brian Ross. Get back to me when you've done your research.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:20pm:
Jihad still has many meanings, Augie. It still is personal. It can be martial. It isn't just one thing.
The concept evolved over time to mean offensive jihad. Sure, when the Muslims are in a weak position then Jihad means inner struggle, but when they are strong and well organised, it means offensive jihad.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:20pm:
You obviously aren't very aware of Christianity's history, Augie. Charlemagne's defeat of the Moors, the Crusades, the Spanish Reconquistadore, the Conquistadori in the New World, European Imperialism in Asia and Africa and the Americas and Oceania, the Hundred Years War, the Thirty Years War... Its a bloody long history of Christianity being spread by the Sword....
Irrespective, Christianity doesn't teach offensive warfare. You cannot theologically draw a straight line from the NT to offensive warfare. You can in the Quran.
This is about what a religion teaches.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:28pm:
re of Christ and the Trinity has changed markedly, how the Virgin Birth was justified and so on. All created by men, not by God. All based on essentially lies and created without basis. The Q'ran is similar. Mohammed couldn't read or write. He didn't write the Q'ran any more than Christ wrote the New Testament. What happened was essentially a Wiki like exercise, "Who remembers what?" And it was all written down. The Hadiths came later. Some appear as genuine as the Q'ran. Some are just bullshit like most of later Christianity, created to justify some outrage, some oppression, somewhere by some Sheikh.
Yeah, problem is that Muslims don't believe that the Quran is man-made; they believe it's the eternal word of the creator of the universe. They believe that it is unchangeable. They believe that there is nothing affect the Quran - that it is the final revelation.
Just ask your Muslim friends.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:28pm:
Well,Christ was dead and buried, so he had no hand in how the religion founded in his name was shaped. That was all done by men. Venal men who wanted to dominate other men and control their destinies. Just as Islam was. Indeed, the similarities between the two religions are often quite remarkable. Jesus was just some hippy who ate too many magic mushr
He was also a person who make conscious choices which led to his own self-torture, mutilation and death. Human beings are wired toward self-survival. That Christ was wired toward his own self-destruction shows just how incredible a human being he was.
For someone who is quite knowledgeable about religion, you seemed to have missed the whole point of Jesus.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:28pm:
You didn't qualify your statement until I had questioned it, Augie.
I'm qualifying it now.
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:28pm:
Good. That is a start. Tolerance is the key.
Oh, you want to know the best of the joke? I've actually learnt Arabic, Brian, and enjoyed it very much. It is one of my favour languages. It is a very logical language. Also, I find Muslim women very attractive. And I would convert to Islam to marry a woman if I loved her.
The difference between the Islamophobes and me, BR, is that I understand and know the grey areas. They, like many bigots, don't.