As a follow-up to the previous post, let me continue to ruffle feathers.
I know that criticizing Islam is a no-no in today's world. After all, cartoonists are targets fearing for their lives and anyone who publicly speaks out in clear terms agains Islam is a target of swift violence. I take comfort in the fact that this blog is relatively anonymous. I will not post my name or information about myself because I would like to go on living. You see, Islam does not foster debate, discussion or criticism. It cannot survive in a world where people pick it apart and examine its ugly underbelly. It only survives in a politically correct world of ignorance and oppression.
What is odd is the uneasly tension with the media which thrives on freedom of speech and expression. It seems that there is a love affair with Islam among some in the media, or at least a passion to defend it. It leaves me scratching my head because Muslims would absolutely crush or control the media if they could. Compare the media in the U.S. with that in the Middle East. The U.S. pretty much has a free-for-all with all kinds of different voices and views getting some airtime. Try this for an experiment: Travel to the Middle East, say Syria, and contact the local TV station and tell them you would like to air a documentary on the link between Islam and terrorism. Show up at the TV station by yourself and insist on an audience.
May you rest in peace.
Why isn't the U.S. media spotlighting the horrible lack of freedom and expression in the Islamic world? Why do we hear the mantra endlessly droaning, "Islam is a religion of peace" from the halls of the media outlets? It is like they are handed some soundbite and told that this is the party line and they had better not venture away from it. Those who champion freedom of speech, bowing the knee to Islamic brainwashing.
These same people will be quick to denegrate the U.S. and its foreign policies, comparing our elected leaders to nazis and demanding change. The champions of feminism and equal rights can't find the courage to oppose obvious inequality and oppression in the Islamic world and wherever the Koran is revered.
It is only on the internet that anonymity allows us to speak out and say what our hearts and minds know is true: It is not the distortion of Islam that is reprehensible and scary, but the proper and faithful practice of it that is so ugly and immoral.
A Christian like myself has no qualms about calling a spade a spade when it comes to false and dangerous religions. But all of society needs to hear, understand and repeat the truth that is right before our eyes. An Islamic world is a very ugly place, a very violent, oppressive and exploitative place. It is not only Christians who should take notice and take action against this threat, but the entire civilized world. Failure to do so will be very costly.
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I completely disagree with this as well. Look at what the Christian world has given us..witch hunts, Spanish Inquisitions, the crusades! Read the Koran, it is supposed to be a peaceful religion, it's just that lack of education and more importantly, the politics of the poor and powerless has taken it over. Much like Christianity has been taken over by politics as well. When people stop using religion as a basis for political change, this will subside. But calling Islam a religion of hate is false. You could easily make that claim of Christianity as well. The media is correct in showing the true meaning of Islam and how it has been bastardized and now, used by right wing Christians as a call to arms. FTR, I believe in God, just not Christ as son of God.
I heart teledude!
teledude, you are spouting the same soundbites that I was trying to counter. Examine the fruit of Islam. What do you find? Terrorism, oppression, genocide, totalitarian states. This is today's headlines, not ancient history.
If Christianity did some horrible things in the past, it is still in the past. We are talking about the modern world in which we and our families live today.
In this world we live in today, if you lived in an Islamic nation you would not have the freedom to convert from Islam to any other faith. They will disown you or kill you for such an offense. Meanwhile, Christians encourage freedom, debate and demand that everyone has the opportunity to hear a variety of points of view. Why? Because we believe that the truth will win when it is heard and not stifled by ideologies such as Islam.
I once met an agnostic who said that he would not trust his money to another agnostic but he would trust his money to a Christian. That shows that some people cannot even live consistent with their own world view.
As a Christian I welcome debate and the open sharing of ideas because it does not threaten me at all. I may call a spade a spade, but I will not gag someone or try to hurt them for rejecting what I believe to be the truth.
I think those who defend Islam should live under its thumb for a while. See how you like being censored, persecuted and silenced.
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