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To: DoughtyOne
While I agree that there are certainly aspects that reflect what you are saying, I still think it’s hard to support the case you are. With mosques all over the world and calls to prayer numerous times per day, I don’t see how you can deny that it is a religion. It may be a false religion, but it is a religion.

Do you disagree?

Yes, most emphatically, as do the overwhelming majority of people I know and speak with. I could attempt to reinvent the wheel and state my case, calmly and logically, but someone else has done it more thoroughly than I have been able to do. Religion must be more than the simple claim that it exists, and the presence of hundreds of places of "worship". Obviously, even you would agree that if all mosques revealed their true purpose and bristled with machine guns RPGs and explosives, regardless of how many there are, that they were not really a "religion".

Check out the calmer reasoning:

Civilized Religion

Do you disagree?

31 posted on 11/09/2007 1:04:09 PM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Publius6961

Yes, actually I do. As far as I am concerned the U.S. Government should have no power whatsoever to stop poligamy as long as the poligamists were observing all other laws. That may be a severely flawed opinion, but I do not see any grounds for the federal government to enforce it’s will on this matter.

What if it is deemed by the majority of our leaders that Sunday is the only true sabbath? Do we then allow it to dictate to religions in the U.S. that they either change their day of observence or they will lose their properties and periferal rights?

Was Abraham of old loved of God or not? What about Jacob?

I do believe the writer makes a lot of sense concerning the Muslim religion and it’s views on allowing people free will to join or leave it and other religions. And the idea that they should be able to kill as a part of their religious observance is also a no-brainer for me. If the government wishes to address that matter, I don’t have a problem with it. But outside that, I do believe the Muslem faith is a bonified religion.

As a general rule I do see the Muslim faith as a reglion. Where it can be shown that the leadership supports killings, I support taking whatever legal means possible to remove them from places where they can spread their views.

Like I said, I may be wrong, but that’s my take on it.

There are very few limitations I would impose on religion from a government standard. And I’ll admit there are some religions I could mention that severely push my buttons on this issue, and one of them is central to the beliefs of the Hollywood degenerates.


36 posted on 11/09/2007 2:32:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Mrs Crinton have Pay Feava. There she go now. "Ah Hsu Ahhh Hsu Ah Hsu!" Crintons worth every penny.)
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