C'mon. Don't confuse the poor person. Jack Chick religion is so much simpler, easier to understand... 
See how easy that is? It's all the Catholics' fault.
Posted on 06/05/2006 4:27:34 AM PDT by The Lion Roars
Every morning, Jackie Avelar wakes up to a predicament. On one side of her bed is a clock that sounds the Islamic call to prayer five times a day. On the other side is a statue of Mary. As a Muslim, she wants to remove it. As a Latina, she can't.
Her father, who is a Catholic from El Salvador, wants the statue to stay.
Photos Embracing a New Faith A growing number of Latinos are redefining themselves through Islam, attracted by a devoutness, simiplicity and way of treating women that they prefer to the machismo culture they were raised in.
"I have to respect him," Avelar said.
So she has found a comfortable balance: She covers the statue with a photo of her family.
Avelar, 31, constantly struggles to find balance within her family, within the outside world, within herself. Growing up, she was a beach-going, tank top-wearing, salsa-dancing girl. Now, she's a devout Muslim who favors Islamic garments and avoids socializing with men.
Across the nation, thousands of Latino immigrants are redefining themselves through Islam, including a few hundred in the Washington region, according to national Islamic groups and community leaders. Precise numbers are not available, but estimates range from 40,000 to 70,000.
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Have you heard of "worship" in terms of dulia, hyperdulia, and latria? There is a difference, you know.
">>>>>>In business after business in the Philippines you can see, hanging on the walls, god shelves, where BOTH Roman Catholic idols and Buddhist idols are placed together, and incense is burning there.
"This is probably because the business is owned by an ethnic Chinese, who own many businesses in the Philippines but who, unlike the Filipinos, generally aren't Catholic."
NOPE. These are members of the Roman Catholic church, and big givers to it. Regardless, why wouldn't any Roman Catholic priest in the Philippines ever speak on the error of this mixture? They never would. They don't care, as long as the proper gifts are made to the church (or personally to the priests).
Very funny article. Thanks for posting.
The funny part is that the most logical explanation for the "macho" part of Iberian culture, as compared to that of other Mediterranean Catholic countries, is the period of Muslim domination of the peninsula.
The extreme identification of male "honor" with female virtue is straight out of the honor killing aspect of Arab culture.
Although the Spanish "point of honor" requires killing the rapist or seducer, not the sister or daughter. Personally, I consider that a considerable improvement.
I am neither Roman Catholic nor Protestant but I recognize God as the only One worthy of worship and I know Jack Chick claptrap when I see it.
Such subtleties are lost on one with only a partially-developed faith.
Dove dice quello nella bibbia?
Of course, I don't have to translate that for you, because you can speak in tongues! If you can't, then you may want to see a doctor, as you may have suffered some brain damage when you were "dunked". That would be bad, would it not? You might be "left behind" because of something like that! Thankfully, if you keep reading the King James Bible alone (written by Shakespeare-actor/playwright-reliable?), you will be saved. Are you even literate enough to read something so complex?
Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord? Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you reformed Baptist Church of God? Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915? Or did you simply break away and make up your own?
Bwahahaha, this is too easy!
Only the dhimmi confuses islam as being respectful of women. These people who convert to islam are losers in real life. They see this act as grabbing attention from their community. Makes them important for a few months.
I guess that answers your question. The Baptists tossed him out.
Ah, but it isn't that simple. Read Apologia of St. John Damascene Against Those Who Decry Holy Images
Another example: Ezekiel 41: 17-18, when Ezekiel has a vision of the idealized temple, that has carved/wrought images of cherubim in it.
She should try walking in a Muslim neighborhood without a veil and see how much Muslim men respect women.
Mrs VS
He hasn't responded in a while. He's probably writing me a very nasty, and really long mail message :)
It breaks my heart to see any question go to Islam. But sometimes I wonder if that is another way for someone to get much needed attention. I mean a woman going down the street dressed in Muslim attire is defintely going to get attention. As far as Catholic preaching goes, I am Catholic, there are few and far between that can rise to the occasion. Nlow if we had more Father Corapi's there would be More vocations to the priesthood. He is not pc and shoots from the hip.And knows hell on earth and lived to tell about it!
C'mon. Don't confuse the poor person. Jack Chick religion is so much simpler, easier to understand...
See how easy that is? It's all the Catholics' fault.
To see any Christian. Yep have not had my first cup of coffee yet.
"Why would you convert to Islam?"
" I need more control and domination than the average,macho, Latin male provides. I need to control my natural, Latin urge to fight back. Honor killings are the perfect incentive for self-control."
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