Originally Posted by polakatl
1st. "Jesus is the God".No he is God's son. The Korqan is also very close to the judeo-christian beliefs. It is based on them and Allah, Yahwe, and God are one and the same according to scriptures. I learned a bit about Islam and its actually a very good religion. Its principles have nothing to do with killing ppl. Remeber that religions can all turn evil. Look at the crusades initiated by Christianity. There are so many more holy wars in history. None of them are justified by the teachings but rather by "my God is better than tyour God" thinking!
I have my
Qur'an (proper spelling) handy as a matter of fact. Chapter 9, Verse 34.
Code:
O ye who believe! Lo! many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian)
monks devour the wealth of mankind wantonly and debar (men) from the way
of Allah. They who hoard up gold and silver and spend it not in the way of
Allah, unto them give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom,
:eh: Quite frankly this is about the point where I started to second guess my interest in this faith. What religion has the right to call out any other religion IN THEIR HOLIEST OF BOOKS and declare them to be lesser?
Correct answer: not a single one.
Anyway, somewhatly closer to TOPIC.
Bush is a religious man and that's perfectly fine. But when he chooses to impose his religion's views on legislature he crosses that dark line in the sand between church and state. The simplest example is his attack on Planned Parenthood and other similar organizations.
Click here for details. What's worse is Bush restricting foreign aide funds to nations who endorse condom use.
Let me get this straight. You want to prevent the distribution & use of condoms, as well as eliminate sex education, in nations where AIDS is running rampant? Where local folk lore states a man can rid himself of a disease by having sex with a virgin? This sounds like a good reason to hold aide money over a government's head.
Ok, granted, this is just a small slice of Bushy Junior but it's a telling one. If he can't seperate his personal belief systems from his job then maybe he shouldn't have his job.
Every word out of his mouth is a crock. Ok, where exactly are those weapons of mass destruction? He lied. Where is Osama, the man we're so close to capturing? He lied. Where are all of those jobs? Oh, yeah, he ****ing lied.
"This is George W. Bush and I approve of this message."