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Originally Posted by Anthony W.
I'm fine with people of other religions (and those with no religion - so long as they don't think less of me for having one) but there are some things I won't tolerate in religions.
If your religion says that it is your god's mission for you to kill everyone who doesn't believe in him, I won't tolerate that. If your books/scrolls/whatever else I'm not mentioning encourages the persecution of people that think differently, I'm not okay with that.
I'm a Roman Catholic. Are there things I don't like about things that have happened in the past and are going on now? Sure. Pope Gregory was a nut job (he started the Crusades). But nowhere in the New Testament does it say anything about being obligated to kill non believers.
Fact of the matter is, currently, we are at war with MUSLIM extremists. We are not at war with Christian extremists or Buddhist extremists. No bones about it, this was is being fought against members of a certain religious sect. No, the war isn't because of the religion/sect - its because of what members of it did.
Why did I post this reply? I'm not really sure. I forgot about mid way through. *Points at self* I'm with stupid, haha
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
I'd suggest cutting their aid and build closer ties with India but the question I'm asking myself is....would this push Pakistan further towards the extremists or are they already as close as they can get?
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I would agree with this. I am not saying every Pakistani is a radical muslim ( I know you're not too Jim) I have Pakistani neighbours who hate what is going on, are ashamed of their religion (because of what a minority of asshats have done) and are ashamed of their fellow countrymen who believe in the stupid radical ideology. I will say though that the North West provinces of Pakistan, especially those close to the Afghan border are slowly being taken over by radical idealism. It has been a slow process, but these worms are working their way into higher governmental positions. If the rot is set from inside, how are you to know it is going on? Especially when Pakistan governs these sectors but central government really has no idea what is going on out there. These people have been in place for the last couple of decades. Changing the same with the same, don't forget 20 - 30 years ago the US supported the Taliban. All things change, people generally don't notice the more overt changes too. The louder you shout, the less people hear and the more they ignore you. Now imagine 20 years of paying close attention to a region but not really paying attention, if you know what I mean. Idiots rule and the rest of the world wonders what happened.
It's the way of things. I'm not looking for aggro from anyone after this post, so rather than the "OMFG you're an talibanz" which is usual on here, just take it as my two cents and leave it at that.