Church plans Qur'an burning

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Do you even realise what you have said when you said it is like this, that it is not the ideology, but the people? You by that implied that people get not edcuated to be in rage or apathy, but that they are in rage by probably some defective genes, must supect, that they are like this because they are what they are and already got born like this, for "it is the people, not the religion". And that, different to a critical argument and view of Islam that is intellectually founded, is pure racism indeed. I never, nowhere, ever said something liked that all Arabs or Persians are dumb or untypically aggressive by nature and race. I said that their damn Islamic ideology teaches them how to be dumb and aggressive, and that the long stagnation of their countries has somethign to do with that way of edcuation, or better: indoctrination as well.

And that are two very different ways to view things.

I never said anything about bad genes. I'm disgusted with eugenics the practice and the belief.

I've known some nice smart well educated Muslims who are very tolerable towards non Muslims . . . . . .and I've known some Christians who are racist or like to utter racist remark among themselves.

People get misguided and mis-educated all the time. When you don't have much to look forward to, no money, and little prospect of getting a decent job, when your environment is full of crime, criminals and abuses then you would be likely to fall into the pattern and becoming one of those problem yourself. Radicalism or extremism is one of those

I've known Muslims who tolerated their children to seek more about other religions even allowing their children to convert to other religion or even becoming a priest of another religion altogether. I've known idealistic Muslim who are NOT afraid to open another religion holy text to seek the truth and they did this by themselves. Some converted to Christianity in the process while others gained respect of the other religion/belief in the process.

On the contrary I've known NOT even a single Christian who's unafraid to open the Quran to seek the truth.

I hope more people would let go of their psychological defenses that is fear that sometimes surfaces as hatred and see people as the people they are. Life is too short to be spent on hating people especially with little real reason. We're all pitiful and we're all mortal but at least we could make this life to be more beautiful and meaningful by helping each other however we could and however little we could afford.

Sons of Adam today I'm telling you as a fellow son of Adam that we're pitiful even for the most privileged of us. Our life is too short and our death is too long. Our awareness is like a feeble grass, green and fresh in the morning but brown and dried up in the evening and to die the next morning. Do you know not that we are all brethren in this life and time that we happen to share?! Since we are so pitiful and since we are so much alike than most of us could ever realize try to help one another so that we could lighten the burden and share the joy of this short life that we're now enjoying but not for much longer.