californiacarrie
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You have to forgive me, I've been without a computer for the last three weeks but I wanted to respond to some of your comments:
There are passages in the Qu'ran which do condone murder but under specific conditions (threat and oppression). It is my interpretation that suicide bombings come from translations of some of these passages, which tell the followers that dying in the name of God is worthy of the greatest reward. Many of those who commit such an act have been seduced into doing so by being told that all of their sins will be forgiven. There are specific scriptures in both the Bible and the Qu'ran which can support this, but then there are also specific scriptures which refute it. Suicide bombers are religious fanatics and not a clear representation of Muslim society. They come from sects of the religion which resemble cults - there are just more of them in a much smaller country, which is why this all seems more prescedent.
I agree with Windovervocalchords in that it seems to be a fairly twisted misunderstanding of teachings (any murder should not be justified). Bu I suppose we won't really know until we die...if even then.
As for the other stuff...the pregnancies and whatever - someone else somewhere along this thread made mention that these acts are more a product of culture, and not of the religion itself. There is no where in the Qu'ran where it states that a woman should die or be killed should she become pregnant out of wedlock anymore than the Bible states that abortion is a sin. Muslim women here in the states do not kill themselves, or are not killed for these reasons. It is a matter of the progressiveness (or lack of) of the country in which these people live and it kills me when these things are blamed on religion.
And lastly, this:
The Muslim religion is probably one of the few religions that has not been modified over time. Most of its teachings come from the first testament (of the Bible) when all of humanity (or what of it existed at the time) was at odds with religion and the Christians were the minority (Greek and Roman God systems were in place).butterfly blue said:I do not profess to understand a religion that allows to murder innocent, but then I think of the current war?? I would like to see troops taken out of the Iraq, Afghanistan, so no more deaths from such young men, who are there to protect??
Can someone more informed explain suicide bombing, pregnant women who have taken their live along with their own unborn child?? How would that be judged at the end of their live?? also a survey revealed that 1 in 4 Muslims who have lived & some even born in the western world still agree with these killings?? pretty high ratio, & quite a disturbing one.
There are passages in the Qu'ran which do condone murder but under specific conditions (threat and oppression). It is my interpretation that suicide bombings come from translations of some of these passages, which tell the followers that dying in the name of God is worthy of the greatest reward. Many of those who commit such an act have been seduced into doing so by being told that all of their sins will be forgiven. There are specific scriptures in both the Bible and the Qu'ran which can support this, but then there are also specific scriptures which refute it. Suicide bombers are religious fanatics and not a clear representation of Muslim society. They come from sects of the religion which resemble cults - there are just more of them in a much smaller country, which is why this all seems more prescedent.
I agree with Windovervocalchords in that it seems to be a fairly twisted misunderstanding of teachings (any murder should not be justified). Bu I suppose we won't really know until we die...if even then.
As for the other stuff...the pregnancies and whatever - someone else somewhere along this thread made mention that these acts are more a product of culture, and not of the religion itself. There is no where in the Qu'ran where it states that a woman should die or be killed should she become pregnant out of wedlock anymore than the Bible states that abortion is a sin. Muslim women here in the states do not kill themselves, or are not killed for these reasons. It is a matter of the progressiveness (or lack of) of the country in which these people live and it kills me when these things are blamed on religion.
And lastly, this:
is a great statement. :slap:csds703 said:So basically, you just want to be free to practice your faith without politics and prejudice making you feel insecure and unsafe.
That's all any of us want.