Re: The peaceful Islam George Bush talked about and the Islam in the developing world. Shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the New York Trade Center, President Bush gave a speech where he stated two remarkable things:
Alexander
world which follow dogma and creed. When a religion is like unto a stale
waters infested with all sorts of mess, such a religion is not worthy of
following. Religions which are flowing like fresh waters and are never
still, gather no infestations of any kind. Even the weeds which come into
their way becomes up rooted then to allow these weeds slow them down and
infest them with all sorts of mess. No stone shall stand in the way of a
moving, flowing, fresh waters of a religion which is in constant motion and
change for the better; constantly refreshing itself over and over for ever
growing and never dying out or become redundant. Such a Religion which is
constantly is moving in which I have come to know so far is called:
Unitarian Universalism. If you can find me another fresh flowing religious
waters which are not redundant and stale I would like you to prove their
existence to me. Thank you.
Blessed Be. Amen.
Alexander
(Unitarian Universalist Pantheist)
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> "Van Helsing Devil Hunter" <vanhelsing...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> > The peaceful Islam George Bush talked about and the Islam in the
> developing
> > world. Shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the New
> York
> > Trade Center, President Bush gave a speech where he stated two
remarkable
> > things:
> >
> > 1. That Islam was a peaceful religion.
> > 2. That Allah was not happy with the terrorists.
> > My president knows that Muslims are divided over his comments. Basically
> > some, but not all Muslims living in the West would agree with Bush's
> > comments. However Muslims living in Islamic controlled countries call
Bush
> a
> > liar and openly praise Osama Bin Laden as a martyr for the faith. While
> > Muslims living in the west will say Islam is peaceful, they are
violating
> > the message of the Qur'an and changing the historical pattern of Islamic
> > life. Muslims in Islamic controlled nations view most North American
> Muslims
> > as "polluted by western culture" and "lukewarm Muslims".
> >
>
> They drink Belgian Beer, so I heard...:)
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> >
> > The Two Islams and the Freedom of Religion
> >
> > a.. Islam has sects that differ on theology, organization and the they
> way
> > they view Christians.
> > b.. I am deeply troubled that in most Muslim controlled countries or
> where
> > Islam is a majority religion, that Christianity is not allowed to truly
> > co-exist beside Islam as we do in the USA.
> > c.. Openly preaching Jesus in most of the Muslim controlled nations is
> > often dangerous and illegal, resulting in beatings, imprisonment,
> > confiscation of property and death.
> > d.. Islam emphases holiness. It legislates holiness from the top down.
> > Christianity from the conversion of each heart up, one soul at a time
> truly
> > converted.
> > Written by Brother Andrew
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