Danustouch
October 15th, 2001, 11:57 PM
Ok..I'm REALLY annoyed. Have you ever found yourself flipping through channells, really late at night, and you stop JUST for a second on the Christian Channell, and find yourself watching it for a moment? Well..I found myself watching the 700 club tonight, because they were having a section about Islam. I should have known that no good could come from me watching it. But..I did..and now, I'm really ticked.
Pat Robertson is apparently of the belief, that there are three kinds of Muslims. group 1, who he calls.."slightly muslim" who he says get into it for the ability to divorce your wife, and marry more than one woman. group 2, who he calls the "Moderates" who know a little bit of the Koran, but not much, who join it because it gives them.."something to believe in"..and sounds nice..but that they don't realllllllllllllllly know the tenants of Islam (paraphrasing him)...
And group 3, the fundamentalist Islamics who know ALL of the koran, front to back, and (in pat robertsons words) believe every word that the Koran says, and follow the teachings to the letter.
It is Pat Robertsons' (who..i'm SOOOOOOO sure , is SUCH an expert on comparitive religions) assertion, that Islam is NOT a religion of peace, and that if anyone READ the Koran, they would see that Islam (in his words) is a Religion of War, and bloodshed.
He asserts that throughout the Koran, it talks about the need for Jihad (well..DUH..but Jihad is meant to mean "holy struggle" not a terrorist war. It's an INTERNAL struggle), and that Mohammad condones war and bloodshed so that Islam might become the dominant religion of the world. This is honestly what Robertson believes. So in other words, to me, he was just preaching racial and religious intolerance (though, for the 700 club, it wouldn't be the first time).
I sat and wondered..does this man have ANY clue what the heck he is talking about? Does he even for ONE moment, think about ANYTHING he says, and the possible repercussions of it? Geez..we've seen a MAJOR increase in racially motivated attacks on people of Islamic and Middle Eastern descent since the events of the 11th. This kind of intolerance..and PURE ignorance that he was just preaching...is EXACTLY the type of thing to inflame people. He is drawing a VERY thin line in the sand between Christians and Muslims. He is basically, preaching to Christians, that Muslims (true muslims) are out to "get them" and "kill them" or convert the world to their belief. This type of COMPLETE B.S reallllllly ticks me off.
I used to live two houses down from a mosque, and alllllll througout my growing up years, we lived two houses down from a wonderful Islamic Family. We still remain close friends with them. They are wonderful people. This family, was fundamentalist Muslim. And I can assure you, that they do NOT want to convert the whole world to their belief system (at least not anymore than fundamentalist Christians do)..and especially through violent means. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ticked off right now, i can barely see straight!
Thats another thing that ticks me off. He's pointing a finger at Islam, and saying they are Evil for trying to convert everyone to their faith..and yet..what have the fundamentalist Christians been trying to do for years??????? I'm not talking about every christian...I'm not christian bashing...I'm referring to the fundamentalist, hardline Christians...such as Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Falwell.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Pat Robertson is apparently of the belief, that there are three kinds of Muslims. group 1, who he calls.."slightly muslim" who he says get into it for the ability to divorce your wife, and marry more than one woman. group 2, who he calls the "Moderates" who know a little bit of the Koran, but not much, who join it because it gives them.."something to believe in"..and sounds nice..but that they don't realllllllllllllllly know the tenants of Islam (paraphrasing him)...
And group 3, the fundamentalist Islamics who know ALL of the koran, front to back, and (in pat robertsons words) believe every word that the Koran says, and follow the teachings to the letter.
It is Pat Robertsons' (who..i'm SOOOOOOO sure , is SUCH an expert on comparitive religions) assertion, that Islam is NOT a religion of peace, and that if anyone READ the Koran, they would see that Islam (in his words) is a Religion of War, and bloodshed.
He asserts that throughout the Koran, it talks about the need for Jihad (well..DUH..but Jihad is meant to mean "holy struggle" not a terrorist war. It's an INTERNAL struggle), and that Mohammad condones war and bloodshed so that Islam might become the dominant religion of the world. This is honestly what Robertson believes. So in other words, to me, he was just preaching racial and religious intolerance (though, for the 700 club, it wouldn't be the first time).
I sat and wondered..does this man have ANY clue what the heck he is talking about? Does he even for ONE moment, think about ANYTHING he says, and the possible repercussions of it? Geez..we've seen a MAJOR increase in racially motivated attacks on people of Islamic and Middle Eastern descent since the events of the 11th. This kind of intolerance..and PURE ignorance that he was just preaching...is EXACTLY the type of thing to inflame people. He is drawing a VERY thin line in the sand between Christians and Muslims. He is basically, preaching to Christians, that Muslims (true muslims) are out to "get them" and "kill them" or convert the world to their belief. This type of COMPLETE B.S reallllllly ticks me off.
I used to live two houses down from a mosque, and alllllll througout my growing up years, we lived two houses down from a wonderful Islamic Family. We still remain close friends with them. They are wonderful people. This family, was fundamentalist Muslim. And I can assure you, that they do NOT want to convert the whole world to their belief system (at least not anymore than fundamentalist Christians do)..and especially through violent means. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ticked off right now, i can barely see straight!
Thats another thing that ticks me off. He's pointing a finger at Islam, and saying they are Evil for trying to convert everyone to their faith..and yet..what have the fundamentalist Christians been trying to do for years??????? I'm not talking about every christian...I'm not christian bashing...I'm referring to the fundamentalist, hardline Christians...such as Mr. Robertson, and Mr. Falwell.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.