Understanding the present reality

Submitted by Mr.Natural (United States), Mar 6, 2008 at 16:16

Greetings,

This is a controversial topic, to be sure. In order to understand the present however, you must study the past. Both Christianity & Islam have bloody histories, Islam just happens to have more. If you have problems believing this, I would strongly encourage you to Google: "Islamic conquest of India"

India was a sophisticated land & culture, spiritually it has made enormous contributions to the world. The Hindu religion (which is many religions) was an ancient sophisticated spiritual teaching. Then, about 2500 years ago a man that has been called: "The Light of Asia", Siddharth Gautama, otherwise known as the Buddha, was born there.

Buddhism was (and is) an incredibly deep & spiritually profound spiritual Path that has had hundreds of millions of adherents over the years. It has been, with VERY few exceptions, a peaceful one. Nobody ever conquered a country or started a war in the name of Buddhism. Yet they were slaughtered as "Infidels" along witrh anyone else who did not care to convert to the "religion of peace" the Muslim invaders had brought to their ancient land.

It is similar in some ways as to the Catholic Spaniards decimation of the the South Americaan indigenous peoples.

Look at the modern dayTaliban, the oppresive regime of Saudi Arabia, the riots in France a short time ago, the bombs in Spain, England & on 9/11 in New York, the murder of Van Gogh, the beheading of Daniel Pearl, what does it take to believe your own eyes & ears?

Turkey is one country I admire for trying to keep a secular government, they know all too well what awaits them if the fundamentlist Islamic elements there ever take power.

Hopefully, they will succeed.

Mr. Natural

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