Reply to A.A.: I want to thank you for being kind enough during the discussion.

Submitted by Nuray (Portugal), Nov 7, 2005 at 18:13

Dear A.A,

It must be very depressive to live in a society against your belief otherwise you wouldn't accuse me of being belong to "heretic groups", I don't belong to any group. I don't need it at all. That's why I didn't mention any website or section of Islam until now. You should have guessed it. I usually discuss theological side of religions but social sides.

I have many friends who are Christian, most of them Atheist, no Jewish, not yet. We are not hostile to each other. Political conflicts make people hostile to each other, not religion itself. Many people like you try to find religious factors to explain the violence among the people. That's not correct way to solve it. It will only increase the intensity of the problem.

I wish I could hear what kind of denying hadiths put people behind bars. If anyone asks for freedom to use drug like heroin (I hope this is not a damaging example) it will be punished severely, death penalty is also given in China, as far as I remember correctly. Actually people like you are not against Islam or any religion at all they want to enjoy more freedom for human desires without any religious restrict. I am afraid Islamic countries are not the right place for that.

I want to thank you for being kind enough during the discussion. I hope that we didn't hurt each other feelings much. Good Luck to you, too.

Nuray

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