reply: all of you...!

Submitted by nads (Canada), Jan 24, 2006 at 16:05

first of all many of your arguments are self-defeating. you mention how every one of us are mere pawns in the face of our respective religions or nation's governments... if that is the case who's to say that what you say is true when you are included amongst us 'pawns'. therefore you cannot say that our religions are primitive, or that we're being controlled, or this or that in your rants because your authority on the matter is nill. to make your initial assumption that we're all being controlled is to defeat your own argument cuz who's to say you're not being controlled?

as a christian i feel sorry that the Word of God has yet to reach your heart. religion means very little without heart... it doesn't matter what the bible says, it doesn't matter what the koran says, if you have yet to touch God's essence you will fall into this trap of evil you speak of, that has captured the souls of so many out there.

jihad can mean whatever it wants. whether to strive, or to take up arms, or whatever... but i think in our hearts we can all truly distinguish between its true meaning and a politician's or terrorist's meaning. it's the meaning you can't define, but we all know and feel in our hearts as doing the best for our brethren.

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