Oh brother!

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Jan 11, 2007 at 23:27

Well Avenger, if that isn't a huge pile of inaccurate propaganda, I honestly don't know what is!

I'm not even going to waste time on a point-by-point with you, because you clearly aren't worth wasting the time on. You're entrenched in pro-Islamic teachings. I'll simply point out two glaring problems with your post.

First...7,000 years of Prophethood? Where did you come up with that crazy number? Islam goes back only about 1,400 years. The oldest known civilizations on Earth (Sumeria, etc) go back only about 6,000 years. You're about 5,600 years off. Once again, Muslim propaganda which fails when exposed to the light of truth and reality.

Second, it is not an "image" of Islam causing "xenophobia and islamaphobia" as you put it. On the contrary, Islam is being fairly judged by those with the eyes and courage to see, based on its own actions both current and past, and its stated goals for the future.

Not that it will elicit an honest or actual response, but I'll throw my challenge your way as well, Avenger.

If Islam is such a wonderful thing, why is there so much poverty, depression, unhappiness, high unemployment, rape, etc in all Islamic societies? Why do so many Muslims want to move to the West (especially the USA) if we "infidels" are so evil and our societies so decadent? Why not remain living in the "splendor" of Islam? Why move from a paradise on earth into the lap of the "Great Satan"?

If Islam is so wonderful, then surely you can name all those fantastic Muslim countries where there is religious tolerance, peace, love for others, non-violence, freedom of speech, non-suppression of women, equal rights, fair laws, low crime rates, high employment, etc. Can you name them for me please? Because right now I'm looking at a globe, and I cannot find such an Islamic country.

This is precisely why Muslims always fall flat on their faces in these debates. The only thing they have to support Islam is lies and propaganda. When cornered and forced to face the light of truth and to confront the reality of Islam in the world, they disappear like vampires running from sunlight.

Anyone here want to bet the farm that Avenger will not be able to respond to my challenge with facts?

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