Feel free to tell me how stupid I am, because you all think Muslims are going to burn in Hell

Submitted by (Hamri) Some crazy moderate Muslim (how dare i call myself that) (United States), Feb 13, 2007 at 17:29

I'm going to answer your questions in a line by line way, not that civilized, but deal with it.

1. Islam is not barbaric. I can't prove it to you, but while you're at it why don't you look up Moorish Spain. The Christian Spanish were the ones who kicked out the Jews and the Muslims the ones who helped them.

2. I do apologize for my circular thinking, I was angry that some people hate all Muslims. However, the Quran provides much information not available at the time it was revealed about scientific things. It correlates with the Bible and the Torah and from what I understand they are quite similar.

3. On the things you said about the Quran being wrong, I do not know where these verses are you have quoted, but I would acknowledge that unless ones reads a complete part of the Quran, a juz, or a sura, one may come away with the wrong impression.

4. On Islam suceeding: I did not say that the Arab countries being sucessful is a measure of whether Islam is sucessful. Arab countries have been increasingly antidemocratic with examples being Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. They are not Muslim countries, they are ARAB countries. No state is truly Muslim, because in all states that claim to be Muslim there are corrupt and antidemocratic ideals. Islam is not antidemocratic, and you cannot judge a religion based upon the tribal ways of one race.

5. There are people who are Muslims who are misguided. I am not going to pretend there isn't a problem. But as long as you believe it is US vs THEM there will always be people who you hate and people who hate you, and there will never be peace. I say that standing firmly on the side of America because I do not believe America is at war with Islam. So if you guys want to blow the horns of the crusaders and throw rhetoric like hand grenades, be assured that you are not fighting Islam, because Islam is not a group, it is a way of living, and those who you attack are not actually preaching real Islam.

By the way, Hamri isn't my name, i was making a point because Hamri Al Assad is "scary A-rab muslim" in 24.

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